Super Bowl? Eh....Whatever.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Unsurprisingly, when most people are doing something on a specific day, and you are not, you seem different. That only makes sense. I am not into football but I did small-talk ask my coworkers if they were watching the game this weekend. When they said "no" or "yes" it's not like I judged them. I was making small talk.

It's more than that. Several times, when I've told people I don't watch the Super Bowl, I get the same kind of confused, incredulous look I get from conservative Christians when I tell them that I don't believe in the Bible. They just don't seem to grasp that someone wouldn't be as obsessed with it as they are.

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Would that be a bad thing? I don't see why social acceptance of the SuperBowl is such a bad thing.

Please show me where I said that.

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

...Believe me, if you're miffed that the SuperBowl is a socially acceptable event, try being a Jew your whole life. It's not just the baggers you have to ward off.

I'm not miffed; I could really couldn't care less (well... maybe a little less).

Nowhere in my original or subsequent posts did I say that the Super Bowl Holiday was a bad thing, or that people are wrong for celebrating it. Others put those words into my mouth... er... keyboard. I was simply pointing out my observations that we, as a society have granted holiday status to the Super Bowl. Some of the responses I've received in this thread have only proven my point. I hit a nerve, obviously.

Happy Super Bowl, everyone!