Example: As far as sports go, I’m in the 3rd mentioned category, I don’t give a shit which side wins, and I don’t even bother watching.
Pretty good showerthought, NGL. And yes, likewise about sports teams, what meaningful connection do I have with these people? Lol. I’d get it if your brother played for the team, or you had money on them winning, but if not the outcome is just inconsequential, right?
But then you see all these people in love with their preferred teams, crying even, and I’m like “why?”, and if this is how you feel about some strangers good at moving a ball, did you have a heart attack from happiness when you got your first kiss? Did you have to be resuscitated when you learned your wife was pregnant? Usually, from what I’ve seen, they didn’t, but they did have all these feelings for these random groups of people. 🤷
Jerry Seinfeld had a bit where he says it makes no sense to root for a sports team because the players change, the strategies change, everything changes. All you’re rooting for is the uniform. And if a guy changes teams, then you liked him on one team but suddenly don’t like him cause he’s wearing a different shirt. I don’t know how accurate that assessment is because I don’t care about sports