09-15-2015, 11:31 AM
(09-15-2015, 11:23 AM)fredtoast Wrote: A Bengal win does more to make me happy than a meal, or a movie, or a fancy new phone.
You say a Bengal win does zero for your life, but how does that compare with going out to eat or a movie or a new phone? Do those things really bring you a lot more joy than Bengal victory.
Just wanting money for the sake of wanting money is.......odd. Money really has no value other than what you can buy with it. And what makes a Bengal victory so special for me is that you can NOT buy a victory.
That's fair. I do a lot of cool things with money, and I usually enjoy the things I buy (hence the reason I buy them). If you enjoy the Bengals winning more than the things you buy with money, that's cool and more power to you. I'm glad I don't have that kind of emotional investment in a professional sports team. I will 100% enjoy taking my family out to a nice dinner 100x more than I will enjoy 40-some strangers win a football game. Like you assuming that I'm "scrapping for money", maybe I'll just assume that you don't have a family that loves you that you would enjoy spending the evening with.
Like I said before, maybe it makes me a shitty fan, but when the Bengals win it doesn't really do much for me. I'm excited for a few minutes after the game, and then it almost immediately wears off and I go about my day as I normally would. The 3-ish hours of entertainment is great, but it's not much different than watching a great movie. It comes on, I have fun watching it, then it's over and my life is immediately not impacted by it anymore.
I think people are insane that let a random football game drastically alter their mood. There are people I used to work with that would be borderline miserable for multiple days if the Steelers would lose on Sunday. That's crazy to me, and I'm glad I'm not that type of person. I really enjoy my mood and my personal life not being affected by a sporting event past my emotions during the game itself and any money I place on it.
