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How I feel when I know the World Cup is over (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 28 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I dont watch it but I did appreciate seeing so many people happy and enjoying something. I think the world needed that little break. Anyway back to regular programming, millions dying in Ukraine and war in the middle east pushing us closer to economic depression.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Are you sure about that?

    Think about it: only the people of a single one of all participant countries will end up happy (because their team won it) whilst everybody else will end up unhappy (because their team lost).

    Granted, there are a few cases of a bit of happiness, like for the people of Cape Verde, without actually winning it but following unexpected very good positions, but those are a minority and tend towards smaller countries (which usually don't have enough population to have enough World-class players even if they're football-crazy, hence why any good result is a surprise).

    I would say that logically, all in all at the end of it big single sport world cups like this generally end up with far more people unhappy because of it than the people which are happy.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    While the games are playing out there is happiness and excitement and celebration and sure when your team loses it can be sad but its just a game and there are worse things to be sad about. Its nice to feel sad about a game and not im sad because the world is falling apart.

    For most people the world cup is not that serious and even for the ultras its more excitement than unhappiness. Think about the world cup as the total journey and not just the end result.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Yes. I might be disappointed The Netherlands didn't at least beat Morocco, before succumbing to France, but that doesn't mean the World Cup made me sad. It was incredibly entertaining, many unforgettable moments, beautiful goals. I'll never forget some of these moments.

    A competition only makes you sad if you are a sore loser.

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