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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And of this list there's a whole bunch of stuff that isn't a sport.

Unless you consider that painting is a sport? Because that was in the Olympics as well!

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

sport is a contractive ellision of disport, from the Latin desport meaning "to carry away," i.e. a pastime in which you get carried away, or a game with equipment you can carry around.

All dictionaries describe sports as games of athleticism and/or skill.

If you get too prescriptive of your definition then things like running, swimming, karate aren't sports because they don't have equipment you can carry, or if shooting has no "athleticism", wouldn't it be fair to say that the 100m dash has no particular "skill" and thus is also not a sport.

If that sounds too ridiculous, maybe you should reconsider your position.

Have you also considered Diogenes' "Behold - A Man!" when trying to define sports?

[-] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

You’re whole “not a sport” argument is kind of messed up by the fact it’s an Olympic sport, soooo idk

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago
[-] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I’d argue no, not really. It’s also not in the Olympics.

We get it, you don’t like guns, but drip your gate keepy bullshit

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But it was, therefore it was a sport at some point (by your own logic) which I guess would also mean that if shooting was to be removed from the Olympic events then it wouldn't be a sport anymore (again, extrapolating from what you just said regarding painting), but does that mean that to be a sport something needs to be part of the Olympics or we can evaluate each discipline for what they are, i.e. some competitions present at the Olympics just aren't sports (contrary to what you seem to pretend) and that's been the case for a very long time.

[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 0 points 2 years ago

This is such a weird hill to die on.

Rip

[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You're proving that reading comprehension is a sport in which you are terrible.

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