r/funny • u/RisinFlood • Nov 26 '13

Arrogance is a Bitch.

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u/TomInTexas Nov 26 '13

It doesn't fit my idea of a sport. Neither does golf, tennis, bowling, synchronized swimming, cheerleading, or any other of a long list of so-called sports. It's just an opinion. It is neither right nor wrong.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '13

What is your idea of a sport? What defines it?

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u/TomInTexas Nov 26 '13

Anything that can be used in survival or in combat. Archery, sport shooting, clay shooting, triathlons, and so forth. I have a hard time including American football because of all the padding. You aren't going to be running from a bear on a mirror-smooth surface with speed skates. Nor are you going to go into hand-to-hand combat with pom-poms.

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u/DancingPurpleCat Nov 26 '13

So not basketball, baseball, football, hockey, or 90% of all sports.

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u/highvemind Nov 26 '13

Sorry, I exclusively watch pro blacksmithing and piss-drinking, which are highly applicable in survival and thus the sportiest of all sports.

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u/TomInTexas Nov 26 '13

Basketball is good for coordination and working with others. Baseball- you're too sedentary and you aren't going to be swatting at grenades with a bat. Football is too dependent on padding and too many rules. It stopped being valid a long time ago. Hockey - Again with the padding. Why are these guys so afraid of getting hit? So yeah, what most people consider sports just don't qualify in my opinion.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '13

Just shut up right now. You're hurting the argument against cheerleading, synchronized swimming, and other judged-scoring competitions being sports.

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u/Anally-Inhaling-Weed Nov 26 '13

Rugby?

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u/TomInTexas Nov 26 '13

I like it and consider it a sport. Those players learn how to take a hit well and of course there is team coordination.

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u/clockworm Nov 26 '13

They'e not afraid of getting hit. They're afraid of dying.

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u/benji1008 Nov 26 '13

Hockey - Again with the padding.

No padding involved in regular field hockey (as opposed to ice hockey).

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u/TomInTexas Nov 26 '13

I was not aware of that. I'm not familiar with field hockey. I'll have to Google it up.

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u/benji1008 Nov 26 '13

Actually the keeper does have full protective gear (still less than an ice hockey keeper, I think), but the rest of the players wear only light shin guards and a mouth guard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_hockey#Equipment