Chargers @ Bengals predictions

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(09-14-2015, 10:31 PM)djs7685 Wrote: Not desperate for money at all.

The Bengals winning football games does almost nothing to impact my life. Honestly, I love the team and I spend way too much time discussing them, but what does a Bengals win do for me past getting to be happy for a few minutes for a bunch of guys that I'll never personally know?

I don't know, I think the people choosing a football team winning over actual money seem more insane in this scenario.

I may be a "bad fan" for saying this, but I'm dead serious when I say that I don't really understand how a Bengals win could be more impactful to someone's life than money. That's crazy to me.

(09-15-2015, 11:00 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Yeah, you probably have to be scrapping for money to think this way.

What are you going to do with that money that will make you more happy than a Bengals win?  Go out and eat a meal?  Go see a movie?  Buy a fancy new phone?  Do those types of things really give you more lasting joy than the Bengals winning a football game?

Money shouldn't make you happy.  It is what you do with the money.  

From the posts I've been reading over the years, I would guess that my views are different than most posters here.  In many ways I agree with DJS in this case, especially when it comes to the argument about (not) being emotionally invested in the Bengals game.  However, that does come with a caveat for me.  I'm extremely emotionally invested during the game itself, but afterwards, regardless of a win or a loss, I guess I've learned over the years to not dwell on the game much.  Maybe this is just a result of the Bengals' lack of playoff success and having the feeling that disappointment is around the corner, but I can't say for sure this is the case, until I see the Bengals win a playoff game at which point I can see how I react to that feeling.  Having said all that, I also agree with Fred here, maybe not exactly to his point, but in this way:  I don't like being emotionally invested in betting or fantasy so I probably would never be in the position of winning $1k over a bet or a fantasy game, so I would likely never have to root against the Bengals in a real game.  With that said, however, if I were hypothetically involved in a bet or a fantasy game, there is definitely one case where I would not root against the Bengals:  any playoff game in our current state (never winning a playoff game since I was a fan), or obviously the Super Bowl.  These are cases where I would probably pick my money over the Bengals winning:  another game in a losing season that doesn't do much for the future (maybe even root for a loss since it helps draft position), a game where the Bengals have already locked up playoff seeds with no impact from the game.