# So for those of you who hate watching sports, television, and Facebook... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 8, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-those-of-you-who-hate-watching-sports-television-and-facebook/652429 "2013-03-08T21:10:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-those-of-you-who-hate-watching-sports-television-and-facebook/652429/41 "2013-03-10T11:14:20Z")
I read books, play computer games, surf the net - mostly posting on forums for the latter. I’ve never liked watching sports, even as a kid; I _played_ sports as a kid, but I never saw the attraction in _watching_ them. I just sort of drifted away from watching TV. And I’ve just no interest in Facebook (and Twitter is outright annoying to me). ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-those-of-you-who-hate-watching-sports-television-and-facebook/652429/42 "2013-03-10T16:07:34Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Picture all the stuff that, when you mention it, people say “Oh, if I only had time, I’d do that!” Well, I do that. I love this! It’s why I’m trying to curtail my internet use - there are so many things you can do if you don’t waste all your free time being (passively) ‘entertained’. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-those-of-you-who-hate-watching-sports-television-and-facebook/652429/43 "2013-03-10T23:51:43Z")
I don’t hate television, but I generally only watch it once or twice a week. I read, write, take and edit photos, garden, practise the piano, listen to podcasts. Sometimes I just waste time on the internet. I’m certainly not a model of organized and constructive habits. It’s just that there’s usually nothing on the TV that interests me. I used to play computer games, and I still do occasionally, but they don’t hold my attention like they used to. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-those-of-you-who-hate-watching-sports-television-and-facebook/652429/44 "2013-03-11T00:35:45Z")
As others have said, I don’t look down on you. I do watch television – news, Big Bang theory, Daily Show, Game of Thrones, and other esoterica. But not as much as I used to. I read, write, surf the web both for research and idle curiosity (and for the Dope, of course). I cycle, ski, and play racquetball. But I’ve never ghotten into watching sports, even ones I participate in. I get nothing out of it. This extends to porn – I get nothing from watching two (or more) other people having sex. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-those-of-you-who-hate-watching-sports-television-and-facebook/652429/45 "2013-03-11T02:55:27Z")
Surf the web, manga, anime, martial arts, reading news like The Economist, NYT. On my Kindle Fire I just finished _Walking With Dinosaurs_ which I thought was a hoot. I don’t look down on sports fans. Heck some of my hobbies are more mockable. I just started a subscription to Science which I am enjoying. You don’t have to understand an article fully to find it diverting, and the articles in the beginning are pretty accessible. Ok, you’re right: I’m a geek. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-those-of-you-who-hate-watching-sports-television-and-facebook/652429.md?page=2)