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Football Is the Biggest Waste of Time Known To Man

 
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Two points:

1 - slaves were not allowed to go to the Roman "games". The specticles were reserved for Roman citzens, specifically freeborn males. Women and freed slaves could watch from the common seats at the far ends of the arenas. The senates and emporer knew who to keep happy - the ones who paid taxes.

2 - when you point out the rediculous actions of any group, they will react with anger and hostility rather than stop and think about their actions. Smokers don't stop and think "hey, this shit really is bad for you" when you make a rule in your business about them not smoking. They say "this isn't fair!".

Sports fans won't stop and say "hey, this really is just a social conditioning that really doesn't improve my life other than to give me something to make me feel like I've got in common with other people I'd otherwise never talk to".

Sports, religion, socail clubs - they are all ways of having an acceptable way of interacting with strangers so we don't kill each other out of instinctive fear of people we don't know.

What kind of world would it be if people actually talked and got to know each other! We can't have that! They might start to THINK FOR THEMSELVES!!
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Pro sports


Somebody always got picked last when sports were involved
 Quoting: mathetes

Another sports-addled zombie unable to focus or reason. From my previous remarks:

The fact that you believe you are conveying an insult by saying we don't play sports speaks volumes. It implies that your scale for evaluating Worth is seriously askew.

Another poster already posted the excruciatingly dull 'You must have been bad at sports!' attempt. Your sports/TV addiction has also crippled your imagination, I see. You might realize it if you'd quit focusing on childish trivia specifically designed to keep you stupid and easily led.
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Op..but yet you wasted TIME posting a thread about it spock

My time is notw asted if just one Sports Zombie thinks about what I've said.


I'm a pretty big sports zombie, but you don't really strike me as anything more than a scared, bitter human being who might get some credit for your ridiculous views on this website, but really don't give anything even remotely resembling a logical explanation for why us "sports zombies" are "slaves" to "masterbatory childishness." I mean seriously, who says wierd, creepy shit like that besides pedophiles and sociopaths. Maybe you need to unglue your face from the computer screen and try getting some exercise. It might make you actually feel a little bit better about your pathetic, sheltered existance.
 Quoting: FukUrselfOP 515387

Projection. Poorly spelled and illogical projection at that. I'm not interested: deal with your own internal garbage on your own time.
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I have no problem with pro sports, but do not watch it. I agree it's a waste of time and dull.
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OP, stop taking yourself so seriously.

I am not into sports at all. I've probably never watched a whole football game in my life, but I'm not going to judge people who enjoy it.
Some people work hard all day, contribute to society and try to make the world a better place, if they want to kick back at the end of the day and watch some football, why would you have a problem with that?

I highly doubt that there is nothing in your life that you enjoy that could be called silly or a waste of time. Please get off of your high horse.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 581386

You are apparently unable to grasp my clearly articulated position. Big sports fan, huh? How 'bout them Houston Oilers!
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People whining about the rest of us watching sports are the ones who never played sports. I won't go any further in my description but you get the idea.

I never played sports after the age of about 15 or so. You know, when the first tentative rays of Adulthood began to dawn?

The fact that you believe you are conveying an insult by saying we don't play sports speaks volumes. It implies that your scale for evaluating Worth is seriously askew.

Which is the point I'm making about the corrosive nature of sports.


The corrosive nature of sports?!!! lmao
 Quoting: twistedfugger

The corrosive nature of sports is such that its adherents cannot think in a clearand rational manner. Instead, they post things such as 'lmao' (sound familiar?) and then scratch themselves to celebrate a really strong counter-attack.

Naturally the victims of the control grid are unable to see this.
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Most of you are fucked up, except for the few that really understand real life. You, OP, are a worthless eater. You contribute nothing more than your useless tripe to say that all deserve to live. BULLSHIT! Only the strong, and those they choose should survive. Should things go bad, you would be the first to go and fertilize our gardens, so that the strong may survive.
 Quoting: SubarcticBeef


Shhhhh! Nobody tell him that 'useless eaters' are precisely what I am complaining about. They're so much cuter when they believe they're making points!
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BULLSHIT! Only the strong, and those they choose should survive. Should things go bad, you would be the first to go and fertilize our gardens, so that the strong may survive.


