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Electronics people and football
vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: Koen on April 06, 2020, 12:47:59 pm ---In this thread : "we are better than them".
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Yes this is definitely the "expressing feelings of superiority"thread.
vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on April 06, 2020, 01:13:52 am ---I have noticed that in all the electronics workplaces I have worked in over the decades (computing, telecoms, satellites, medical, automotive etc), I have come across almost no electronics engineers or technicians who have a passion for football (Aussie Rules Football in Australia, or Soccer in Europe, or "Football" in the USA), or certainly do not carry on about it on a Monday morning after the weekend games. Many electronics workplaces struggle to get people interested in footy tipping competitions. A lot of engineers here were born overseas, but even amongst the Aussies born and bred here few show much interest. This is in contrast to the general population, many of which here are fanatical and treat it like a religion. People from all socioeconomic classes are into football, except us it seems.
Why is it so?
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My experience has been different .
I have memories of sitting in the lunchroom at work & listening to multiple Techs rabbit on about "footy".
At the time, I had well & truly drifted away from interest in the game, but others were keenly interested.
And they weren't morons, either, their technical abilities were excellent.
When I was a kid, I was no good at sports, but my Dad, & I, (& sometimes the rest of the family) would often go to the old WANFL (Australian Rules) games, following East Perth.
At the time, that competition was "semi-professional", so the blokes on the teams had "day jobs".
Many of the East Perth players were Dad's workmates.
As I got older, I drifted away from interest in "footy", & found other things to do on weekends---like working!
When my kids were young, they wanted to go to the "footy", & the basketball, so I took them & enjoyed the games as much as in the old days.
Over time, we became supporters of The Fremantle Dockers in Australian Rules Football, the Perth Wildcats
in Basketball, & the Perth Glory in Soccer/Football/"the world game"
In all those games, the fans just wanted to have a good time, & drunkeness & violence was conspicuous by its absence.
OK, it must have happened, but for the footy, for instance, out of 40,000 plus people in a stadium, the number of people involved would have been in single figures.
40,000 people is a bit more than the population of Geraldton (WA), & I bet you'll see more "aggro" in "Gero" any Saturday night.
As I said, I've never been any good at sport------I can't play the violin, the Saxophone, the Bagpipes, or the Banjo either, but I can enjoy listening to them played by someone who can.
Similarly, I can enjoy watching someone "who can" play a sport.
Maybe the lack of Sports fans among Electronics folk you have noticed is because Electronics is no longer a mainstream occupation, & has become more of a niche--- the domain of geeks.
Various people have derided football fans getting all worked up about their teams.
This comes from a forum where people "foam at the mouth" about Oscilloscopes!
Electro Detective:
Sports is supposed to be about friendly social based competition and good cheer afterwards,
regardless of who won, or who 'came second'.
Well, it was pretty much so, even in the big smoke, once..
AFAICT it's become a looney fanaticism,
barracking and supporting suspected (and caught) drug cheats
playing perhaps/maybe rigged games, depending on how the betting sits amongst the big punters and bookies, via numerous rumors :-//
Supporting interstate teams against ones local teams should be classed as 'Sporting Treason' :rant:
and if caught and sentenced, offenders serve their time as weekend house detention :popcorn:
and fwiw, if there are extreme "foam at the mouth" about Oscilloscopes!" members here ???
I'd rather follow their play, and catch something I can use with my oscilloscope/s
;D
BrianHG:
In my younger years, I didn't mind actually playing/competing in sports. In fact I usually enjoyed it except boring baseball...
However, I never once enjoyed watching professional sports other than occasional Olympic games and more recently Tour De France grade cycling.
xmo:
I never played, but it's fun to watch:
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