Confession: I really hate the term "sportsball." The way I see people on FB use it comes across as condescending and rude. Am I reading it wrong?
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I thought it was kind of affectionate. Not that people can't be condescending about sports, but it's kind of like "I don't necessarily know the details of your enthusiasm, but I'm happy you're enthusiastic."
I've seen it used both ways. Affectionately and condescendingly.
Hmm. I may be attributing condescension where there's just benign lack of caring about sports on their part but wanting to acknowledge that something took place.
I don't know. I read it as not caring about sports (which is fine) and announcing you don't care about sports (which is...whatever, dude, you do you) to the point that you just can't be bothered to learn/remember what sport might be happening on a given day. It's not like there are that many options, you know?
It just rubs me the wrong way, in the vein of "I don't even OWN a TV!" But I acknowledge that I'm leaning more to the cranky side on this one.
When my friends accuse the press of having a liberal bias I explain that is because they are well informed.
Having a political discussion is tough when the two sides aren't living in the same world.
Yes, this.
The fact that I yell Sportball!!!!!11!! around the office is pretty much a standing joke at this point. I know in the case of it being use with myself and my friends it's all in fun. I don't do the sport thing, the same way when I start talking about cars they say it just sounds like the Charlie Brown teacher talking.
It's also a joke now that the gang watches for the Sportball!!!11!!1 reply to sport postings from me. I know they have a great time with it and it is meant in nothing but fun.
what is the website that always has the updating click through slideshow of all the red carpet dresses? why cannot I not find it!?!?
I would say the majority of the time it's in fun, and self-mocking a bit.
It just rubs me the wrong way, in the vein of "I don't even OWN a TV!" But I acknowledge that I'm leaning more to the cranky side on this one.
Omg, I met a dude recently who was going on and on about how disconcerted he was to have had to help carry a TV.
Because it was needed to show the first trailer of a documentary about the Lipinski Stradivarius before Frank Almond played a private concert, and oh, that brush with TV culture was just too much.
Douche.