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this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2024
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You're not entirely wrong but the best moments of sports have an incredibly engaged crowd. I'm a baseball fan so my experience is limited to that realm, but there are some truly special moments that are amplified by the crowd.
The first that come to mind: The Yankees first home run after 9/11; the Red Sox winning the world series for the first time in 86 years; the Cubs winning after 108 years.
Wish I had more diverse examples but those are some really incredible ones from recent history.
I don't think there's a wrong or right, that's why I posted it here. So I think you are right that crowd reaction do amplify feelings, it's just that I realized I'm not particularly fond of or taken with that effect.
Without the noise of the crowd I feel like I'm more immersed as I hear the grunting and yelling of the athletes.
But I realized that that's not the regular opinion, I'm not saying you are wrong, just that I noticed I was enjoying something differently then most.