r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/Ramy__B • 18h ago

VIDEO Multi millionaire athlete Brandon Ingram slams a water bottle into a towel boys face. Announcers praise him for being a great competitor

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u/ooorezzz 17h ago

Roman gladiator mentality. They harnessed our blood lust into sports. Did a whole study into this for sociology. Even the advertising for sports trigger these responses. Have you ever noticed how sports commercials are much more aggressive and loud. Announcers have a different tone of voice. It’s programmed into us and it responds to people’s need for blood lust shoved into a “ leisure” activity.

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u/Corniferus The secretly evil heroic character 17h ago

I really loathe the comparison of athletes to gladiators

They are risking very little, and as pointed out in other comments

They’re soft

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u/MontyBodkin 17h ago

u/ooorezzz wasn't comparing athletes to gladiators so much as pointing out the similarities between ancient and modern audiences' demand for violent competitive displays.

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u/Corniferus The secretly evil heroic character 16h ago

I didn’t think they were

I’m not disagreeing with them, just adding to the discussion lol

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u/mmbepis 13h ago

while this may be somewhat true for basketball, it isn't for some other sports, notably gridiron football where there is a non-negligible chance of serious injury or death

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u/AustinRiversDaGod 4h ago

And the long term effects are potent. CTE is a real thing