I’ve seen tables flipped, tv sets punched through, furniture thrown. And that’s just in the home.

How does one get to a place mentally where burning and destroying things, over a sportsball game seem a reasonable thing to do?

  • nimpnin@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    2 months ago

    I mean people cry over movies and tv shows. The line between fact and fiction, real and not real, important and inconsequential is pretty blurry in our minds.

    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      The difference is that movies and TV shows are often specifically made to elicit those reactions. Storytelling is essentially a hack that uses our emotions to implant lessons.

      The same can’t be said for sports events.

      • nimpnin@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        2 months ago

        Everything around sports is made to make you loyal to the team and be emotionally attached to the results.