This observation has finally stopped making me wonder why the Super Bowl is such an important event here in America. I'm not a foreigner either, I just have never understood (let alone bothered to understand) what motivates your average sports fan to tune into ESPN on day-to-day basis as if it were news. . .
I think given the condition one can not adopt or subscribe to this cultural profile of sports then one will inevitably pursue alternative cultural networks (enter the nerd) HN is just one of my many cultural outlets I tune into on a daily basis, thus I consider it part of my cultural profile.
This is why being a nerd, for me at least, is so appealing since you (the nerd) not only subscribe to more than one cultural network as a viewer (reader) or fan, but you can participate in your culture's network as a player by simply knowing a language, picking a project, using the project, knowing the project, checking out the project's source, and committing your changes accordingly.
As explained by one of my always-been-popular friends, sports in America is more about getting the guys over and hanging out. Yes, women watch sports but for many guys who aren't hackers - watching sports and having beers may be the male gender equivalent of shopping for women. Socially-accepted ways to bond.
I think given the condition one can not adopt or subscribe to this cultural profile of sports then one will inevitably pursue alternative cultural networks (enter the nerd) HN is just one of my many cultural outlets I tune into on a daily basis, thus I consider it part of my cultural profile.
This is why being a nerd, for me at least, is so appealing since you (the nerd) not only subscribe to more than one cultural network as a viewer (reader) or fan, but you can participate in your culture's network as a player by simply knowing a language, picking a project, using the project, knowing the project, checking out the project's source, and committing your changes accordingly.