 Quoting: Liquid Reality


The only thing strong about you dear poster is probably your bodily stench.
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The corrosive nature of sports?!!! lmao


I second that lmao!! Corrosive nature of sports?? Really!!!??? And the sports that actually keep thousands and thousands of kids off the streets each year? Your right, that sounds incredibly corrosive. Maybe we should take away sports and give every child in lower income areas a gun and a vial of heroin to avoid the dangerously corrosive nature of sports.

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 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 515387


Here I reproduce the first line of my initial post:
Pro sports is the modern equivalent of the Roman bread and circuses.

Pro. As in Professional. You do understand what it is we are discussing? No, of course you don't. What a shocking development THIS isn't!
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And this whole thread has nothing to do with the Eagles losing today? So the season is over without a championship, it happens to all of the teams except the superbowl winner. Learn to be appreciate the entertainment of the season, win or lose, or stop watching. There's no need to destroy something when it doesn't please you.
 Quoting: Mad Prophet

It would be impossible for me to care any less about football. Impossible. As far as I'm concerned, the exact number of toothpicks Martha Washington may have used is far more riveting than any detail of the ridiculous waste of time which is pro sports, and especially football.
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It would be impossible for me to care any less about football. Impossible. As far as I'm concerned, the exact number of toothpicks Martha Washington may have used is far more riveting than any detail of the ridiculous waste of time which is pro sports, and especially football.
 Quoting: Liquid Reality


Good for you! Aren't you special, and so much better than anyone else who doesn't agree with you or has hobbies you deem below you!!!
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shut up woman. get me a beer, then make with the pots and pans.
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It would be impossible for me to care any less about football. Impossible. As far as I'm concerned, the exact number of toothpicks Martha Washington may have used is far more riveting than any detail of the ridiculous waste of time which is pro sports, and especially football.


Good for you! Aren't you special, and so much better than anyone else who doesn't agree with you or has hobbies you deem below you!!!
 Quoting: riker

Normally you're a fairly calm and rational guy.

Why don't you ask yourself why my criticism of pro football evokes such hostility on your part? I'm not targeting individuals, yet they are responding as if I'd threatened to beat their grandmothers with a tire iron. Don't you find that a little interesting? Ask yourself if this unthinking, knee-jerk reaction may be exactly what I am talking about when I say pro sports are corrosive?
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Pro sports is the modern equivalent of the Roman bread and circuses. Its sole purpose is to pacify the slaves. And how the slaves love it!

Wouldn't it be awesome if all the money wasted on this masturbatory childishness were donated to the poor and starving in the world? But then, how could we find meaning in our lives unless we have 'winners' to identify with, making us so much better than the 'losers' who cheered for the other team? I mean, without the pointlessness of sports we might begin to recognize how drab and spiritually empty modern life has become, and where would we be THEN?

Turn off your TV's already! Haven't you seen 'Network'? Take control of your brain!
 Quoting: Liquid Reality



AGREED
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Pro sports is the modern equivalent of the Roman bread and circuses. Its sole purpose is to pacify the slaves. And how the slaves love it!
 Quoting: Liquid Reality

BS, the biggest waste of time is working 9 to 5 for someone else.



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Pro sports is the modern equivalent of the Roman bread and circuses. Its sole purpose is to pacify the slaves. And how the slaves love it!

Wouldn't it be awesome if all the money wasted on this masturbatory childishness were donated to the poor and starving in the world? But then, how could we find meaning in our lives unless we have 'winners' to identify with, making us so much better than the 'losers' who cheered for the other team? I mean, without the pointlessness of sports we might begin to recognize how drab and spiritually empty modern life has become, and where would we be THEN?

Turn off your TV's already! Haven't you seen 'Network'? Take control of your brain!
 Quoting: Liquid Reality



You were always the last to be picked weren't you?
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You were always the last to be picked weren't you?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 597180


Another example of what I am talking about.

This tired old war horse has already been addressed twice. But in order to know that, this particular football fan would have to read and understand the whole thread. Clearly this lies well outside the scope of his abilities.

