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What are some weird flexes people have that they think make them better than others? (piefed.world)
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[+] [S] 5 points 5 months ago (9 children)
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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    It wasn't an exclusionary statement. Knowing something about football doesn't mean you can't also know something about survival, budgeting, etc. Their point was that knowing anything about football is probably better than not.

    E.g. "All knowledge might be useful and should be valued as a positive thing."

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  • [+] [S] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)
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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago*

    I largely agree with you, but they do make a fair point: all knowledge has some value. Football trivia won’t help you in your research, but general knowledge of football might help you break the ice in a social setting where you’d otherwise feel awkward or out of place.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    That’s a sentiment I get every day when teaching maths. Many do not value maths because they can’t see any immediate benefits. What I’ve learned is that you never know what knowledge you might need in the future.

    Knowledge is knowledge and everything is of some value. Maybe not the greatest value at all times, but some value. One should strive to have as much knowledge about as many things as possible.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    how often is anyone in a survival scenario?

    the only people that would really apply to are those who are doing back country outdoors work or off the grid living.

    which is very very few people

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Or people who live in a place where there are increasingly bad weather events, spotty power supply, poor government, civil unrest, etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    so being poor?

    i grew up in a rural place with spotty power and limited civil services.

    you don't need survival skills, you just need to plan ahead or have another place to go to until the power comes back up. like grandma's house.

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