I'm a Guy Who Doesn't Care About Sports

We're a rare breed, but we do exist

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Among the rarest creatures on earth are the elephant shrew, the northern hairy-nosed wombat, the pygmy three-toad sloth, and the American male who doesn’t care about sports.

Let me start by saying that I am in no way whatsoever denigrating anyone who enjoys sports of any type. For anybody who considers themselves a sports fan, I’m genuinely happy for you, and I fully support your support of whatever team or form of athletics you fancy. Go you! (See? I can still cheer you on.)

Hot button topics like politics or religion can be hard to write about depending on whether or not you care about pissing people off. I generally don’t.

The thing about hot button topics is that nearly anything can be considered a hot button topic.

Anything that someone is vehemently passionate about instantly becomes a hot button topic, be it music, literature, underwater basket weaving, cars, lobster empathy, or whether or not Taco Bell should give more than two sauc…