Old 02-6-2006, 11:08 AM   #1
Laharl
FFR Player
 
Laharl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Age: 35
Posts: 1,821
Send a message via AIM to Laharl Send a message via MSN to Laharl
Default Entertainment

Something I said in the Super Bowl thread got me thinking. I'll quote it now, just so you guys know where I'm coming from in case you didn't read it.

Quote:
Quote:
TheRaiRaiEatsBallons says:

There's nothing amazing about football. No matter how talented any of the players, teams, strategists, etc. are, they're wasting it on a massively pointless and wasteful event which consists entirely of burly guys in tights jumping on each other.
And you're wasting your own time watching and caring about it.
Laharl says:

Funniest thing I've heard all day.

The vast amount of money spent in the United States is over various forms of entertainment. Last I checked, the two largest industries in the U.S. were Porno and Video Games (with Movies not too far behind, IIRC). Football, or any other sport, is a form of entertainment. Watching people displaying physical skills to win an event has been one of the greatest forms of entertainment since the BEGINNING OF HUMAN EXISTANCE.

I could argue that spending money on DDR is a waste of time. It's not like you get anything out of it other than a score on the screen, and the slight amount of physical excersize that's required. Why is your form of entertainment greater than my form of entertainment? The sense of comeraderie that forms between people cheering for the same team is pretty significant, I say. That's worth something in and of itself.
Now to my topic here:

Why do we as humans feel the need to criticize and dishonor other forms of entertainment? It's like we put down how other people have fun to validate that the way we play is better than anyone else, making us superior as human beings.

I'm of the standpoint that everyone is different. The whole saying "Different strokes for different folks" definately applies to what I'm saying. If someone else has fun in a way that I don't, and it's not a destructive form of entertainment (ex: lynching people, setting things on fire, etc.), then go ahead and enjoy yourselves.

I have pretty broad interests in entertainment myself. I like to play video games, I like to listen to music, I like movies, I like theater, I like sports. *shrugs* There's things in each of those worthwhile to pursue, I think.
__________________
SIG PICTURES:

POINTLESSLY TAKING UP BANDWIDTH SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE INTERNET
Laharl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-6-2006, 11:15 AM   #2
XXXsmittyXXX
Anxiety monster
FFR Veteran
 
XXXsmittyXXX's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Yorktown, VA
Age: 32
Posts: 6,924
Send a message via AIM to XXXsmittyXXX Send a message via Skype™ to XXXsmittyXXX
Default RE: Entertainment

We criticize forms of entertainment becuase some of us humans dont enjoy certain "types" of entertainment.
Football may just be the most loved, or most hated sport and thats why rairai said that. He simply doesnt like football so he criticizes.
its just natural instinct i guess.
__________________
XXXsmittyXXX is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-6-2006, 11:19 AM   #3
GuidoHunter
is against custom titles
FFR Veteran
 
GuidoHunter's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Texas
Age: 36
Posts: 7,379
Send a message via AIM to GuidoHunter Send a message via Skype™ to GuidoHunter
Default RE: Entertainment

It's natural to just not be that entertained by it, but to go off and bitch about it with wholly unsupported claims is by no means natural.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com
__________________

Quote:
Originally Posted by Grandiagod View Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by Grandiagod View Post
She has an asshole, in other pics you can see a diaper taped to her dead twin's back.
Sentences I thought I never would have to type.
GuidoHunter is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-6-2006, 01:40 PM   #4
FishFishRevolution
GotR Creator
FFR Veteran
 
FishFishRevolution's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Vi sitter här i venten Current Band: The National
Age: 33
Posts: 7,251
Send a message via AIM to FishFishRevolution Send a message via Yahoo to FishFishRevolution Send a message via Skype™ to FishFishRevolution
Default RE: Entertainment

futbol sux oll

In this case, I believe it's a sense of elitism. A person sees many people getting worked up over something he sees as pointless or useless, so he feels the need to prove to them how much they're wasting their time in his point of view.

ps RIP Seahawks =(
__________________
FishFishRevolution is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-6-2006, 02:21 PM   #5
esupin
FFR Player
 
esupin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Alphabet City, Manhattan
Age: 31
Posts: 1,756
Send a message via AIM to esupin
Default RE: Entertainment

People get a kick out of making fun of anything, not just entertainment, that they hate(studies have been done). It's human nature, though; everyone does it, whether or not you realize it(not that it makes it right, of course, but the first step to anything is to admit it). Some people are probably more inclined to bash anything they don't like, though.
__________________

http://www.youtube.com/esupin
esupin is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-6-2006, 08:38 PM   #6
JeckalDied
FFR Player
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Your Fridge, you're out of beer.
Posts: 2
Send a message via AIM to JeckalDied
Default RE: Entertainment

Quote:
I could argue that spending money on DDR is a waste of time.
Then again, DDR dosent take tax money to make stadiums for, but anyways, I feel that arguing aobut entertainment is jsut a part of human nature. It is human nature to argue, and try to be better then fellow humans.
__________________
The Triumvirate of WHAT.
1/2cup corn starch + 1/2 cup water+an Alex cell= 1 cup Synthetic Satan
JeckalDied is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-6-2006, 09:58 PM   #7
Laharl
FFR Player
 
Laharl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Age: 35
Posts: 1,821
Send a message via AIM to Laharl Send a message via MSN to Laharl
Default Re: RE: Entertainment

Quote:
Quote:
I could argue that spending money on DDR is a waste of time.
Then again, DDR dosent take tax money to make stadiums for, but anyways, I feel that arguing aobut entertainment is jsut a part of human nature. It is human nature to argue, and try to be better then fellow humans.
I bet most stadiums that are built with tax money generate enourmous amounts of revenue for their city, which in turn would give the city more money for other projects. Yet again, it's a win on every side.
__________________
SIG PICTURES:

POINTLESSLY TAKING UP BANDWIDTH SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE INTERNET
Laharl is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:36 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2021, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright FlashFlashRevolution