@existentialcomics@mastodon.social
2026-03-22 16:49 UTC
Replies (6)
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@yora@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-03-22 17:10
@existentialcomics It's necessary, but not sufficient.
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@cap_ybarra@beige.party 2026-03-22 17:46
@existentialcomics definitely some correlation-for-causation-mistaking happening there
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@ThreeSigma@mastodon.online 2026-03-22 17:47
@existentialcomics In my generation (X) it was not this. Rather, smart kids and those who wouldn’t fit in were ostracized and bullied. Sport was a special case for extra belittling and bullying, so we developed no love for it.
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@leonardof@bertha.social 2026-03-22 20:16
@existentialcomics I remember a unitedstatesian living in Germany saying how difficult of was for Germans to grasp the concept of a "nerd", because, there, liking engineering had nothing to do with being socially inept or ostracized.
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@paul@notnull.space 2026-03-22 20:28
@existentialcomics if your employed or contracted nerd enjoys sports more than sci-fi you should cease all dealings with them immediately
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@flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange 2026-03-23 12:37
@existentialcomics brought to you by the country that fooled itself into thinking that if you liked sports teams, that made you an athlete