What's More Important?

47  2014-01-26 by smokinbluebear

  1. Pick your favorite football team...now write down as many players from that team as you can, his position and his number. If you can think of any commendations or records the player holds note them down as well (All-Pro, etc).

  2. Now write down as many U.S. senators as you can, which state they represent and what committee(s) they have served on. Note down any laws which the senators have introduced as well.

This is a 30 minute TEST...

25 comments

24  rabbits_dig_deep 2014-01-26

Neither. Both 1) and 2) exist for entertainment value only.

2  mja42 2014-01-26

you beat me too it...

2  iamagod_ 2014-01-26

More people sadly enjoy their dose of fully manufactured drama to be on the actual astroturf.

12  [deleted] 2014-01-26

I know why you posted this in this subreddit, but you're preaching to the choir. That said, I think we need to upvote the shit out of this so people who wouldn't normally be confronted with this type of thinking, might be.

0  smokinbluebear 2014-01-26

I think it's be useful if people gave their friends/family this quiz--gave them 5 minutes to write down the football players...and then gave them 5 minutes for the second part of the quiz...

I did try posting this in AskReddit as "What's important to you?" http://redd.it/1w8aia

NICE comments so far...NOT

2  [deleted] 2014-01-26

Nice...so here's what I did:

I went to the link you had there. I upvoted your post, and downvoted the two idiotic posts which were clearly designed to distract from the substance of what you were attempting to do.

If everyone who appriciates what you are trying to do also did this, I'm not saying it would reach the front page, but, importantly, it would reach more people than it would otherwise.

3  iamagod_ 2014-01-26

For every one of us there are 10,000 more dissenting voices. This is by and large thanks to the government's investment and use of persona management software. They stated they would only ever use it against their enemy. This speaks volumes in itself.

It should still never stop is from speaking up. We will always outnumber them. And this.is our world. Not theirs, regardless of their claimed ownership. Now is the time for reason, evidence, and truth to prevail. Ed:never

2  [deleted] 2014-01-26

I've been wondering why I couldn't stop listening to this all night.

EDIT: You should edit your comment for spelling in the last sentence, just so others aren't turned off by it.

1  iamagod_ 2014-01-26

Thank you. How could one not agree that the time has come to say fah's fah.

4  iamagod_ 2014-01-26

The best thing in life is life. We didn't vote these people in. Voting in America is so corrupted, it doesn't even resemble the real thing. My voice and my vote matters zero to those in control.

1  smokinbluebear 2014-01-26

nevertheless--$4 Trillion+ in taxpayer funds has gone to support USELESS wars in Afghanistan & Iraq...$75,000 per American...

4  no1113 2014-01-26

  1. I don't watch football.

  2. The government is bought and payed for by an elite much higher up than they.

2  Jjny88 2014-01-26

this is my answer

2  [deleted] 2014-01-26

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5  smokinbluebear 2014-01-26

I can't even watch football anymore--it seems like I'm watching 2 hours of commercials with 60 minutes of football in between...

Most football fans probably know more about their teams injuries than about what laws were voted on last week in DC.

4  [deleted] 2014-01-26

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6  iamagod_ 2014-01-26

Since they are providing the "circus" portion, they do so tax free, labeled laughably as "non-profit."

3  smokinbluebear 2014-01-26

Two Minute Beer & Fastfood Warning!!!

3  [deleted] 2014-01-26

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6  smokinbluebear 2014-01-26

what would happen if the Pope said "No more football on Sunday!"

1  iamagod_ 2014-01-26

It's also rigged. You're not actually watching these people go in and give it their all to win. College, which many consider to be "more pure" is likely also following the same fate.

2  letsownthenwov2 2014-01-26

durbin mcconell feinstein udall rubio boxer sanders wyden leahy ... (30 seconds)

1  TechNarcissist88 2014-01-26

Football players are more uniquely talented than the sycophant tools in the Senate. The latter are a means to a larger end; cogs in the machine

edit: The NFL is also (just counting current team rosters) a pool of ~1700 guys, versus 100 in the Senate

2  smokinbluebear 2014-01-26

well maybe if we paid more attention to the rats in DC it wouldn't be like this.

2  boxingnun 2014-01-26

Maybe, or the rats would become more subtle. Make no mistake, it is not the rats, it's the system.

1  leftystrat 2014-01-26

  1. How many winners can you name on Americans Idle?

2  SaxonWitch 2014-01-26

You have a program where lazy people get judged and the laziest one wins? ;)

1  [deleted] 2014-01-26

I can't write down a single from either group. What do I win?