I'm at the point now where I give them a couple series. If they're showing typical ineptitude, I turn it off and I don't tune in or check the score again. As the season progresses, I expect my attention level will continue to decline. I've already missed two games this year, turned off two others before halftime, and slept through large portions of the others. I went 12 years where I didn't miss a single play. So I guess I'm clearly in the apathy phase. I still care enough to come here and discuss the team, so I guess that's a positive, but I'm already looking forward to the offseason.
I hear ya', man. It's like some weird addiction as a hobby. If this were any other entertainment medium, like a band or a movie franchise, we wouldn't even bother to watch/listen when things go south. But being a fan, it's like this strange habit that we keep coming back to every year. Maybe it's sort of like hunting. Even when you see nothing in a given year, you're still back in that deer blind next season freezing your nuts off.