Nostalgia for the way sports were played or whatever back during some previous moment in time is bullshit. What you're really nostalgic about is not the actual sport but the situation in life you were at when you were watching whatever sport you think was in a better state than it is now.

Example: Larry Bird-era guys woulda crushed today's weak ass stars because blah blah blah. You only think that not because of some objective evidence you have that indicates without a doubt that the stars/team in that era were more tough, skilled, etc. You're only saying that because when Larry Bird played you were a teenager with not a care in the world. Your situation in life at the time when Bird played is conflated with the sport itself. Nowadays when you watch today's stars play you're probably middle aged, in the middle of a mortgage, you have bills to pay, etc. Generally life sucks and it's boring. You watch today's sports with all that other stuff on your mind and your first thought is not "this is so awesome," it's "fuck this shit i got stuff to do."

So it's not so much that Bird's era was better, it was that you were allowed to be careless back then in life, and as a result everything you experienced was that much better.

Steve Rogers had 37 Shutouts and 129 Complete games in 13 years

I beg to motherfucking differ:





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I beg to motherfucking differ:

You might want to tone it down, you redneck. He ain't won dick.

It wasn't his fault he was on the Raiders.

It appears the original topic was lost on you.

You're not even a good meatball Bear fan.

Pedestrian poster moniker was apt.

NFL was better in the 70s and 80s. Different game. Hits were hits.

Shouldn’t this be in the worst takes section?