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I am not criticizing or sneering, but I am astonished that there are people that have never heard of Maradona.

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msla 6y ago
> I am astonished that there are people that have never heard of Maradona. Why would anyone who doesn't follow one very specific sport have heard of that person? Stop being parochial. I never have, but I don't follow rugby.
- julienfr112 6y ago
  Or maybe from a place where football is played by armored guys mostly using their hands ?
  - msla 6y ago
    OK. I've still never heard of this person. I'm still not sure why everyone assumes everyone else must have heard of this person, and downvotes everyone who hasn't. There's a weird, exclusive, gatekeeping vibe going on here, and it's extremely unwelcoming to people who didn't have a very specific background growing up. My background didn't include whatever sport this person apparently played, so I don't know them, so I'm somehow a bad person? I don't get it.
    - PlugTunin 6y ago
      That you hadn't heard of him was perhaps not sufficient basis for feelings of astonishment. I guess it's just surprising to people of a certain age, who overlooked the age/background of yourself and others. But I really don't think it was intended to be exclusionary or make you feel unwelcome. The down votes were probably b/c of the Michael Jordan comment. If there is a rule that every submission must have a tech, science or similar angle, it appears there are exceptions. And most people are OK with it.
    - slg 6y ago
      Everyone is being unnecessarily rude to you. It really isn’t unreasonable that you wouldn’t have heard of this guy if you are some combination of an American, not a sports fan, and in your thirties or younger. However in his day he was considered one of the two best players all time in the most popular sport in the world. That resulted in a fame that far exceeded the world of sport. He also basked in the life of celebrity that ended up compounding his renown even further. He was probably at one point one of the 10 most famous people on the planet. It can therefore be surprising for people who lived through that time that other people might not be aware of him.
- PlugTunin 6y ago
  He doesn't play rugby -- he plays a sport that is arguably the most popular sport outside of the US.

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msla 6y ago

> I am astonished that there are people that have never heard of Maradona. Why would anyone who doesn't follow one very specific sport have heard of that person? Stop being parochial. I never have, but I don't follow rugby.

julienfr112 6y ago
Or maybe from a place where football is played by armored guys mostly using their hands ?
- msla 6y ago
  OK. I've still never heard of this person. I'm still not sure why everyone assumes everyone else must have heard of this person, and downvotes everyone who hasn't. There's a weird, exclusive, gatekeeping vibe going on here, and it's extremely unwelcoming to people who didn't have a very specific background growing up. My background didn't include whatever sport this person apparently played, so I don't know them, so I'm somehow a bad person? I don't get it.
  - PlugTunin 6y ago
    That you hadn't heard of him was perhaps not sufficient basis for feelings of astonishment. I guess it's just surprising to people of a certain age, who overlooked the age/background of yourself and others. But I really don't think it was intended to be exclusionary or make you feel unwelcome. The down votes were probably b/c of the Michael Jordan comment. If there is a rule that every submission must have a tech, science or similar angle, it appears there are exceptions. And most people are OK with it.
  - slg 6y ago
    Everyone is being unnecessarily rude to you. It really isn’t unreasonable that you wouldn’t have heard of this guy if you are some combination of an American, not a sports fan, and in your thirties or younger. However in his day he was considered one of the two best players all time in the most popular sport in the world. That resulted in a fame that far exceeded the world of sport. He also basked in the life of celebrity that ended up compounding his renown even further. He was probably at one point one of the 10 most famous people on the planet. It can therefore be surprising for people who lived through that time that other people might not be aware of him.
PlugTunin 6y ago
He doesn't play rugby -- he plays a sport that is arguably the most popular sport outside of the US.