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[–] 1 point 11 hours ago (1 child)

But no, not actually, because there are many more reasons to like music bands and video games than some weird faux objective measure of "the best" whereas the bulk of athletes popularity is based on their ability to play something better than others in a competitive environment.

I feel like athlete fans are just advertising their own insecurity with their merch.

I get it if you play the sport, though, or if you're a kid with a juvenille grasping for glory.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 hours ago (1 child)

    Maybe you just don’t get it? Or maybe you’re trying to look for differences where there really aren’t any, in order to belittle pastimes you don’t personally like.

    Because, unless you’re terminally online, you must be familiar with the fact that millions of people just enjoy watching football, and follow teams and players, sometimes regardless of their performance on the pitch. It’s a social and cultural phenomenon.

    But anyway, just so you know, shitting on football fans stopped being edgy circa 2010, around the same time fedoras went out of fashion.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 hours ago (1 child)

    Nothing wrong with enjoying sportsball, but there is something deeply and personally disturbing to me about people who identify strongly with it. Seems like something that should be called out regularly instead of condoned and encouraged, but I guess it makes a lot of people a lot of money, so there my moral scolding is drowned out in advertising.

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