Fuck It, Before It Fucks You #3 (Subtitles go in parenthesis)

So it's Saturday night, 8:30pm on the west coast, meaning I've got 3 1/2 hours to bang out a blog for this week.

I feel like talking about sports this week. I'm not much of a fan of them myself. I tried, I really did, but I couldn't help thinking I could be doing way better things with my time than watching a bunch of sweaty, steroid pumped millionaires throw a ball around and grope each other. I find women's sports a little more entertaining, but probably for all the wrong reasons. Definitely for all the wrong reasons. But I digress. It's not that I think sports are a bad thing, in and of themselves. I just think people give them waaaaaay too much of their attention.  Chill y'all! It's not like if your sportsball team wins the sportsball championship your rent is going to go down or some shit. In fact, you don't get anything out of it, except maybe this false sense of pride based on someone else's accomplishments. So make sure your city pays for their new stadium, with your tax money, so they don't take the team somewhere else. Then you'll have to find something else in your city to take pride in. And that sort of search could lead to community building, and we all know the system can't have more of that.

And why does everyone act all shocked when they find out these guys are on drugs. I mean I'm sure the women are too, but something tells me it's mostly the guys. Of course they are!  Shit I have to be on drugs to do my job too.  I strongly encourage the use of drugs in the workplace. But that's another topic. These players are always on different drugs than I am. Oddly enough, in an environment where you can make fuck tons of money for being a better sportsball player than anybody else, they take drugs that make them better sportsball players. With billions of dollars on the line of course they're going to take any advantage they can get.

The problem with drugs in pro sports isn't drugs. It's the "professional" part.

But as I am wont to do, I've come up with a solution that no one will listen to. Or will listen to just to laugh at. You see, it's always struck me as odd that teams were owned by private individuals. Doesn't seem right to me. It's the Detroit Tigers, not the Illitch Tigers.  And as far as I know, the Allen Seahawks haven't done shit this year either. Then again, I don't really know shit.  The point being, if we're going to have professional sports, then the teams should be owned by the cities they represent. Give the players a decent salary, enough to live comfortably, and have a city wide vote on what to do with the profits. Wouldn't it be so much more exciting if you had an actual stake in the outcome of the big game? I'd certainly start giving a fuck. Besides, no one would have to worry about their team going away. If the Seattle Supersonics had actually been owned by Seattle, then they'd still be the Seattle Supersonics.

And I know what a lot of you are thinking. Probably something along the lines of "Fuck this commie bullshit! Someone give this guy a chopper ride!".  But where we're at now, we literally give them taxpayer money all the time and tax payers are ready to riot if their city doesn't.   I mean, even the most hardcore capitalist , who thinks we shouldn't give money to people who need it. ought to believe that we shouldn't give money to people who don't need it.  Shouldn't the people's money be spent to benefit the people? You might even make enough money to find homes for all of those homeless people everyone resents having to see on the street. You know, the one's nobody talks about unless immigration is a hot topic at the moment.

But of course nothing like that will ever happen. Since ancient times, sports have been a tool to distract the masses, not to benefit them.  They make a handy military propaganda tool as well.  Used to be that players weren't out on the field during the national anthem. Then sometime in like 2012 or some shit the Pentagon made a deal with the NFL as a recruiting tool.  Now the players are out on the field and one takes advantage of the opportunity to make a statement and everyone loses their fucking minds.  I'm like "YAY! One of these guys is actually doing something for their community!"

Anyway, I don't know where else I'm going with this tonight.  Once again I've solved another of the world's problems, probably several with a cascade effect, but whether people support my solutions or not is up to them. I did my part. And I continue to accept tips. Peace out