"Yes I want to be part of a proletarian mass movement but liking sports is normie boring low-IQ primate brain behavior" -statements dreamt up by the utterly deranged
that said, it does turn many people into goliras, no not the ball part, the competition part. there should be a study comparing monke behavior with e-'sports' vs traditional sports.
I mean, that would be an extremely maladjusted behavior on the coworker's part. It's not like I write off the possibility of befriending or even talking to someone because they don't consume my slop.
If the price of building socialism is having to pretend to like sports for the rest of my life then I'll just have to resign myself to capitalist hellworld
THE GAME being the patriarchy approved "normal" topic that ALL MALES MUST be able to have a conversation about in order to be socially acceptable is toxic as fuck. The way your turning it around to say poor smol bean hegemonic culture enjoyers don't know what else to talk about is kind of true, but that doesn't make it any better. If anything its another example of how patriarchy hurts men as much as women.
Just to be clear, the problem isn't sports but patriarchy. This may be less of an issue outside the US. Hopefully its not as bad in the US as was, but i doubt it
People do talk about sports - and that's fine! I don't hate sports or have a problem with people watching sports or talking about sports.
I've been pretty clear about what i have a problem with. It's when someone says "i don't watch sports" and that's a problem because it isnt considered the approved and acceptable answer to that question
"I don't watch sports" means you view not watching sports as part of your identity. The person you're talking to clearly enjoys sports, and you're stating that some core aspect of the way you think of yourself is just against sharing that with them. Generally when I talk to people I stay open to their hobbies even if I'm not into those hobbies at that time.
Yeah, i have been around people who like sports all my life and this is the go-to. Let's them talk about the game, and gets me up to speed of a game I honestly don't really care about, but that it's nice that gets people excited about.