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What if it is a primal instinct for men to need to attach themselves to a tribe or a clan, so that their genes are the dominant genes? Since this is not always necessary in modern society, maybe the primal urge is being met by associating themselves with a specific sports team. And the in desire for their team to win, they are living vicariously through the players to meet this need.
What about us geeks that don’t care about sports? Well, we get together in are geek herds, as we are right now on tribe.net! And the way we “compete” is to take pride in how we are different than other people.
As far as women are concerned, I don’t dare venture to guess.
What about us geeks that don’t care about sports? Well, we get together in are geek herds, as we are right now on tribe.net! And the way we “compete” is to take pride in how we are different than other people.
As far as women are concerned, I don’t dare venture to guess.
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Re: Sports Fanaticism: a primal instinct?
Mon, November 14, 2005 - 5:12 PMSomeone was just saying that very thing the other day. Makes sense. To me, anytime thousands of people gather together and yell and scream like apes there is something very wrong. Usually when anything is wildly popular I am suspicious of it. Even the Beatles. (I know, it's heresy) I think sports are a plot to keep people from doing anything else constructive like reading or being politically active and to keep them from being creative, you know, things that actually matter.
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Re: Sports Fanaticism: a primal instinct?
Mon, November 28, 2005 - 1:39 AMWell, at least the geeks are trying to contribute something redeeming to society, whereas the sports fanatics don't seem to contribute anything that I can think of.
