way over there compared to right over here

i found the article comparing rituals and taboos of the fishermen in southeast asia to those of american baseball to be super interesting. The more i thought about it i found comparisons in my own life, like very time i play a show i have to change the strings on my guitar regardless of how many times its been used or when i played hockey i had a similar ritual of retaping the blade of my stick before each game. i can even think of instances of other people being this way. i have a close friend who tightens the straps on his bike pedals even if it appeared they were nearly too tight for him to get his foot in initially. The comparisons between a culture on the opposite side of the world and my goofy friend are uncanny even those in which i take part in.