Probably when you started being able to order groceries online for delivery XD
Maybe before. Some people live off pizza.
I haven't yet figured out whether that's cognitive dissonance or wilful ignorance or some hybrid.
Wilful ignorance I think. People don't want to believe they are the product.
and the comparison with others is one of the main depressors coming from social media.
Yes. But competing on what makes a difference I think. We are competitive by nature, but people are comparing themselves to filters and AI now.
it is/was a red to green colour bar that showed where you were compared to an "average" range of people within your age range and then a pro-athlete outlier somewhere on the extreme end of excellent XD
I would like to see s "ninth lane" at the olympics with some random audience member in it trying to compete in the heats. :D
For the medical/pharmaceutical industry (not to be conflated with the practice), unhealthy populations seems massively profitable.
Yes. The governments are enriching the pharmas - helps make their "GDP" look better.
and are probably harder to control/manipulate. Totally being a conspiracy theorist again :)
For sure.
I simultaneously realise and acknowledge that this is true and refuse to believe that this is true.
You're right there as well. In my groups one of the favoured "competitions" is my variation of the handstand competition, where the kids have to try to hold a handstand for as long as they can while their partner times them. They are simultaneously trying to outdo each other while eagerly cheering each other one because COME ON YOU'RE SO CLOSE TO BEATING YOUR HIGH SCORE (although every now and again there's YOU DIDN'T START IT AT THE RIGHT TIME).
It was much less effective when I was doing it as a straight handstand comp (where it is quite simply last man handstanding) so I don't do that as part of my conditioning but will happily join in if one of the other groups is doing one.
Then in one of my other groups I can't do anything that looks like it might have some components of a competition because there's a special needs kid who simply cannot cope with it.
Maybe trying to claw up against an average would work and the idea of the ninth lane amuses me no end XD
Bahahahahhahaaaaa I feel like everyone would be cheering for them regardless of if they finished as expected or did the startling upset XD
obviously someone with some background in whatever right otherwise people gonna die XD
And that reminded me of a recent competition where one of the boys had probably every single coach, gymnast and spectator in the building screaming encouragement at him as he really, really struggled with one of the skills as though if we yelled loud enough our voices could give him the extra boost that he needed to complete it, sadly he wasn't able to and there was the huge AWWWWWWWW when he had to bail XD