Do you give a fuck about the World Cup?

[RedWorker]

Just a poll. Personally, I couldn't care less.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Nope.

[Sinister Intents]

Not really, could be interesting I suppose.

[RedWorker]

Soccer is the opium of the people, comrades! :D

[Lily Briscoe]

God, not at all. Volleyball is the only good (spectator) sport. Fact.

[adipocere]

I care about the overwhelming corruption and exploitation that comes with it, if that counts. As far as the sport is concerned, not at all.

[Dr Doom]

sure. i like football.

[The Intransigent Faction]

I care about the overwhelming corruption and exploitation that comes with it, if that counts. As far as the sport is concerned, not at all.

Yeah, this. I voted no, but this sense I do care.

[Bala Perdida]

I voted yes for two reasons. The first being that football is my favorite sport, and I love watching it but I'm not giving much support to any team (except any team against the U.S.). The second reason is the same as Brad and adipocere, I hate what the event is doing to the poor people of Brasil. Many of them like football as much as I do, but they want nothing to do with the massacre that is the World Cup. Conflicting positions, I know. So in response I am not purchasing WC or FIFA related commodities.
Growing up with the sport, it's hard not to watch. Although, when I do watch I hope that our protesting comrades break into the stadium and force the evacuation of the players and such. Unfortunately what I got was a bunch of Chile fans doing almost that. Well, one can hope I guess.

[OGLemon]

Pretty much what adipocere said, but I like football.

[RedWorker]

The World Cup is a collective exercise of self-hypnosis.

[Rosa Partizan]

yeah, I do give even several fucks about the WC.

[Futility Personified]

I'm not overwhelmingly passionate about football - I see the headlines and feel like crying sometimes at the woeful failure of our species to allocate resources effectively. There's no point in going into the social repercussions here, I can't help but feel that anyone on this forum should know them and be able to identify them as common trends in capitalism. Aside from knowing the players on the team I support, most of it is just noise that flutters past my head and leaves me apathetic.

But, there are some games that just ignite something furious in me. There are few things that really enliven me so dramatically, in a physical way, as a football game that I care about. These are few and far between, but sometimes it can catch me so forcefully that I am shouting and howling, entreating the screen or elated with the triumph of a well-wrought goal. Good sport can induce a euphoric quality just as well as music can. The limping sadness of a defeat when you had hinged your hopes on the success of a team is comparable to a comedown.

I suspect that a large part of this is crowd psychology, or some vicarious desire to belong in a society that frequently shits on me and I take pleasure in rejecting. I find the match hypes to be annoying, trivial and banal exercises in advertising. But when football is exciting, it just has the power to make you manic.

[RA89]

I love it almost more than anything and I hate myself for it.

[rylasasin]

I don't care for sports. At all.

[Zoroaster]

To quote Chris Rock when Jimmy Fallon mentioned the World Cup:

"Great! I dont't care!".:lol:

[Left Voice]

Do people really need to make topics that only serve to bait?

[Sinister Intents]

Do people really need to make topics that only serve to bait?

It gives them some kind of thrill?

[The Intransigent Faction]

I don't care for sports. At all.

I used to play soccer a lot and enjoyed it, but watching it is a whole different ball game!

[Slavic]

Soccer is the opium of the people, comrades! :D

Living is the opium of the people

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

i care about it just as much as i care about the royal family, given that they're used for the same reason. weapons of mass distraction.

[Ethics Gradient, Traitor For All Ages]

I was going feign interest in it this time around, just so I could participate in conversations but it kind of jumped up on me and I haven't watched any of the matches and it feels too late to catch up. Hockey is the only sport I actually like to watch anyhow.

[Ele'ill]

I like the sport, I've caught a few games, I've searched for riot/disruption news/footage more than I have searched for game highlights and that was twice.

[Red Economist]

Besides the exploitation, no.


Living is the opium of the people

... and this quote is so going in my signature. :grin:

[Luís Henrique]

I gave two fucks about it, but only the second one was really worth it.

Luís Henrique

[Thirsty Crow]

Just a poll. Personally, I couldn't care less.
Eh, do I give a fuck. It's been hell of a fun til know and some great football was played. I generally do like to watch footie. So I guess yeah, I do give a fuck.

[Црвена]

I want England to lose...the last thing we need is more nationalism and "English pride!"

[Thirsty Crow]

I want England to lose...the last thing we need is more nationalism and "English pride!"
They're already out, no worries :grin:

[motion denied]

Yes.

And fuck the "distraction of the masses" nonsense.

[CaptainCool309]

For me, I could care less about Soccer, but I do have a great respect for the sport, like I do with most sports. What I don't have much respect for (As other people here have reiterated) is the corruption and exploitation that goes along with FIFA and the World Cup. The sporting event that I do give a fuck about this summer is Wimbledon.

[Orange Juche]

I'm rooting against America only in the sense that seeing and/or hearing a whole people going around saying "'MURICA!" is the most obnoxious thing ever, and the sooner that team is out and that's no longer possible from this tournament, the better (it especially drives me nuts considering 90% of these people don't give a shit about the sport and couldn't name a single MLS team. If they did & could, it actually probably wouldn't bother me.).

And as was said earlier in this thread, my true concerns are what's going on socially.

[RedWorker]

Ya, I'm so lucky Spain lost.

