# Fuck the royals, fuck sports, fuck entertainment gossip. Fuck it all. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 8, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659 "2014-12-08T14:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/21 "2014-12-08T23:51:44Z")
i’d press the like button if i thought that wasn’t fucking shit too. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/22 "2014-12-09T00:15:56Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Would you rather see Prince Charles? I don’t know, probably not. The thing is really, he looks so angry; all he’s doing is wearing nothing but these boxer briefs and I’m wondering, “what’s he so angry about?” I just can’t really see how that helps sell underwear. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/23 "2014-12-09T22:43:36Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I have no idea why I’m so cantankerous this morning. > … > > I don’t give a flying fuck if … Clearly you are cantankerous because you [need one of these](http://www.gadgetsandgear.com/flying-fuck.html). Personally, I only want to be entertained by the single classic line Obama should utter, “_Ah, hello Prince William. Love your Sound._” ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/24 "2014-12-10T01:01:37Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > I don’t know, probably not. The thing is really, he looks so angry; all he’s doing is wearing nothing but these boxer briefs and I’m wondering, “what’s he so angry about?” I just can’t really see how that helps sell underwear. It is mostly women who buy underwear, even men’s underwear. Does that help? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/25 "2014-12-10T01:40:35Z")
I feel obliged to second the OP’s plan for Duchess Kate, though I’d prefer to be first in line. ---
**Author:** ![mage-girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/26 "2014-12-10T02:27:09Z")
May I sign up for your “Fuck Sports” newsletter? 😃 Y’see, I live in Nebraska. Perhaps you’re familiar with our Husker college football team? Over 90% of Nebraskans (seemingly) are fans. Big, big fans. I’m not. I don’t know if it’s because I wasn’t actually born here, or what. So when Husker coach Pelini got fired, what was it, two weeks ago? HUGE. The first 5 minutes of every local TV newscast was devoted to it, then they discussed it AGAIN in the sportscast. Alright, alright already. For a week it’s crazy on the news. Lost a coach. What are we gonna do. Looking for a coach. Where can we find a coach? Oh, here are a few options. Has anyone actually approached these options? No, but we’re speculating, because Husker fans will take any Husker news, however loosely based on reality. Finally they choose a new head coach (Riley). Now the newscasts are chock-full of stuff about him. Where he coached before, what was his record, what his previous players have to say about him, etc., etc. Meanwhile, I’m just waiting to get the weather, and this business is now taking up the first 10 minutes of every local TV newscast. :smack: One evening, in prime time, they broke into our network programming with a “Special Report”. Aw crap, I’m thinking, what’s wrong now? Is there rioting? A plane crash? A horrible fire? But no. Nothing so dire. Turns out the new Husker coach just landed at the airport, and the news station absolutely had to share that with us. I don’t know if I’ve ever yelled so loud at the TV, and I was an Under the Dome watcher for awhile. If you know that show, there’s a lot to yell about. :rolleyes: God, yeah. Fuck sports. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/27 "2014-12-10T03:10:29Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > It is mostly women who buy underwear, even men’s underwear. Does that help? It does a little, I guess. Maybe the ladies like Beckham better than Prince Charles; even if he’s all angry looking. It just makes me think he’s wearing uncomfortable underwear though. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/28 "2015-02-13T16:17:06Z")
Bruce Jenner. 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/29 "2015-02-13T16:36:42Z")
I don’t necessarily disagree, but… what? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/30 "2015-02-13T17:11:59Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I don’t necessarily disagree, but… what? this > [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > So, other than not giving a fuck about what Rhythmdvl doesn’t give a fuck about, what don’t you give a fuck about? They keep asking me for fucks to give about Bruce Jenner. I have run out. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/31 "2015-02-13T17:18:08Z")
East coast snow storms. They’re local news, not national news. I’ve lost count of the ways the national news has had their reporters report that there’s a shitload of snow on the ground: standing next to buried cars; standing knee deep in snow; standing next to a car in a ditch; standing next to a huge berm of plowed snow; interviewing a local who says “boy, it’s sure a lot of snow”; film clips of snow plows and sanding trucks. It never fucking ends. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/32 "2015-02-13T17:18:21Z")
All I know is, I’m stealing this. (Stealing’s not a sport!) > [@](#): > > …any more than I give a shit about how the curator of the world’s largest My Little Pony lunchbox collection feels about sand." LOVE THAT! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/33 "2015-02-13T20:14:13Z")
