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> "Obviously not football, since I’m barely 150 pounds and don’t like traumatic brain injuries." That's exactly something a programmer (or an academic) would s
by thekashifmalik 6y ago
> "Obviously not football, since I’m barely 150 pounds and don’t like traumatic brain injuries."
That's exactly something a programmer (or an academic) would say. I box and I hear the same words from my coworkers.
If you stopped treating your brain as the most important fucking organ in your body (not that it isn't), you might open yourself up to hobbies that emphasize other aspects of your person. You would probably meet new kinds of people in those activities.
- TulliusCicero 6y agoI mean, is he wrong? And I'm pretty sure he could find plenty of other activities that don't involve a high risk of brain damage.
- porknubbins 6y agoThe football comment struck me as wildly out of touch. In my entire life I’ve never heard of any organized adult football- its obviously way too dangerous and inconvenient to be anything but a pro or school sport.
- derwiki 6y agoIt's generally "flag" football--no hard contact. A quick search reveals many leagues in San Francisco.
- paulcole 6y agoDo you think the comment you replied to was about flag football?
- strken 6y agoI've got a double-digit number of friends who play Australian rules football, and elsewhere in the country a lot of 20-somethings play rugby, both sports with a reasonably high risk of head injury, not to mention broken bones and torn ligaments. It's not obvious to me that gridiron is so much worse as to be unplayable. Amusingly enough, there's a USAFL team in San Francisco, although it's almost certainly full of programmers.
- porknubbins 6y agoRugby is also dangerous but I think it is still better than football, at least from the little rugby I’ve seen the tackles and collisions aren’t nearly as high impact (whether because or no helmets or the rules of the game I’m not sure). Also the equipment is basically a striped shirt and cleats.