Watching someone aggressively over-explain basic sports rules to fit in is painful.
By @oscarkinda · Sports
My boyfriend had people over for football, and one guy spent the entire afternoon loudly shouting basic referee calls to prove he knew the sport. Nobody reacted, but he just kept doing it to compensate.
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My boyfriend hosted a few coworkers to watch football on Sunday, and during a tense red zone drive, one of his colleagues was clearly trying to show he knew the sport. Every single whistle, he would jump up, yell the official referee signal, and loudly explain the most basic penalties like delay of game to people who have watched football their whole lives. Nobody laughed or engaged, but he kept doing it for three full hours. The room was practically vibrating with secondhand embarrassment.
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