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@px
politics is entertaining but i still prefer when it’s boring
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@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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@px
Yes and sports can go beyond an outlet and become a public good. Eg, teaching the civics of good sportsmanship, gracefully conceding losses and graciously accepting wins, opting into the authority of the referees, reinforcing meritocratic principles where hard work results in more victories…
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It’s always frustrated me that the amount spent on a single Super Bowl ~ 17 billion https://www.finder.com/banking/super-bowl-spending-statistics could be used for so many worthy causes like housing the unhoused, mentor programs, or regenerative purposes.
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@koeppelmann.eth
you telling me sports actually don't matter? 🤯
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@sarangan
Give 1 ETH to all of us who like your posts in Warpcast!!
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@shayulajiao
Although sports are clothed in the Olympic spirit, they are essentially commercial activities, like a sugar-coated projectile. But going back to the source, there's nothing bad about business behavior, and everything in the world depends on business behavior, right
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@cringeplaya
That’s true, but sports still provide a valuable outlet for emotions and a sense of community, which can help balance our engagement with more serious issues."
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@plazareff
panem et circenses...
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@goodboy
Do you value that “outlet” narrative? Seems more like exercising tribalism, as opposed to exorcising.
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@chasing-pointers
partisanism =/= politics, as much as technocrats want to wish it all away.
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@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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@jaxcoder.eth
Isn't this also how the Romans kept everybody from knowing what was really going on? 200 $DEGEN 
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@dayofshah
Is it true you tried to create a knock off bitcoin? Is that why you always look scared?
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