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Wow im glad I found this place.
I was beginning to think I was the only one who could give a F#@k less about sports. It's very hard and annoying for me living with that fact because 1) im big and of African American decent and 2) everyone around me I meet that finds out or hears i don't like sports immediately talks trash, or ostracizes me.
I try time and time to explain to people, that its just something that doesn't matter to me and that i don't find it entertaining but its like trying to talk to a racist about equal opportunity and equality. I don't hate sports, but the fact im treated the way I am because i don't care for them infuriates me and makes me "hate" them. Its the fact that the ice breaker for everyones conversations who meets me is " hey do you play ball" or " wow you're big you must play football" " who you rooting for to win such and such game"?
Thats my rant i just had to get that off my chest.
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I was beginning to think I was the only one who could give a F#@k less about sports. It's very hard and annoying for me living with that fact because 1) im big and of African American decent and 2) everyone around me I meet that finds out or hears i don't like sports immediately talks trash, or ostracizes me.
I try time and time to explain to people, that its just something that doesn't matter to me and that i don't find it entertaining but its like trying to talk to a racist about equal opportunity and equality. I don't hate sports, but the fact im treated the way I am because i don't care for them infuriates me and makes me "hate" them. Its the fact that the ice breaker for everyones conversations who meets me is " hey do you play ball" or " wow you're big you must play football" " who you rooting for to win such and such game"?
Thats my rant i just had to get that off my chest.
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Re: *sigh of relief*
Thu, March 29, 2007 - 11:23 PMI'm with ya there. I rarely even check in to read the posts in this tribe, but I stay on as a member cuz I'm just so glad the tribe exists! I'm glad somebody typed the words "I don't care about sports". I like seeing the words in my tribe list. I cannot BELIEVE that people find sports relevant to anything important in life. I can't think of anything less interesting or relevant than putting a ball through a hoop, or running around a field in tight pants, telling "touchdown". Every time I meet someone, particularly a man, who says "I really don't like sports" (about once every five years) , I feel tremendously relieved.
