• Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Or ppl would like an escape from their shitty lives for 3 to 4 hours a week before going back to their soul crushing jobs Monday to avoid becoming homeless while paying 2/3 of their paychecks on rent

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      9 months ago

      I can’t tell if you were being tongue-in-cheek or not, but that sounds exactly like a game distracting people from the harsh reality that their society has failed them.

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        9 months ago

        I think the point they are making is that has always been the case. It’s more apparent when things are so bad. But I think everyone needs an escape of one thing or another.

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      9 months ago

      that’s exactly the crux. when your life is so miserable watching men in tight pants scramble over a field for a couple of hours playing a children’s game for millions of dollars more than you’ll ever see is an escape from your misery. Interrupt the proceedings every 3 second or every significant advance to keep their blood pressure high. panem et circenses.

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      9 months ago

      The most obvious of these harms is the long-term injury — specifically brain injury — to players. There is continued evidence of football’s relationship with traumatic brain injury, dementia, memory loss, depression and premature death.

      A 2017 study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, said 177 of 202 former football players studied of all levels had Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), including 110 of the 111 NFL players studied.

      By all means, enjoy the game, but remember this.