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I hate sports. I don't want to play them, so I don't. That's easy. I don't want to watch them, so I don't. That's not too hard. Sometimes sports are on in a bar, and sometimes shows I like are pre-empted, but I can deal with that.

I don't want to hear about sports either. And that's a problem. There's an assumption that everyone likes sports, and wants to talk about them constantly. For some reason, during the football playoffs, the media acts like every man, woman, and child is obsessed with football. (Admittedly, a lot of them are.) So the radio DJs can't go 5 minutes without talking about the Patriots. Signs in the grocery stores say "Great snacks to eat while you're watching the game!" Newspapers ignore actual issues to expand their football coverage and talk about the teams, the coaches, the stadiums.

These aren't great impositions on my daily life. I just don't like the assumption that everyone cares about football. It's just like Christmas. I don't celebrate Christmas, and I don't celebrate the Super Bowl. And I'm tired of being made to feel like an outcast because of that.