• merc@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      16 days ago

      The foreshadowing of the effects of concussions on players seems like they’re setting up the finale, but it might take a while to get there.

      • teslasaur@lemmy.world
        5·
        16 days ago

        Ironically enough, the excess of concussions nowadays are due to overly protective gear. It gives them a sence of protection that leads to more violent tackles, which then leads to more violent headshakes.

        It’s like when they introduced gloves in boxing. Pre-gloves, it hurt like a motherfucker to hit someone in the face. You’d have just as big of a chance to break your hand as the opponents jaw. So they had to make the gloves ‘hurt’ again by making them thinner.

  • melfie@lemy.lol
    24·
    16 days ago

    If we’re doing bread and circuses in a state-funded colosseum, at least make it interesting and turn some wild animals loose or something. Even the Romans did better than a bunch of sweaty guys tossing around a pig hide in between ads.

  • lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    23·
    16 days ago

    My folks’ fav characters got killed off a few episodes ago but for some reason everyone is still hyped for the finale

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    241·
    16 days ago

    I came across something about it this morning, and thought, ‘Oh, is that today?’ Then I forgot about it again until this post.

    I’ve never cared about sportsball, but I’ve learned enough about football to follow a game. I couldn’t avoid it. Same for other sports, like baseball, golf, tennis, and even bowling.

    I’m old and mostly alone now, I feel no desire to pretend to be interested anymore. Y’all have fun.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      16 days ago

      I never cared for it, but it felt like such an event that I’ve been to a lot of superb parties over the years. But now I barely knew it was happening.

      Same goes for the Olympics. I remember watching it for hours and hours back in the day, but I didn’t even know it was happening until I heard Vance got booed.

      Culture is shattering.

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
    202·
    16 days ago

    The most fun take I heard about this: “Why are they playing a football game at the Bad Bunny concert?”

    • ickplant@lemmy.worldOP
      341·
      16 days ago

      Meh, I’d like sportsball better if they didn’t spend my taxpayer funds on stadium construction.

      • kameecoding@lemmy.world
        513·
        16 days ago

        Yes that is something that’s not right and you are entirely justified in being upset about it.

        However it’s kind of unrelated as here you are being kind of a douchenozzle and shitting on people for liking different things than what you like. Which is kind of ironic give how much supposedly a lemming should be different from others and liking other things, like Linux over “Normie” windows.

        • TachyonTele@piefed.socialEnglish
          102·
          16 days ago

          Just because people don’t like the same game you do it doesn’t mean they are shitting on it.

          That’s you being overly defensive for no reason.

          • tempest@lemmy.ca
            91·
            16 days ago

            I’m shitting on it.

            It’s slow, has a ton of advertising ( probably more than actual play time), causes CTE, wastes money at colleges that would be better spent elsewhere, covers up sex crimes etc.

            There are a ton of more interesting / exciting sports than American football.

            I’ll still attend a gathering today but only because I like food and socializing whether the game is on isn’t really relevant to me .

          • kameecoding@lemmy.world
            310·
            16 days ago

            That’s you being overly defensive for no reason.

            Try again bucko, I am from Europe, there is only one Football and that’s where you actually kick the ball…

            Doesn’t mean you can just shit on what someone else likes, or I mean you can and you can act like a dick about it, but all it does is reveals what an asshole you are.

            Going by the downvotes there is a few of you around here having an issue facing this fact. 🤷‍♂️

            Have you considered that you are the one being defensive about rightly being called out on your asshole behavior?

      • Velypso@sh.itjust.works
        617·
        16 days ago

        Lol, no you wouldnt.

        Youd still find a way to be in the out group because it makes you feel special

  • abbadon420@sh.itjust.works
    141·
    16 days ago

    Everytime one of my frienda where’s a scarf of our local soccer club, I’m gonna tell them their cosplay looks fabulous.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    91·
    16 days ago

    And again, two bands of brawlers beat themselves up over a ball, and they call this uncivilized bar fight “football” despite carrying the ball in the hands most of the time.

  • BigDiction@lemmy.world
    8·
    16 days ago

    Still adapting to EST. It’s inhumane and outrageous this shit goes down at 630pm every year. How do people work on Monday??

    • Retail4068@lemmy.world
      41·
      16 days ago

      I’m near 45 and have a 5 year old. Even I can stay up to 930, have a drink or two, and wake up to get the kid to school. It’s not exactly clubbing until 3am.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      15 days ago

      It has a massive impact on productivity. Something like 25 million people are calling in sick today.

      I’m not a big football fan but I love seeing people not working.