Taffy Brodesser-Akner on Twitter: "Is this what it's like to watch/care about sports? If so, why would you ever do it on purpose?"

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1. Taffy Brodesser-Akner‏Verified account @taffyakner 5 Nov 2020
  Guys, obv this was a Bachelorette tweet. You know that, right?
  
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1. Michele Drohan ‏ @shellsteak 5 Nov 2020
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  Federer fans can relate to this particularly well. It ain't easy!
  
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1. Lucy Cohen Blatter‏ @LucyCBlatter 5 Nov 2020
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  Was just thinking the exact same thing!
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1. Dixon‏ @Dixonthewall 5 Nov 2020
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  It's a fair point candidly. Sports fans are some of the angriest, most joyless people I've ever known. I am still a big sports fan, but, in this very limited aspect of my life, I only allow myself the joyful moments. The sport losses, in the long run, simply don't matter.
  
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1. Sona Charaipotra‏ @sona_c 5 Nov 2020
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  It’s EXHAUSTING.
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1. Kate McKean‏Verified account @kate_mckean 5 Nov 2020
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  I got started liking college football b/c it was a way to bond with my dad. Then I got swept up as a student at a big football school. It's just drama with arcane rules & leather balls & matching colors. Not different than watching reality TV and rooting for who gets booted off.
  
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1. (((Beth Balsam)))‏ @bbalsam 5 Nov 2020
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  I always use sports as an example. I have zero interest in it, but if you told me our future rested on knowing stats, team colors, etc. I would study up fast. I don't get people who sit out elections.
  
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1. Allison in Brexitland‏ @andevers 5 Nov 2020
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  Agree. 100% agree.
  
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