Let's create a game where you're not allowed to use them!
unrelated consequences
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- Apr 2017
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What sets man apart from the lesser beasts, besides a soul, is that we have opposable thumbs.
our brains are pretty important too
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ambulances carry off the wounded
sounds like a battle scene
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After a soccer game, every player gets a ribbon and a juice box.
continual painting of soccer as a wimpy game with no citation
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100 miles per hour.
sounds like someone could die but ok
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Baseball and basketball present a constant threat of personal disgrace.
why is it necessary to humiliate someone for something to be fun
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of either personal humiliation or major injury is required to count as a sport
does this mean badminton isn't a sport
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very few scoreless ties -- and it's a lot harder to score when a half-dozen 300-pound bruisers are trying to crush you.
assuming that a score is needed to make an interesting game. also, normalizing violence
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This was an actual marquee sign by the freeway in Long Beach, California, about a World Cup game last week: "2nd period, 11 minutes left, score: 0:0." Two hours later, another World Cup game was on the same screen: "1st period, 8 minutes left, score: 0:0.
good for ethos i guess
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f Michael Jackson had treated his chronic insomnia with a tape of Argentina vs. Brazil instead of Propofol, he'd still be alive, although bored.
this isn't relevant
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girls can play with boys. No serious sport is co-ed, even at the kindergarten level.
sexism/internalized misogyny at its finest
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ball accidentally goes in.
oversimplification, not portraying the game correctly
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There's a reason perpetually alarmed women are called "soccer moms," not "football moms."
bringing up something irrelevant and unnecessary
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Why is personal glory so important
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