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Sorry, there's better comraderie in a Robotics club than there is getting spinal chord injuries on the field.

laretluval 9y ago
It really depends on the person.
vanjoe 9y ago
When I was in highschool and having a rough time (nothing like these kids are going through) then I really liked hockey because for 60 mins only the game mattered, none of the other bull shit. I don't think I could get that at a robotics club, maybe you could.
- closeparen 9y ago
  Theater (stage management, sound mixing, lighting, etc) had a similar quality for me. There's something a lot more satisfying about live work, especially when the whole rest of your life is project-based.
- ams6110 9y ago
  Yeah it all depends on the kid. Some kids love playing football, others love hockey, rugby, baseball, soccer... Or chess club, robotics, band, theater.... There's no one approach that works for everyone.
  - anoncoward111 9y ago
    I highly doubt chess club will give me any broken bones. Band, however, did give me tinnitus (seriously)
optimalsolver 9y ago
Is this the most HackerNews-iest comment of all time?
- finnthehuman 9y ago
  It's in the running, but my all-time winner is still the comment that dismissed wight lifting for exercise. Called it something like "zero net work" because a rep starts and ends in the same position. I'd link to it, but that might be too mean by dang's standards. I like threads like this one though. It reminds me not to jump straight to doubting myself when I run into a thread with more-convincing groupthink.
  - pc86 9y ago
    Oh wow. Just wow.
- pc86 9y ago
  Second only to comment correcting them that it's "cord" and not "chord."
ecshafer 9y ago
As someone that in highschool played both football and did robotics club, I think there was more comraderie in football, despite more of my long term friends doing robotics club. Robotics club, science fairs and programming clubs were fun, but they were just more academics. Football and other sports were a different kind of fun. They are more basic traditionally masculine fun. You do hard things like running and hitting people and you get yelled at, but it builds a shared bond that is much deeper. You also are able to let go on a sports team in a way you can't with an academic club. You don't have any girls you need to worry about, you don't have to keep clean or anything.

It really depends on the person.

When I was in highschool and having a rough time (nothing like these kids are going through) then I really liked hockey because for 60 mins only the game mattered, none of the other bull shit. I don't think I could get that at a robotics club, maybe you could.

closeparen 9y ago
Theater (stage management, sound mixing, lighting, etc) had a similar quality for me. There's something a lot more satisfying about live work, especially when the whole rest of your life is project-based.
ams6110 9y ago
Yeah it all depends on the kid. Some kids love playing football, others love hockey, rugby, baseball, soccer... Or chess club, robotics, band, theater.... There's no one approach that works for everyone.
- anoncoward111 9y ago
  I highly doubt chess club will give me any broken bones. Band, however, did give me tinnitus (seriously)

optimalsolver 9y ago

Is this the most HackerNews-iest comment of all time?

finnthehuman 9y ago
It's in the running, but my all-time winner is still the comment that dismissed wight lifting for exercise. Called it something like "zero net work" because a rep starts and ends in the same position. I'd link to it, but that might be too mean by dang's standards. I like threads like this one though. It reminds me not to jump straight to doubting myself when I run into a thread with more-convincing groupthink.
- pc86 9y ago
  Oh wow. Just wow.
pc86 9y ago
Second only to comment correcting them that it's "cord" and not "chord."

ecshafer 9y ago

As someone that in highschool played both football and did robotics club, I think there was more comraderie in football, despite more of my long term friends doing robotics club. Robotics club, science fairs and programming clubs were fun, but they were just more academics. Football and other sports were a different kind of fun. They are more basic traditionally masculine fun. You do hard things like running and hitting people and you get yelled at, but it builds a shared bond that is much deeper. You also are able to let go on a sports team in a way you can't with an academic club. You don't have any girls you need to worry about, you don't have to keep clean or anything.