A conversation I had with my wife today
02-12-24, 10:13 AM
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Today is the day we all go back to Best Buy to return the big-screen TVs we all bought on Saturday....
02-12-24, 10:17 AM
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To be fair though, those long scoreless games can be ended with excellent shootouts in which each team gets to stand right in front of the giant goal and see who can blast more shots past a goalie with a 50% chance of lunging the wrong way.
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02-12-24, 10:18 AM
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No, I’m talking about the one on 168 st near Columbia Presbyterian Hosp. My school was on 152 st and Amsterdam.
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Maybe just use those and dispense with the 90 minute snooze-fest.
02-12-24, 10:33 AM
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Look no further than to the Simpsons if you want to know all about soccer....
02-12-24, 10:46 AM
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Let’s remember the origins of American football. It was invented as a way to toughen up college boys who weren’t lucky enough to come of age (edit: "fighting age") while the US was fighting in a war.
America didn’t want to raise no sissy boys.
So many American values represented in the game, mostly toxic ones.
America didn’t want to raise no sissy boys.
So many American values represented in the game, mostly toxic ones.
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02-12-24, 10:51 AM
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02-12-24, 11:05 AM
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The first football game was played by college boys who absolutely came of age while the US was fighting a war.
02-12-24, 11:30 AM
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Basketball is all offense no defense, soccer is all defense no offense. Men's vs women's basketball are different games, though. Yesterday afternoon I had the opportunity to watch either NBA or women's college basketball. The college game was watchable.
02-12-24, 11:31 AM
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Forgot about that. That sort of thing is one reason REI changed its refund policy. People would buy gear for a one-time trip and then return it. One nickname was Rental Equipment, Inc.
02-12-24, 11:36 AM
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02-12-24, 11:38 AM
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02-12-24, 11:40 AM
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The upshot was that there was this sudden influx of college kids who were "soft", because they hadn't fought.
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I've never been a big football guy, but this is the first year in a while where the Super Bowl is the only complete game I watched. Within the framework of what American Football is, it was a really good game, IMO.
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I'm guessing that the 1.5 billion people who watch the World Cup final (about 12x as many as watch the Super Bowl) are all just dopes, in your opinion. The sort of rubes who prefer disc brakes and cf frames.
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...there has to be a better way than a sport dedicated to chronic brain injury.