{"id":85653,"date":"2023-08-07T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=85653"},"modified":"2023-08-06T12:24:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T17:24:47","slug":"hubris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=85653","title":{"rendered":"Hubris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No big secret here – I literally care about international cricket more than soccer – men’s o<\/em>r women’s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing against the sport – it has just never grabbed me in any way, mentally or emotionally. It takes time away from baseball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, if you think the NFL is corrupt, wait’ll you get a load of FIFA. But that’s another whole issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the US Women’s team has squandered a lot of iti’s Mia Hamm-era goodwill by wrapping itself around a lot of social third rails – but that, in and of itself, has little to do with my ennoi about the “most popular sport in the world”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will confess to feeling no suspense whatsoever about the World Cup, men’s or womens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, I do <\/em>know the US has won the event several times. Twice. Four times? A bunch. Yay US. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, chalk it up to a rural Scandinavian-American upbringing, where “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched, and assume you won’t wind up with any <\/em>chickens” is pretty much part of life from as early as you can comprehend eggs, chickens and Janteloven. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when I saw this particular ad campaign and the hubris that had to have been behind it…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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