# I don't like sports: am I weird? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907 "2014-06-16T14:49:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907/81 "2014-06-17T20:18:50Z")
Do not forget that Marx’s observation that “religion is the opiate of the masses” predated televised sport. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907/82 "2014-06-17T20:25:56Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > About half the men I know aren’t interested in sports, and perhaps they’re suffering in silence, but I’ve never heard a word uttered about their being “oppressed” by sports fandom. They’re not into it, and when they hear about it, they just ignore it. That’s my experience as well. Also you have some guys who like a different sport than sports maybe the rest of group does (down South some folks just like NASCAR, so they can’t really engage in a discussion about baseball, for instance). No one gets put down for not following anything in particular. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907/83 "2014-06-17T20:26:29Z")
Yes, but Karl Marx played left back for Charlton Athletic while he was in London writing the Communist Manifesto, so I don’t think he would have levelled the same accusation against televised sport. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907/84 "2014-06-18T00:15:42Z")
Watching sports is one of the most boring things to do IMO. I would much rather be out doing something or watching something I do find entertaining. My brother gives me a hard time for not liking sports, but I give it back to him about his dislike of beer, so I guess we’re even. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907/85 "2014-06-18T14:28:07Z")
> [@Cumberdale](#): > > Watching sports is one of the most boring things to do IMO. I would much rather be out doing something or watching something I do find entertaining. Wow, aren’t you special? I never do things I find entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907/86 "2014-06-18T14:58:11Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Wow, aren’t you special? I never do things I find entertaining. But do you like beer? How about your brother? ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907/87 "2014-06-18T15:31:19Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Wow, aren’t you special? I never do things I find entertaining. Geez, lighten up. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907/88 "2014-06-18T19:16:25Z")
OP never came back. Perhaps he’s taken up a sport. Maybe ultra-marathoning or climbing K2. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907/89 "2014-06-18T19:20:05Z")
Chess boxing? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907/90 "2014-06-18T20:25:22Z")
Extreme disco pogs ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907/91 "2014-06-18T21:51:59Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > OP never came back. Perhaps he’s taken up a sport. Maybe ultra-marathoning or climbing K2. It doesn’t seem like he ever does. He just asks a question and then abandons the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907/92 "2014-06-18T23:00:50Z")
Funny thing is, I have Facebook friends commenting on sports stuff, people who I never thought, in a million years, would take a liking to them. The most non-sports minded person I ever knew just posted that he got ramped up during the Mexico-Brazil soccer match yesterday. We change. It happens. I, on the other hand, am slowly losing my interest in them. Been there, done that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-sports-am-i-weird/690907.md?page=4)