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LesserAbe@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days ago

If you were forced to play one professional sport as your job until you were 65, which would you pick?

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If you were forced to play one professional sport as your job until you were 65, which would you pick?

LesserAbe@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days ago
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    Darts

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      I think this might be the answer

  • Jerb322@lemmy.world
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    Billiards.

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      Can I get pool instead, billiard is hard.

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    Curling.

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    Magic: the Gathering

    It’s a sport if it was on ESPN!

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    Snooker.

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      This was my first thought. Honourable mentions to golf and darts.

    • lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works
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      This or marbles

      https://youtu.be/53w9E774fGE

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    Do I have to me good at it or is someone just going to pay me to do it regardless? I guess motorsport

  • 鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works
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    Online Chess is now officially Esport… so that… xD

    I’d be the next Hikaru Nakamura, live stream chess stuff and act cool af.

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    Quidditch, because it would change the laws of physics and everything would probably explode in a hilarious hellfire

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      It’s a real sport nowadays: https://www.rulesofsport.com/sports/quidditch.html

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        No idea how to respond to this. They run around with actual broomsticks between their legs? Well, whatever floats your boat lol

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          No need to have a good response. I’m with you in being a bit weirded out by it. I just felt I shouldn’t be alone in my state of being weirded out by this.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    Ranked Competitive Sex.

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
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      You don’t wanna go up against the world heavyweight champion

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        Its okay, thats my weight class

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    Golf.

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      The sensible choice.

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        When you retire, you go play randomly at courses & clean up on friendly wagers. That way you can stay fluid in retirement.

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    Archery

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    Every last one of you could have chosen drone racing and yet none of you did.

    Drone racing.

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    Chess

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      Are we calling chess a sport? In that case why not magic the gathering or black jack

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        MtG is pay to win these days (by virtue of the series shifts to crazier or more collectible cards) and blackjack is designed to be RNG hell. Why subject yourself to either of those?

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        I read something about how some grandmasters think so hard that they burn as many calories as pro athletes. Their brains are going so wild that it can cause extreme fatigue and the shakes.

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          The post said that you’d be forced to play the sport till 65, not that you need to be good at it, I’ll have a long career of losing matches then lol

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          Sounds like a alpha version of a Mentat.

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        I figure that if you can drink and smoke while you play it without any real impairment of performance, it’s not a sport. It’s a game.

        I thought that up to annoy golfers, but honestly I think it’s a fair yardstick.

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          That’s a pretty dumb measurement. Tons of people get in the zone when high. I’m way better at soccer after getting high.

          Sport should be a physical thing. If you can play the same game online (chess) then it’s not a sport.

          Esport? Sure. Still not a sport, same way an email isn’t a piece of mail.

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          As a stoner mtg player, some people can drink and smoke while playing. Some people start taking twenty minute turns

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    Bowling

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    Ping pong. You might think all the humiliating losses as my reflexes slow down might become hard to take, but if they don’t bother me now, why should it bother me later?

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