I’m sorry, I thought this was America! I–I’m sorry! I’m sorry, I thought this was America!

By the way I know what you mean about empty patches of dirt having people playing soccer every day, I noticed that in Europe when I was there (and you see it in movies and such too). I think the main difference is that Americans are averse to “just for fun” physical activity in general :)

I dunno, maybe fast pitch baseball is just too dangerous for adults who aren’t super good at it? Maybe the pitcher would get sued too often…

I know there are amateur adult hockey and football (american) leagues, and I bet there are even soccer leagues in the US too. 

To be honest I don’t really know what the difference is between baseball and softball other than the pitching style and size of the ball. I assume the easier and safer softball way of things is ideal for an adult league.

I do, though, agree that it’s weird that so few people play our national pastime. I don’t think it’s really been the national pastime since, like, the 40′s, when most people started caring about football instead.

Not saying they don’t exist, and not disagreeing with your general point, but I still think its weird that so few American adults play what’s often called their “national pastime”. 

At least soccer fans actually *play* soccer into adulthood.

And plus those guys are so fat they were probably all gassed 5 seconds into it anyway.

The problem is that a lot of the BS shown in this video – people taking things way too seriously – is rampant in those leagues, which drives away most reasonable people who it might be fun to play with.

But that’s what is indicative of a possible abuse to me, since belligerents are often mutually combative and Georgia has a clear “fighting words” law that even has a clause particular to references to kids. Assault is usually a misdemeanor where assaulting a copper is usually a felony. 

Probably get plead away/down or dismissed, but it’d still be wrong to charge that or scare them by threatening the charge. Such is life, sucks to be them.

I figured it out eventually.

“Well, OF COURSE I wouldn’t have punched a complete stranger if I knew he was a police officer. That’s just wrong! I thought I was just putting my fist into the face of ordinary citizen!”

But our job as humans is to control our freaking imaginative minds, and enjoy the games without treating the symbols as real. Here, utter fail. I wonder if therapy would help? Or, if not, at least the effect of the law and the embarrassment of jail time.

My Name is Earl was based in “Camden County,” but they never said which state.  Could have been Maryland, near where creator Greg Garcia grew up, but it was shot in the San Fernando Valley and sure looked like my hometown, right down to the characters and the elderly one-eyed postman.

Rednecks, like roaches, thrive everywhere.

Wait, isn’t that how it goes?

Big Ryan
“I am the nightmare that used to be the american dream”