Categories: Humor and sarcasm; Rants; Experiences and daily life; Human nature
Word count/read time: 436 words; 2 minutes
"The fallout ranges from warping one tournament's results to raising questions about other
players' legitimacy and also about the sport's future."
"To put the experience in perspective for fans of other sports..."
"This is not what sports are about."
You'd think they were talking about a real sport but it was
chess.
Older generations equate sports with physical abilities. Some
activities like billiards,
darts, curling (the ice game), and others require skill but are not
based on athletic prowess. Golf may reside in a small purgatory but
if a cigarette-smoking obese drunk can excel....
Spelling bee competitions appear on sport channels.
As do
eating competitions - we
extol and applaud how many hotdogs can be consumed in
ten minutes (and purging afterwards)
while a huge percentage of people go hungry each night.
Nothing sporting about those except the heartache or heartburn from being defeated. And don't mock
air guitar.
E-games are the new sport.
South Park
nailed it: Gamers are jacked up on soda and processed foods.
Getting to the top in any endeavor requires
some talent or skill. Sure, a competitive element drives the neurotic behavior
but that alone makes not a sport.
And it doesn't have to be sports. Perspective, or lack of it as
the case may be, is what drives the Dunning-Kruger effect to new heights.
Every profession, hobby, or activity has participants who
drive the insanity beyond hope of recovery. Beyond any rational explanation.
To the participants, it would be sacrilegious
to imply anything but being the most finely tuned specimens of physical and mental perfection.
Psychology says this is a symptom of delusional thinking, mental health issues,
or something else just as sinister.
Likewise, we tend to think the things we do are holy.
Our goods, services, or whatever are perfect, inscrutable, and any
suggestion otherwise is a direct attack on our egos.
Even when math or science proves we are wrong, there is always a loophole for a warped mind
to sidestep culpability or scapegoat something else.
As a jewelry maker, skewed perspective issues are commonplace and a cancer to the industry.
Part of it stems from how simple it "seems" to "make" "jewelry."
Anyone is correct to believe they can do it just as good
because it takes no skill or talent to make junk!
Chainmaille is notorious in this sense.
So these people create stunning, perfect, flawless goods from day one, at
least in their own mind.
If they can't convince themselves of their wonderment
then how are they going to fool others? Perspective is only an opinion
unless it's wrong. And no one will admit otherwise.
Posted by M: June 22, 2023
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