> [@mage-girl](#): > > May I sign up for your “Fuck Sports” newsletter? 😃 > > Y’see, I live in Nebraska. Perhaps you’re familiar with our Husker college football team? Over 90% of Nebraskans (seemingly) are fans. Big, big fans. I’m not. I don’t know if it’s because I wasn’t actually born here, or what. > > So when Husker coach Pelini got fired, what was it, two weeks ago? HUGE. The first 5 minutes of every local TV newscast was devoted to it, then they discussed it AGAIN in the sportscast. Alright, alright already. > > For a week it’s crazy on the news. Lost a coach. What are we gonna do. Looking for a coach. Where can we find a coach? Oh, here are a few options. Has anyone actually approached these options? No, but we’re speculating, because Husker fans will take any Husker news, however loosely based on reality. > > Finally they choose a new head coach (Riley). Now the newscasts are chock-full of stuff about him. Where he coached before, what was his record, what his previous players have to say about him, etc., etc. Meanwhile, I’m just waiting to get the weather, and this business is now taking up the first 10 minutes of every local TV newscast. :smack: > > One evening, in prime time, they broke into our network programming with a “Special Report”. Aw crap, I’m thinking, what’s wrong now? Is there rioting? A plane crash? A horrible fire? But no. Nothing so dire. Turns out the new Husker coach just landed at the airport, and the news station absolutely had to share that with us. You should move to the Columbus, Ohio area so that you can have a respite from college football. We have a rational perspective about such things. \*I actually enjoyed hearing Bo Pelini stories. Quite an entertaining guy. I don’t think we can expect the same zing in Akron. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/34 "2015-02-13T21:43:39Z")
> [@mage-girl](#): > > … > For a week it’s crazy on the news. Lost a coach. What are we gonna do. Looking for a coach. Where can we find a coach? Oh, here are a few options. Has anyone actually approached these options? No, but we’re speculating, … I hear this kinda stuff about the Packers & Badgers all the time, and what really pisses me off is all the **we** shit. _WE??_ Put me on the payroll and I’ll think of myself as part of the team, and even then I probably won’t be able to make myself care if “we” win or lose. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/35 "2015-02-13T22:06:04Z")
“We” is the self-defined community formed around support of a sports team. That’s the core of the fun of fandom; being part of the community with a common focus, enjoying all the emotional ups and downs that go with it. Bashing the communities built around other teams is part of it, it’s how we exercise our tribalist instincts in a plural society. Naturally a sports team community includes the team itself, making them as well as the fan community all a big giant We. Or I could just say you’re missing out on a hell of a lot of fun and leave it at that. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/36 "2015-02-13T22:43:43Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > “We” is the self-defined community formed around support of a sports team. That’s the core of the fun of fandom; being part of the community with a common focus, enjoying all the emotional ups and downs that go with it. Bashing the communities built around other teams is part of it, it’s how we exercise our tribalist instincts in a plural society. Naturally a sports team community includes the team itself, making them as well as the fan community all a big giant We. > > Or I could just say you’re missing out on a hell of a lot of fun and leave it at that. I don’t appreciate it being done by newscasters and sports reporters in behalf of seemingly everyone. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/37 "2015-02-13T23:16:30Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I don’t appreciate it being done by newscasters and sports reporters in behalf of seemingly everyone. Don’t watch newscasters. Seriously, never turn on a television to obtain useful or necessary information about the world. It has proved to be a terrible tool for meeting that need. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/38 "2015-02-14T00:17:25Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I don’t appreciate it being done by newscasters and sports reporters in behalf of seemingly everyone. They’re trying to invite you into the community, while reassuring the bulk of their audience that they’re part of it too, especially the sports reporters. And just why are you listening to _sports reporters_anyway, feeling as you do about their subject matter? You can choose to remain isolated if you wish, but that’s your own choice and you shouldn’t expect the world to pamper you about that personal choice. Meanwhile, a whole lot of people who have no idea what those guys in the matching outfits are doing out there, only when the guys with their own town’s name on their shirts are winning and how to make fun of the other bunch of guys, are having fun. They’re members of a community as fans of a team. A lot more who do know how the game is played and study it intently are \*not \*fans or community members, it should be pointed out. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/39 "2015-02-14T00:22:40Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > East coast snow storms. They’re local news, not national news. Well, if I’m planning to travel there, I for one would certainly appreciate knowing about those kinds of things… Plus, that kind of logic could also justify the American-centrism of the news that people also complain about. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659/40 "2015-02-14T00:34:40Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > \*\*…Snipped for brevity… \*\* > > So, other than not giving a fuck about what Rhythmdvl doesn’t give a fuck about, what don’t you give a fuck about? I don’t give a fuck what you don’t give a fuck about. However, methinks you and I are on the same page. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659.md?page=3)