To me, that stuff is like the Today show or other multi-hour morning tv programs; just something to have on while doing prep for the party, welcoming earlier guest, etc.
I don't have an issue with the human interest stories, in an of themselves. It is how they are presented, as if that person is one of the greatest people on the planet rather than just doing a good thing. And how it is so incredibly unusual. Which suggests a rottenness in society. Or that they are some kind of hero for cleaning the street or helping rebuild a couple of homes.
Here is a true unpopular opinion. The Super Bowl and American football in general is boring. And to answer those of you who are going to reply, I know the game well, was a big fan for many years starting with Super Bowl VII.
When I was in HS, I had knee surgery. Man, that time in the hospital sucked and that machine that only allowed me to take so much painkiller at a time sucked (some kind of opioid, not sure what). When I got home, and was on my crutches and moving about, I hated the med (codine). It numbed both my knee and my head and made me feel lazy. I think I took one bottle over the entire course of my time in my brace. Of course, I also did that because I have a family history of addiction, and I was not interested in going down that road. And then I started medicating with beer.
I would literally rather watch professional checkers than football. At least it would be over sooner.
Not at all unpopular of an opinion. I see no point in spending 4 hours (or whatever it is now) to watch 11 minutes of the ball in motion. And for all those who watch to see the commercials, I say I don't want to watch people trying to sell me stuff I don't need. There's just no point in watching. I'd much rather watch a game of AFL, or even cricket for that matter.
Or rugby. There is the venerable, the unsurpassable, the timeless Six Nations tournament which started last week.
There are two ways you can watch football. The boring way is to turn on the game at 1:00 and watch. The nonboring way is to pull up a recording of the game at 3:00 and skip forward +20 seconds after every play, and skip through the commercials and halftimes. Takes about an hour.
I've watched more OFC Professional League games in the last week than I have NFL games in the last decade. Give me Tahiti United v Bula (Fiji) FC anyday over the NFL.
The Super Bowl usually is one of the most boring games of the year. That’s why it is a great game to have a party, because there are so many commercial stops and replays that you really don’t have to pay much attention at all. I don’t watch NFL, except I’ll catch most of a playoff game or two each year.
That was a damn fine match this weekend. I used to love playing in that kind of weather. My first year of playing, we were having a drought for the first match. The ground was like blacktop. Then we had a match and it rained the whole time. I actually scored my first try that match. And I put the ball on the ground without diving because, for the last month, the idea of belly-flopping on rock-hard ground was not very pleasant. As soon as I realized I missed my chance for a spectacular dive and slide, I was kicking myself. It looked like a seriously strange try celebration. Everyone's congratulating me and I'm like, "You ********ing idiot! You ********ing blew it!!!!"
This reminds me of that cursed 1/2 final of the 95 World Cup, which we lost in a deluge of biblical proportions (with dubious refereeing, incidentally).
I still have no idea who won the Super Bowl. I wouldn't even know who was playing except I had to blow up a bunch of Super Bowl balloons for the store.
That is a bonkers crazy game. Lots of fun, too. Where one goes for a picnic and a sporting even breaks out.