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From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid
On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:51:09 +1200, Titus G wrote:
>On 19/08/25 03:24, Paul S Person wrote:
>> 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
>> ...
>
>People who went to Wazzoo (Washington State University in Spokane WA)
>will still cheer for the Cougars, (the football players), whether they
>bleed or drip oil.
>
>> and who's to say the stands /won't/ be filled with toasters and
>> self-driving cars?
>
>If so, the custom will be established and expected by then.
>
>>>>> 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?
>
>Yes they do, but the only thing they recognise is the uniform. Who is in
>the uniform doesn't matter. Football in England is my best example.
>What will easily replace who.
>
>> 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.
>
>Do the Cougars include players from other states who have won football
>scholarships?
Having gone to the UW, I really have no idea.
But I would suspect that their football recruiting dept. is as active
as any other.
There is, after all, the Apple Cup to consider.
>>>>> 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.
>
>What a laugh! Since writing this, Z dressed up in a fancy fashionable
>suit for the first time to meet again with the orange thing.
>
> 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.
>
>But you cared enough to voice an opinion.
I care enough about robots and their takeover of society.
And I dislike sports -- well, organized sports anyway -- enough to
hope they dry up and blow away when the robots take over.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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