• Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    More people in Canada watch curling than hockey. I think you need some new acquaintances. Right now Canada is playing men’s curling and men’s hockey, everyone I know is watching curling.

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      4 hours 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.

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      19 hours 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.

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        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 in playing it as we met because of a curling bonspiel in Kitchener.

        Hope that helps.

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      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