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Post by berkley on Feb 14, 2024 3:45:15 GMT -5
I was talking to my mother on the phone tonight and she asked me if I watched "that big game" - she didn't know what game or even what sport it was, but she knows that I watch some sports and that something big was going on. She even knew about Taylor Swift's friend on one of the teams who pushed his coach.
I did see the Super Bowl this year, though not in real time: I found a torrent online and watched the first half last night and the rest earlier today, having managed to avoid hearing the result beforehand. I'm a casual NFL viewer at best and thus definitely no expert but my feeling was, not one of the better ones I've seen. Very much dominated by defence for the first three quarters. On the other hand, it was close all the way so at least there was some suspense as to the final outcome - much like the France-Scotland 6-Nations game this past weekend, which was also not a great one to watch but still at least went down to the final play before it was decided.
But as the Taylor Swift furor highlighted this year in particular, the Super Bowl is more of interest as a cultural phenomenon than as a sporting contest.
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Post by tartanphantom on Feb 14, 2024 8:35:12 GMT -5
I was talking to my mother on the phone tonight and she asked me if I watched "that big game" - she didn't know what game or even what sport it was, but she knows that I watch some sports and that something big was going on. She even knew about Taylor Swift's friend on one of the teams who pushed his coach. I did see the Super Bowl this year, though not in real time: I found a torrent online and watched the first half last night and the rest earlier today, having managed to avoid hearing the result beforehand. I'm a casual NFL viewer at best and thus definitely no expert but my feeling was, not one of the better ones I've seen. Very much dominated by defence for the first three quarters. On the other hand, it was close all the way so at least there was some suspense as to the final outcome - much like the France-Scotland 6-Nations game this past weekend, which was also not a great one to watch but still at least went down to the final play before it was decided. But as the Taylor Swift furor highlighted this year in particular, the Super Bowl is more of interest as a cultural phenomenon than as a sporting contest.
Personally, I find the venerable and ancient Maritimes sport of nude live lobster tossing (played much like quoits or horseshoes) to be more challenging, and much more rewarding as a spectator sport than the boring old NFL.  Place your bets, gentlemen.
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 14, 2024 9:14:21 GMT -5
I was talking to my mother on the phone tonight and she asked me if I watched "that big game" - she didn't know what game or even what sport it was, but she knows that I watch some sports and that something big was going on. She even knew about Taylor Swift's friend on one of the teams who pushed his coach. I did see the Super Bowl this year, though not in real time: I found a torrent online and watched the first half last night and the rest earlier today, having managed to avoid hearing the result beforehand. I'm a casual NFL viewer at best and thus definitely no expert but my feeling was, not one of the better ones I've seen. Very much dominated by defence for the first three quarters. On the other hand, it was close all the way so at least there was some suspense as to the final outcome - much like the France-Scotland 6-Nations game this past weekend, which was also not a great one to watch but still at least went down to the final play before it was decided. But as the Taylor Swift furor highlighted this year in particular, the Super Bowl is more of interest as a cultural phenomenon than as a sporting contest.
Personally, I find the venerable and ancient Maritimes sport of nude live lobster tossing (played much like quoits or horseshoes) to be more challenging, and much more rewarding as a spectator sport than the boring old NFL. Place your bets, gentlemen.
Your disdain for the NFL makes me wonder if you lost your shirt in a wager in the past. It makes for a nice origin story.  |
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Post by tartanphantom on Feb 14, 2024 10:01:12 GMT -5
Personally, I find the venerable and ancient Maritimes sport of nude live lobster tossing (played much like quoits or horseshoes) to be more challenging, and much more rewarding as a spectator sport than the boring old NFL. Place your bets, gentlemen.
Your disdain for the NFL makes me wonder if you lost your shirt in a wager in the past. It makes for a nice origin story.
No, I just got tired of their endless pandering and licensed merchandise whoring. Not that other professional sports don't do the same thing, but it's particularly blatant and shameless with the NFL. I also have disdain for players who complain about various things for attention while being paid obscene amounts of money to do it. The lowest average annual salary by position is still over $1M, so complaining about this or that for internet cred or social street cred seems pretty self-serving to me.
