Reykjavík Grapevine - 01.07.2016, Blaðsíða 6

FOR
Oh, look. It’s my Facebook feed. And what
do I see? It’s the same four or five dudes
announcing they don’t like football.
There’s an Xkcd comic, and there’s that
one webcomic about “sportsing” that
gets spammed like it’s the most hilarious
thing in the world every single time it’s
shared.
Guys, I get it. You’re a sneering classist
who thinks sports are for unsophisticat-
ed yokels and rubes. You cannot imagine
feeling a sense of camaraderie with your
fellow human beings over the victory
or defeat of a group of paid professional
performers. You’ll spend hours talking
about the performance of some shitty
shoegaze band you saw last weekend, but
for some reason actual athletic achieve-
ment bores you to tears.
How about we make a deal: you keep
your shitty opinions of sports to yourself,
and I won’t come to your weekly Cards
Against Humanity party to tell you how
awful your hobby is? Deal? Deal.
I’m glad we had this talk.
AGAINST
Oh, look. It’s my Facebook feed. And
what do I see? It must be a sports game,
because it’s just a series of statuses say-
ing “Jááááááááááááá!” and “ÁFRAM ÍS-
LAND!!!” and other such jingoist, barely
coherent cries of primate aggression.
Guys, I get it. You’re a sneering anti-
intellectual trying hard to cling to your
quickly fading youth and deteriorating
body by living vicariously through other
people far fitter and wealthier than you
will ever be. You rip your hair out about
the idea of actual artists receiving pit-
tance government subsidies, but when
that same government pours millions
into a new stadium, you’re dancing in the
streets.
How about we make a deal: you keep
your poo-flinging aggressive chimp be-
havior out of my Facebook feed, and I
won’t come to your local sports bars and
stand in a dark corner while shaking my
head disapprovingly at you. Deal? Deal.
I’m glad we had this talk.
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WORD OF
THE ISSUE:
The word of the issue this issue is því-
líkt og annað eins. While not a word but
a phrase, this is still a very important
set of words to know. It literally means
“such things and other alike,” but more
loosely translates as “that was some-
thing else.” You don’t need to know how
to learn it in a sentence, because it can
stand on its own. Be sure and shout this
so loudly you crack your voice whenever
Iceland scores a goal.
Þvílíkt
og annað
eins
POEM
hemmed in
truncated
decapitated
such words and more
we’ve been given
such is the space
we’re allotted
A Poem By
Kári Páll Óskarsson
The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 9 — 2016
6
A POEM BY is curated by Grapevine’s
poetry liaison, Jón Örn Loðmfjörð
The percentage of Icelanders
who watched Iceland play
Hungary
The number of Icelanders who
have been arrested for violent
behaviour at the matches
99.6%
The percentage of the entire
population currently in France
for Euro 2016
8%
The number of #ronaldotears
that have fallen since Iceland’s
1-1 victory over Portugal
SportsFOR ANDAGAINST
53,761
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