Do people legitimately care about watching team sports, or do they just use it as a method of group social bonding?
>>17760715
>>17760715
Do you really need to eat food or do you just like the taste?
>>17760739
>Honorable and culturally enriched OP asks a simple question
>Butthurt poster replies to question under the assumption that the OP was attempting to make an implication merely by asking said question
>Butthurt poster makes an absolute, utter fool of himself, because the OP was not doing so
>>17760742
What I'm saying is that the two are inextricable
>>17760739
False equivocation go
>>17760817
See here >>17760813
It doesn't make a difference
People follow it
You can't separate between they like it on it their own or whether they like the aspect of community it gives
You can't separate it
Shit, this debate has gone on for more than 1000 years
>>17760715
People love 2 things:
Excuses, and Being whored out.
The sports industry on the whole does a bang up job at that.
>>17760715
The two aren't mutually exclusive. A lot of sports fans actually want to watch the game, but also like the social aspect of it.