Why do people get bent out of shape over the World Cup

[Irish George]

the people who don't like futbol seem to take offense every time a game is on at a public place and feel the need to tell you for the umpteenth time how futbol is boring, not enough scoring and my favorite..."who cares?"

Helloooo....obviously YOU do or you wouldn't be trying to convince me its bad, and obviously I do BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO SHUT UP AND LET ME WATCH THE FUCKING GAME!

[Drama Queen]

It's not kickball, but hey...

[JuTMSY4]

it's unAmerican not to root for America...

[Irish George]

i hope that's sarcasm

nm

[JuTMSY4]

Kelly Green approves

[Sect 236]

the people who don't like futbol seem to take offense every time a game is on at a public place and feel the need to tell you for the umpteenth time how futbol is boring, not enough scoring and my favorite..."who cares?"

Helloooo....obviously YOU do or you wouldn't be trying to convince me its bad, and obviously I do BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO SHUT UP AND LET ME WATCH THE FUCKING GAME!

People fear that which that don't understand.

I'm one of the people who "get it" but even if I didn't, as a sports fan, I don't know how you can watch the things that Messi, Cristiano, Neymar, Balotelli and other elite world players do with the ball and not at the very least, respect it.

It's not just the strikers either. The midfielders who open the game up with their on the dime passing, the backs who stick with elite strikers and the keepers who make otherworldly athletic saves are amazing to watch as well.

I was never a huge soccer guy until a couple years ago. As corny as it sounds, I got into the sport from playing the FIFA video game, which is tremendous fun, and from there began watching and studying the game more (at the international level).

[art vandelay]

i don't fear soccer, but i think a lot of people pretend to understand it. in particular, i work people who are all of a sudden gambling with soccer, betting on teams they know NOTHING about, and in general talking out of their asses about the sport(even though that's nothing new). it's also the socially acceptable sport for people who are too cool for sports to like. even though i disagreed with IG's definition of a hipster soccer most definitely is a hipster sport. people who i've never heard talk about sports before are talking about the world cup, and i really doubt these people could understand soccer from watching it every 4 years.

if anyone on the bored watches the show community, i remember an episode a few years ago where john oliver's character forced himself upon winger/joel mchale to watch a soccer match at his apartment. his response was that he was a stylist american who had been forcing himself to watch soccer since 2004. that's pretty accurate.

[Irish George]

I dont fear NASCAR

People fear that which that don't understand.

I'm one of the people who "get it" but even if I didn't, as a sports fan, I don't know how you can watch the things that Messi, Cristiano, Neymar, Balotelli and other elite world players do with the ball and not at the very least, respect it.

It's not just the strikers either. The midfielders who open the game up with their on the dime passing, the backs who stick with elite strikers and the keepers who make otherworldly athletic saves are amazing to watch as well.

I was never a huge soccer guy until a couple years ago. As corny as it sounds, I got into the sport from playing the FIFA video game, which is tremendous fun, and from there began watching and studying the game more (at the international level).

cant buy that argument. I am happy about things and events that bring pleasure to people in this fucked-up world. If you look forward all week to sitting in an infield with 100,000 hillbillies drinking corn liquor, I say "Enjoy yourself, Gomer!"

[Irish George]

Another thing you hear all the time...

i don't fear soccer, but i think a lot of people pretend to understand it. in particular, i work people who are all of a sudden gambling with soccer, betting on teams they know NOTHING about, and in general talking out of their asses about the sport(even though that's nothing new). it's also the socially acceptable sport for people who are too cool for sports to like. even though i disagreed with IG's definition of a hipster soccer most definitely is a hipster sport. people who i've never heard talk about sports before are talking about the world cup, and i really doubt these people could understand soccer from watching it every 4 years.

if anyone on the bored watches the show community, i remember an episode a few years ago where john oliver's character forced himself upon winger/joel mchale to watch a soccer match at his apartment. his response was that he was a stylist american who had been forcing himself to watch soccer since 2004. that's pretty accurate.

is soccer somehow reminds your college buddy of "the semester I spent in Europe."

But that's really not the point. It's a game, its fun, it happens every four years, and americans have many different rooting interests. I say just have fun.

[Sect 236]

cant buy that argument. I am happy about things and events that bring pleasure to people in this fucked-up world. If you look forward all week to sitting in an infield with 100,000 hillbillies drinking corn liquor, I say "Enjoy yourself, Gomer!"

I didn't actually mean the "fear" part. Was just using the old saying.

[Sect 236]

if anyone on the bored watches the show community, i remember an episode a few years ago where john oliver's character forced himself upon winger/joel mchale to watch a soccer match at his apartment. his response was that he was a stylist american who had been forcing himself to watch soccer since 2004. that's pretty accurate.

I was hoping you were going to reference the fusbol episode where Nick Kroll played the Euro douche.

[art vandelay]

is soccer somehow reminds your college buddy of "the semester I spent in Europe."

But that's really not the point. It's a game, its fun, it happens every four years, and americans have many different rooting interests. I say just have fun.

maybe i'll start saying this after this fall.

[Riccardo]

Kickball would be more interesting to watch

PUNCH!!

[Loki]

Arena Football has more scoring than the NFL = it's better?

[Irish George]

soccer is like Magyar's sex life

90 minutes of struggling to try to score.