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"People read the sports section because they can talk about that with their friends" Well why not have them read the "Science and Technology" section and talk
by jdavis703 9y ago
"People read the sports section because they can talk about that with their friends"
Well why not have them read the "Science and Technology" section and talk about that with their friends? How is sports, which has a negligible direct impact on your life, seen as more relevant than reading the "Health" section? And the problem isn't just sports. The crime section is just as guilty, reading about most crimes in no one serves to keep me safe.
- marcoperaza 9y agoBecause sports are more accessible and universally entertaining. The population of commenters on Hackernews tends strongly to the extremely curious, people who are always seeking new knowledge and ideas to play with. Not everyone is like that!
- BWStearns 9y agoWhen I was a kid I asked my dad why people like sports talk radio. He told me it was because it was basically pointless so even without the effort of thinking your opinions were valid and relevant.
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- watwut 9y agoThe sport is to relax and socialize. If you are tired and stressed, it helps. It also helps when you dont know what to say in social situation, have nothing to say but still have that human need to talk and socialize. Health section is about what you should do, about learning that one more of your favorite food is unhealty, about one ml ore expensive healthy food you should buy to cleans yourself. So it is nagging combined with incinsitent half-science.
- vixen99 9y agoAside from allergies and special cases (lactose intolerance for instance and other problems down to genetics) there are no unhealthy foods in the sense in which you put it. There is the question of a balanced diet whereby some foods should be eaten in very moderate amounts and with attention to one's own body chemistry.