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How can we survive without sport?

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    #92
    alchemist33
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    Some good sports documentaries on netflix. My wife has no interest in F1 but found Drive to Survive rivetting. Last Chance U is also very good and, although I havent seen it, Icarus is meant to be good


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    #93
    Potential-Monke
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    Le Mans 66 (for some reason known as Ford v Ferrari... ugh) is amazing, highly recommended even if you're not a racing fan.


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    #94
    _Brian
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    Plenty of us manage just fine without sports addiction, we just grew up.


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    #95
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    _Brian wrote: »
    Plenty of us manage just fine without sports addiction, we just grew up.

    Ooh, edgy. When will you mature out of the smug phase?


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    #96
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users Posts: 17,949 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    _Brian wrote: »
    Plenty of us manage just fine without sports addiction, we just grew up.

    Plenty of people tell me they never watch any sport but then in the big convo at work they're all be able to talk about the big rugby or hurling match the weekend.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



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    #97
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    There’s a large amount of neckbeards and dweebs on Boards. Dweebs and neckbeards tend to hate sport. Apart from MMA it would seem. They love that disgusting orgy of violence and anger for some reason.


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    #98
    Omackeral
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    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    There’s a large amount of neckbeards and dweebs on Boards.

    Except for you, of course.


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    #99
    Wayne Jarvis
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    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    There’s a large amount of neckbeards and dweebs on Boards. Dweebs and neckbeards tend to hate sport. Apart from MMA it would seem. They love that disgusting orgy of violence and anger for some reason.
    In the unlikely event you ever start fighting MMA I think a good name to fight under for you would be JawKnee Flash.


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    #100
    puppieperson1
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    not all sports the racing lobby and the betting lobby are not quite shut down , racing going ahead with out crowds but you still have to have medics and ambulances there and its a pandemic in ireland totally immoral to take these medics away from their work. Disgusting who knows how much virus came home from Cheltenham. Horse racing ireland arse licking the thoroughbred industry with all its own despicables like the sheik who imprisons his daughter for 20 years.........elitist bull****. stop all sport if the ruggers and the GAA can accept this then so should racing. Disgusted.


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    #101
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    There’s a large amount of neckbeards and dweebs on Boards. Dweebs and neckbeards tend to hate sport. Apart from MMA it would seem. They love that disgusting orgy of violence and anger for some reason.

    Neckbeard: a man who is socially inept and physically unappealing, especially one who has an obsessive interest in computing.

    Dweeb: a boring, studious, or socially inept person (personally don't think studious should be in there).

    Socially inept is a good one. I would consider someone who only talks about the sesh's and sport as socially inept, as they can only be socially ept competent when talking about the sesh or sport, oh, and gambling. A lot are also physically unappealing too. Depends on what side you look at it from I suppose.

    Not a massive fan of MMA myself, especially the ground game. Love seeing 2 lads puck the head off each other though, but rather than watch the entire thing live (usually boring), I watch highlights and compilation videos. Someone out there is lovingly creating a new video each week with that weeks knockouts across all fighting sports. Just like someone else does the same for motorsport and public crashes. I'm rambling...


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    #102
    [Deleted User]
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    We’re all socially inept or we wouldn’t be here.


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    #103
    Doctors room ghost
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    Guy Person wrote: »
    In the unlikely event you ever start fighting MMA I think a good name to fight under for you would be JawKnee Flash.




    No fear of it.sure everyone knows old johnny the flash wouldn’t fight his way out of a wet paper bag.hes more of a talker and a ducker.
    Pillow paws they used to call him at school


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    #104
    Salvation Tambourine
    Registered Users Posts: 931 ✭✭✭Salvation Tambourine


    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    Socially inept is a good one. I would consider someone who only talks about the sesh's and sport as socially inept, as they can only be socially ept competent when talking about the sesh or sport, oh, and gambling. A lot are also physically unappealing too. Depends on what side you look at it from I suppose.

    Someone who can only talk about books is as socially inept.

    I have no problem with people not liking sports, each to their own but taking an active dislike of sports always comes across as little petty and sad.
    I can't see how people spend so much time watching millionaires kick or throw inflated leather around for us peasants entertainment

    The best authors, directors and actors in the world also earn a lot of money and can work a lot longer than ten years at the top level.


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    #105
    completedit
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    Don’t know how someone can talk about books. If you can talk about books and make it interesting, fair ****s to you.
    Same for TV shows, my mate is in a LDR with a girl from the states, and I’ve heard them just chat about a TV show. Don’t know how the **** they do it.


