When You Watch Sports, Your Brain Thinks You’re Playing

Re:When You Watch Sports, Your Brain Thinks You’re Playing by lobotryas on Sunday July 15, 2018 @02:26PM (#17536363)

Let's be fair. Even if those videos weren't there the chances of most people investing 15k on the hope of sticking to learning a complex skill are slim.

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Re:When You Watch Sports, Your Brain Thinks You’re Playing by abakker on Sunday July 15, 2018 @06:02PM (#17537333)

From the other side: watched the videos, bought a ton of stuff to have my own machine shop. Now the videos are even more relevant - it’s the little things that mean so much. (Like the fun tricks to know something is parallel or square or the different ways to measure something).

It was really expensive, and I already had a background in automotive work and woodwork to some degree, and a decent IT skill set, but damn, machining is really gratifying.

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Re:When You Watch Sports, Your Brain Thinks You’re Playing by jcims on Sunday July 15, 2018 @06:51PM (#17537542)

Y'all are supposed to be talking me OUT of spending money. :P

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Re:When You Watch Sports, Your Brain Thinks You’re Playing by fjsolwmv on Sunday July 15, 2018 @06:43PM (#17537513)

People in general love buying home gyms and computers and clothes and vehicles and stuff they never use to their potential.

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