I hate people who hate sports

Not always
Cooperation is better in every way.

This. I think America has developed into such a terrible place in part because we incessantly refuse to cooperate with each other. It's every rugged individualist for himself, and any ounce of sacrifice for the common good is evil, communism, and "entitlement."

I just watched an athletic dog show yesterday and found myself really getting into it, wtf is wrong with me, I don't even like dogs... But they were so cute with their humans!

Objectively false.

Anybody else picture Dwight from the office whenever somebody says something like this

Objectively false. Competition forces society to strive for improvement. Cooperation is very important as well, but to dismiss competition completely is a horribly damaging mindset.

Despite this, I dislike most competitive sports regardless. X-Games were fun to watch though as everyone seemed to try and lift their opponents up rather than dominate them.

Cooperative societies always out-perform competitive societies. Neat trick there trying to pass off your (incorrect) opinion as objective, though.

Cooperative societies always out-perform competitive societies.

Would you say they win the competition between societies?

If I could push a button and immediately rid the world of mosquitos, cancer, or football, I would push the button twice just in case there's confusion over American football or soccer.

I have no interest in sport, and never have had. But I don't hate sports, I just don't see the attraction, but other people really love them, so why not? Different people like different things, and just because I don't like sport, certainly doesn't mean that a given sport is bad, or that playing or watching it is bad.

Nope, not even close. Sports are basically reality TV geared toward men instead of women.

Nah, this is PotD. Trolling here is like fishing without lures, bait, or even a poll. Possibly without a hook or fishing line either. You basically just show up and the fish jump directly into your boat.

Our board has always been one of the reasons why GameFAQs has lazy trolls - they never have to put in any effort or practice their craft to be successful here.

Maybe i know they're trolling and i just think it's fun to yell at people. Are we... roleplaying?

i've seen that excuse get used here so many times and it's always been difficult to believe.

You know people in Brazil literally riot over their sportsball teams not winning, right?

I would find that very embarrassing if I were a sports fan

Maybe i know they're trolling and i just think it's fun to yell at people. Are we... roleplaying?

The only sport I follow is Strongman which is always a free for all format and generally speaking every participant is happy to see everyone else perform well and most of the fans enjoy it regardless of who wins. Any trash talking by fans on behalf of a particular athlete is almost always shot down by both other fans and the athletes themselves.

I'm sure there is a huge psychological difference there based on the structure of the event or sport. When it comes to team sports, there's already such a heavy shade of "us vs them" cast over the game. I think 1-on-1 sports or indirect competition sports (golf, lifting, bowling) don't as easily lend themselves to the same kind of thinking that huge team sports do. Humans are just tribalistic by nature, it's far easier to fall into a massive group based on where you live than it is to find a singular athlete you enjoy.

football killed my father, you jerk

I am 110% fine with people who just aren't interested in or don't follow sports. But people who intensely hate sports annoy the hell out of me. Like imagine being in your 20s and 30s and still being mad that you got picked on by the jocks in high school or even middle school.

Sports are great. Competition makes society healthier. Deal with it nerds.

They must have talked about eggs.