Soldier
not redeemed with gold but with His Blood
Exactly. there’s no Monoculture and no marquee/unifying sports event anymore except the NFL’s Super Bowl.It’s a solid number, besides the NFL nothing on TV will draw 20 million or not on a consistent basis anymore. This is why NBC is likely overpaying for the NBA, they get good numbers like this all the time through the season and playoffs
There’s endless entertainment options, like bars, liquor stores, restaurants, traveling, clubs, festivals, concerts, video games, reality tv drama, unlimited and free HD pornography , millions of cable channels and social media platforms in the modern era right now. People live in cultural/social silos. There are many niches. In the 1980s and 1990s, everyone watched the same tv channels, listened to the same radio stations and listened the same popular/revelant artists because of heavy MTV exposure.
It’s difficult to stand out and catch the attention of people. It’s impossible to keep the interest and enthusiasm of people. People have much more shorter attention spans than they used to. People lack patience for anything, we have become ungrateful and demanding.
Remember the lyrics to nirvana’s « smells like teen spirit »
« Here we are now , entertain us. »
We are spoiled, entitled, impulsive, impatient, easily bored, unable to focus and concentrate, easily distracted, jaded, confused, paranoid, and cynical. We have too much information, knowledge, and entertainment options at our disposal. Too much of a good thing becomes bad because we can’t appreciate and enjoy things as they are, in the present moment .The easier things get, the more we take it for granted. When entertainment options were scarce, we cherished them more. We didn’t miss a minute of it, because we knew the chance may never come again. Right now we also suffer from paralysis from too much analysis. A lot of chronically online people find the virtual and fake world of social media more entertaining, intriguing and compelling than the real world.
Humans lost their their capacity/ability to be amazed and impressed by something. Normally, people should find joy and excitement in watching the nba finals but it doesn’t impress people like it should, instead people don’t see the nba finals as a special event.
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