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Okay. So what are you going to do about it?

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Re: Okay. So what are you going to do about it?

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This is exactly what happened to me 2 days ago at my haircut. My barber and I enjoy talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers (American football). Somehow, our discussion turned into my nonstop complaining... "I hate when they run up the middle on first down!" "The referees call too many penalties!" "The kicker should go back to bagging groceries!" "The announcers don't understand the game!" "Instant replay ruins the exp…

> "The announcers don't understand the game!" Actually, this one we could do something about, no? I agree that professional sports announcing is terrible for people who are seriously into the game. So, could we build either an official or amateur broadcasting/dub-over of the commentary? Would NFL Network carry an alternate commentary version of the game, with more football commentary and less nonsense about who is da…

Here in Pittsburgh, many people will actually turn their TV volume down to 0 to listen to the radio commentary for Penguins games. It's because Mike Lange and Phil Bourque are absolutely fantastic, and they've been covering the Pens forever.

So I don't know if the NFL Network would carry it, but I don't think that'd matter too much.

Re: Okay. So what are you going to do about it?

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While I agree with the sentiments behind this post, complaining is often used as a way of venting frustrations that you can't do something about (trivially anyway).

It helps people feel less frustrated if they can complain about it.

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