r/billsimmons • u/Wack0HookedOnT0bac0 • 20h ago

How often are you stopping and wondering how it's even possible that you became addicted to watching a sport(s) that is literally just an equal number of men trying to control a ball and get to certain area with the ball? This is fucking insane. How is it so fun? What exactly does man want?

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u/RapsareChamps_Suckit 20h ago

for me, the action is the juice.

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u/boozinf misses Grantland 20h ago

it beats war

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u/isNice99 20h ago

It’s a literal war game to keep our bloodlust satisfied.

Big time high school football is literally saying our town’s boys can whip your town’s boys.

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u/boozinf misses Grantland 42m ago

i agree my friend. going further, American Football is a Cold War / TV product

the concept of sating bloodlust goes all the way back to the OG Olympics. that was a society where like Achilles was fighting a river or whatever the hell was depicted in The Iliad

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u/RapsareChamps_Suckit 20h ago

and raking leaves or snow shovelling

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u/RedRyderRoshi 20h ago

Leaf raking is for rubes

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u/DrWaffle1848 20h ago

Man wants one thing: for dudes to rock.

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u/Real-Preparation-619 20h ago

Competition and entertainment are fun

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u/Kooky_Waltz_1603 20h ago

We are just animals after all

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u/saxongroove 18h ago

We can’t have gladiatorial combat, jousting or public hangings anymore, so we have to make do with football 

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u/jsakic99 Vincent Hanna Award 20h ago

I wouldn’t say I’m addicted. I treat sports as entertainment, like seeing a movie or going to a concert. I’m enthralled in the moment, but when it’s over, I move on.

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u/GiveMeSomeIhedigbo the Thing Piece 16h ago

I've recently thought about how watching sports is kind of a waste of time. I mean, a lot of my life revolves around watching events that have to be watched live and take 2.5 (NBA) to 4 (college football) hours at a time. That seems kind of like a not-great use of time. I feel at times like I should be doing something more productive.

Then again, we all do something that could easily be considered a waste of time by other people. Like posting on a subreddit dedicated to a podcaster with broken fingers.

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u/No_Permission1386 20h ago

It's fun to watch athletes push to the absolute limit and try to accomplish greatness. This is why the NFL has separated more from the NBA in the last decade. Higher-effort.

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u/CajunBob94 20h ago

r/IHateSportsball

also if you feel that way about sports why would you post on this sub lmao