Absolutely. Mostly because I don’t consume much entertainment. Movies and TV really shape how people think.

Ah, yes. The Rufio method.

It’s not like bees pollinate for our benefit.

There’s a reason animals run away from the monkeys with pointy sticks. We eliminated the ones that don’t until we got comfortable enough that we had the luxury of turning them into various forms of entertainment, and therefore had a reason to preserve some.

When I stared into my husband’s eyes as he calculated the consequences of beating me in front of our 2yo.

Followed closely by being ordered by a judge to allow him at the birth of my second child that he had claimed wasn’t his fifteen minutes previously.

Everyone told me I was like my dad.

Starting the horse and dog rehab farm I used to dream of. It was taking horses and dogs that need rehab, and teaching people from a rehab program therapy animal training and animal care.

I mean… picking your nose is the same idea. It’s the same thing for why you’d want to drink flowing water, not stagnant water.

And some of us do our best not to backwash.

That’s cute that you think sports aren’t about manipulation.

Growing up in a single denomination is hardly a varied experience.

Sigh.

People use sources of power for their own benefit. I’m not arguing otherwise. What I’m saying is there’s a chance a churchgoer or a pastor is doing it for selfless reasons, where that is never the case for sports.

And your use of superlatives only displays your own ignorance. I’ve met people in power from several denominations, and many just want to help people. Plenty of denominations teach servant leadership. No doubt many people exploit religion. But at least religion generally tries to teach otherwise.

You really should expose yourself to more real people before just parroting what you hear from loudmouths on the internet. Confirmation bias is a powerful thing.

That’s a false comparison. You can’t lead anything without, to a point, manipulating people. You can manipulate them transparently and for their benefit, or you are manipulating them for your own. The people who lead and run sports leagues are definitely not doing it out of a sense of charity.

Plenty of churchgoers and even pastors are in it to serve people with no real personal benefit. The same can’t be said of professional sports players.

Well, duh.

Here’s a thing: so are sports.

Throw pepperoni on there, and it’s mine, too.

Okay, Sam. Lol.

Only for people with an inability to comprehend rudimentary semantics.

That doesn’t mean they should be conflated.

You do know that arranged marriage and forced marriage are different things, right?

My dad is arguably not the best dad in many ways, but he taught me a solid work ethic, and most importantly, called 911 when I was attacked by my husband. The best thing a dad can do is teach his daughter how she should be treated by men.

I don’t know. There’s an even chance my parents would have been better at picking my husband than I was.

You mean like a sub sandwich?

Make something. Get somewhere with lots of quiet and trees. Bundle up in jammies and read.