Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm fed up with olympics already an they've not even started yet, nothing but sport on telly, all news will be olympic news, I can't wait for autumn and some proper telly. I even wondered what would happen if there were a big terrorist attack and the whole thing had to be cancelled?
I dont' like sport or competition, competitive people scare me, for me theres no such thing as good adreniline so why would I want to get it pumping. Why should I care if someone wins something or not? We get fed the lie that they're doing it for all of us, I think are they really indeed? I think I'd rather have the extra money off my shopping rather than have sports sponsership. I never asked them to do it, nobody asked me if I minded the amount of money that goes into it, the cruelty and even worse I get called a kill joy. Well have they ever thought that not all of us are flag waving sheeple, content to enjoy the spectacle whilst the world goes to hell in a bathtub?
Scenario A: I outscore Y 750-720
Scenario B: Y outscores me 820- 760, but 760 is better than my previous best. Maybe I'm just weird, but for me scenario B pleases me more than scenario A. Edited to clear up any confusion.
I don't understand what you mean in your scenario's?
Is competition healthy? I'm not sure it is, I'm probably the least competitive person around, I really don't understand it, I've tried too and it just seems to me to be a cause of ill health and unhappiness. All the stuff about losing and winning and 'its the taking part that matters', is just total carp, if you lose at something you're very much made to feel like a second class citizen, winners are expected to crow their victories to the rest of the world and have the rest of the world bow down before them. The 'its the taking part that matters' crowd just try and mop up the harm caused by the former two, because it's obvious that taking part mattering is so as the winner has someone to feel superior too.
When I was at school I decided not to play these sort of competitive games, I got trouble for not being good enough and making people "lose", gangs waiting outside the school gates for me, type of trouble. So I decided to be myself and not partake at all, it got me a different kind of trouble but one that was prefferable to gangs waiting outside the school gates.
The olympics might only be every four years, but I dont' care, I still feel invaded, and the world cup is only every four years, somehow all these sporting events take up the whole summer and those of us who enjoy gentler pursuits like gardening are marginalised even more. Even Newsnight last night was infested with olympics.
I don't see it as a polarized thing of sport or war, that to me is ridiculous, if people want to run about and get sweaty and horrible then fine, but do they have to show off about it on a world stage?
Pragmatically - love it or hate it - the world stage / TV will be a purely commercial decision based on how many people are going to watch, and not about inflicting anything.
I understand what you say about competitiveness - I was the same. I am not remotely interested in 'winning'. Christmas board games with my wife's family are funny because I lose track, get distracted and need to ask about rules again or advice for what to do. Another member needs to win at all costs. But do you know what - I really love that person. It takes all sorts, I guess. In school when it came to the picking teams, I was always picked last - even after the overweight asthmatic kid. I never felt humiliation, as I truly didn't care. I still love the Olympics though, I don't think it's about the competition for me, but I couldn't even tell you what it is that I do like - a weird sense of unity with the world, perhaps.
Mark (formerly Spikey) said: In school when it came to the picking teams, I was always picked last
That was how it was for me at Felsted. When it came to football I was invariably picked last for a team, and shoved in goal. The worst place to put a crap player. It was a win/win for for the human vermin that bullied me though. If they won despite my ineptitude it was proof of their ability. If they lost it was another justifiable reason , in their sick, twisted, minds to bully me even more.