{"id":64521,"date":"2022-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/64521\/12-things-you-relate-to-if-you-hate-the-world-cup"},"modified":"2022-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"12-things-you-relate-to-if-you-hate-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/64521\/12-things-you-relate-to-if-you-hate-the-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Things You Relate To If You Hate the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long-awaited World Cup has begun in Qatar, and we football haters are <i>already<\/i> tired of it. Some of us have been force-fed sports content wherever we go, and we\u2019re finally breaking our silence about our misery. Here are 12 things you&#8217;ll surely relate to if you happen to <b>hate<\/b> the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>  <B>1. You avoid social media at all costs<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Yes, Ahmad, we\u2019re definitely skipping your countless WC Instagram stories. Thanks for the visual disturbance, we hope your team never wins. <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs.gfycat.com\/FaintWateryEeve-size_restricted.gif\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>2. You don\u2019t quite get the hype about 22 men chasing balls<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  There\u2019s nothing interesting about grown men running after a ball. Golf only has one man and one ball, much more interesting.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/fXLUmCmYiVUAAAAM\/bye-ok.gif\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>3. You despise the official World Cup tracks<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/64464\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">this year&#8217;s fiasco<\/a>. Currently calling the doctor\u2019s clinic for an EAR CLEANING appointment.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/l2JedEyMbfycnmwGk\/200.gif?cid=ecf05e47yo9r2s1wso3mesitznrs159oxnxofp87d5k7oaqm&#038;rid=200.gif&#038;ct=g\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>4. You\u2019re haunted by flashbacks of every time you played sports and hurt yourself<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  It\u2019s called PTSD. <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/099b696dd527065ab93a27f66c091fcd\/tumblr_ns9t4q1Ev41qzx3jto2_500.gifv\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>5. You adore it when you find a fellow hater<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Finally someone else who has seen the light! <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/esHK99rX4OAAAAAM\/peace-out-love.gif\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>6. You can\u2019t get the commentator&#8217;s voice out of your head<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Please I need to sleep, stop haunting us. <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/answers.ea.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/167498iBD692D551294253C\/image-size\/medium?v=v2&#038;px=-1\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>7. You had a totally different reaction when you saw the viral Cristiano and Messi campaign<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  While others were losing their shit over the picture, you were wondering how many millions of dollars the shoot actually cost.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BRAND-CAMPAIGN_MESSI.RONALDO_EN_LANDSCAPE.jpg?crop=4px%2C0px%2C2044px%2C1144px&#038;resize=1000%2C563\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>8. You&#8217;re experiencing withdrawals from missing your favorite shows<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Till the game time begins, you have to constantly fight with your family members to let you watch your favorite show or <i>anything<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.giphy.com\/media\/a89BaI3eJ6lcA\/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b95281a8d45c2a1e9b72f4a59953d426dcb877b2d979&#038;rid=giphy.gif&#038;ct=g\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>9. You cringe at people who blindly support teams just to get into the spirit<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  You\u2019re being annoying over something you know absolutely nothing about and for WHAT?<\/p>\n<p>  <b>10. You cringe even more over the World Cup hysteria<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  You&#8217;re out here in a cafe fainting over a complete stranger. Please shedo 7alkon shway.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_m44k4tgDhF1qlfwzk.gif\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>11. You\u2019re too excited for it to end<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  And finally enjoy some peace.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/m-2XXQuq-OwAAAAM\/peace-out.gif\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>12. You desperately want to escape somewhere that does not take you to Qatar<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  And of course we have your back! Here are <B><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/64510\"target=_new\">12 safe places you can escape<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>  <B>More like this<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <B><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/64494\"target=_new\">15 Things You Can Say During Sex And The World Cup <\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long-awaited World Cup has begun in Qatar, and we football haters are <i>already<\/i> tired of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":425369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-64521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[121],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ 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