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Looking Only at Bottom Line Misses the Point

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New Year’s Eve has long been described as “amateur night.” That’s because, on December 31, too many people who don’t go out for an evening of aggressive drinking very often wind up throwing up into a noisemaker and walking home with no pants.
 
Something about the post-Super Bowl XLVI reaction around here feels similar. It’s a contest to be the maddest guy in the room or on the message board or in line at Dunkie’s.
 
“You might be outraged, but my soul has left my body. I killed the dog I named Brady and the goldfish I named Welker and lashed myself to a tree in my front yard and screamed for crows to eat my eyeballs so I never have to watch football again. That didn’t work and the cops cut me down but I’m still considering spooning...

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