"Of course, if you phrase it in a way similar to how you did above, people will most likely just think you were an asshole."
Of course, a similar thought most likely crossed my mind when I read the parent comment.
Of course, a similar thought most likely crossed my mind when I read the parent comment.
I love basketball. I grew up playing and refereeing it. I lost interest for about a decade, because the culture got to be too much about the personality and antics, and not the game. I've only just gotten back into it in the last year because it seems to have shifted back. And there is a lot of fun to be had attending a game.
I encourage you to quote that part of my comment. For bonus points, quote the part where I said I can't understand why people enjoy sports.
Go ahead, say, with a straight face, that such a remark was not effectively a paraphrasing of what I said and was a non-loaded question asked with sincerity. To claim that you were not implying some corporate brainwashing in what you said is, frankly, disingenuous.
I think the commenter was being a bit of an ass too, but I think he still has a defensible point, and it's not the absurd point that you're making it out to be.
Suffice to say, this: I think that it's possible to enjoy sport at a professional / high level (or local for that matter), in itself, whilst still having something of a disdain for overly crass commercialization (which varies between sports).