It also means that you’re taking up valuable space on the coffee table, that a drink is going to be spilled on your laptop at some point, and that fellow party-goers will wonder what the Hell is wrong with you and why you can’t just be a normal person. So if you bring a laptop, it means serious business. If you’re watching the Super Bowl in the 2010s and you’re curious of a particular statistic, you can probably just look it up on your phone.
Here are the five people you will almost certainly encounter. Every year, though, predictable and sometimes-maddening tropes will present themselves at your Super Bowl party. And the latter is unique: some of your friends are knowledgeable and invested in the spectacle at hand, while others are curious at best, and more interested in hanging out with their friends than anything going on in the game.Īnd God bless them all, because everyone should enjoy Super Bowl parties on their own terms.
There are family holidays, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, and then there are friend holidays, such as Halloween and the Super Bowl.
