Is there anyone else out there who isn't interested in the Super Bowl?

I watch every year, but only, you know, to tap into the zeitgeist of the nation.

That, and I hear that everyone got to see an uncorralled female breast once.

I think you just melted my special snowflake.

I kind of like the theme…

Is there anyone else out there who isn’t interested in tying bow ties?

Is there anyone else out there who isn’t interested in reconditioned mufflers?

Is there anyone else out there who isn’t interested in Norwegian music?

Is there anyone else out there who isn’t interested in threads about things I’m not interested in?

An oddly appropriate XKCD comic for this week.

(Though in fairness to the OP, all it asks is who’s not interested, not how you react if you’re not interested.)

It’s an excuse to eat “man food.”

After Tiger Woods and his wife separated, I started a similar thread, along the lines of “Does this affect your life on any level?” on a site that has “like” and “dislike” buttons - like for yes, dislike for no.

I was never so happy to get hundreds of dislikes in my life. :smiley:

My theory is that sports like basketball or tennis, that are more a matter of constant action, may be more fun to watch, but sports like football or baseball, that have more strategy and suspense, are more fun to talk about. (Plus, when action does happen, it’s more exciting because it’s more rare and unexpected.)

Indeed. Can I start a thread asking who isn’t interested about talking about not being interested in the Super Bowl?

Yes. I came into the thread to link to this if no one else already had.

I love football with the heat of thousand flames, but the two teams playing this year are my two least favorite teams. Frankly, I don’t want either one to win, but since that isn’t possible, I’ll probably just 'nore the game and read about it the next day.

My dad and I used to delightedly watch back to back episodes of Queer Eye, decorating shows, anything kind of on the opposite end of the macho scale of the Superb Owl, just to balance the airwaves a bit.

Having no interest in sports, I like to respond to the predictable post-game inquiries at work with something like “Wow, what a game!! I couldn’t believe it when the Dodgers made that basket!”. :smiley:

This thread has too much unsportsmanlike conduct.

Ten yard penalty for all of you!

Not the least bit interested. I’m surprised I know what teams are playing. But I have no idea who won last year.

Do we have to go to the N zone?

It’s a great time to go cycling, but avoid half-time and the drunks speeding to the store.

Dammit, the In Crowd triumphs again.

My husband and I find almost all televised sports to be uninteresting and/or annoying. We sometimes watch the Super Bowl halftime show, but would much prefer Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl over football.

“I don’t want to give anything away, but I will say this: Come halftime on Sunday, you better be ready to see the absolute worst, most god-awful piece of garbage you could possibly imagine"

Last Super Bowl Sunday, I went to see Maria Taylor play. She didn’t play my favorite song of hers, but she was still pretty great. She told a story about how she met her husband-to-be at the same venue.

This Sunday, my band is having its debut gig. We’re practicing this evening and tomorrow evening, and we’re all really excited.

And yes: I have no interest in sports, especially professional sports. Gridiron hand-egg is in serious trouble, and rightly so. Boxing is now on the fringes (it was once a big deal, but how many high schools today have boxing clubs?), and while MMA is pretty popular, it’s not as big as hand-egg, and besides, isn’t it safer than boxing anyway? As for WWE, I’m as baffled as anybody else here. There are other, safer, saner, and more fun-seeming forms of football available: soccer, all the forms of rugby, Australian Rules, and Gaelic/Irish football (which is required by law to be completely amateur).

I cared about hand-egg when I was a high school marching-band member, in Texas no less, and on the one hand I think it would be great to see all of that stuff maintained, with the sport in question shifted to one of the other forms of football… but then again, big-time athletics really distorts academics at many levels.

As for the commercials and halftime show: Why willingly subject yourself to bullshit?

I suppose I have gotten a few bewildered reactions over the years to my lack of interest in sports, but never asked if I was anti-American, communist, or gay! I have gotten those in other contexts, I think.

I remember a few years ago the Bravo channel programmed a marathon of shows about gay weddings, up against the superbowl. It was great! As was the Queer Eye marathon.:smiley:

I don’t care about football, but I can’t say so because…well, the Patriots.

I hope they lose so that Ball-ghazi stops being a major news story. If they win, we’ll hear “they only won because of deflated footballs!” for months. Ugh.

Do we have to go sit in the penalty box now? :smiley:

What’s repellent about the Kitten Bowl and Puppy Bowl? :frowning: