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I know nothing about pro sports.

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I live in a city obsessed with sports. I can really only name 1 player on the local pro football team.

Anyhow, I stopped at the local grocery store and the cashier said they where going to be super busy tonight. She told me “James Conner” will be here. I replied “who’s that”. The look of horror on her face was amazing. I googled the guy afterwards and he’s a pro player in the city I live in.
 
I know how you feel; I've never been interested in Sports either though ironically I like eSports a bit (Video Game Tournaments and such)
 
Don't feel bad about not knowing all of the minutiae about someone's favorite sports team, especially if they're giving you a hard time. The majority of angry sports fans have never actually played the game themselves, they just felt like everyone does at some point that they needed to participate, and never stopped.

I don't mean to say that you have to play to be a fan, but the stereotypically disgruntled phenotype usually does not.
 
Me neither :) never had any interest in sport.

A customer I was talking to on the phone said to me once
"You watching the match tomorrow?"
"Which match is that?"
"Whaaaaat? The final! What's up, neither of them your teams?"
"No, I don't watch football."
"Oh - so you're a rugby man then."
"Not really"
"Cricket then?"
"No..."
"Motorsport - no I got it - snooker!"
"To tell you the truth, I don't watch any sport, not my sort of thing."
He thought I was winding him up. And kept throwing suggestions at me swearing he would "get it" because "nobody likes NO sport, everybody likes something".
 
Look at it this way. What's one more preoccupation with a social majority you aren't part of ?

"Mind over matter". You don't mind, because it doesn't really matter. ;)
 
I've been watching pro wrestling for over 30 years, and not just WWE, I used to watch British wrestling on a Saturday afternoon on the original World of Sport back in the early 80's.

And no, contrary to what some people think, pro wrestling is NOT just sweaty men in tights hugging each other, that's those Japanese fat blokes who do Sumo wrestling, and the problem with some Sumo wrestlers is that they get so fat their bodies wear out and they tend to pass away at younger ages.
 
Pro sports aren't really a big thing here in Ireland as the main sport (GAA) is meant to be amateur but even some of those players are "worshipped"!
I was always glad when the season ended or the local team were knocked out as it meant a break from the endless breaktime chats about the games and players
 
Same here. I tell people this:

I was absent that one day in grade school when they lined up all the boys and passed out Interest in Sports. When I came back the next day, they looked in the bottom of the box and said, "Sorry, Rex, we ran out of Interest in Sports. All we have left is Math Obsession." So that's what I got.

I do know the basics of football, baseball, etc., but, in high school and college, I intentionally feign absolute ignorance. "Hey, Rex, who are you rooting for in the Superbowl?" "I dunno. Either the Mariners or the Lakers, probably." And that shut the conversation down, which is exactly what I wanted.

At one point, I did commit the Superbowl date to memory so I would know when to expect people to stop talking about it.
 
When I went to Penn State (for those not in the US, a university with a BIG American Football program), I tried to get into sports. After all, I was at one of the biggest football universities in the country. But try as I might, I ended up just faking it. I went out on a date last night with a woman, and this came up. "I don't watch any sports...at all!" Her response was "Yes!" so maybe that gives me an advantage? Seems like a lot on people on the spectrum can't be bothered with sports...
 
DCA said:
When I went to Penn State (for those not in the US, a university with a BIG American Football program), I tried to get into sports. After all, I was at one of the biggest football universities in the country. But try as I might, I ended up just faking it. I went out on a date last night with a woman, and this came up. "I don't watch any sports...at all!" Her response was "Yes!" so maybe that gives me an advantage? Seems like a lot on people on the spectrum can't be bothered with sports...
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I worked in State College for 9 months a few years ago! I spent a lot of time running in Rothrock State Forrest! It was a beautiful place!
 
disconnected said:
I live in a city obsessed with sports. I can really only name 1 player on the local pro football team.

