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   XPost: or.politics   
   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:41:56 +1200, Titus G  wrote:   
      
   >On 18/08/25 03:54, Paul S Person wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 07:54:09 -0700, a425couple   
   >>  wrote:   
   >snip   
   >>>   
   >>> During the opening ceremony, the robots demonstrated soccer and boxing    
   >>> among other sports, with some cheering and backflipping as if at a real    
   >>> sports event.   
   >   
   >> I would think /nothing/ would do more to depopularize sports than   
   >> this.   
   >   
   >Displaying emotion in public has become more acceptable over recent   
   >decades because it shows that sports people are human rather than   
   >robotic physical extremists. Robots will imitate humans because the   
   >grandstands won't be filled with toasters and self-driving cars.   
      
   In some cultures, perhaps.   
      
   I'm fairly sure football rallies in the USA were the same in the 50s   
   as they are today.    
      
   I really can't see people getting excited over which bunch of robots   
   beats which other bunch of robots. Well, may if it was a demo derby   
   ...   
      
   and who's to say the stands /won't/ be filled with toasters and   
   self-driving cars?   
      
   >>> One robot soccer player scored a goal after a few tries, --   
   >   
   >> But did the fans riot in the streets afterwards? That /is/ the   
   >> tradition, after all.   
   >   
   >They will eventually. Perhaps you haven't noticed but sports fans only   
   >follow the uniform no matter what is inside it. The lower classes pay   
   >uniform wearing millionaire mercenaries to play tribal competitive games   
   >with no concern for their nationality nor tribal affiliations.   
      
   So they /don't/ actually have loyalty to the local team? Or the team   
   from where they grew up?   
      
   Over here, people who went to Wazzoo (Washington State Univeristy in   
   Spokane WA) tend to still cheer for the Cougars (the football players,   
   not the big cats at the top of the wilderness food chain), even when   
   they are living and working in Seattle, where the UW (University of   
   Washington) Huskies rule. According to their fans, anyway.   
      
   >>> The robots also modeled fashionable hats and clothes alongside human    
   >>> models. ----   
   >   
   >> Small children play dress-up too.   
   >   
   >With the Zelenksy exception proving the rule, so do our elected and   
   >non-elected leaders. The wardrobe of Hilary, (wife of Epstein video   
   >star, Bill), probably cost more than feeding KFC to Palestinian children   
   >in the Gazan concentration camp for several months would. Amen.   
      
   IIRC, Imelda also spent a lot on shoes.   
      
   Myself, I've never really cared about clothes. Or sports.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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