If I hear anyone else ask me if I’m going to “watch the match”, I’m going to lose it. No, I won’t watch that extremely boring snooze fest of a sport played by overpaid divas in a terrible country, organized by the most corrupt organization on earth, even if it supposedly “brings people together”.
Because it doesn’t. It divides people, and it won’t change anyone’s life for the better, ever. Football is crap.
@thelinuxEXP Computers are a bit crap too, especially when used to make lofty judgments about millions of peoples tastes.
Not a fan of Qatar, but football is the glue that keeps many peoples lives together, rich and poor alike.
@thelinuxEXP As you like. We all live illusory lives, in some ways. You could say the exact same thing about the pointlessness of art, literature, and throwing random shade on peoples enjoyment of something you don't like.
I'm off to watch the match with my friends. Cheerio!
@thelinuxEXP I'd rather suck at actually playing the sport rather than watching the world cup, I don't agree with how FIFA does things, everything is about money, not the sport.
So I'd say FIFA is crap but not the sport itself
@thelinuxEXP I can't believe you responded me with a "classic futebol opinion".
Just for the record, I don't follow futebol actually, I don't watch it. Even when it's my country team I rarely cares.
But people watch the World Cup for a reason, for example, today I could see YOUR time play. That's what the most fun about the World Cup, see all those other countries playing, know a bit more about them and having fun.
@thelinuxEXP yeah I understand what you mean, I always preferred watching rugby 🏉.
What I dislike about sports is that they can be as corrupted as politics.
@thelinuxEXP I understand being annoyed by all the people asking you about football (must be a lot in France, you can imagine it's even bigger in Brazil where I live)
But really on an individual level sports in general have a great impact in people's lives. Even for myself, football has always been the best way to make me come out of my shell and be able to socialize a bit as a kid (which now I know was autistic)
Generalizing based on just the bad parts only hurts the good ones
@thelinuxEXP I actually meant watching it, not playing it. The feeling of belonging plus the connections made around the sport really help! It connects people of all kinds and for me it meant being able to fit in at school/work and not being the "weird kid". Other hobbies could work, sure, but they weren't universal
It sucks that rotten people paint such a bad image of the sport but I think it's easier to change it when we acknowledge what's good vs just discarding it as a whole
@royal @thelinuxEXP I recently watched The Three Amigos which was… quite something. XD
Did you know the person playing the singing bush (who also wrote the music and co-wrote the screenplay) went on to write the music for Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Cars, and more? That absolutely tickles me.
@thelinuxEXP So much this. I can't stand football, but The Boy is very into it (+sport generally). That's great, except I have to drill into him that he mustn't boo the other team, nor hate other teams, nor be overly critical of people for supporting other teams, nor dislike players cos of who they play for.
It's really hard trying to counter the divisive nature of football. And it's only been an issue with football for him, not other sports e.g. cricket, rugby...
Maddening.
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