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Even in todays world of crazy sound systems and 8K video, some things are simply worth experiencing live. "You have to be there."

Like live music, like going to a playoff game, watching a rocket launch. Even if you don't care about the race, the game, or the music. The energy of being in these places, experiencing it, feeling it, the spontaneous giggles, the sense of awe being caught in the middle of it, has a value all its own. You can watch the race on TV, catch the game in a pub, listen to the live recording over, and over, and over again.

But it's not the same as being there.



Oh, I don't have interest in seeing a drag race in video either which is what is leading me to believe it wouldn't be that exciting.

I agree with what you're saying about live events vs video.


Some of us like very loud sounds punching us right in the chest.

Video is completely useless for this. Drag racing is not.




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