If people cannot reason they are unfit to govern themselves, and self-determination becomes an impossible goal. As long as the people of this nation allow themselves to be mesmerized by the Bread and Circuses this kind of juvenile poster will contine to sweep across the Internet like a swarm of exceedingly slow witted locusts.
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You were always the last to be picked weren't you?


Another example of what I am talking about.

This tired old war horse has already been addressed twice. But in order to know that, this particular football fan would have to read and understand the whole thread. Clearly this lies well outside the scope of his abilities.

If people cannot reason they are unfit to govern themselves, and self-determination becomes an impossible goal. As long as the people of this nation allow themselves to be mesmerized by the Bread and Circuses this kind of juvenile poster will contine to sweep across the Internet like a swarm of exceedingly slow witted locusts.
 Quoting: Liquid Reality



No just couldn't be bothered to wade through you lame ass excuses for being boring.

Still keep believing your beliefs if it gets you through the nights lying on the mattress in your grief soaked piss hole.
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Pro sports is the modern equivalent of the Roman bread and circuses. Its sole purpose is to pacify the slaves. And how the slaves love it!

BS, the biggest waste of time is working 9 to 5 for someone else.

 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 568958



EXACTLY!!!

See, Liquid, my reaction is NOT a knee-jerk, and does not hide some deep dependence on sheeplike distraction.

What you do not seem to understand, is that not EVERYTHING is sinister.

I think it is safe to say, that if watching pro sports on TV is all anyone did it would not be healthy - just as excessive behavior in most things is not healthy.

But to look down on other people who enjoy watching their teams' game, or just really like football... it's ridiculous. It's one more person telling other people how to live their lives, when their opinion wasn't asked. I think that is why people react so strongly.

Your wording insinuates a holier-than-thou, I am better than you and you are a sheep allow me to enlighten you, attitude and you will never get a good reaction that way even if you have a valid point. See what I mean?

No one answered my earlier question either.... perhaps you will now. How do you "waste time", Liquid? Everyone does, in some way - everyone has a hobby or habit or idea that someone else thinks is ridiculous or sheeplike, etc etc.

What is yours?
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But to look down on other people who enjoy watching their teams' game, or just really like football... it's ridiculous. It's one more person telling other people how to live their lives, when their opinion wasn't asked. I think that is why people react so strongly.

Your wording insinuates a holier-than-thou, I am better than you and you are a sheep allow me to enlighten you, attitude and you will never get a good reaction that way even if you have a valid point. See what I mean?

No one answered my earlier question either.... perhaps you will now. How do you "waste time", Liquid? Everyone does, in some way - everyone has a hobby or habit or idea that someone else thinks is ridiculous or sheeplike, etc etc.

What is yours?
 Quoting: riker


I'm not telling anyone what to do. I'm simply pointing out tht pro sports is a massive distraction. All the rest of what you say is your own insecurity.

Either pro ball is a distraction TPBT use to keep people focused on the trivial or it is not. In either case, it's an impersonal observation unatached to our value as human beings. How is introducing the question an attack, or holier-than-thou, or all the rest of it?

The issue is not about wasting time. It's not about your hobbies. It's not an attempt to control your free time. It's about another Distraction the people are hopelessly addicted to. The ongoing inability of other posters to understand my point is a symptom of the disease I am diagnosing.
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I like watching football OP, you don't have to. I am ok with that.

I also do not agree with your "opinion" of sports. But I am ok with that too.
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This thread is Gay. I bet OP watches THE VIEW everyday though...like that's not a waste of 60 fuckin minutes!
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But to look down on other people who enjoy watching their teams' game, or just really like football... it's ridiculous. It's one more person telling other people how to live their lives, when their opinion wasn't asked. I think that is why people react so strongly.

Your wording insinuates a holier-than-thou, I am better than you and you are a sheep allow me to enlighten you, attitude and you will never get a good reaction that way even if you have a valid point. See what I mean?

No one answered my earlier question either.... perhaps you will now. How do you "waste time", Liquid? Everyone does, in some way - everyone has a hobby or habit or idea that someone else thinks is ridiculous or sheeplike, etc etc.

What is yours?


I'm not telling anyone what to do. I'm simply pointing out tht pro sports is a massive distraction. All the rest of what you say is your own insecurity.