[Orange Juche]

Yes.

And fuck the "distraction of the masses" nonsense.

I agree, I don't see how entertainment is a "distraction of the masses". Are we supposed to always be serious, focusing and writing and meditating on socialism with every free moment, and anything else is a distraction? Have pictures of Marx hanging in each room that we pray to before supper?

[o well this is ok I guess]

I want England to lose...the last thing we need is more nationalism and "English pride!" as if england will ever win

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

Yes, we do, now stfu nerds with your anti-sports crap. It's a dead horse. Go talk about DnD or fedoras or something. Costa rrrrrica baby.

[RedWorker]

Says a member of the (currently) 35.85%. :D

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

Says a member of the (currently) 35.85%. :D

Da but we're cool and that's the difference. How the fuck can you not like football? Male models getting sweaty and bloody and like all the silliness and like just like everything. Footballers are hot yo.

[Tenka]

Pro Rasslin' > fútbol
In other words no.

[RedWorker]

Male models getting sweatySounds like the only good thing about the World Cup.

[Slavoj Zizek's Balls]

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/158/701/tumblr_lo1qh68nVL1qzgmxb.gif

[GodOfEvil]

i'm American so no:lol:

[The Intransigent Faction]

Okay, THIS is actually pretty awesome, if it's true.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/worldcup/algeria-to-donate-9m-world-cup-prize-money-to-people-of-gaza-because-they-need-it-more-than-us-9581338.html

[Zukunftsmusik]

Enough of a fuck to watch most of the matches, yes. Then of course I also support legal child prostitution and I hate the poor.


Volleyball is the only good (spectator) sport. Fact.

LOL

[Lanfear]

I'm a football fan so yes. C'mon argentina

[RedAnarchist]

God, not at all. Volleyball is the only good (spectator) sport. Fact.

What, two teams passing a ball over a net? It's basically tennis with more players and using hands instead of rackets.

[Anglo-Saxon Philistine]

Enough of a fuck to watch most of the matches, yes. Then of course I also support legal child prostitution and I hate the poor.

Yes, but.

Is it nuclear child prostitution you support?

Because if it isn't we're never letting you into the Spartacist League. Srsly.

[thriller]

The Green Bay Packers are the only sport I watch.

But no, no fucks given. Although it makes me cringe when people I know get all excited about it, and then don't even think about football for another four years. It just shows how the advertising and marketing of it all affects people so easily.

[TheDoctor1996]

I have no interest in sports at all, if others here are interested in sports then fair enough but don't force me to have interest.

[Lily Briscoe]

What, two teams passing a ball over a net? It's basically tennis with more players and using hands instead of rackets.
Er.. if you say so.

At any rate, not quite sure how anyone has the attention span to habitually watch other people playing sports on a screen, but maybe I'm the weird one.

[Halert]

Yeah, i enjoy watching the world cup

[motion denied]

In fact, volleyball is quite pleasant to watch, and often exciting.

Then again, I rather enjoyed curling in the Winter Olympics, I'd watch anything.

[DOOM]

God, not at all. Volleyball is the only good (spectator) sport. Fact.

http://i61.tinypic.com/v6m8t1.jpg

[Rosa Partizan]

oh God I'm dying :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Slavoj Zizek's Balls]

oh God I'm dying :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Not yet comrade! Take a few of them with you!

(Yes I agree it was pretty funny) :laugh:

[Lily Briscoe]

You all so basic. :(

[The Intransigent Faction]

What, two teams passing a ball over a net? It's basically tennis with more players and using hands instead of rackets.

Also, feel free to prove me wrong but I can't think of a volleyball tournament that's been used as a pretext for massive gentrification projects and increased child prostitution!

[Lily Briscoe]

Ugh, to be clear, I couldn't care less if people want to watch soccer/the World Cup, and don't have any moralistic objection to it (e.g. "supporting child prostitution!"); I just find spectator sports completely boring to watch (volleyball being the one exception because I played it growing up).

[Zukunftsmusik]

Then again, I rather enjoyed curling in the Winter Olympics, I'd watch anything.

Dear god.

[The Modern Prometheus]

I'm a football fan so yes. C'mon argentina

I can't fucking believe Germany won! :mad:

[Naroc]

I watched some matches, but what bothered me as hell was that "Yaaay germany, fuck everyone else"-attitude that "suddenly" (how surprising) showed up in some parts of society. Fucking hype.

[loverussia24]

Yes, but only the ones hosted in Communist (and formerly Communist) countries. For example, the 2018 World Cup to be held in Russia.

[Rad]

I am not a sports fan but coldnt help but notice one thing - I saw many 'feel good' ads on tv, how people were all celebrating the world cup because it brings us together, bla bla.

But the irony is that, the tragedy is that, most of these peop[le will not hesitate to beat each other up in the name of their country, club, etc. So much for feel good nonsense.

[ACME_MAN]

The sport is okay and I enjoy watching it, but I'm not a sports obsessed person as so many are. Soccer is really a focal point/outlet for a large majority of the globe so it does serve a useful purpose in my view. Sadly, though, the sport has become a big business, like most sports . . . players frequently changing teams following the $$. This takes away a lot from the sport and traditionalists such as myself who used to like players who were in it mainly for their love of the game have been relegated to the sidelines IMHO.