Need to vent
And this feels like the most appropriate space.
Yes, of course it's tragic that Phillip Hughes has died, and it is pretty shocking that even cricket, of all sports, can be lethal, and all sympathies to his family and friends.
But OMG the Manpain.
If anyone was planning to bottle manpain for, Idunno, Xmas presents, there's more than enough coming out of Australia's sports journalists this week. I don't know if Offsiders is available to view outside Australia, but there's a good solid hour of manpain.
Amazingly, despite the intensity of the masculine struggle with emoting sadness on that show, I found it less offensive than Tony Abbott's short speech on the subject. He managed to make me feel like I am supposed to hand in my citizenship because I am not a huge cricket fan. None of the cricketers or journos I've heard talk about Hughes' death did that, they talk about the loss to cricket, not Austraya's National Game.
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Yes, of course it's tragic that Phillip Hughes has died, and it is pretty shocking that even cricket, of all sports, can be lethal, and all sympathies to his family and friends.
But OMG the Manpain.
If anyone was planning to bottle manpain for, Idunno, Xmas presents, there's more than enough coming out of Australia's sports journalists this week. I don't know if Offsiders is available to view outside Australia, but there's a good solid hour of manpain.
Amazingly, despite the intensity of the masculine struggle with emoting sadness on that show, I found it less offensive than Tony Abbott's short speech on the subject. He managed to make me feel like I am supposed to hand in my citizenship because I am not a huge cricket fan. None of the cricketers or journos I've heard talk about Hughes' death did that, they talk about the loss to cricket, not Austraya's National Game.
This entry is originally published at http://aquaeri.dreamwidth.org/88882.html. Please go here to read comments; here to leave a comment (you can use your LJ OpenID).
comments so far.