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Claustrum

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1. Sport has always been a distraction to keep people distracted.

Reply to grumpyduck (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:53 AM

Jul 3

It is how we have the colosseum. I get that we need some escapes from the crap that’s happening in our government. BUt you need to understand that they are all designed to distract the overall population from focusing too much on them.

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Sport has always been a distraction to keep people distracted. Claustrum Jul 3 #1