Taken from JRE #1909 w/Stavros Halkias:
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There's a thing when you watch a guy win a world title fight.

There's a thing when you watch 2 of the best in world fight, where everyone gets to watch.

And these guys, who are the wildest and craziest of our population get to do this thing, which is akin to combat.

It's like physical combat with no weapons, but your own body, use that as a weapon, and then see who knows how to do that better and you do it in front of the world.

Yeah, I mean, that is the ancient shit of single combat, right?

like each culture, or if you wanted to avoid a war, we pick our best guy and we fuck each other up.

And there is a feeling of that, definitely, especially when it's clashes of cultures, right?

When it is like Khabib and it is fucking Connor, whatever.

It's like these guys from completely different places and it almost feels like like that's what's cool about the World Cup Obviously, it's not it's not combat sports, but there is something sick where you're just like, these countries, this means so much

And these people, like, they got eliminated, but Japan and Korea, if they had won, they would have played each other in the fuckin' World Cup.

Like, they have, they're so, I mean, that's their oppressor.

And it's like those ancient rivalries, like England and France fought each other for thousands of years,

It's like, there is, it's just so, there is something fucking awesome about, and Whenever like a third world country plays America, you don't think they want to fuck America up?

like, fuck you, you got all the money in the world, we don't give a fuck.

My uncle was the democratically elected guy's fucking minister of the press.

What was that article would you highlighted something?

I don't know that it was like an official

Mmm Says a deeper connection was claimed during both world wars football as a training ground for soldiers and officers The game as a mimic war requiring cool thinking self-sacrifice and physical courage So at least in some ways it's cut obviously from that.

It's like a proxy Yeah, It's like a thing that you can do, you can do that instead of war, or maybe it can help you practice for war.

But that's, Especially back then when they really, World Wars could pop off at any time.

It's, it's all of it is, it's the same thing.

It's like, it's just a way, there's a thing that people have inside of them They want to conquer and the men women want to do it, too They want to do it socially for sure you know and it's in and some women physically the ones you want to fuck It's a weird thing that we have in us and it makes you wonder if people hadn't figured out sports And hadn't figured out games.

Yeah, how much would we be fucking each other up?

It seems like that's what people are designed to do and all these other things that we do that all the other animals don't do Are probably the thing that's allowed us to become what we are, right?

It's probably the things that have allowed us to figure out civilization

figured out ways Yeah to get along like let's play with a ball, right?

Let's I'm gonna hit this ball instead of your fucking head.

Think about it, a weapon, a bat is a fucking club.

It's like, instead of your fucking head, which I want to hit, let's use coconuts.

to pretend you're fucking nuts with this coconut.

And they said back to them, there was this, now I think we researched this too, but God damn that marijuana's ruining my memory.

We'd just get high and shit and be like, what was that fucking meme I saw?

Which is like football and a little like lacrosse.

Yeah, you had to like knock it through like a hole Yeah, and there was also talk that sometimes they used a human head.

Yeah, that's I don't know if that was folklore or true And then there was another thing that I read that I never could remember if this is accurate that the winning team would be sacrificed

a winner be a long-ass game where people keep What is it Jamie

Article about us is for instance that the games winners and losers get sacrificed at the end of the game answer to both questions No,

wasn't meant to go through the hoop, dude.

It's all about catching the little gold thing.


Speaker 0: The Jorogun experience. There's a thing when you watch a guy win a world title fight. There's a thing when you watch 2 of the best in world fight, where everyone gets to watch. Right. And these guys, who are the wildest and craziest of our population get to do this thing, which is akin to combat.

Fully. It's like physical combat with no weapons, but your own body, use that as a weapon, and then see who knows how to do that better and you do it in front of the world.

Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, that is the ancient shit of single combat, right?

Speaker 0: Where it's

Speaker 1: like each culture, or if you wanted to avoid a war, we pick our best guy and we fuck each other up. And there is a feeling of that, definitely, especially when it's clashes of cultures, right? When it is like Khabib and it is fucking Connor, whatever. It's like these guys from completely different places and it almost feels like like that's what's cool about the World Cup Obviously, it's not it's not combat sports, but there is something sick where you're just like, these countries, this means so much

Speaker 0: to them. So much

Speaker 2: to them.

Speaker 1: And these people, like, they got eliminated, but Japan and Korea, if they had won, they would have played each other in the fuckin' World Cup. And it's

Speaker 0: like, Korea would have fucked Japan.

