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thenewgreen  ·  3660 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 12, 2014

Every Monday morning I have a team call for work at 8:30am. At the outset of this call, we discuss what we've all done with our weekends. I'm the only person on the call that didn't spend their entire Saturday/Sunday focused on football.

People say things like, "my panthers did really well this weekend..." etc.

I cannot relate to this at all and it makes me feel sad that so much time and energy is dedicated to this, especially from talented people.





OftenBen  ·  3660 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I cannot relate to this at all and it makes me feel sad that so much time and energy is dedicated to this, especially from talented people.

I'm with you. I just don't understand people's obsession with professional sports. The NFL is pretty much one of the worst organizations to ever exist, filled with and led by documented liars, thieves, child abusers, animal abusers, spousal abusers and addicts of all kinds.

The players are caught up in a culture of 'Spend more than the guy next to me in the locker room,' and even if their career isn't cut short by a dramatic, visible injury, they are almost guaranteed to develop Alzheimer's at an extremely early age, in addition to depression, dementia, psychotic rages, and all sorts of other mental stuff.

And these are our heroes? These are the best of us?

coffeesp00ns  ·  3660 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Talk about Hubski like it's a sport

"Eightbit had a great pass to OftenBen last night"

user-inactivated  ·  3659 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"Deranged Football Game" added to the list of things that need to happen in Hubskina.