Fixed.
Edit: Oh and I used to watch wrestling during my junior high years w/ my Grandma. Watching the 'wrastlers' was one of the only things she enjoyed in life at that point. That was back in the Hulk Hogan years.
Fixed.
Edit: Oh and I used to watch wrestling during my junior high years w/ my Grandma. Watching the 'wrastlers' was one of the only things she enjoyed in life at that point. That was back in the Hulk Hogan years.
Skunkwourk
Diamond Member
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The girl Im seeing thinks I should grow up because I still play video games and occasionally buy comic books. On the other hand shes a High School Musical Fanatic.
Nobody needs a reason to insult religion, it's just better when there is context available.
Suck it up.
Mindless nonsense is sometimes necessary... It is relaxing... I had a roommate who would unwind to movies like "The day after tomorrow" (his favorite of the group). The dumber it was the more he liked it.
so hey ... whatev'
so hey ... whatev'
Fun is not defined by how much the majority of people deem the activity to be "intelligent". However, I do believe that those with intelligence understand that it is important to take part in what you feel is very good and harmless fun no matter what it entails. That's a big part of life.
meltdown75
Lifer
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wow that must be the strangest first reply in a thread ever.
anyhoo, that is hilarious OP! i can think of a couple examples that are pretty much the same... i mean, people play Pokemons and RPGs these days and age is no factor! it's good to let the inner kid out once in a while
JulesMaximus
No Lifer
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he probably grew up watching WWE/WWF and RAW. it's that thing that brought you pleasure as a kid and brings the kid out when you watch it. for him anyway.
JulesMaximus
No Lifer
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I've never understood the fascination with watching guys in tights roll around on the floor with other guys.
And people say cyclists look gay...that's funny. :laugh:
Originally posted by: SlickSnake
If sports is so entertaining, why do most people fall asleep watching it, unless they have money on the line?
I enjoyed playing various sports, don't get me wrong, but watching it for hours and or listening to the amazing catches, passes, hits, ect, stories just bored me to tears after the first sentence. Like fishing stories about the whale that got away. :roll:
I find my interests are usually able to hold my interest, intelligent or not. I like variety, for the most part. Which is why I find OFF TOPIC to be interesting. :evil::gift:
Where did you get this idea? Sports are exciting to watch if you find them interesting. You obviously don't, but some people do.
I don't understand why some people feel the need to bash sports because they're not interested. Just don't watch, it's not that hard.
SlickSnake
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Originally posted by: paulxcook
Originally posted by: SlickSnake
If sports is so entertaining, why do most people fall asleep watching it, unless they have money on the line?
I enjoyed playing various sports, don't get me wrong, but watching it for hours and or listening to the amazing catches, passes, hits, ect, stories just bored me to tears after the first sentence. Like fishing stories about the whale that got away. :roll:
I find my interests are usually able to hold my interest, intelligent or not. I like variety, for the most part. Which is why I find OFF TOPIC to be interesting. :evil::gift:
Where did you get this idea? Sports are exciting to watch if you find them interesting. You obviously don't, but some people do.
I don't understand why some people feel the need to bash sports because they're not interested. Just don't watch, it's not that hard.
Yea, great observations there. And I don't watch most pro sports. Thanks for the profound advice. And I know a lot of other sane and intelligent people who are bored with the pro sports circus as well.
Pro sports does nothing to help mankind. All pro athletes are is hoes to the promoters and owners. If you take away all the obscene money the pros are paid, you are left with a lot of immature, self centered punks who would beat each other senseless in a strip bar every night if not for pro sports. Oh wait, they do that anyhow.
Just look at the new cowboys stadium they are building in Arlington. 1000s of people lost their houses and former lives to build it, against their will. The city even had the nerve to spend 100s of millions of tax payer money to build a private stadium complex. Even though Jerry Jones could have paid the entire bill himself. Not to mention they recieved tax breaks and other incentives to further screw the Arlington taxpayers 50 years into the future on the deal. Why is that? Do you think anyone who lost their house to this stadium will have $150k to 250k a year to buy a private viewing box? How many looted taxpayers in Arlington will be able to afford that? How about all the pro jocks who are receiving public tax breaks and incentives similar to welfare on the stadium to get fatter paychecks? At least they can now afford it.
And then you cluelessly wonder why people feel the need to bash pro sports when they are running around with their hands outstretched for tax dollars like some poor homeless person? How many people in Arlington will see social services like school financing cut to finance this private enterprise? How about ALL of them?
And how about the obscene amount of money colleges spend on sports programs that raise tuition prices when that money could be vastly better spent actually EDUCATING people rather than exercising and working out on a SCHOLARSHIP? Why aren't these sports jocks going to a PRIVATELY funded technical school for basketball, football or baseball when they get out of highschool, since they obviously aren't even smart enough to speak properly when they get out of college? Where is that valuable college funded education when the cheerleaders are doing all their homework for them? To even pretend that these jocks are natural born geniuses because they throw, bounce or hit a ball a bit better than average is ridiculous. But to be fair, a small percentage of jocks are smart. At least in my experience.
Yet the self promoting media machine holds them up as heros and role models until they maliciously murder 2 people and drive off home to hide the fact they are wasted behind the wheel Cowboys Player Dwayne Goodrich MURDERS 2 Good Samaritans And Gets A Slap On The Wrist! Obviously good and honest character building is not a high priority in sports programs, in spite of the constant hype to the contrary.
