# Things you're supposed to love but can only bring yourself to tolerate **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 10, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914 "2018-05-10T12:55:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 56
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/56 "2018-05-11T04:26:21Z")
> [@Son of The Movie Quote Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-movie-quote-thread/71735/41): > > Yes, it’s time for yet another edition of [popular stuff I just don’t get because I’m special and interesting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=854549) There has to be some sort of bingo for this by now: crowds - loud music - other people - TV - mobile phones - other people’s mobile phones - the kids with their pants down around their knees and their hippity rappity music - sports - coffee - social media - BINGO! Gah. How many times are they going to do that thread? This post cracked me up for its sheer social cluelessness: > [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](#): > > Watching sports. I have killed so many conversations this way. Someone asks me who my favorite sports team is, or if I saw the game last night, and when I say no, I don’t watch sports, there’s an awkward pause as the person who started the conversation tries to figure out where to go from here. If he’s regularly killing conversations when sports come up, then why the hell doesn’t he TRY to respond in a non-conversation-killing way? One does not have to actually watch sports to do so! Sample conversations: Coworker: Who’s your favorite football team? My stock answer: I have a soft spot for the Steelers. I used to live in Pittsburgh. \*Truth: i don’t actually have a favorite football team, but I am sentimental about the 'burgh, so this is close enough. Besides, very few people seem to dislike the Steelers. \* Coworker: Did you see the hockey game last night? My stock answer: No. what happened? Coworker: The Devils were down by two, but then Hingle McCringleberry scored a 3-point touchdown in the bottom of the ninth! _Truth: obviously my coworker wants to talk about the game, so why not humor him a little? Besides, sometimes something remarkable DOES happen!_ See? It’s not hard! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914)._