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.

  • mob
    268·
    9 months ago

    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?

    • mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world
      12·
      9 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?

    • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOPM
      83·
      9 months ago

      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.

      • mob
        194·
        9 months ago

        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.

        • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
          185·
          9 months ago

          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.

      • mob
        3·
        9 months ago

        Ayyy that’s a good fucking reply.

      • pewter@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 months ago

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

    • butt_mountain_69420@lemmy.world
      65·
      9 months ago

      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.

      • mob
        133·
        9 months ago

        Do you believe entertainment shouldn’t exist?

        • half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world
          3·
          9 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.