▲ 265 ▼ golf (quokk.au) submitted 8 months ago by Deceptichum to c/mop 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 11 points 8 months ago (8 children) calling it a sport is a stretch. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (3 children) I mean, there's plenty of low-effort, high-accuracy sports. Pool, darts, bowling, curling, bocce, pétanque, archery, shooting... A lot of them have an old-man, alcohol-fueled vibe, not unrelatedly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] qarbone@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (2 children) Archery is NOT low-effort unless you're playing around with low draw-strength bows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) Fair, that's true of golf as well if you're driving properly. I was thinking more along the lines of 'won't put you out of breath'. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago Fair enough permalink fedilink source parent [–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (3 children) Darts is a sport. Sporting is the act of doing an activity against an opponent. Gaming is basically a sport. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) No, sporting is defined: Sport is a physical activity or game,[1] often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. So yes gaming is a sport, but no it is not simply an activity against an opponent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Fair enough, I just made up my answer! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago Wrong about the definition, right that golf can be called a sport. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (3 children) I mean, there's plenty of low-effort, high-accuracy sports. Pool, darts, bowling, curling, bocce, pétanque, archery, shooting... A lot of them have an old-man, alcohol-fueled vibe, not unrelatedly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] qarbone@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (2 children) Archery is NOT low-effort unless you're playing around with low draw-strength bows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) Fair, that's true of golf as well if you're driving properly. I was thinking more along the lines of 'won't put you out of breath'. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago Fair enough permalink fedilink source parent
[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (2 children) Archery is NOT low-effort unless you're playing around with low draw-strength bows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) Fair, that's true of golf as well if you're driving properly. I was thinking more along the lines of 'won't put you out of breath'. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago Fair enough permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) Fair, that's true of golf as well if you're driving properly. I was thinking more along the lines of 'won't put you out of breath'. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago Fair enough permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (3 children) Darts is a sport. Sporting is the act of doing an activity against an opponent. Gaming is basically a sport. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) No, sporting is defined: Sport is a physical activity or game,[1] often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. So yes gaming is a sport, but no it is not simply an activity against an opponent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Fair enough, I just made up my answer! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago Wrong about the definition, right that golf can be called a sport. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) No, sporting is defined: Sport is a physical activity or game,[1] often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. So yes gaming is a sport, but no it is not simply an activity against an opponent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Fair enough, I just made up my answer! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago Wrong about the definition, right that golf can be called a sport. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Fair enough, I just made up my answer! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago Wrong about the definition, right that golf can be called a sport. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago Wrong about the definition, right that golf can be called a sport. permalink fedilink source parent