Either pro ball is a distraction TPBT use to keep people focused on the trivial or it is not. In either case, it's an impersonal observation unatached to our value as human beings. How is introducing the question an attack, or holier-than-thou, or all the rest of it?

The issue is not about wasting time. It's not about your hobbies. It's not an attempt to control your free time. It's about another Distraction the people are hopelessly addicted to. The ongoing inability of other posters to understand my point is a symptom of the disease I am diagnosing.
 Quoting: Liquid Reality


In other words, you refuse to answer my question, or to acknowledge that you also "waste time" like every other human being.

So, either you cannot handle the fact that you are human, you cannot handle the fact that humans are imperfect, you are too proud to admit your "faults" as you have called them, you really do think you are without weakness or fault, or you cannot admit that maybe you are wrong.
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I like watching football OP, you don't have to. I am ok with that.

I also do not agree with your "opinion" of sports. But I am ok with that too.
 Quoting: Just A Thought

I'm so delighted you approve. Thanks for allowing me to have an "opinion"!

I don't suppose there's a snowball's chance in Hell you could articulate an argument to support your "opinions", is there?
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The issue is not about wasting time. It's not about your hobbies. It's not an attempt to control your free time. It's about another Distraction the people are hopelessly addicted to. The ongoing inability of other posters to understand my point is a symptom of the disease I am diagnosing.


In other words, you refuse to answer my question, or to acknowledge that you also "waste time" like every other human being.

So, either you cannot handle the fact that you are human, you cannot handle the fact that humans are imperfect, you are too proud to admit your "faults" as you have called them, you really do think you are without weakness or fault, or you cannot admit that maybe you are wrong.
 Quoting: riker


Dude, how much plainer can I be? I'm not answering because your question has nothing to do with my point. Nothing. Zip. Nada. In what language can this be somehow conveyed to you?

Pro football is a Distraction our evil Gubmmint uses to keep people focused on the trivial. They don't want them thinking too much. Either this statement is true or false. What arguments do you have for either side of the issue?

Your relentless Projection is deafening.
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This thread is Gay. I bet OP watches THE VIEW everyday though...like that's not a waste of 60 fuckin minutes!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 471457

I do not own a television and have never subscribed to cable in my life. You have chosen a different path. Let's allow the results to speak for themselves, shall we?
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stfu OP
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I like watching football OP, you don't have to. I am ok with that.

I also do not agree with your "opinion" of sports. But I am ok with that too.

I'm so delighted you approve. Thanks for allowing me to have an "opinion"!

I don't suppose there's a snowball's chance in Hell you could articulate an argument to support your "opinions", is there?
 Quoting: Liquid Reality


Ummk.

I like watching football. (no need to expand on that concept - wouldn't you agree)

I do not agree with your opinion that sports are just a distraction.

You could actually apply your "distraction theory" to pretty much everything in life. So EVERYTHING is a distraction. But of course that would mean things you enjoying doing would fall into that mix.... couldn’t have that. So basically things you do not enjoy are distractions, albeit selectively.
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stfu OP
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Why, is there a game on? Who's winning!?!?!? Who cares?
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Ummk.

I like watching football. (no need to expand on that concept - wouldn't you agree)

I do not agree with your opinion that sports are just a distraction.

You could actually apply your "distraction theory" to pretty much everything in life. So EVERYTHING is a distraction. But of course that would mean things you enjoying doing would fall into that mix.... couldn’t have that. So basically things you do not enjoy are distractions, albeit selectively.
 Quoting: Just A Thought

So, you don't agree with my opinion that pro sports are a distraction? Really? That didn't come through in your first post at ALL! Or are you just into redundancy when there's no game on the tube to keep you distracted and pliable?

Perhaps you could apply my 'distraction theory' to almost anything. I tell you what, when Reading generates hundreds of millions of dollars a year you'll have a better case. Or when gardeners are paid tens of millions in salaries. Or when everyone starts babbling about the latest Crossword puzzles, then I may have a far easier time making these connections that come so easily for you.

If you haven't caught on yet to the totally SOLD OUT nature of American media then there's no reaching you. Go back to your game.
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