Why I am not into sports.<\/p>\n
Entertainment serves many purpose for conscious beings. Especially self aware ones. \u00a0One of the purposes can be a form of escape. \u00a0It allows one to, in a way, remove themselves from the everyday misery that is, in our case , what it is to be human. \u00a0One of these forms of escape is the ability to have emotions projected onto ones identity so they can feel emotions without the stress of have to live through emotional situations.<\/p>\n
Slavoj Ziziek often calls canned laughter in a sitcom a wonderful invention. And I agree with him for this reason. \u00a0However, it seems no less novel than an overly teary eyed person in a soap opera, or the pure comedy of slapstick.<\/p>\n
So this brings us to the question at hand why am I not into sports. \u00a0So right off the bat I would like to say I have nothing against view professional sports, I just am not into them. \u00a0But in this culture they are so ingrained that, other than being an anti-culturist, there likely has to be some reason. \u00a0I have derived them from the ideas presented above.<\/p>\n
First, as a form of entertainment, what are the emotional projections and escapes that one gets out of sports. \u00a0There appear to be two major ones that i notice: competitiveness and camaraderie.<\/p>\n
As I stated before entertainment allows for emotions to be felt without the exhaustion of actually living out the actions. \u00a0So one drive many have is competitiveness. \u00a0It is a form of validation and often motivates individuals to get things done. \u00a0I will not say that I\u2019m never competitive, as just stated it often helps to validate oneself (such as solidifying an opinion by successfully winning an argument). However in general, I don\u2019t enjoy being competitive. I find it to be stressful and often a waste of time. \u00a0I have a hard time accepting wins (except maybe in a fighting game) and like most people losing feels awful. \u00a0So that is one aspect where i don\u2019t need those emotions projected onto me.<\/p>\n
The second is camaraderie. \u00a0Now, again, it\u2019s not to say i never feel it, but to me in sports it feels actually projected and a little artificial. Perhaps that is just from the exploitation of an interest, but I have often witness so much of the \u201cus\u201d vs \u201cthem\u201d. And again this is just a personal disinterest. \u00a0As I\u2019m sure many are aware of these projected feelings, but as many knows the feeling of inclusiveness secures a bit of ones identity, and the feeling of exclusiveness gives the illusion of power.<\/p>\n
So in these fleeting thoughts I have done a basic outline as to the mind boggling (I have seen minds boggled by it) disinterest I have in sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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