Stitch on 18/8/2010 at 15:18
Quote Posted by Matthew
I like football. :( (The proper foot-to-ball kind, not the one where you throw the ball around - though that's not bad either.)
But then, I am allowed to say 'we' given that I part-own the team via shares.
You're also allowed to say "we" if you're just someone who enjoys sports and likes a team and doesn't give a fuck about the opinion of nancies who were picked last for soccer games in middle school.
A demographic which includes me, for the record, but I grew out of the sports chip on my shoulder a good ten years ago.
Kolya on 18/8/2010 at 16:19
That one extremely skinny girl named Tanja was always picked after me. Mostly because she ran away when the ball rolled in her direction. No wonder, she seemed too fragile to kick a papercup. Years later I met her again and she'd turned out absolutely stunning, way better looking than any of the girls we fancied in school. :D
Tocky on 18/8/2010 at 16:32
Face it, all our pastimes are odd when you examine them. Whether they be fishing *cough fishing thread shitter rock thrower cough* or collecting little discs of metal with old dates on them. As far as calling anyone out on how peculiar they are it's not so bad as telling somebody thier date is ugly. The only rocks that matter are the ones that brake windows people will get cut on and nobody in this thread does that. Yall feel free to find an unbroken window in this old haunted house. I'm sure I can find something "obtuse" to throw back.
BUT IF YOU DOWN ELI MANNING I WILL PUNCH YOU MOUTH. ;)
lunatic96 on 19/8/2010 at 20:43
Quote Posted by fett
I'm confused - you say you watch it for the athleticism so I point out that there are much better athletic competitions available (real ones, not staged). So now you watch it for the storytelling. I guarantee you could walk into any bookstore or library and pick a random book off the shelf and find more compelling storytelling, told by folks who have most of their teeth and have never oiled themselves up to hit someone over the head with a chair. Just sayin'.
To each his own, and all apologies to wrestling fans, it just looks to me like bad acting + fake fights + pre-pubescent drama + oily men in thongs = silly. I guess I'm overlooking the deeper narrative.
Oh yeah, I totally acknowledge that there are multiple venues that offer better displays of athleticism, as well as there being multiple venues that offer better storytelling. But just like sometimes it's a lot of fun to eat a chocolate cake even though a salad would be better for you it can be fun and entertaining to watch something even if it's not the most intellectually stimulating thing in existence.
fett on 19/8/2010 at 21:41
Okay, so at least now you're being honest. Thank you. :)
gunsmoke on 27/8/2010 at 16:41
Any American male who grew up in the 80's who can honestly say they didn't worship Hulk, Andre, and the rest of the WWF, is a Goddamn liar.
It's no more fake than any other drama, sitcom, etc... that we watch on television, even those so-called 'reality shows'. Nobody pretends that it is a sport. Just a guilty, and harmless pleasure to escape the mind-numbing, soul-stealing reality of life in the Midwest .
Bravo EvaUnit02
june gloom on 27/8/2010 at 17:47
I guess that makes me a liar then ;) I couldn't have cared less. It was Mario and Jesus, in that order; everyone else GTFO.
fett on 27/8/2010 at 20:11
What dethy said.
Stitch on 27/8/2010 at 20:27
Quote Posted by dethtoll
It was Mario and Jesus
never been photographed together, for the record
