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Yavin4

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3. We live in a culture with multiple forms of entertainment.

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Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:45 PM

Feb 2016

Most of which I don't understand nor follow. For example, EVERY drama on CBS is about a team of super smart people fighting and solving crimes in an hour. I don't get them, but they're the most popular shows in America. I also don't get Big Bang Theory.

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Pile it on me. I do not understand frickin' football. [View all] Tab Feb 2016 OP

No, you're not alone. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #1

Why do you hate America? trof Feb 2016 #23

I'd like it better if it didn't have football. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #24

You may know that in the South, football is a sacrement, a religion. trof Feb 2016 #25

The college I went to had a legendary football team. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #28

Duke or Caltech? jmowreader Feb 2016 #31

No, a small college in Minnesota. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #33

Nope, you are not alone. Laffy Kat Feb 2016 #2

We live in a culture with multiple forms of entertainment. Yavin4 Feb 2016 #3

My take: Big Bang Theory is about a gay guy. trof Feb 2016 #26

I used to work for NFL and I don't understand it. NV Whino Feb 2016 #4

I didn't really appreciate football when I was a youngster. But I learned to love it! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #5

See if this helps; Andy Griffith on Football (1953) A HERETIC I AM Feb 2016 #6

I didn't understand it for most of my life Miles Archer Feb 2016 #7

I get that... Callmecrazy Feb 2016 #19

Same here. I came initially from a different country. Xyzse Feb 2016 #8

Oh for sure OriginalGeek Feb 2016 #10

I can see that. Xyzse Feb 2016 #35

Been playing and/or watching football since about 3rd grade OriginalGeek Feb 2016 #9

Football is Two Gangs Fighting Over Pig Wolf Frankula Feb 2016 #11

Don't go all John Nash on us... Tab Feb 2016 #12

Never could get into it....and I really really tried Populist_Prole Feb 2016 #13

I get football, but the Super Bowl is the only game I will watch steve2470 Feb 2016 #14

I get it. LWolf Feb 2016 #15

That's hilarious. lovemydog Feb 2016 #17

Piling on is a 15 yard penalty for unnecessary roughness. lovemydog Feb 2016 #16

I understand it fairly well. I just don't care. ohnoyoudidnt Feb 2016 #18

I hear you Populist_Prole Feb 2016 #20

I can follow the game, but I just don't find it interesting. femmocrat Feb 2016 #21

definitely not alone on this yellowdogintexas Feb 2016 #22

I find it awfully violent IcyPeas Feb 2016 #27

Rather watch rugby where the players are always moving rurallib Feb 2016 #29

Here: Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2016 #30

I don't care to. yewberry Feb 2016 #32

I only understand the bare basics of the game. Arugula Latte Feb 2016 #34

I don't get it either! logosoco Feb 2016 #36