A Bad Freewriting Ramble ✏️5 Minute Freewrite Day 251✏️ -- Players
Players – what a wonderful and truly versatile word that can mean something good or bad, cool or geeky, and so much more.
A player, here in America at least, can mean the following things, and I’m sure I’m missing things:
- An athlete
- A male that dates multiple women at the same time (he “plays” them)
- A video game enthusiast
- An actor or actress in a play
- A piece from a board game
What I think of most is an athlete. But calling someone a player, doesn’t that take away something from them as a human? Sorry to get all philosophical all of a sudden, this is just what’s coming to mind.
I think this comes to mind because in sports, fans – fanatics – often get caught up in the world of sports more than their actual life. Recently, a fan from Argentina took their own life after an opening loss in the World Cup.
When we think of a person as a sports player, we think of them as an object on a team. And it’s much easier to get mad at and berate an object than a human being with thoughts and feelings just like us.
I have no idea where I’m going with this. I was very excited for the topic but now I am not really pleased with what has come out of these five minutes. I should’ve tried to think of a fictional story. I’ll try to have something better for you tomorrow! My time is up.
This is my entry for @mariannewest's 5 Minute Freewrite Day 251. The prompt for this freewrite was "players." This writing is unedited and was typed in 5 minutes, so please follow my blog for more polished examples of my writing, and thank you for stopping by!
Previous Freewriting Challenge Entries
- Day 250 -- Core Values
- Day 249 -- Bath
- Day 248 -- Suffers in Silence
- Day 246 -- Discord
- Day 244 -- Wood
- Day 242 -- Herbs
- Day 239 -- Skinny
- Day 237 -- Dew
- Day 236 -- Describe The Room You Are In
- Day 235 -- Quadrillion
- Day 232 -- Depression
- Day 231 -- Cherry
- Day 230 -- Wet
- Day 229 -- Scratch
- Day 227 -- Bones
- Weekend Freewrite (6/2) -- Gullible
- Day 225 -- One Year
- Day 224 -- Discount Ramblings
- Day 223 -- Brow Worries
- Day 222 -- Homeless
- Day 221 -- Detective
- Day 218 -- Travel
- Day 217 -- Appetite
- Weekend Prompt -- A Kiss
The point of freewriting is to write whatever comes into your head – good or bad – so don't worry about the quality of it at all! 😊 You did touch on an interesting point about fans becoming completely obsessed with sports, to the point that it takes over their normal lives. I know a few people whose fixation with the winning-and-losing fortunes of their favourite teams is on the unhealthy side... I hadn't heard about that Argentinian fan committing suicide, but I don't find it at all difficult to believe that it happened, sadly. 😕
That's so kind and great advice, thank you! Sorry for being so late to respond!
Wow - I hadn't heard about the fan killing himself. You might not have liked where you were going - but I think it is giving us a lot to think about.
Thank you! Yes, terrible story. I'm guessing it's probably not the only one.
Yes, just write!
Here's another chance. I'm actually bringing today's prompt: https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-252-5-minute-freewrite-thursday-prompt-talking-dog