What even is the nature of highlights?
In the game before this one, Troy Daniels scored an even fifteen points, points that were given to him as a reward for making five three-pointers. I did not make a highlight video because fifteen points is not enough for Troy “Money Man” Daniels.
Then he goes out and does the same exact thing against the Pacers, hitting five triples, but he also sinks four free throws, putting his total at nineteen. The nineteen points qualifies him for a highlight video, even though the content of the video is essentially indentical to the unmade video from the game before. The addition of free throws does not increase the entertainment factor of the highlight video, other than the residual effect of being, in general, more entertained by higher-scoring performances versus lower-scoring ones.
I think I’m going to have to sit in my dark closet for a while with a blanket over my head and a bag of cheesey popcorn by my side and re-evaluate my priorities. In the meantime, I will re-pose my question:
Does anyone even know what the true nature of highlights even is?