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SteveB's avatar

There's a thing that happens:

Guys have some fun seeing how far they can catapult a pumpkin across a field

It becomes a contest

Guys, as they tend to do, start workin' the technology, medieval-style trebuchets are replaced with air cannon

Now the pumpkins are goin' over a mile, Punkin Chunkin' becomes a reality TV show, every team has a corporate sponsor

It's a process of Professionalization, Commercialization and at the root of it, Optimization (efficiency, maximization of results, high-performance, etc.)

Don't know why I thought of that, but it seems kinda like what turned the 70's into the 80's.

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Slap Shot is a great movie! I saw it at the big theatre in the mall. It was the weekend. Crowded- everybody laughed hard the way you do when you are in a group and everybody laughs.

I have just been exposed to Ophuls the last year or two and I think Lola Montez is one of the best films ever.

Great essay. I had a lot of fun in the seventies. Way more than in the eighties.

The eighties sucked.

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