(12-21-2023, 12:09 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(12-19-2023, 04:14 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: I hate to hear this. My last game was before I moved here to NC. Probably 2009 or 2010 was the last year I was at the stadium. 

I've never been good in big crowds and a lot of noise but I could enjoy the games because I could focus on what was happening on the field. The other noise and music wasn't so overwhelming that I would feel anxious. It sounds like I'd have a full on anxiety attack if I went to a game now. What the hell is a party button?! That sounds so....ridiculous. I hate Goodell. On so many levels he is ruining the game of football and the league. I told my husband Sunday there's a sound I hear during every game now, regardless of the team playing and it's annoying as hell. I can't tell what it is exactly but it sounds like a guy over the loudspeaker yelling about something and it's the same exact sound, multiple times during the game, in every game we watch. 

I hate that things can't just be what they are and everyone has to be "entertained" constantly. I mean, I have ADHD and can have problems with focusing, but I don't need to be "on" all the time. I don't take my cellphone into a waiting room so I can take a break from life. I like to look at an actual magazine or just sit and let my brain shut off for a while, or let my mind wander. I was the only person out of seven that was not on a cellphone at a recent doctor visit. 

I agree with the poster who said people don't go to watch football, they go to be seen. That's so true of so many things these days. Few people actually go to events to enjoy or participate, they go and turn on their cellphone to record themselves doing whatever so they can post it on social media and say they were there. I think it's us older folks who still go to games, movies, parades, air shows, etc., to actually enjoy them.

What you're hearing is "THIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD DOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWNNNNN!"

Another NFL dictated crowd rouser.

Gotcha. Man, that crap is irritating as heck on TV so I can't imagine how bad it is in the stadium. Why do they have to announce it - and so obnoxiously? Do they think we're stupid and don't know it's a 3rd down? 

That's how my mind thinks. I don't need (or want) to be told what's happening right in front of me and I certainly don't need to be force fed.

Everything has to be a circus these days. 

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