There were a couple of big televised events in the U.S. today: the Daytona 500, and The Oscars. Here in Canada, you can add the final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts (championship of women's curling.) What links these three events? All three are widely criticized for being boring.
As you might see from my Twitter feed, I got kind of tired by how many people were making sarcastic remarks about the race. I don't really understand why you would say such a thing. Sure, not everyone is going to enjoy stock car racing. But as big media events go, Nascar races are pretty easy to ignore. If you find football boring, then I could understand if you go a little crazy on Superbowl weekend. But Daytona? Just don't watch that channel on that Sunday afternoon, skip over that one page of the sports section with a preview the day before, and don't watch the Speed channel for the month before, which you probably avoid anyway.
Because curling and stock car racing are so easy to get away from, expressing your boredom with them reflects badly on yourself. The fact that you seem to feel the need to tell everyone you're bored - and the fact that you're spending several hours watching a TV event you have no interest in - indicates that you are quite boring. After all, you are the only common bond in all these boring situations.
The Oscar telecast, okay, I can understand if you're finding it dull. And I can understand if you're feeling like you can't escape it: so many people insist on talking about it before and after the ceremony. But it is on only one channel. You don't have to watch it. And making jokes about how long and boring the ceremony is are becoming as repetitive as the presentation itself. It seemed like half of Seth MacFarlane's jokes in this year's show were about how long the show is. So please don't make the ceremony seem even longer by talking about how long it is.
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