Post #2411974
2026-05-11 11:14 UTC
Could be, but everyone’s opinion of what’s boring is different.
Have you ever had to watch an American Football match? Besides very little actual foot on ball action (it was more like rugby but with lots of padding, fair enough, but at least change the name so it’s not so misleading), they kept constantly stopping every 30 seconds or so to have a little meeting, and for their like… 3 or 4 referees to have a chat and move some flagpoles around.
It was SOOOOO boring! It went on for HOURS because they constantly would stop for little meetings, interrupting the flow of the action every time it started to maybe get slightly interesting.
The only saving grace was that the weather was nice, there was an easily accessible bar, and in the field behind the pitch there was a local radio controlled aircraft event, so while the players were milling about not playing - which again was so very boring and frequent - I could watch the cool remote controlled planes and stuff and have a pint.
Anyway, my point is, one person’s ultimate excitement is another person’s ultimate bore-fest.
Replies (4)
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@U7826391786239@piefed.zip 2026-05-11 11:26
https://www.golfmonthly.com/features/the-game/golf-voted-the-worlds-most-boring-sport-142790
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@Areldyb@lemmy.world 2026-05-11 13:25
Football should be called soccer, and football should be called gridiron.
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@deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2026-05-11 12:12
They’re all called “football” because the players are on foot. If they were mounted it would be polo.
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@EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-12 21:20
The reason that they stop so frequently is for the ads on television/streaming.