Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Boxing is more popular than just something people think about during the Olympics lol. Still definitely a niche nowadays and will never be as popular as it once was to say people only think about it every four years is just wrong. Hell Saturdays fight proved that!

@Anti-Matter I like boxing and mixed martial arts. But I would of thought it’s not for you as it is a bloody sport. A physical contact sport.

@Anti-Matter the main thing is if you like boxing and enjoy the sport then good for you but you can’t force everyone else to enjoy it.

In some countries base ball and basketball is big and popular but I wouldn’t say I’m sick of the sport popularity just because I don’t follow it

@Anti-Matter Back, 70 years ago, it was like that. Boxing was a big sport, people payed big money to watch. It was kind of what football (be it American or "soccer") is today in various places.

Fun fact (since Thanos and I have the running train meme, here's a little train trivia) - back in the day, 1920's or so, one of the big big big fights of the era was taking place late in the evening. To get the winner printed in the papers by morning, they sent a lone steam engine well past it's operating specifications, the fastest one they could find to get to the NYT printing press in NYC in time. The thing clocked well over 120 miles per hour and got there in time...one of the earlier speed records for trains - or any moving vehicles. All to get the fight winner in the papers by morning! Even today that's not a speed commonly seen on trains aside from "bullet trains"/HSR systems. That was incredibly unsafe.

Howard Cosell, one of the biggest, most famous voices in American sports broadcasting was most known for his calling of fights. His manner of speech is still emulated today both in comedy/parody and in real sportscasting.

But that was half a century ago....it's been steadily losing popularity since. Not particular reason other than general distaste for the brutishness of the fight, and the fact that it's "old fashioned" and bigger spectacles have replaced it.

Everything is cyclical. Someday it will probably come back in fashion. But for now it's a smaller niche. It's not going away any time soon, but it's not "mainstream."

Muay Thai, and other particular martial sports here, isn't a sport that's followed much, or really thought of as "sports" specificall, here. It follows under the MMA umbrella, it's also a niche. It has it's participants, it has its fans, but it's not something you are aware of if you're not looking for it. Another "Olympic sport" kind of thing. If you follow it, it's there, if you don't, you hear the name every 4 years in passing.

@redd214 What Saturday's fight? Didn't even know there was any such thing of note. Hence my point.

And yeah, it's still a more "common" sport than regatta and water polo...I was being a bit sarcastic there. But my point is it's pretty niche and most people know it exists (unlike the former) but are entirely unaware of it going on. Case in point. MOST people are unaware there was some fight on Saturday, who was involved, or really much else about it. It may have been a big event for someone that actively follows it or follows "all sports" in the same way gamers might follow "all brands" at E3.

@NEStalgia lol yup you're right, hopefully I get invited to 3 water polo watch parties next weekend and my friend's bar stays open later so people can indulge in the big water polo match.

@redd214 I hope they leave some screens running the big rhythmic gymnastics finals!

(Today’s southern report)
Everyone to me today: You have ink/dirt/stuff on your face.
Me: It’s ashes.
Everyone: What?
Me: Today is Ash Wednesday.
Everyone: I don’t know what that is.
Me: Can we move on?

@HobbitGamer Just tell them it's the onset of coronavirus. They won't ask again. They won't bother you again. You'll have the complex to yourself entirely.

@NEStalgia See, that’s why we keep you. Those brilliant ideas of yours.

@HobbitGamer why did you say, can we move on

@HobbitGamer ahh yes. Im still working and I'm trying to get over to get mine done. But we have kids needing to be picked up and all that stuff. Doesnt make for easy ash getting.

Ash Wednesday is a Pokémon community event, correct?

For questions exactly like that 😜

@NintendoByNature I was fortunate enough to hit Mass during lunch at 1210.

@bimmy-lee Yes, it’s when we commemorate Ash’s Charmander evolving into Charmeleon and charring his face with fiery love flames. In the third evolution, Charizard rose again.

@HobbitGamer there ya go. Early bird special 😉. Heading out now with only 1 child. Don't think we'll be able to get the other 2 in.

@HobbitGamer - That’s what I was thinking, though I was getting it a little confused with the legend of Chardrach, Mechard, and Abednazard, so I appreciate you clearing it up.

@bimmy-lee No, that’s the story of the Pokétivity. They brought moonstones to Cleffa

@Heavyarms55 I also read quite a bit, though I use that to wind down for my last hour or so in the evening. It really depends on what I'm reading though. Normally gaming takes the front seat lol. I've considered watching Crunchyroll as well, but admittedly I'm one of those who prefers dubs in many cases. I suppose it's a matter of adapting, but half the time I have to go back and rewatch half a scene because I didn't catch all the words while watching all the action. That's not to say I don't respect subs and watching shows in their original language, but the distracting text is an extra step that I'm not always fond of dealing with.

Thanks! He's definitely doing much better. I do wish I could say the same for all that were in his shoes....

I like animation in general and really wish more people in the West, like my dad for example, didn't think cartoons are for kids only. It's really just a different style of presenting a story. I don't dislike all of the live action adaptations/reboots - I really liked the change in Beauty and the Beast and how they've turned Maleficent into more of an anti-hero in one form of canon (though I don't care for the original Sleeping Beauty very much TBH...she doesn't really DO anything....) - but many have felt unnecessary. While I did like the live-action The Lion King adaptation overall, I just didn't feel like it captured the heart of the original film as well. Plus, you do not, and I mean do NOT, butcher one of my favorite Disney villain songs.

@bimmy-lee I'm normally one who holds my tongue with most issues, particularly when it comes to customer service, but there's definitely been more than one time when I wanted to verbally tear someone a new one. Ironically, I'm more likely to do that now that I don't really deal with customers directly 99.9% of the time. It must be something about getting older. XD

@HobbitGamer That is not a question that would have come up around here. XD Not among most adults, anyway. I caught a noon service too, though my dirt marks are hidden by my bangs. The only thing is, the stuff itches and I keep forgetting it's there lol. I pull away my finger and it's gray.

@HobbitGamer Do you have any parades for Mardi Gras where you live? I was really into catching all that plastic stuff when I was a kid. Now my favorite thing is the king cake and the food.

@NotTelevision had king cake for the first time last year and loved it. Gotta find it again, since it's not in every store around here.