…I was still writing elsewhere. So here is my weekly TV column (although it is mostly obsolete at this point), as well as my article about the World Rock Paper Scissors Championships.
(An aside: I did not mention it in the article because I did not want to be a concern troll, but seriously: calling it the WORLD Rock Paper Scissor Championships when the only foreigners attending are from rich countries still kind of smacks of privilege in a way, doesn’t it? After all, in most of the world when they play rock-paper-scissors, it is A trying to beat in B’s head with a Rock while B attempts to stab A with Scissors, and the winner gets a wad of small green Papers.)
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On the World RPS thing: this is the sort of thing it’s good to have a sense of humor about.
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Hey MGK,
Did I mention I’m not only Brad, “occasional MGK commentor” Fox, but also Brad “Head Referee of The World Rock Paper Scissors Society, Fox”?
I actually liked your write up of the champs, although I’d argue that every years “flava” is a little different, and this year was way more positive, less asshole-ish, and less crassly corporate than, say, 2004…
As for the Worlds – while all kinds of events questionably use “World”, I think an open competition where over 50% of participants are from outside the host country and at lleast one representative from every continent on Earth (well there’s some argument about Antarctica – but “Dr. Zastro” has been at every championships since 2005 and claims to work at Mcmurdo station… then again, he claims a lot of things) we do okay.
We’re certainly more representative than, say, the “World Championships” of Hockey or Baseball.