Despite all the fanfare and hoo-ha of Australia’s women’s football/soccer team making the semifinal in the Women’s World Cup, I find myself uninterested in the game. I should probably add that I actually hate watching any kind of sport. I’m not the type who would sit myself in front of a screen to watch a match for several hours; I’d rather be out actually partaking in a sport instead!

Maybe because Singapore has never been a sporting nation and so rooting for a national team has never been a thing for me. The only sport I watch is of a short YouTube video or two on climbing techniques. That’s about it. Maybe it’s also because I don’t drink and therefore can’t get into the whole “hanging out with mates to watch sport” kind of thing.

I must be getting old as I also find myself uninterested in TikTok, Threads and X/Twitter. I haven’t signed up for any account on those platforms and don’t intend to. I’m getting more and more irritated with people constantly filming themselves and thinking everyone cares about what they have to say. It’s all a bit too much.

I don’t like short-form videos and posts with bad spelling and grammar, most of which barely have anything of substance. These days, I gravitate to reading long-form content that’s more in-depth and thought-provoking.

Yes, I do realise I’m becoming the fossil here.