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Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by JohnBooty on Monday August 11, 2025 @03:10PM (#44868208)
As somebody who enjoys both watching and playing sports, I agree and I think that sports betting is so gross and harmful.

I have a question, though. What's up with the "sportsball" thing?

I mean, I'm very familiar with it. It just seems like it's always been used as a mildly derogatory term by people who really dislike sports and sports fans. What does it mean to you? No wrong answers.

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Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by projectazorian on Monday August 11, 2025 @03:45PM (#44868617)
> It just seems like it's always been used as a mildly derogatory term by people who really dislike sports and sports fans.

Yeah, actually saying 'sportsball' in conversation in a non-ironic way is an excellent way to signal that you have poor social skills. No need to yuck someone's yum.

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Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by JohnBooty on Monday August 11, 2025 @03:49PM (#44868660)
That's certainly been my experience. I've never heard it used in a way that wasn't a mild yucking of somebody else's yum.
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Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by ryandrake on Monday August 11, 2025 @03:16PM (#44868285)
I don't know. OP used the word and I just repeated it. I figure it's a generic term for the kinds of ball sports that popular culture follows and/or bets on: Baseball, Basketball, Football and so on.
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