My reasons had very little to do with academia or privileged tech culture. I grew up poor in a blue collar part of Florida. I can keenly recall that my dad is an Oakland Raiders fan while my mom favors the Minnesota Vikings.
My dislike for sports began with not being good at anything physical. Running, kickball, dodgeball, push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, baseball, flag football, etc. I was jaded towards them at school, so I focused other activities (drawing, writing, reading, and of course, programming).
My hobbies were frequently disrupted by sports. Pep rallies were the bane of my existence in high school. Every time a decisive sports game was on the air, I couldn't avoid the cacophony of drunkards yelling in vain at a television. "GO GO GO GO GO!"
"Pfft, they can't hear you, morons," I would say. After a while, I invested in a pair of headphones.
I graduated from high school in 2008. It's been years since sports were in any way forced upon me. I still don't like sports. Not because it's cool to dislike them, but because it was a nuisance for so many years of my life.
But if someone else likes sports? That's cool. I'll listen and ask questions even if I don't really give a shit. It's called being a decent human being.
My reasons had very little to do with academia or privileged tech culture. I grew up poor in a blue collar part of Florida. I can keenly recall that my dad is an Oakland Raiders fan while my mom favors the Minnesota Vikings.
My dislike for sports began with not being good at anything physical. Running, kickball, dodgeball, push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, baseball, flag football, etc. I was jaded towards them at school, so I focused other activities (drawing, writing, reading, and of course, programming).
My hobbies were frequently disrupted by sports. Pep rallies were the bane of my existence in high school. Every time a decisive sports game was on the air, I couldn't avoid the cacophony of drunkards yelling in vain at a television. "GO GO GO GO GO!"
"Pfft, they can't hear you, morons," I would say. After a while, I invested in a pair of headphones.
I graduated from high school in 2008. It's been years since sports were in any way forced upon me. I still don't like sports. Not because it's cool to dislike them, but because it was a nuisance for so many years of my life.
But if someone else likes sports? That's cool. I'll listen and ask questions even if I don't really give a shit. It's called being a decent human being.