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rozodru@piefed.world 3 weeks agoDon’t go to bars in Canada on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon in winter in then cause….god damn it’s all they’ll show. OH and if you’re lucky, Friday Nights too.
in my 40+ years being Canadian i’ve YET to meet another fellow canuck that enjoys or watches curling. never. and yet they’ll show the absolute shit out of it on TV here. I don’t get it. We even have god damn curling clubs everywhere and I STILL have yet to meet anyone that loves it and plays it.
Wait, like all the time?
In the US, every time the Winter Olympics come around there is this temporary curling craze where everybody gets super into it and you would swear it’s their favorite thing and then the Olympics end and it disappears out of everybody’s mind instantly. Like a spell being broken or something. It’s weird.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
More people in Canada watch curling than hockey. I think you need some new acquaintances.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I’m skeptical of this - where do you get those figures from?
Objective counter-evidence: Why are they not selling out big stadiums if spectating is that popular?
Anecdotal counter-evidence: I hear people talk about hockey matches, I rarely hear people talk about curling matches.
They’re both good sports and I like both, I’d like to try curling sometime.
But surface level evidence suggests you’re incorrect, so you need to provide more convincing evidence
rozodru@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
where? I’ve lived in Dryden Ontario, Toronto, Kitchener, etc and I’ve NEVER met or known a single person that said they loved curling and watched it.
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m from Guelph (live in Nova Scotia now) and growing up I curled most of my childhood and all through high school. I’m in my late 30s now and still actively watch it. Hoping to get my partner involved as we met because of a curling bonspiel in Kitchener.
Hope that helps.
loie@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m with you dude, this is a conspiracy
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Live in Ottawa. Lots of curlers here. Also out west, curling is much bigger than here.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
USA but I met some people in New York State who were so into curling that they were teaching strangers how to do it at a winter festival. One lady even had this pretty neat Scottish garb on for some reason.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Curling started in Scotland.
worldcurling.org/about/history/