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georgec said:
...it all just seems so...inconsequential.
When I hear people arguing about sports, what this guy said, what that guy said, etc., it just seems like such a waste of time. I think the culture of sports is extremely bloated. Watching a bit of a game here and there is fun, but anything beyond that doesn't interest me now.
Rant over.
Yay! Guys like me and the Gaffertape are generally made to feel like aliens our entire lives because we don't get into sports. It is kind of refreshing to see someone who was once into sports "get it" and start to see things the way we have always seen them. It just feels like a bunch of inconsequential crap used to sell lots of stuff.
One thing I honestly dread about meeting new people is that I know the sports question is always going to come up.
"What's your name?"
"C3PX"
"Cool. Who's your team?"
"Uhh, never really got much into sports, to be honest"
*Baffled look* *Alert stance* *Cautious tone of voice as if speaking to someone who is clearly a lunatic who could snap and kill you at any moment* "Really?! How come?" (seriously, this question almost always happens. Nobody can hear someone say they are not into sports and just leave it at that, they have to figure out what the hell is wrong with you by pressing the issue and trying to get to the bottom of things. I am not even kidding or exaggerating in the least.)
I've gotten to the point where I almost feel guilty when I say I am not into sports. Like I am being rude or difficult. Especially where I live now where people, sadly, have very little else they want to talk about. I feel like I am pushing people away, or telling them that their go to bridge for arbitrarily relating to strangers is, in my case, nothing more than a sheer drop into a gaping ravine. My dad, who has always for the most part felt the same way about sports as me, fakes it. He'll read the local college team's scores online along with any important highlights from the last big game so he can use it to make small talk with people and built rapport. Feels somewhat disingenuous to me, but I can see why he does it. Commercialized sports have become such a deep, embedded part of our culture, and when you don't embrace that aspect of our culture, it can be very hard to find common ground with those around you.