I went to the Cowboys Game. There were over 70,000 people there. About halfway through, I started watching the crowd. It began feeling like some lovecraftian beast. It made me very uneasy.

I went to the Phil Collins Concert. There were 20,000 people. I wasn’t bothered by it as much.

Was it because there were fewer people, or was it something else’s?

The crowd at the football game were tribal. They were cheering for their team while at the same time rooting for the failure of the other team.

The Phil Collins crowd were just there to enjoy Phil Collins. Maybe they would have seemed monstrous if they were rooting for the failure of Billy Joel.

I am speaking of these crowds as if I were an outside observer, but I was part of these crowds. Is that what caused my unease? Being part of something that you don’t agree with, but have no power to affect?