The Superbowl has always been very interesting to me from an anthropological standpoint (and I am fully aware that there's nothing unique about that). I find the attention that the game gets amazingly fascinating. Seriously. People really get excited about these kinds of games. I used to work as a bartender a few years back, and Superbowl Sunday was absolute madness. People would cram themselves into the bars that I worked in to sit around together and watch the event. So what it is? Ritualized warfare? Regional competition projected onto a symbolic entity? Who knows.
Today was especially interesting to watch, considering the state of affairs in the country today. The economy is a disaster, and yet people attach enough importance to this game to spend a ton of money on buying tickets to sit in the stadium and watch it all play out.
Obviously it's important. Sometimes, though, I can't quite understand why. Another topic to put on the back burner until there is more time to look into it...
Today was especially interesting to watch, considering the state of affairs in the country today. The economy is a disaster, and yet people attach enough importance to this game to spend a ton of money on buying tickets to sit in the stadium and watch it all play out.
Obviously it's important. Sometimes, though, I can't quite understand why. Another topic to put on the back burner until there is more time to look into it...
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