It's OK, they don't need me as a fan, and they obviously don't need my money, so it's a happy arrangement for all. I still enjoy NHL and MLB (to a lesser degree); they do the same thing, and the salaries are comparably high, but it's not as endlessly over-the-top as the NFL.
I also have better ways to spend my time on Sundays, and this is probably the biggest reason. I do spend a lot of time on Saturdays during football season watching collegiate football, so I like the sport itself a great deal, just don't care for the marketing juggernaut known as the NFL.
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Post by Calidore on Feb 14, 2024 11:15:13 GMT -5
Personally, I find the venerable and ancient Maritimes sport of nude live lobster tossing (played much like quoits or horseshoes) to be more challenging
Are the tossed lobsters normally clothed then?
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Post by impulse on Feb 14, 2024 11:21:39 GMT -5
I think far too many people are overly concerned with what celebrities do or don't do with their platforms. I've also always thought it's weird how invested people are in their sports team and their ball games.
Say what you will, but I've never had my day ruined because a bunch of strangers lost a ball game to another bunch of strangers.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Feb 14, 2024 11:24:53 GMT -5
I think far too many people are overly concerned with what celebrities do or don't do with their platforms. I've also always thought it's weird how invested people are in their sports team and their ball games. Say what you will, but I've never had my day ruined because a bunch of strangers lost a ball game to another bunch of strangers. How about if writer x did something to your favorite character or the editors for your favorite comic company went out for milkshakes? It's just another form of "nerd fandom" they're just sports nerds not comic nerds, but comic fandom have their day ruined by what happens in monthly periodicals all the time. It's no different. -M |
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Post by tartanphantom on Feb 14, 2024 11:28:17 GMT -5
Personally, I find the venerable and ancient Maritimes sport of nude live lobster tossing (played much like quoits or horseshoes) to be more challenging
Are the tossed lobsters normally clothed then?
Lobsters may be clothed, but tossers are not.
Particularly bracing competition during a Nor'easter storm.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 14, 2024 12:12:31 GMT -5
I think far too many people are overly concerned with what celebrities do or don't do with their platforms. I've also always thought it's weird how invested people are in their sports team and their ball games. Say what you will, but I've never had my day ruined because a bunch of strangers lost a ball game to another bunch of strangers. How about if writer x did something to your favorite character or the editors for your favorite comic company went out for milkshakes? It's just another form of "nerd fandom" they're just sports nerds not comic nerds, but comic fandom have their day ruined by what happens in monthly periodicals all the time. It's no different. -M I don't understand that either. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 14, 2024 12:14:55 GMT -5
Are the tossed lobsters normally clothed then?
Lobsters may be clothed, but tossers are not.
Particularly bracing competition during a Nor'easter storm.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Feb 14, 2024 12:27:40 GMT -5
Happy Valentine's Day!  -M |
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Post by tartanphantom on Feb 14, 2024 13:38:04 GMT -5
Lobsters may be clothed, but tossers are not.
Particularly bracing competition during a Nor'easter storm.
double entendre intended.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 14, 2024 14:44:43 GMT -5
Are the tossed lobsters normally clothed then?
Lobsters may be clothed, but tossers are not.
Particularly bracing competition during a Nor'easter storm.
When the lobsters have a harder time finding something to hang on! |
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 14, 2024 15:37:52 GMT -5
How about if writer x did something to your favorite character or the editors for your favorite comic company went out for milkshakes? It's just another form of "nerd fandom" they're just sports nerds not comic nerds, but comic fandom have their day ruined by what happens in monthly periodicals all the time. It's no different. -M I don't understand that either. I’m sure there’s something in this world that you route for , and can cause you to feel down when it doesn’t happen the way you want it to. Ultimately, I also can detach myself from events that don’t effect my family or loved ones. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 14, 2024 17:20:07 GMT -5
I don't understand that either. I’m sure there’s something in this world that you route for , and can cause you to feel down when it doesn’t happen the way you want it to. Ultimately, I also can detach myself from events that don’t effect my family or loved ones. There are a few. But I'm not allowed to talk about them here. And they're definitely things that actually have an effect on me, my family and the world. Who wins a ball game (or boxing match, or meet or...) or the imaginary doings of funnybook folk (or people on TV shows or movies) do not factor in to it. |
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