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No offense or judgement meant to anyone if that's your thing (to each their own). That's just how I see pretty much all professional sports - the super bowl is just the poster child for it.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Life is nothing more than sleeping, shitting and dying.

You can attach that pessimism to anything... But in reality, the Superbowl is a celebration and something millions of people to look forward to. It brings a large group of people excitement and half of them happiness

Why take that away?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

Why?

How about: Taxpayers paying to build stadiums that they cannot afford to buy seats in just so an already disgustingly profitable private company can have a huge subsidy?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

If circuses weren't important people wouldn't be complaining about the Netflix crackdown.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Ayyy that's a good fucking reply.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

There's a pretty long list of reasons why professional sports, and especially the NFL, shouldn't exist. All I can do is not contribute. If trogs want to waste their money muh teeem, I guess I don't give a shit anymore.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

You know what they say about opinions…

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do you believe entertainment shouldn't exist?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Would be cool if it wasn't any rapists. Would be cool if there weren't brain injuries on live TV every season. Would be cool if the 750 mil public subsity Vegas spent on the sb stadium went to a more underserved community.

Some of those catches are fire, though. Worth it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At no point in my post was I disparaging anyone who enjoyed it. You do you, friend. I was just giving my unpopular opinion on why I don't care for it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

oh yeah, I'm just responding to it?

but, when you cut down shit to something like "Star Trek is just a bunch of rich people role playing for nerds" or something... I do think there is subtle disparagement, right? Doesn't mean it's wrong to have an opinion.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You're right. He is disparaging the Superbowl by using the words "nothing more than". It implies that the Superbowl is low, base, and common (which is generally true). But it also implies that he's above that; he's better and more intelligent because he doesn't watch it.

"Pro athletes are richer than the average person" isn't an unpopular opinion. "Championship ads are expensive" isn't unpopular either. His real opinion is "I don't like the Superbowl and that makes me special." That's not unpopular, it's just boring and false.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

maybe OP is a lions fan and is pissed they choked in the playoffs