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  • mr_world [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Bro so I went to the game on Sunday, right. I drank a couple of pisswater light beers, got real fuckin loose. Then right when the team came out they started playing Enter Sandman. I got chills bro. It was so fucking epic. They were walking out of a tunnel and the music was playing, I haven't seen anything like it. I was proud to be an American for the first time in years.

  • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I don't understand the love for college football

  • a_maoist_quetzal [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    also posted today...

    '13 Americans died so you could eat that meal': Afghan 'refugee' at Fort Bliss gripes about dinner selection

    i just... uh...

    • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      ‘13 Americans died so you could eat that meal’: Afghan ‘refugee’ at Fort Bliss gripes about dinner selection

      I'm sorry, I can't eat this. That's just... not enough. :fidel-cool:

  • deadbergeron [he/him,they/them]
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    3 years ago

    damn i really though virginia tech named their team the honkies my first read through

    Also that tweet that says "how could you not love this country?" not because "this country" is doing anything good for people and improving material conditions, but because a bunch of assholes are singing along to some song at a football game. Like, does he think other countries stay seated and watch their sports events in silence or something? Absolute fucking brainworms

  • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    CW: transphobia

    :mao-wtf: why is there transphobia in here??? what does the subject of the article have to do with trans issues???

    • Sacred_Excrement [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE WATCHING FUTBALL FOR 3 HOURS*, U AREN'T A REAL MAN

      breakdown:

      1 hour stoppage of play

      1 hour ads

      1 hour actual game

      • RootVegetable [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Less than 1 hour actual game. The game clock can still run while play is stopped (under a set of circumstances that take forever to learn), so there is less than 1 hour of action in any given game

        • BoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          ha, clock management itself is a prized skill in the NFL, so much so that coaches are ranked by how well they can manipulate it. It's a crucial component of the game that fans actually praise when it leads to a win.

        • Sacred_Excrement [comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          Oh sure, I was just going by actual time (4 15 minute quarters). IIRC, I think someone actually did the math on this a while back and it came to less than 20 minutes of actual action (i.e. play is actively happening)

          Lmao, I was optimistic

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    when i was younger, i used to watch the college football because that was the thing everybody was into around me. it was interesting enough because i could read the formations and play types, and in college shit's looser so weird option and trick plays are more likely than NFL. flea-flickers, screens, laterals, fake punts. i lived for that bullshit. show me the razzle dazzle.

    when all the CTE shit came out, i stopped watching. i should have known better in the first place, but i didn't. once everything came out, i naively assumed the sport would die. i am ashamed and disgusted that people still watch it. i think all of the owners, head coaches, and athletic directors should be in prison.

    99% of deceased, tested NFL players' brains were positive for CTE. 99 fucking percent. 91% for college+high school and 21% for high school only. i get really heated about this. i talk heavy, awkward shit to any remaining "friends" who still watch it. i refer to it as "concussion ball" and ask them if they noticed any "sweet" hits that locked somebody into a future murder/suicide.

  • DirtbagVegan [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    My favorite genre of article: I saw some tweets and wrote this article about how mad I am. Also here are some tweets I agree with.

  • andys_nuts [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Keep in mind that you can dislike sports (and criticize people going to a huge sporting event in the middle of a pandemic) without slipping into reddit-style "le sportsball" stuff. That's the equivalent of edgy internet atheism. There's a way to present the same idea that doesn't strike ordinary people as weird and offputting.

    You want to stay in touch with the working class? Well, a lot of working-class people like sports, or will just say "I don't really follow that" if they don't.

  • Lush [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    went to my uni's football game yesterday and will do it again