Pretty much this.shrekfan246 said:Sports are what jocks nerd out about.
Nerds generally associate negative memories with jocks.
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Personally, I just don't find sports very interesting. They're boring for me to watch, I don't care about the commentary because I have little interest in the subject matter, and the games all last for so long with the same exact thing happening over and over and over again. Oh hey, a man is running down a field/court with a ball. I'll come back half an hour later, bet the same thing will still be happening!
I can understand why other people like it, but eh, not for me.
You're going by an outdated stereotype from around the time when the first "Revenge of the Nerds" movie came out (or even older, since the stereotype was already around at the time).GrimTuesday said:I'm a "nerd", I freely admit that and I'm sure most of you guys do too, which why I'm asking you to answer a question that has been nagging at me about the subculture that I, and most if not all of you, identify with/are a part of. Why is it it that by and large, there is widespread apathy if not outright hostility towards sports. I mean, sure some times, a person just isn't interested in something, but this seems to be a culture of apathy or hostility. Its kind of funny that for a subculture that is supposedly into math and science that games like baseball aren't more popular, considering the fact that Sabermetics (a way of predicting and rating players based on objective analysis and math) is all the rage these days.
So give me an answer as to why you think this is, or hell, just tell me why you don't like sports, and maybe that will help piece together my question.
You do realise that in many sports professionals barely earn enough to support themselves after money for training and equipments taken out.Desert Punk said:I dont hate sports.
But I do think anyone who does professional sports are overpayed jokes of people.
I'm in the same camp here. I love swimming and such, but I hate competitive sports, swimming included.Katatori-kun said:I like exercising for me, not for anyone else.