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Comment by jwatte

Given that we all have different interests, hobbies, religions, and political beliefs, yet we all need to cooperate so that business and society actually can work, we have invented sports so that we have something common to talk about.

Literally. Without commercial sports, people who need to connect to other people for a variety of reasons, couldn't.

I find it annoying and wasteful, but I understand the societal need, especially among those who aren't engineers. (Sales, BD, etc.) Engineers can typically connect over their specialty, but that doesn't work when talking to other specialties.

parent jwatte 10 years ago

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