Funny you should mention that.
For several years, the only time I noticed that the super bowl had
happened was first, during my morning commute, after the game. There
would be a rather large number of individuals (all men, it seemed),
lovingly going over each particle of activity, never coming to any
conclusion, but never getting tired of it, either. It was the same
thing coming home. However, this was certainly better than them
yelling, but either way, my earphones went in and I worked remotely via
cellular based VPN.
At work, football analogies abounded for a few days, which I often
needed to Google, having not paid any attention whatsoever for the other
364 odd days. I eventually found that knowing the terms was unnecessary
because the people using them weren't saying anything that a
technologist needed to hear. I could concentrate multi-tasking on
something else.
I adore being weird.
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On 1/24/22 2:42 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
As a person who spent the first 1/3 of his life being criticized for
being interested in technology and furthering our understanding of the
universe, rather than (for example) watching grown men chase a ball
around in the grass, I'm sensitive to the word and it's most common
connotation.