In Brazil, crowds of people feel “humiliated and ashamed” as a result of the 1:7 loss to Germany in the World Cup semi-finals. TV programs and newspapers offer advice from psychologists on to how to avoid letting the trauma of the loss cause depression.
The very idea that people would have such intense emotions linked to how well a group of complete strangers rolled a ball across a field many miles away is extremely bizarre. Especially if we remember how historically recent the emergence of such feelings is.
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Clarissa: Also not a fan of the Local Sports Team.
I remember a couple of times when Ohio won the MSU v. OSU football game, people set fire to parts of Columbus.
I know some really intense football fans but nobody was notably depressed for any period longer than a week unless they had bet money.
You forget the Hundred Hours War 🙂
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In Montreal, hockey fans razed half of downtown when the team got into the playoffs back in 2008. That was out of joy, at least. The team was so embarrassed and upset that it immediately started losing and got kicked out of the playoffs.
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Group emotions (as opposed to nationalist emotions) have always been with us and are a primeval function of our civilised mineds. It doesn’t matter that much to which emblem these emotions are attached. We will follow along in any case.
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