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Wow! I never saw it this way before, but that's an amazing thought - sport is one of the very few ways grown men have to actually play in the way kids play (i.e. to dress up and make believe)

Much as I love Chomsky I think his view on this is backwards. Sports isn't "a way of building up irrational attitudes of submission to authority, and group cohesion behind leadership elements" - sport doesn't build these things, it builds on these things. We are social animals, and we naturally...

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I still really enjoy how silly grown men look wearing their teams football jersey when they’re not at a match or whatever. even funnier still is when they have their favourite player’s name & number on the back and they can let us all know it’s their favourite and also tell their pals ‘Hey look...

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https://www.hairybaby.com/marty-whelan

I don't remember '88. But I meant the vibe generally.

I kind of want a Marty Whelan in the Iron Maiden font t-shirt

Just remembering Noam Chomsky's take on sports in general: "Take, say, sports -- that's another crucial example of the indoctrination system, in my view. For one thing because it -- you know, it offers people something to pay attention to that's of no importance. [audience laughs] That keeps...

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Compare the amount of plot revealed in that trailer with these two…

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I suppose elite sport is a sign of how ruthless competition (as opposed to cooperation) is encouraged in the world. I can't make a lot of sensible arguments for my love of sport. I would not enjoy the reality of being a pro athlete. Again there is worse out there as far as 'entertainment' goes...

It pains me to say it but Trump's zinger will go down in history

Just reading some online commentary now. Sounds like biden handed trump exactly what trump wanted?

Analysis this morning in de papers is pretty damming. Sounds like both of them came across as the worst versions of themselves. The problem being the worst version of trump is what people want

Correction: Tbilisi won League in 1978 and Cup in 1979. Like the LOI Soviet League was in summer. Another terrific player: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kipiani For some reason I thought Kipiani was Armenian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi Holy crap - just found out...