Super Bowl? Eh....Whatever.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by JWBear

It's about the fact that the Super bowl has become an obsession in American society somewhere on the par with Christmas and the second coming. It's about the strange looks you get when you tell people you don't watch it; the kind of looks you would get if you stated that you didn't "do" Thanksgiving or the 4th of July.

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.

And I'm sorry, but the Oscars do not compare. While there is the same (or greater) level of obsession on the part of some people, it is really a very small percentage of society. None of my friends, gay or straight, are as obsessed by the Oscars as most of the people in my life are over Super Bowl Sunday. Are the grocery stores as packed the day before the Oscars? No. Do complete strangers ask you if you're ready for Oscar night, and wish you "Happy Oscars!"? No.

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

Originally Posted by Jazzman

...nobody is marching around harping about any "reason for the season."

This is a great point. 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.

Originally Posted by JWBear

Give it time....

Ok, then at that point, there may be something to gripe about. Call me crazy, but I don't see it having the baggage of a religious holiday.