It’s funny cause usually people see how nonsensical the “let people enjoy things” angle is, but when it comes to sports we now have to let people enjoy them even though there’s demonstrable social harm attached. I haven’t even touched on how interwoven militarism and nationalism are in sports either. There’s so many angles to come at this from because American sports culture is so uniquely fucked up

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

But according to treat defending verions of crude sophistically-applied materialist theory, everyone in the world would be exactly the same way and do the exact same actions whether they were watching a soccer game or collecting stamps. Hooligan riots would be stamp collector riots in an alternate dimension morshupls

[–] Venus@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Stamp collector riots michael-laugh

Never stop posting fidel-salute

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

fidel-salute to you @ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net Just enjoyed this exchange as a fellow 80's kid who lived through and hated sports being forced on kids. It's really depressing to see some of these takes