Why do people cheer at sports on TV?

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24 Mar 2010, 5:33 pm

Often because they have an affinity/interest/appreciation of the team. It is a bit animal-like though, particularly when it is done in a noisy pub.

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24 Mar 2010, 6:29 pm

I'm not really into sports, but maybe it's because of the same reason many people cried because of E.T.

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24 Mar 2010, 7:52 pm

Its because you feel more excitement when you yell. Sometimes people like to talk to themselves. Like an impatient driver would say quietly "Come on. Move it!" even though the driver in the other car cannot hear you.

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25 Mar 2010, 10:05 pm

I always wondered that too - along with why do people moan like hell at the TV program they're watching is crap or stoopid but never bother to switch it off?

Giggle - my partner watches sports on his puter - the bit that always gets to me is "WE won" - yeah right, like he was actually playing :roll:

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26 Mar 2010, 6:32 am

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I never understood it. Why do people cheer at the games on TV? The players can't even hear them scream so why yell at the TV?

I've often wondered about this. Also, I've noticed that when people are cheering at a ball game, either on TV or in real life, they sound angry. That's what bugs me the most.

Like, if they want Team X to do well, and one of the players is about to catch the ball or whatever, they don't just shout, "Yay! You can do it! Well done!!" in a pleasant, happy way. They shout in a way that makes it sound like they will be very angry if the person doesn't catch the ball or run fast enough. If I were on a sports team, I wouldn't want people shouting at me like that. If I know I need to do my best to run fast or catch the ball, I'll do my best without people screaming at me.

As far as shouting at the TV screen, though, that's just weird. Then again, IMHO, watching sports on TV (or real life, for that matter) is weird whether you shout or not. That's just my opinion, though. I was invited to a professional baseball game once, and it was just hours of guys standing around on the field scratching their butts, and spectators littering their fried chicken wrappers all over the place. Not my idea of fun.

The angry fans bug me as well.

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26 Mar 2010, 2:03 pm

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i totally lack the sports gene, so i can't answer directly to the issue of those weird sports lovers yelling at their tv sets. but i myself DO yell at the tv over other things, like seeing stupid pols or evil t-baggers say evil things, at which i reply loudly with things not fit to print here. i have also been known to yell at the tv when "jeopardy" is on ["sports" of the mind, i guess it is], when a contestant gives a totally infantile answer to a "gimme" question, especially if that particular person was a favorite of mine [don't ask me to explain THAT] that i was rooting-for to win- i will shout "NOOOOOOOO!! !!" with the same emotional fervor as if i saw a tree fall on my car or something like that.
i would say the ordinary tv sports fans are vicariously participating in their favorite sports team's travails and are so invested in it that they forget temporarily that they are on the other side of the glass, as it were, and are really among a virtual bunch of other cheering folk. just my 2-cents' worth.

I do the same to my RADIO. When I have cable for TV, I do it at it too. I believe the strong EMOTIONS are a result of this intense FOCUS or INTEREST I can EXPERIENCE sometimes, as if I'm there. And its a way to PARTICIPATE and get INVOLVED with things from the comfort of my HOME.

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27 Mar 2010, 1:47 am

Taupey wrote:

I believe the strong EMOTIONS are a result of this intense FOCUS or INTEREST I can EXPERIENCE sometimes, as if I'm there. And its a way to PARTICIPATE and get INVOLVED with things from the comfort of my HOME.

YEAH!

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04 Jul 2024, 11:16 am

The same reason people tell a driver in a car in front of them to move even though the driver can't hear them.

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04 Jul 2024, 11:21 am

^^^but are scared to honk.

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04 Jul 2024, 12:04 pm

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The same reason people tell a driver in a car in front of them to move even though the driver can't hear them.

Oh, I've seen people react to me yelling at them before. :lol:

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04 Jul 2024, 12:30 pm

funeralxempire wrote:

TheNet wrote:

The same reason people tell a driver in a car in front of them to move even though the driver can't hear them.

Oh, I've seen people react to me yelling at them before. :lol:

what did they do to you?

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04 Jul 2024, 12:34 pm

auntblabby wrote:

funeralxempire wrote:

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The same reason people tell a driver in a car in front of them to move even though the driver can't hear them.

Oh, I've seen people react to me yelling at them before. :lol:

what did they do to you?

Didn't signal but still swerved in front of me, were too busy staring at their phones when traffic moved, etc.

It's happened more than once, but only in situations where traffic was basically at a stand-still.

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04 Jul 2024, 12:41 pm

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Didn't signal but still swerved in front of me, were too busy staring at their phones when traffic moved, etc. It's happened more than once, but only in situations where traffic was basically at a stand-still.

drivers like that are what make me hate driving.

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04 Jul 2024, 12:44 pm

auntblabby wrote:

funeralxempire wrote:

Didn't signal but still swerved in front of me, were too busy staring at their phones when traffic moved, etc. It's happened more than once, but only in situations where traffic was basically at a stand-still.

drivers like that are what make me hate driving.

Shame can be a powerful social motivator.

I've never seen someone just go back to not paying adequate attention after being yelled at (whether by me or someone else), especially if what they did wrong is called out (rather than just name-calling).

I hate when people don't act like they're doing something important while driving. It's like they assume luck is a bigger factor than just paying adequate attention.

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04 Jul 2024, 12:47 pm

also i myself am not the best driver, it takes me forever to calculate driver actions and forever to decide what to do. i am frustrated that most cars have such rotten rearward visibility for the driver, i can hardly tell when somebody is in my blind spot, IOW they need to design driver aids that get rid of blind spots.

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04 Jul 2024, 12:53 pm

auntblabby wrote:

I use little adjustable mirrors to eliminate my blindspot. They're not perfect but when I do a side mirror check they're enough to warn me a blindspot check is also needed. If they're clear I don't need to worry.

Don't newer cars come with cameras for the blindspot?

When I was new to driving I had the same problem with calculating my actions. I've found once driving became a special interest my brain started to become a lot quicker with making calculations; it wasn't night and day, but improvements started to stack instead of always feeling like I'd just be back to square one.

I'm not the best driver either, but the main factor is impulsiveness. If I keep that in check I'm usually okay.

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