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David Perlmutter's avatar

Baseball fans have always been hot-heads, especially when drunk. And I'm sure that the fans throwing junk on the field were given the bum's rush, since the management was legally within their rights to do that. The whole reason that home plate has a protective covering now was to prevent fans from coming out of the stands and doing harm to the umpire, which they used to do in the past.

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Robyn Ryle's avatar

Well, wanting to harm the umpire is totally understandable. Sort of kidding.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

The association between baseball and beer is of long standing: the name of the Milwaukee Brewers makes that explicit.

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Kaspa Thompson (they/them)'s avatar

Great though provoking piece, thanks. And that writing a cheque example sounds like it's based on a real life experience - it *is* amazing we don't all lose our shit when we're in line!

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Robyn Ryle's avatar

I stood behind a woman who both wrote a check and then carefully recorded the amount in her checkbook and I felt like I’d time-travelled back to 1987. I mostly kept my annoyance to myself.

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Sandy's avatar

Thank you. Why are we always in such a gd hurry!

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Elizabeth Marro's avatar

I loved this one, Robyn. The idea that chaos is lapping at the shores of order really makes me appreciate the way most humans behave and how successful we seem to be at helping each other behave. Much of the time. I've been thinking about your reply to my comment on your last post and will be writing this Saturday about the thoughts you provoked in me. Thank you for making me think.

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Robyn Ryle's avatar

You’re welcome, Betsy! I know the chaos part is scary, but the order makes me hopeful. I have to think it comes from a good place (most of the time). It’s a form of taking care of each other.

Looking forward to Saturday’s post!

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Sandy's avatar

Hope that thin calm line holds!

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Tim Ebl 🇨🇦's avatar

Cheque writing was always insane. It’s just more obvious now that the banking system has evolved past it. I’m sure many grown children have never even written one, and I haven’t had a checkbook in decades. Proof that technology can be good.

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Robyn Ryle's avatar

Yes, our daughter had to ask us how to write a check. I can’t lie, I do love Venmo. That is an example of good and useful technology.

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