The only down side was that last time, I lost handfuls of friends over stupid arguments. In my defense, 90% it was douches that fought with me and I fought back until I eventually blocked them. This year I'm extending an olive branch and I made a list of 5 ways we can all BE COOL and enjoy the World Cup.
1. Don't Complain About the Amount of Statuses/Tweets
This happens once every four years. Suck it up. You hate soccer? Sucks, brah. No one likes a party pooper. Try actually watching a game and if the hot players and GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL celebrations don't sway you, it's best you don't interact with other humans this month.
This happens once every four years. Suck it up. You hate soccer? Sucks, brah. No one likes a party pooper. Try actually watching a game and if the hot players and GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL celebrations don't sway you, it's best you don't interact with other humans this month.
2. Don't call people "bandwagoners"
Not everyone grew up watching soccer. Frankly, not everyone cares as much as you do and that's okay. New fans root for the best teams because not doing so would be idiotic, so get off your high horse. Your home country has a great team? Congratulations. That's not the case for everyone, so relax. Your level of investment doesn't give your team extra bonus points. So if you're team lost and you see "bandwagoners" celebrating for the opposing team, let them be. Nothing you say can take away from the fact that the team they rooted for, won. Personally, I try to get everyone excited about rooting for my team because then I can celebrate/or be pissed off with more people.
3. Let People Root for Who They Want
No one owes you an explanation for who they're rooting for. The next person that calls me "unpatriotic" for not rooting for the US soccer team is gonna get slapped. The US soccer team is garbage (sorry 'bout it). I root for Brasil because I've been rooting for them since I was (almost) 2 years old. Not because I hate America. Root for your home team, root for the team with the hottest players, root for the team with the coolest jerseys... Just get into it and root for someone.
4. Trash Talk: Keep it PG-13
Trash talk comes with any sport. I love a good trash tweet. Just don't be such a huge dick that you lose friends over it. It's one thing to be like "HAHAHA SUCK IT, (INSERT TEAM NAME)" and another to personally attack people on their own profiles and making them feel bad. On the flip side, don't take insults to your team as an invitation to start shit. It's usually not personal. Unless that person is a twat. Then all bets are off and you do what you gotta do, gurl.
5. Be Respectful
Self explanatory. The World Cup is about countries around the globe coming together to celebrate a sport they all love. This tournament happens ever 4 years and lasts a month, let's not spend it fighting with each other.
Happy World Cup!!!!!!
xoxo
Yanz
Trash talk comes with any sport. I love a good trash tweet. Just don't be such a huge dick that you lose friends over it. It's one thing to be like "HAHAHA SUCK IT, (INSERT TEAM NAME)" and another to personally attack people on their own profiles and making them feel bad. On the flip side, don't take insults to your team as an invitation to start shit. It's usually not personal. Unless that person is a twat. Then all bets are off and you do what you gotta do, gurl.
5. Be Respectful
Self explanatory. The World Cup is about countries around the globe coming together to celebrate a sport they all love. This tournament happens ever 4 years and lasts a month, let's not spend it fighting with each other.
Happy World Cup!!!!!!
xoxo
Yanz
