Howdy,
Thought I’d share 3 things, sad but true.
Hard to believe, in fact, that these are all only from today, but I ran across a striking statement or idea morning, afternoon, and night.
First, I heard an insane statement from a sports fan this morning, talking decidedly and aggressively about not defecting a favorite chosen team. To effect he said, “You say you’re getting divorced … shrug. But you NEVER defect from your team. Come on, only LOSERS drop a team to change it out for one better. You don’t do that.”
He made the latter sound a lot like adultery and actual divorcing hardly news enough for a response.
The sacrilegious statement, the ridiculousness of it, made me start to get frustratedly upset: “How could you even compare?” Poor choice for an example, I thought.
Then, unfortunately, it made a little sense — at least by the numbers. If the divorce rate really is anywhere around 50 percent, as is so frequently and causally espoused, then likely less people who happen to follow sports abandon their Number One team then their vows. Sad (and stupid) but (anecdotally) true.
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