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People who complain about how popular the super bowl is are more annoying than football fans.
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No, I think you're more annoying.
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2024
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I could not care about either side, but this post here takes the cake.
Why does his post get to take the cake? I want cake too!
Hm, good point. Perhaps we all should get some cake.
That's why I didn't complain, I just...didn't watch it.
I'm glad the sports ball people have something. Good for them.
I was annoyed by the superbowl as a child because we had a tv so everyone watched while I wanted to watch cartoons.
Now that I have agency and my own computer I don't even notice the superbowl.
The problem is that just not watching it doesn't stop you from being inundated with advertisement for it and grocery stores being ruined for the couple of days leading up to it.
The problem is that just not watching it doesn't stop you from being ~~inundated with advertisement~~ charged for it.
I'm sitting in my parents livingroom watching it. I don't like football but my mom loves it and she makes a bunch of food. So I'm happy to play along.
I made fun of one of my friends for reading trashy romance novels. She just shrugged and said “I know they’re terrible, but I like them.” She was very calm and matter-of-fact about it. She wasn’t embarrassed, and didn’t try to defend herself.
I felt like a jerk, but since then I’ve remembered not to criticize someone’s harmless personal hobbies. If they’re not hurting anyone, why be cruel and take enjoyment away from people?
This was me too, my SO loved football, I was the quintessential nerd. I told her it was stupid and a waste of time and she did the same - "I don't care, I like it, it's a fun way for me to enjoy an afternoon, and I get to have snacks and beer". Why should I shit on her fun? Just because she chooses to unwind differently from me. Now we enjoy the games together while she also enjoys my things.
Congrats on the self reflection. It's not always easy, but we definitely come out the other end for the better.
The people who complain about the people who complain about the superbowl are the real problem
The people who complain about the people who complain about the people who complain about the Super Bowl are the real problem
The people who complain about the people who complain about the people who complain about the people who complain about the people who complain about the people who complain about the Super Bowl are the real problem
If this is about the post I made earlier, I definitely wasn't denigrating anyone who enjoyed it. I don't feel that way at all, and I tried to make that clear in the post.
It wasn't honestly, more from a friend group text where it's a barrage of constant texts about how stupid it is anyone would watch it. Meanwhile I'm making nachos...
I like them, I like playing board games and hanging out with them, but it is also super annoying how they do the same things they complain about other people doing to them.
The thing that annoys me is how complete strangers will assume I'm interested in football and try to chat me up. I don't ask random people at the office about which Commander decks are their favorites or what are their best longboarding spots.
You will make more high-quality friends if you do
As a football fan, I'm way more annoying about it than people who complain about it. Ask my family and neighbors. And I'm definitely not the exception.
Also, note that super bowl haters have never attempted to burn cities to the ground due to hated of football.
I generally just dislike it when stuff about an event I don't care about gets commented on by half the people I follow on Mastodon. (I will make an exception for the SuperbOwl posts but they're on thin ice)