Now, do not confuse PRO SPORTS with local school athletic programs for grades 1-12. Now that is something that kids need at that age to burn off their ADD and other pent up agressions on. But is it positive character building? Maybe at that age, it is.
Now the olympics are a whole different animal, tho. I will watch that. But the promotion pimps are all over that like bears on honey, too. It kind of ruins the events when you hang advertising banners from every available spot just to grab a fleeting camera view. And even the athletes are frequently covered in adds, ugh.
compman25
Diamond Member
- Jan 12, 2006
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Originally posted by: SlickSnake
Originally posted by: paulxcook
Originally posted by: SlickSnake
If sports is so entertaining, why do most people fall asleep watching it, unless they have money on the line?
I enjoyed playing various sports, don't get me wrong, but watching it for hours and or listening to the amazing catches, passes, hits, ect, stories just bored me to tears after the first sentence. Like fishing stories about the whale that got away. :roll:
I find my interests are usually able to hold my interest, intelligent or not. I like variety, for the most part. Which is why I find OFF TOPIC to be interesting. :evil::gift:
Where did you get this idea? Sports are exciting to watch if you find them interesting. You obviously don't, but some people do.
I don't understand why some people feel the need to bash sports because they're not interested. Just don't watch, it's not that hard.
Yea, great observations there. And I don't watch most pro sports. Thanks for the profound advice. And I know a lot of other sane and intelligent people who are bored with the pro sports circus as well.
Pro sports does nothing to help mankind. All pro athletes are is hoes to the promoters and owners. If you take away all the obscene money the pros are paid, you are left with a lot of immature, self centered punks who would beat each other senseless in a strip bar every night if not for pro sports. Oh wait, they do that anyhow.
Just look at the new cowboys stadium they are building in Arlington. 1000s of people lost their houses and former lives to build it, against their will. The city even had the nerve to spend 100s of millions of tax payer money to build a private stadium complex. Even though Jerry Jones could have paid the entire bill himself. Not to mention they recieved tax breaks and other incentives to further screw the Arlington taxpayers 50 years into the future on the deal. Why is that? Do you think anyone who lost their house to this stadium will have $150k to 250k a year to buy a private viewing box? How many looted taxpayers in Arlington will be able to afford that? How about all the pro jocks who are receiving public tax breaks and incentives similar to welfare on the stadium to get fatter paychecks? At least they can now afford it.
And then you cluelessly wonder why people feel the need to bash pro sports when they are running around with their hands outstretched for tax dollars like some poor homeless person? How many people in Arlington will see social services like school financing cut to finance this private enterprise? How about ALL of them?
And how about the obscene amount of money colleges spend on sports programs that raise tuition prices when that money could be vastly better spent actually EDUCATING people rather than exercising and working out on a SCHOLARSHIP? Why aren't these sports jocks going to a PRIVATELY funded technical school for basketball, football or baseball when they get out of highschool, since they obviously aren't even smart enough to speak properly when they get out of college? Where is that valuable college funded education when the cheerleaders are doing all their homework for them? To even pretend that these jocks are natural born geniuses because they throw, bounce or hit a ball a bit better than average is ridiculous. But to be fair, a small percentage of jocks are smart. At least in my experience.
Yet the self promoting media machine holds them up as heros and role models until they maliciously murder 2 people and drive off home to hide the fact they are wasted behind the wheel Cowboys Player Dwayne Goodrich MURDERS 2 Good Samaritans And Gets A Slap On The Wrist! Obviously good and honest character building is not a high priority in sports programs, in spite of the constant hype to the contrary.
Now, do not confuse PRO SPORTS with local school athletic programs for grades 1-12. Now that is something that kids need at that age to burn off their ADD and other pent up agressions on. But is it positive character building? Maybe at that age, it is.
Now the olympics are a whole different animal, tho. I will watch that. But the promotion pimps are all over that like bears on honey, too. It kind of ruins the events when you hang advertising banners from every available spot just to grab a fleeting camera view. And even the athletes are frequently covered in adds, ugh.
I can't believe it, but can I get cliffs for a reply please?
SlickSnake
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compman25 said:
Cliffs: paulxcook said:
I point out it's not just because I am not interested, but I am philisophically opposed to pro sports, and here's a bunch of various reasons why, like throwing people out of their homes and sucking up taxpayer money like a vacume cleaner.
But public school sports is good.
And the olympics rock, but all the adds suck.
Cliffs: paulxcook said:
I point out it's not just because I am not interested, but I am philisophically opposed to pro sports, and here's a bunch of various reasons why, like throwing people out of their homes and sucking up taxpayer money like a vacume cleaner.
But public school sports is good.
And the olympics rock, but all the adds suck.
Capt Caveman
Lifer
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If you hate pro sports, you should also be against most forms of entertainment - tv, movies, music. Oh wait, don't you own Monster Cables for that expensive home theater system.
- Oct 28, 1999
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My wife has the title "Dr." in front of her name and scored a 36 on the math part of the ACT's and "Dumb and Dumber" is one of her favorite movies of all time.
You'd be amazed at the number of ER residents and surgeons that love mindless stuff like that(like Zin mentioned). Sometimes you just want to turn your brain off and not have to think about things. Plus laughing is great therapy.
You'd be amazed at the number of ER residents and surgeons that love mindless stuff like that(like Zin mentioned). Sometimes you just want to turn your brain off and not have to think about things. Plus laughing is great therapy.
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