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Golf clubs? Guys, come on, this is the outdoor version of Unobtanium-plated audiophile gear – just an excuse to yabber about meaningless technology while not really enjoying the outdoors or getting any exercise.
I’ve done my share of kissing ass when necessary for my career, but I had an epiphany (while actually winning in the middle of a tourney sponsored by Sun Microsystems, iirc) that the chatter about carbon nanotube shafts and depleted uranium medallions was just so much utter horsesh’t, I was a hack, my boss was a hack, his boss was a hack, few if any of the other people actually enjoyed the game, and they were only participating because they were under the silly impression that 18 holes of shared distress would bond them. Oh, and there was a gaggle of sales droids, festooned in logo-wear, under the impression that golfing with them would make f***-all difference in our purchasing of millions of dollars of equipment. The same people got along famously at work and play under different circumstances, which made the whole thing that much sadder.
I decided then and there that golfing – or any other fake-sport prowess-waggling forced social integration masquerading as a bonding event – wasn’t worth scheduling a time-slot between now and death. To be sure, some people seem to genuinely enjoy the game. But if you want to sweat, then run or kick a ball around. If you want to talk with the boss or hang out with the team, grab a coffee or beer, or go out for a walk and talk … but golf? It’s the thing you do when you’re not doing anything.
Needless to say: do not w@nt.
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How can somebody have such an strong disdain for something you don’t do? I’ve worked with plenty of people who don’t like and/or don’t understand the game. They simply don’t play. I really and sincerely wish people like you would quit taking up space on golf courses then so other people could enjoy it. (Since, “few, if any actually enjoy the game” but yet every course is full on every day that isn’t god-awefully horrible.) You don’t see me buying up all your UFC tickets, do you? No, cause I don’t like it. And about the “forced” thing… Yeah… I have a comment, but I’d get put on probation. A real man knows how to gracefully say “no thanks”.
I also have a question for the masses: Why is it that everyone who doesn’t like golf “used to play” and they were so good? Why would you dislike something you are great at? Stories of: ‘I discovered the game was so boring after hitting my fourth hole in one during this one round.’ Or ’ I discovered how much I hated golf “while actually winning in the middle of a tourney sponsored by Sun Microsystems”.’ I hear the stupidest shiznat out of that type…
I default to haters being full of poo - but that’s me.
Personally, I was going to play football professionally. I used to run a 2.1sec 40 and I regularly would bench 550 for 20 reps. After racking up multiple 3,000 yard rushing seasons in college, I figured instead, I would decide I hated the game. So I quit, because, um, it’s for losers or something.