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    #106
    Potential-Monke
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    I believe it's down to those persons interests. Like yourselves, I can't fathom how someone can go on and on about a subject, except in my case it's sport. 'Yer man kicked the ball good in that sports game, but he didn't kick it as good as that other lad', etc. But I could talk for hours about the lore and gameplay of the Legacy of Kain series of games. Just like my brother could discuss Stephen King books forever.

    I just feel that sports is basically pushed onto you at a young age. I understand why, exercise and whatnot, but it's definitely forced rather than recommended. Or, at least, it was in my day in school (80's/90's). Being small and not great friends with the managers kids meant I rarely got picked (even though any time I was picked to play, I played very well). So my interest in sports waned over years until I realised I was wasting my time watching/following it, much more interesting subjects (for me) to follow.


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    #107
    Greyfox
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    completedit wrote: »
    Same for TV shows, my mate is in a LDR with a girl from the states, and I’ve heard them just chat about a TV show. Don’t know how the **** they do it.

    Talking about a tv series, film, game or a match is normal and healthy. It's when someone doesn't change the subject after a while that they become insufferable bores.


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    #108
    Ficheall
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    The Irish Bullet Chess championship is on at the moment, if any of you are into that..
    Some commentary here: https://www.twitch.tv/fionchetta


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    #109
    Dickie10
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    i have noticed over the years you can almost know someone who likes and follows horse racing from someone who hates it after a few minutes conversation.
    Has anyone ever found this?

    those who enjoy it will be:
    -socially very comfortable to sit and chat about most topics
    -wont ever have a bee in their bonnet in work situations too much
    -enjoy the company of people that dont take life to serious.
    - are from rural background
    -enjoy pubs /chats/having the craic
    - are not stingy or complain about the price of this or that

    those who dont like racing:
    - have theories on this /that or other
    - take themselves very serious
    - are not comfortable sitting on their own in a bar chatting to random people
    -dont like the outdoors particulaly
    - dont really like farmers
    - like craft beers


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    #110
    YFlyer
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    There’s a large amount of neckbeards and dweebs on Boards. Dweebs and neckbeards tend to hate sport. Apart from MMA it would seem. They love that disgusting orgy of violence and anger for some reason.

    Was neckbeard phrase not barred on boards?

    Nice to see the 5k road race in Sweden.


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    #111
    Andrew00
    Registered Users Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭Andrew00


    Dickie10 wrote: »
    i have noticed over the years you can almost know someone who likes and follows horse racing from someone who hates it after a few minutes conversation.
    Has anyone ever found this?

    those who enjoy it will be:
    -socially very comfortable to sit and chat about most topics
    -wont ever have a bee in their bonnet in work situations too much
    -enjoy the company of people that dont take life to serious.
    - are from rural background
    -enjoy pubs /chats/having the craic
    - are not stingy or complain about the price of this or that

    those who dont like racing:
    - have theories on this /that or other
    - take themselves very serious
    - are not comfortable sitting on their own in a bar chatting to random people
    -dont like the outdoors particulaly
    - dont really like farmers
    - like craft beers

    100% spot on regarding those who LIKE racing


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    #112
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    Dickie10 wrote: »
    i have noticed over the years you can almost know someone who likes and follows horse racing from someone who hates it after a few minutes conversation.
    Has anyone ever found this?

    those who enjoy it will be:
    -socially very comfortable to sit and chat about most topics
    -wont ever have a bee in their bonnet in work situations too much
    -enjoy the company of people that dont take life to serious.
    - are from rural background
    -enjoy pubs /chats/having the craic
    - are not stingy or complain about the price of this or that

    those who dont like racing:
    - have theories on this /that or other
    - take themselves very serious
    - are not comfortable sitting on their own in a bar chatting to random people
    -dont like the outdoors particulaly
    - dont really like farmers
    - like craft beers

    Those who like racing:
    - likes to gamble.

    Those who don’t like racing:
    - doesn’t like to gamble.


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    #113
    Dickie10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭Dickie10


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Those who like racing:
    - likes to gamble.

    Those who don’t like racing:
    - doesn’t like to gamble.

    theres defo more to it than that, you can see it more in women that like going to the races, you can bet they are probably less likely to enjoy music festivals, the ladies that like going to music festivals usualy would not "get" a day at the races.
    I found this with some guys as well, i find people who enjoy going racing value little luxuries in their lives and the thoughts of hardship for fun like muddy music festival is not thier idea of fun. I also found that people who follow racing are more likely to be able to hold a conversation with older people like a 30 year old could chew the fat with a 60 year old easily enough, i sometimes find some people in thier 20ss and early 30s badly let down by the skill of being sociable with older people as well as younger. they dont seem mature enough or havent experienced enough business life /responsibility to be able to chat properly to someone outside their cohort.


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