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pourteaux
@px
politics is entertaining but i still prefer when it’s boring
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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
This is one of the historically common justifications of sports - that it's an opportunity for pure tribalism and craziness and entertainment that acts as an outlet for those energies, draining them away from pursuits where they might do more damage if they interfere. The challenge of course is that this is unstable: enough people are inherently more interested in things that "actually matter"
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ben
@scheinberg
It’s also something you can talk about passionately in a community that doesn’t cause negative emotions. It’s a bonding force
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@colo
Then why do people set cars on fire when their teams win?
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