It’s satire yes, but let me tell you, as a girl who is a die hard sports fan this happens every single time I meet a new guy and I bring up sports. It is infuriating. Guys, don’t just quiz us making us prove we are fans, engage us in conversation about the team or sport!!
I'm really into hockey. I've chilled out a bit but I used to be hardcore. Like I had scheduling alerts for games I wanted to watch, I knew everything about prospects coming up in the draft, I have books about stats on my shelf, and almost always won in my fantasy leagues.
I had a job once where a co-worker who sat near me was also into hockey, he played it recreationally and followed his team. Anyway he was incredibly mad at all times that I was so into hockey. If I spoke about it with another co-worker and he overheard he'd immediately make a comment, often about how I'd 'never played the game', how I only watched because the guys are hot (which like... Have you seen hockey players? They are not attractive.) or how "stats don't mean everything" when literally two days later I overhear him talking about how important stats are. And it was just relentless with him, regardless of whether he was involved in the conversation or not. Thankfully a co-worker stepped in eventually but it just got draining. Good thing is I'm physically incapable of shutting up about topics that interest me because I never stopped talking about hockey, but if I wasn't so obnoxious I'm sure his behavior would have stopped me from being vocal about my interests and I reckon this happens to way too many women who take an interest in sport. It's stupid.
Edit: also wanted to add I knew a guy once and saw he was wearing a Mavericks sweater. So I asked him if he was a fan (we are not from Dallas but I have a soft spot for the Mavs) and he said "Oh I don't even like basketball I just thought the colors were cool"... If a woman ever said this she'd be crucified.
Cosmologicon on February 6th, 2018 at 13:57 UTC »
Upvoted for clever title.
lilweber on February 6th, 2018 at 14:28 UTC »
It’s satire yes, but let me tell you, as a girl who is a die hard sports fan this happens every single time I meet a new guy and I bring up sports. It is infuriating. Guys, don’t just quiz us making us prove we are fans, engage us in conversation about the team or sport!!
TeemusSALAMI on February 6th, 2018 at 15:09 UTC »
I'm really into hockey. I've chilled out a bit but I used to be hardcore. Like I had scheduling alerts for games I wanted to watch, I knew everything about prospects coming up in the draft, I have books about stats on my shelf, and almost always won in my fantasy leagues.
I had a job once where a co-worker who sat near me was also into hockey, he played it recreationally and followed his team. Anyway he was incredibly mad at all times that I was so into hockey. If I spoke about it with another co-worker and he overheard he'd immediately make a comment, often about how I'd 'never played the game', how I only watched because the guys are hot (which like... Have you seen hockey players? They are not attractive.) or how "stats don't mean everything" when literally two days later I overhear him talking about how important stats are. And it was just relentless with him, regardless of whether he was involved in the conversation or not. Thankfully a co-worker stepped in eventually but it just got draining. Good thing is I'm physically incapable of shutting up about topics that interest me because I never stopped talking about hockey, but if I wasn't so obnoxious I'm sure his behavior would have stopped me from being vocal about my interests and I reckon this happens to way too many women who take an interest in sport. It's stupid.
Edit: also wanted to add I knew a guy once and saw he was wearing a Mavericks sweater. So I asked him if he was a fan (we are not from Dallas but I have a soft spot for the Mavs) and he said "Oh I don't even like basketball I just thought the colors were cool"... If a woman ever said this she'd be crucified.