I remember when I was a little kid seeing an older kid in my neighborhood throw a baseball into the air and call out "Mantle's under it...and he makes the catch!" as the ball slapped down hard into his glove. I remember playing backyard football and thinking "here's Grogan back to pass- he's got a receiver open!"
I know that there are kids out there today who dream of being a great baseball, football, or basketball player, and some of them feed that dream with intense practice and coaching. A lot more just have a lot of fun playing with their friends and imagining the cheering crowds without really expecting any of it to manifest in reality- but they are outside, connecting with friends, getting exercise, having fun.
This stupid doofus wants to be the starting Quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys right now- and he's going to pretend to be just that by-- putting on a VR set and, well, doing basically absolutely nothing else. Doesn't even have to get out of bed.
Life was better back then. Didn't even need fancy electronics. And did I mention the exercise and connecting with friends and having fun while being outside? There was that, too.
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