Speaker 1: Like, they have, they're so, I mean, that's their oppressor. You know what I mean? Like, Japan fucked Korea

Speaker 2: up.

Speaker 1: Right. You know

Speaker 0: what I mean?

Speaker 1: And it's like those ancient rivalries, like England and France fought each other for thousands of years,

Speaker 2: you know what I mean?

Speaker 1: It's like, there is, it's just so, there is something fucking awesome about, and Whenever like a third world country plays America, you don't think they want to fuck America up? Of course.

Speaker 2: And be

Speaker 1: like, fuck you, you got all the money in the world, we don't give a fuck.

Speaker 0: We know you put our dictator in power.

Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 0: We know you orchestrated it.

Speaker 1: Come on, dude. My uncle was the democratically elected guy's fucking minister of the press. He got assassinated too. You gotta go, motherfucker. Yeah, this is for the CIA.

This goal's for the CIA.

Speaker 0: Yeah, I mean, it's like war proxy.

Speaker 1: It's cool

Speaker 0: What was that article would you highlighted something?

Speaker 2: It's a tradition of it. I don't know that it was like an official

Speaker 0: Mmm Says a deeper connection was claimed during both world wars football as a training ground for soldiers and officers The game as a mimic war requiring cool thinking self-sacrifice and physical courage So at least in some ways it's cut obviously from that. It's like a proxy Yeah, It's like a thing that you can do, you can do that instead of war, or maybe it can help you practice for war.

Speaker 1: But that's, Especially back then when they really, World Wars could pop off at any time.

Speaker 0: At any time.

Speaker 1: Maybe you can't, you know.

Speaker 0: That's the thing with combat sports too. It's, it's all of it is, it's the same thing. It's like, it's just a way, there's a thing that people have inside of them They want to conquer and the men women want to do it, too They want to do it socially for sure you know and it's in and some women physically the ones you want to fuck It's a weird thing that we have in us and it makes you wonder if people hadn't figured out sports And hadn't figured out games. Yeah. Yeah, how much would we be fucking each other up?

It seems like that's what people are designed to do and all these other things that we do that all the other animals don't do Are probably the thing that's allowed us to become what we are, right? It's probably the things that have allowed us to figure out civilization

Speaker 1: you blow

Speaker 0: figured out ways Yeah to get along like let's play with a ball, right? Let's I'm gonna hit this ball instead of your fucking head. Right, right, right.

Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sneak in.

Speaker 0: Think about it, a weapon, a bat is a fucking club.

Speaker 2: It's a

Speaker 0: total weapon. It's like, instead of your fucking head, which I want to hit, let's use coconuts. I'm going

Speaker 1: to pretend it's the coconut.

Speaker 0: I'm going

Speaker 1: to pretend you're fucking nuts with this coconut.

Speaker 0: And they said back to them, there was this, now I think we researched this too, but God damn that marijuana's ruining my memory.

Speaker 1: Respect by the way.

Speaker 2: This is such a

Speaker 0: great racket.

Speaker 2: We were

Speaker 0: talking about-

Speaker 1: We'd just get high and shit and be like, what was that fucking meme I saw? Was that an article?

Speaker 0: And talk. In the Mayan, that Mayan football game. They used

Speaker 2: to have a football game.

Speaker 0: Oh yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1: Which is like football and a little like lacrosse. It was like kind of

Speaker 0: a little mix. Yeah, you had to like knock it through like a hole Yeah, and there was also talk that sometimes they used a human head. Yeah, that's I don't know if that was folklore or true And then there was another thing that I read that I never could remember if this is accurate that the winning team would be sacrificed

Speaker 1: Whoa, that's fucking sick Go to the gods

Speaker 0: a winner be a long-ass game where people keep What is it Jamie

Speaker 2: Article about us is for instance that the games winners and losers get sacrificed at the end of the game answer to both questions No,

Speaker 0: no, so it's all bull players

Speaker 2: are likely.

Speaker 1: But what if they were? You know, that'd be cool

Speaker 2: wasn't meant to go through the hoop, dude.

Speaker 0: It wasn't? What is the hoop for?

Speaker 1: But that game was really violent.

Speaker 0: There's like a hoop, right?

Speaker 2: It's not

Speaker 0: gonna likely

Speaker 2: happen from time to time. That's not what it was for.

Speaker 0: Oh, okay.

Speaker 1: So it

Speaker 0: was like extra points?

Speaker 1: Yeah, it's like Harry Potter. It's all about catching the little gold thing.

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