• Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    other the barbaric nonsense, I have no input. this applies to all sports when watching them as ‘entertainment’

    participating in sports is a different thing altogether.

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      I played football with my friends growing up so I used to appreciate watching it a bit. Football used to be daring, sometimes amazing, now it’s like plays are decided by algorithm, boring. But ultimately, I’m just not interested in seeing other men fight.

      I love kayaking, learn some things watching others do it on video, no care to see kayak competitions.

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        6 days ago

        watching sports and cheering for ‘sides’ is barbaric and not worth the time. the countless riots over winning, or losing also backs up my claims

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          Oh I see, I disagree heavily but definitely understand why you feel that way and respect it. MMA has never caused a riot. In regards to sides, its not like that in MMA. Individual people get rooted for. By example, I loved to cheer for Dustin Porier because he has a great personality, does a fuck load of charity and was always in great fights. On the other hand I like cheering against guys like Jon Jones because hes a genuinely bad person, seeing him get beat down is great, unfortunately that happens rarely.