Yeah, I agree the name is sort of bass-ackwards. The reason it stuck for me personally, and has oozed into my immediate social surroundings, is because of the immediate and visceral WOW of seeing the literal actual cup-stacking happening so quickly, and being like, oh, okay, okay, yeah, someone whose skill at X is like that. Okay. Whoa. Yeah. Wow.
i.e. it’s deeply evocative once you have the contextual experience.
Yeah, I agree the name is sort of bass-ackwards. The reason it stuck for me personally, and has oozed into my immediate social surroundings, is because of the immediate and visceral WOW of seeing the literal actual cup-stacking happening so quickly, and being like, oh, okay, okay, yeah, someone whose skill at X is like that. Okay. Whoa. Yeah. Wow.
i.e. it’s deeply evocative once you have the contextual experience.