Unpopular Opinion
Welcome to the Unpopular Opinion community!
How voting works:
Vote the opposite of the norm.
If you agree that the opinion is unpopular give it an arrow up. If it's something that's widely accepted, give it an arrow down.
Guidelines:
Tag your post, if possible (not required)
- If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
- If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].
Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
6. Defend your opinion
This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
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The post is not about hobbies. If I understand OP correctly, nobody is arguing against playing soccer or counter-strike.
The argument is about massive events that cost tons of money and involve almost exclusively celebrities - usually people born into wealthy, influential families - who have nothing to do with common folk playing on a public field.
Personally I'd say that it is indeed a massive waste of resources, as well as a promotion (or even glorification) of inequality, and more.
watching sports and following teams is a hobby.
And so is following celebrities in general, which does not change the fact most of them are a gigantic net loss for humanity, in terms of resources and ethics.
Again, I might not be reading the post right, but what I'm getting here is the distinction between personal hobbies and organized, cult-like events involving countless unethical acts (either directly or indirectly) and vast amounts of 'wasted' resources (not wasted if it's worth it for you).
and what if to some people following some celebrities is what they enjoy and their own personal escape? Who are you to define what constitutes a good way for people to spend their off time?
I cannot define that, nor am I trying to do so. I'm just highlighting the contrast and sharing my take. As I said, the resources spent on huge events are not necessarily wasted. It depends on the personal perspective and values of a person.
This is nothing more than a discussion topic. Nobody's trying to criminalize anything. Or at least I'm not and I can't see anyone else doing thay.