spectatorship

baseball

baseball game

dad joke

fan (spectator)

sports

trivia

judging

spectator

YouTube

porn

peeing

There's a word for that

anxiety

public speaking

psychological phenomena and effects

vicariousness

Monday Morning quarterbacking

airport

arguing

air travel

awkwardness

gymnast

gymnastics

battle of the sexes

Netflix

reality TV

ceviche

's pleasure arises half from sympathy with the rest of the audience, and, especially from his belief in their sympathy with him.

One half of the pleasure experienced at a theatre arises from the spectator's sympathy with the rest of the audience, and, especially from his belief in their sympathy with him. Edgar Allan Poe

is about communion. At a ballgame, as in a place of worship, no one is alone in the crowd.

At a ballgame, as in a place of worship, no one is alone in the crowd.

is not correlated to a things level of interesting. The most interesting things to do are the dullest to watch.

The most interesting things to do are the dullest to watch.

is without risk --- it is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

is too often chosen over living --- Life is always walking up to us and saying, "Come on in, the living's fine," and what do we do? Back up and take its picture.

Life is always walking up to us and saying, "Come on in, the living's fine," and what do we do? Back off and take its picture.

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