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Mike Tomlin spent 12 years building a Minecraft city

670 points · 170 comments · CoryOndrejka

  1. alargemoose · · focus · HN ↗
    Y’all really should watch the video if you havent! I think even if you have no interest in Minecraft, or football (as others have mentioned Tomlin was a long tenured NFL coach until this year). There’s something so refreshingly earnest, and joyful about watching someone share something they’ve poured so much time and themselves into.

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=_h_pQ1-5iQg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=_h_pQ1-5iQg

    1. kilroy123 · · focus · HN ↗
      This is... kind of insane. I&#x27;m not someone who is easily surprised by things but this one is so random, weird, and happily surprising.
      1. jona777than · · focus · HN ↗
        I have to admit the merging of worlds here is wild. I never expected to read Mike Tomlin, long time coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers on HackerNews yet here we are. It was not on my Bingo card. Refreshing, indeed.
        1. thisoneisreal · · focus · HN ↗
          I (stereotypical nerd) was briefly friends with a large Samoan man that was built like a tank and did amateur MMA fighting. One night we were going out drinking with a group of us and he let slip that he was super into Starcraft. Me and all of my geeky friends lost it, couldn&#x27;t believe it etc etc. I learned later he muttered to the one other athletic guy in the group, &quot;I guess these guys don&#x27;t really hang out around athletes very often.&quot; He wasn&#x27;t being a jerk, he was right, we totally let our prejudices get the better of us. It&#x27;s not at all uncommon for athletic people to be into nerd stuff.
          1. jimbokun · · focus · HN ↗
            At some point nerd culture became the dominant culture. Many people today are into one or more of video games, super hero media, or anime and manga.
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