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A whole lot of the world doesn't give two shits about soccer... especially FIFA's, for obvious reasons you seem to be willfully ignorant of.
61% of the worlds population watched at least one World Cup game this year.
If you had sat down and watched even a single game, at that point in time, people all over the world, lots of them, were watching that same game with you. They were cheering with you. They danced in the streets, threw parties, and just generally celebrated with you. Literally a global celebration that you were invited too
It's such a big deal that, in the past, countries have literally ended wars with each other in order to participate
Being the weird-o kid that pretends like he's too cool to go that party because "AcTuAlLy ThErE's CoRrUpTiOn" is not nearly as cool as you think it is
Only for morons who think it's cool to support corruption.
This has that big, "social incel" energy. Most of us went to a giant party and had the time of our lives. We drank, we danced, we cheered, we laughed, we got laid. It was great! But not you. You think you're super cool because you didn't go that party because, "AcTuAlLy PlAsTiC cUpS aRe BaD fOr ThE eNvIrOnMeNt".
That's just lame. Missing out on big fun events doesn't make you cool... you're just fucking up your own life. This is it, this is all you get. Don't spend it watching from the sidelines
I'll just copy and past something I said to somebody to somebody else
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I don’t really use sites like this… when I was younger different forums on different sites was still a thing
I kind of out-grew that and focused on my real-world life. Got a woman, had kids, climbed the corporate ladder, etc… I get my news from RSS feeds and I spend my days actually going places and doing things. I’m still friends with people I met in elementary school. My kids have activities, I befriended other parents, etc…
But when the World Cup rolled around, this time, I’m high enough up the corporate ladder that not only do I get to work from home but I don’t really have scheduled work hours any more. I have tasks that need to be done but when I do them is up to me and if my board items are clear I don’t have anything to do. So this year I thought I’d watch the games and post about them on reddit… but that turned out to be a shit-show. Turns out reddit is a terrible place
So some quick research said, “try Lemmy”
I like that Lemmy is smaller, reminds me more of the forum days… but the people here don’t seem any different than the people on reddit; there’s just less of them
Nobody seems happy. In fact, they seem to get joy out making everything out to be as bad as it can possible be.
I just looked it up: 61% of the world watched at least one world cup game and at any give time around half the worlds population was watching. That’s fucking awesome that we do this. Half the world was cheering with me, dancing with me, partying with me… countries have ended wars in the past to participate… and the internet is full of people who think that sucks. Not just think it sucks, but think it’s cool to think it sucks.
My advice to anyone who sees this, just quit social media. That’s not new information, you hear it all the time… it’s even starting to be banned for children it’s so bad… but seriously. Give it up. This is no way to live. A past-time where this kind of constant negativity is being thrown in your face is no way to live.
Seems like you're the one with a problem: the obsession of watching a bunch of millionaires kicking a ball. It's your money, spend it where you want to.
There is life besides soccer though and there's a lot of stuff you can do to have fun, both alone and with your friends. One of us knows this.
Bye now.
It's not that everyone doesn't enjoy the same things I do, it's the way they don't enjoy it
I don't know what you like to do for fun but lets pretend it's, "Play video games"
A sane way to react to someone enjoying something you don't is:
"that's cool. I'm not super into video games, but I understand why other people would like them. To each their own"
But that's not what happened. What happened was:
"I guess playing games is cool if you're an idiot that likes supporting billionaire tech CEOs who kill the environment with plastic trinkets for nerds who have an obsession with watching millionaires push buttons on the internet. There is life besides video games and there's a lot of stuff you can do to have fun both alone and with your friends. It's a shame you don't understand this. "
That kind of response doesn't make you as cool as you think it does
My hunch is that this site is full of literal children. The vast majority of you are maybe 16 years old. If you're older, it's worse than I thought because it's embarrassing to be a grown adult who still talks like that