Official thread for the uber-hip kids who are WAY too cool to EVER watch the Super Bowl ...

[11 Bravo]

but are more than willing to spend time lecturing us regarding our shallowness and sharing with us ad nauseum all the whys and wherefores of their own disinterest.

[Common Sense Party]

1. Wow. Touchy.

Plus, you forgot your umlauts.

[11 Bravo]

4. How do you get those little critters into text?

(And not touchy, just sardonically amused.)

[Jesus Malverde]

8. mac is option u and then u again ü of course you could copy and paste mine...nt

[msanthrope]

2. I will be watchig...at least until Downtown Abbey comes on. nt

[narnian60]

18. +1

Yup.

[Whisp]

27. I am watching that on Netflix

and have seen all that are offered there.

I was a bit slow to get to like it, but wow I sure changed my mind, what a great series.
can't wait for more installments!

[SMC22307]

33. Same here. Downton and Sherlock. (n/t)

[petronius]

3. "Uber" doesn't mean that anymore - it's a car service now

And nobody says "hip"...

[Jesus Malverde]

9. heh

[TeeYiYi]

13. My grandma says "hip".

TYY

[Skidmore]

5. What doez ithave to do with coolness?

I can't tell you how much I loathe watching professional sporting events. I loathe American football in particular and never watch it. I don't mind college basketball sometimes but have to be in the mood to follow a team. The Superbowl is a glutton's orgy though at all levels.

[FrodosPet]

24. Go Seahawks!

Time to grab a beer and start broiling some chicken wings.

Don't worry about liking football at OUR party - I am the only one who will be actually watching the game!

But there will definitely be some gluttony, and I am feeling zero guilt personally.

[pangaia]

26. I just ate half a pizza.

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[Skidmore]

31. Knock yourself out.

[pangaia]

32. Once a year, why not? What the heck.

BTW, why spend so much energy loathing something?
If you don't like it, don't watch.
Actually I think it's a pretty stupid game as well. Minor league baseball is more my speed.

[cthulu2016]

6. If its not on Google Glass I can't see it

[frazzled]

7. Huh?

Who says people think they're too cool to watch? Maybe they just don't care for it.

Not everyone likes to watch football. I grew up in a football watching family, and I never could get into the game. I remember asking my dad to explain it to me several times, because I really WANTED to be able to share in the activity. I still don't understand it, and I still don't like it. I've always enjoyed a little baseball and basketball, but football just leaves me cold.

People don't all have to be the same: you don't need to insult them just because they don't want to watch a game. That's pretty harsh.

[TlalocW]

10. Yay, I'm a hip kid at 41!

Never seen a Superbowl... or World Series... I think I caught one game of the NBA playoffs in college (Jordan led the Bulls to victory), but that's because there was a pizza party in the dorm lounge.

I just can't get excited over spoiled millionaires playing games.

TlalocW

[pangaia]

28. That's why I like going to minor league baseball game.

They aren't spoiled yet and play for the love of the game...
Knowing most of them--90%+, will never make the big leagues.

[longship]

11. Ad hominem?

Some people just don't like football. It has nothing to do with "über-hip" or "too cool".

It's a personal choice, kind of like one would make if one chooses to go to a big party to watch the game.

Lighten up a little. Let's all get along here.

[Squinch]

12. I haven't seen any of those lectures. ARE you shallow? Could that by why they're lecturing you?

[Fumesucker]

14. Are you using the term "S**** B***" in violation of copyright ?

[DavidDvorkin]

15. That's "ad nauseam"

[TheFrenchRazor]

16. i might be interested in sports if the athletes were paid about 1/100 of what they are. nt

[geomon666]

17. Why does it matter what they get paid? n/t

[TheFrenchRazor]

36. because my interest in sports is more than outweighed by my repugnance at the obscenely

high salaries some of these people receive, which are totally out of proportion with any value they provide to society. the whole event (the super bowl) is indicative of a lot of things that are wrong with the world, and therefore make it hard to enjoy any sporting interest in it that i might have. does that explain it?

[pipi_k]

19. Not just sports...

Not just football...and not just the Superbowl.

Quite a few other things people have been shamed for...


Like what a waste of time "American Idol" was.


Or how utterly shallow some of us were for (gasp!!!) caring about the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton and for (double gasp!!!) watching it on TV.


Hey, if someone doesn't watch something, I guess it's OK to say "I don't watch that", but geez, leave it at that. Why do people have to stick their noses up in the air and act like they're way too cool to pay attention to something so....

common?

[TheMathieu]

20. I watch it to see commercials about things I will never buy.

The marketing in this country is that good!

[pinboy3niner]

21. I'm WAY too cool to reply to a post like this one

Oh, wait...damn, did it again!

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. That list will now incude a former NFL player

who walked away this year, and if he had not, would be playing in the superbowl.

His comment to NPR this morning matches my feelings about Professional Sports, "we sped way too much time on them."

There, I said it.

[Eleanors38]

23. Man, I'd join the duscussion, but there's this game....

[Vashta Nerada]

25. HOORAY FOOTBALL!!1111 BEER!!!!11111 WOMEN IN SKIMPY OUTFITS IN COMMERCIALS!!!111111111111

AMERICA!1111111111

[cherokeeprogressive]

29. WHAT'S THAT? CAN'T HEAR YOU! Sorry... had the classical music turned up too high.

I was also busy poaching some tofu.

Super Bowl? What's that? Isn't it some kind of bowl to eat my environmentally friendly cereal out of? Personally, I prefer Early Bird Granola: Aloha Recipe. It's yummy!

Why in the world would anyone watch a cereal bowl?

[Logical]

30. Ahhhh....whining about the DU. Nap time? n-t

[HipChick]

34. If its not soccer or cricket..

I ain't watching nuffin...

[REP]

35. Disinterest: neutral observer. Uninterest: not interested

I'm not watching because I'm not a football (of advertising) fan, but I do love being a pendantic jerk.