Anyhow, I stopped at the local grocery store and the cashier said they where going to be super busy tonight. She told me “James Conner” will be here. I replied “who’s that”. The look of horror on her face was amazing. I googled the guy afterwards and he’s a pro player in the city I live in.
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So do I. I grew up on football. Honestly, you're better off for it. I generally don't like pro-sports with the sole exception of the Philadelphia Eagles. Used to watch them with my dad. It was the only common ground that I ever had with him. My dad was otherwise an abusive person.
 
disconnected said:
I worked in State College for 9 months a few years ago! I spent a lot of time running in Rothrock State Forrest! It was a beautiful place!
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It is. We used to go spelunking nearby while I was there. That was pretty awesome too...
 
I know barely anything about pro sports, or sports in general... I live in a hockey crazy city in Canada with a popular NHL team... About the only current team information I ever know is what I hear on the news...

I do have one exception, I am a big fan of the Canadian Football League, couldn't care less about the NFL though... I still ponder why what we call "football" in the United States and Canada only used the athletes feet to kick the ball...
 
Autistamatic said:
Me neither :) never had any interest in sport.

A customer I was talking to on the phone said to me once
"You watching the match tomorrow?"
"Which match is that?"
"Whaaaaat? The final! What's up, neither of them your teams?"
"No, I don't watch football."
"Oh - so you're a rugby man then."
"Not really"
"Cricket then?"
"No..."
"Motorsport - no I got it - snooker!"
"To tell you the truth, I don't watch any sport, not my sort of thing."
He thought I was winding him up. And kept throwing suggestions at me swearing he would "get it" because "nobody likes NO sport, everybody likes something".
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Never been a sports fan either, despite most people around here. When someone asks me about sports, I just say I'm not into that. And what I am into, like I might say tomorrow I'll be working on my car (because there's always something to be done). Most people can relate to that in some way or another, whether they're classic car fans, or if car repairs drive them mad, or whatever.
 
Sports are my obsession actually, or 1 of them. As I type this I'm watching a baseball game. Still different people have different tastes, nothing to worry about at all.
 
No. Room mate made me sit on the couch while explaining a football game. I thought I was going to have to gouge both my eyes out to survive, but I let them glaze over and nodded a lot.

But when he started to pause and pause and pause, making a four hour game into 30 or so, I let out a scream, passed out, and had to be resuscitated. OK, not really, but please, never do that to me again, thank you.
 
I can stand watching baseball or golf if there's no other choice and I'm stuck somewhere (like my dad's) because even though I don't like it, it's at least relaxing. But basketball is the worst, followed by football. With basketball, listening to the constant shoe squeaks, I can almost smell the sweaty locker room odor. Football only 2nd because it's usually cold. And one of the worst things is when people jump up and cheer or yell at the game so quickly and loudly that it sounds like a hammer coming through the air into my ears.
 
My next door neighbour has 2 sons in their 20s. You can always tell when they are home by the incredibly loud shouting at the TV whenever they watch sport (which is a lot!). Screaming at the players, swearing at the top of their voices, banging around all over the place. I just don't understand how they get so emotional about it all. One of them was home when the World Cup was on earlier this year, and boy didn't we just know it!
I love a bit of Star Trek, but you don't hear me shouting
"Go on Picard - Give those Romulans the what for! Yeeeeeeees! GET IN!!! Take that you dirty Warbird! That showed 'em!!!!"
 
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I'm a big sports fan, but I'm also aware that some people have no interest whatsoever. I think it has to do with the fact that I have no brothers and no sons, so I've spent a lot of my life as the only man in the room ;). My wife likes basketball and women's soccer, but other than that I won't bore her. In my case, at least, it would help me to know that you have no interest in sports whatsoever. I can assure you that I have plenty of other things I can talk about.

With sports fanatics, if you're not interested, the best thing to do is to stay away as much as possible. The key is to try not to feel like there's something wrong with you if you don't care. You are not alone in that.
 
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