Somehow finding things interesting in this sense instead of sharing your excitement seems like "being a jerk" to me. You know, I'm killing all the fun.
It makes me sad that you don't think I care about those issues. That's a large part of why I'm still into football right now. Because I see the same internal struggle in football that I see in war, except on a lesser scale. That's why I analyze quarterbacks, you know? Same reason I analyze politicians and military generals. Except, obviously, that shit's more complicated. What makes me sad is that you think contributing that kills my fun. Yes, I love my team. But, like, I love Aragorn too. And I still find joy in picking LOTR's mythology to pieces. I'm capable of critical thought, and I like thinking about things. Granted, I think contributing this comment to this post is misplaced, because yes, here I am just fawning, and it does come across as being jerkish, and I do feel hurt. It would probably be better placed in the post below, because I'm (mostly) not fawning there. Sometimes if you have nothing nice to say, it's better to say nothing at all? It's what I do on livejournal. It just makes it look like you're trying to be a jerk to get a rise out of me. That is 100% the impression this comment leaves.
I love my team, and I love Aragorn, because I think they exemplify the best qualities in activities that are pretty beastly at base value. It would be easier, obviously, to just not "do" football, but I need to get my fix in somehow - and I can't get my fix in through actual war, because politically, I'm a pacifist. I guess I've given you the impression that I don't want to psychoanalyze football. No, I don't appreciate it when you sort of roll your eyes and deride it. But that doesn't mean I don't want to have conversations about it. I'm always trying to get my mom to have deep conversations about it, but it just ends up with me ranting at her.
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Date: 2009-01-04 06:47 am (UTC)It makes me sad that you don't think I care about those issues. That's a large part of why I'm still into football right now. Because I see the same internal struggle in football that I see in war, except on a lesser scale. That's why I analyze quarterbacks, you know? Same reason I analyze politicians and military generals. Except, obviously, that shit's more complicated. What makes me sad is that you think contributing that kills my fun. Yes, I love my team. But, like, I love Aragorn too. And I still find joy in picking LOTR's mythology to pieces. I'm capable of critical thought, and I like thinking about things. Granted, I think contributing this comment to this post is misplaced, because yes, here I am just fawning, and it does come across as being jerkish, and I do feel hurt. It would probably be better placed in the post below, because I'm (mostly) not fawning there. Sometimes if you have nothing nice to say, it's better to say nothing at all? It's what I do on livejournal. It just makes it look like you're trying to be a jerk to get a rise out of me. That is 100% the impression this comment leaves.
I love my team, and I love Aragorn, because I think they exemplify the best qualities in activities that are pretty beastly at base value. It would be easier, obviously, to just not "do" football, but I need to get my fix in somehow - and I can't get my fix in through actual war, because politically, I'm a pacifist. I guess I've given you the impression that I don't want to psychoanalyze football. No, I don't appreciate it when you sort of roll your eyes and deride it. But that doesn't mean I don't want to have conversations about it. I'm always trying to get my mom to have deep conversations about it, but it just ends up with me ranting at her.