Comments on: Things I just don’t get http://pointlessbanter.net/2006/07/24/thing-i-just-dont-get/ Once You Read It You Can't Unread It Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:23:23 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: spamth http://pointlessbanter.net/2006/07/24/thing-i-just-dont-get/comment-page-1/#comment-20284 spamth Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:31:31 +0000 http://pointlessbanter.net/2006/07/24/thing-i-just-dont-get/#comment-20284 Hi, Kev. I don't get hockey. I truly wish I did. I played two years in gradeschool, but I was glad to quit. Back and forth, and back and forth. It's noisy. Ice is not a natural or aesthetically pleasing environment. Fights are spectacular, but they display the worst part of our nature. A player gets angry and reacts violently. One think I like about sports is how they are analagous to everyday life. But fighting in hockey bears no such analogy. Hockey is a game of tactics, but not strategy. Any given moment is almost completely independent of any previous play. Basketball suffers from the same weakness, but not to the same extent. At least fouls build against a team and against a player. Plus, b-ball has many more moments of success(scores). Regarding auto racing; I do consider it a sport. It is a game of skill and coordination, not chance. Success is the culmination of an entire team's efforts, in broadly ranging roles. Anyway, this thread is almost two years old, but is the first that came up when I Googled "hockey 'I don't get it'". I'm here because I sincerely want to know--what do you like about hockey? I am Minnesotan. I WANT to like it. Please help me. Hi, Kev.

I don’t get hockey. I truly wish I did. I played two years in gradeschool, but I was glad to quit.

Back and forth, and back and forth. It’s noisy. Ice is not a natural or aesthetically pleasing environment.

Fights are spectacular, but they display the worst part of our nature. A player gets angry and reacts violently. One think I like about sports is how they are analagous to everyday life. But fighting in hockey bears no such analogy.

Hockey is a game of tactics, but not strategy. Any given moment is almost completely independent of any previous play. Basketball suffers from the same weakness, but not to the same extent. At least fouls build against a team and against a player. Plus, b-ball has many more moments of success(scores).

Regarding auto racing; I do consider it a sport. It is a game of skill and coordination, not chance. Success is the culmination of an entire team’s efforts, in broadly ranging roles.

Anyway, this thread is almost two years old, but is the first that came up when I Googled “hockey ‘I don’t get it’”. I’m here because I sincerely want to know–what do you like about hockey? I am Minnesotan. I WANT to like it. Please help me.

]]> By: Tori http://pointlessbanter.net/2006/07/24/thing-i-just-dont-get/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Tori Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:15:44 +0000 http://pointlessbanter.net/2006/07/24/thing-i-just-dont-get/#comment-1064 Isn't that the kid that played Bean on Even Stevens? And aren't I lame that I would even know that? Oh, and I love Ellen. LOVE her. Love. Seriously, do you understand the extent of my love yet? Isn’t that the kid that played Bean on Even Stevens? And aren’t I lame that I would even know that?

Oh, and I love Ellen. LOVE her. Love. Seriously, do you understand the extent of my love yet?

]]> By: Jen Trance http://pointlessbanter.net/2006/07/24/thing-i-just-dont-get/comment-page-1/#comment-1063 Jen Trance Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:19:51 +0000 http://pointlessbanter.net/2006/07/24/thing-i-just-dont-get/#comment-1063 I don't get Nascar either. How is driving IN A CIRCLE nine thousand times a sport? Stupid. I think it's so popular because the redneck attention span doesn't allow for much more to be going on. And yeah, I'm OK. Rough week, but I'm recuperating. I don’t get Nascar either. How is driving IN A CIRCLE nine thousand times a sport? Stupid. I think it’s so popular because the redneck attention span doesn’t allow for much more to be going on.

And yeah, I’m OK. Rough week, but I’m recuperating.

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