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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

As far as I can tell, Sports is mainly about indulging in the whole mix of emotions and social networking which is Tribalism.

It's actually funny that it's said here in Portugal that the old fascist dictator used the 3 Fs to control people: Football (aka soccer), Fátima (i.e. Catholic religion) and Fado (the style of music). As a side note the first is most definitelly still widelly used (it's amazing how a man's identity around here has to include supporting a footbal team) and they seem to be trying to boost the 2nd again.

Personally I have very little tendency to pick sides and support "my side" versus the "other side" (which means I'm generally misread as "from the other side" whenever I unwittingly step in thr middle of some politicised americanised discussion here) because I need to be convinced by your points and won't just react favorably to some dog whistle or celebrity power from "my side".

Without the whole emotional "rooting for your side", especially in a group, watching Sports is just boring.

Funnilly enough I love practicing Sports, and quite a list of them too.