Do you do this while watching a live sporting event?

Arcadio

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For the past few weeks I've started to get into some deep thinking about the evolution of Earth and our civilization while watching live sporting events. Specifically, every time I watch a live sporting event, I think back at all the major events in the evolution of the planet--from its birth, going through the evolution of life, the evolution of an intelligent species (us), and the development of advanced civilization--that led to a group of intelligent beings to come together to be entertained by two teams of equally intelligent beings who simulate a battle for the purpose of entertainment and personal gain (financial and moral).

Makes for some pretty interesting thinking.... and I won't even get into the related thoughts that could come of these mental meanderings (i.e. extraterrestrial sports)
 

BrownShoes

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ChairShot

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wow.... i usually spend my time eating doritos and drinkin' beer!!! but good for you :)
 

Zeze

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Only a typical internet geek like you would think nonsense like those.

I'm too busy screaming, cursing, clapping and everything that involves enjoying the live game.
 

Jeeebus

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by "do this," do you mean "troll an internet forum with random nonsense while watching a live sporting event"?
 

wheresmybacon

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Totally the opposite of OP. I pretty much turn into a cave man when I watch sports. Win. Fight. Blood. Rar. Gets me to some of the most primitive of human emotions.
 

zanejohnson

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i think about stuff like that constantly, fun to think about future possible evolution as well...

like...internet... without media...

i mean shit, how many times you caught/felt someone staring at you.. there is def. something there, some form of unspoken communication... and we've built the interwebz, its logical to think over time we could evolve to not need media for internet communications.. shit we've already went wifi...
 

Blackjack200

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Wow, surprised at the reactions to this thread. No one else thinks its funny that the display of physical ability and adaptive traits have become spectacle? I've thought that many times.
 

Arcadio

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It's not that the sport I'm watching is boring...it's just that thoughts like these come to my mind specifically when watching live sports.
 

sandorski

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Evolution has peaked with the formation of the current Vancouver Canucks. Devo begins soon.
 

Linflas

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Generally I am eating stuff I shouldn't be eating and yelling stuff I shouldn't be yelling while watching a sporting event on my TV. The one thing I am not doing is contemplating the nature of the universe and my place in it.
 

gorcorps

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Nobody who calls them a "live sporting event" can know what they're talking about.
 

edro

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Yes, I have.

I think sporting events epitomize culture, which is the greatest culmination of order from disorder.
This is probably why major sporting events trigger this thought process for you.