Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John B. Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Job Offer Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:37:40 +0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <5a3mtj59th060d169mrelvqrvreiftsdib@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 03:37:43 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3b9cf1ad4d60dabee9deb71b04182237"; logging-data="2309398"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/nbYuH0pDNKF73ylVU2hj2iNbiqtY1JEM=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/7.10.32.1212 Cancel-Lock: sha1:XsQBlKqAMAa1TUCeJxbyJNAV9yM= On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:36:03 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote: >On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 09:15:20 -0400, Catrike Ryder > wrote: > >>I never understood why some people like to watch people they don't >>know play with their balls.... or ride their bicycles. > >Sports are battle simulations much like the gladiatorial contests of >ancient Rome. The only difference is that the participants of today's >sports contests are more likely to survive. Bicycle races are similar >except the participants sometimes engage in limited combat. > I think you over simplify. I well remember tree climbing contests when I was in grade school and the girls had rope skipping contests. And the Olympic "games" that dated back to something like 770 BCE were initially a religious affair. I believe it is more accurate to say that mankind has an inborn desire to be first. In whatever activity, not solely war. -- Cheers, John B.