“Oh, did a sportsball happen?” I whisper smugly from my vantage point on a distant cliff, the sounds of celebration in the village far below just barely audible over the lonely wind whipping my tattered cloak
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Exactly my thoughts. Millions of morons fed the beast and gave it exactly what it wanted. Bowing down to the corporate overlords and laoding up their coffers with ratings when they could have tuned out and made a difference. This is truly a time of idiocracy!
As you stand alone on that distant cliff no wanting to talk to the pretentious snot who constantly reminds everyone of how sports are meaningless and then argues that only dramatic films from the 50’s and Wes Anderson movies are of cinematic worthiness and we should only listen to Pavement on vinyl
The rules of sportsball lead to glory! Rules are created by us after the fact when it's way too late but we can still win this thing! Another rule of sportsball is that everybody has guns.
The cloaked figure, aware of a presence behind him, turns and removes his hood. A puzzled look is on his face; as realization begins to dawn, Luke asks "oh, did a sportsball happen?"
I admittedly have a complicated relationship to sport these days, so I no longer watch because I view them as conduits of right wing radicalization, but feigning ignorance about sports is annoying and pedantic.
Some people don't have to feign ignorance about sports; it comes naturally (not as a point of pride, just due to a lack of interest). There's nothing wrong with people having different interests. Mocking people who don't understand sport goes back even further than the phrase "sportsball."
I have no issue with people who just aren't into sports for whatever reason. I don't watch myself and haven't in a long time. My issue is with people who make a show of not enjoying sports.
Ah, I see. It's difficult to make a show of not enjoying something if you just don't watch it. I'm a bit curious as to why someone who doesn't enjoy something would watch it actually. It does sound a bit performative.
It’s pretty easy to be ignorant of something without feeling the need to loudly announce your derision any time someone mentions the topic within earshot of you. Not being into it isn’t the issue, being a smug little shit about it is the annoying part.
I'm not sure what there is to be smug about. I'm just old, I guess. Not being into sports was never something that was going to gain one popularity back in the day. People I grew up with were far more likely to fake knowledge than to boast of not having it.
They've got no technology, no access to the news, they're able to hike up a cliff, and they're close enough to the village to hear it but not connect with any of the people. What's not the want?
If cloaks were still a common item of clothing you can guarantee faux-tattered cloaks would be a thing. There would have been a few years in the noughties where this went to insane levels of just a few threads still hanging.
It's especially annoying when queer men feign disdain for sports just because one of the foundations of sport culture is harassing and excluding us as children. So uppity of us to have sour grapes from the clifftop we get chased to. We should just sit there obediently feeling bad about ourselves.
I do think this is changing. Young sports people seem really into lgbt support. Which bodes well for the future, maybe in a decade we will have some young queer guys breaking through as pro having not being bullied out as kids.
hey now. you enjoy your sportsball and we'll enjoy the distant memory of a lovers touch, as the sounds of joy ring hollow against the damp walls of this cold and barren castle.
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“The wastelands are the only ‘end zone’ I need,” I murmur, in a voice that sounds like sandpaper feels. “And you’re right. I’m ‘not like us.’” I disappear into the swirling sands while the astonished townsfolk gape, abashed and chastened.
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“Ha, maychance, a sports ball? 😏”
If they hear, they do not acknowledge.
“Varlets.”
“Heh…”
and i looked down and whispered
"no"
I admittedly have a complicated relationship to sport these days, so I no longer watch because I view them as conduits of right wing radicalization, but feigning ignorance about sports is annoying and pedantic.
Fuck Donald Trump.
Why is not caring about football bad? I mean, you -posted- this. Fuck football. My hood is off. I'm not snarkily whispering it into the wind.
Not caring about football isn't a statement. It's neither good or bad. This post is about thinking one's preferences make them an iconoclast.
-arms folded, staring down the hurricane=
Probably not. But I don’t think you’re stupid for it. It’s kinda annoying to be subject to the annual Superbowl hoopla.
I will check out the halftime show, which sounds great.
But the Granch, who lived just north of Philville, did not
...maybe later your sportsmanship grows three sizes.
Checkmate.
only dislike when everyone only posts about sportsball