Comment on Quite a poor performance imo, lower than expected
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoshooting, darts, snooker, curling, boules, golf, archery, driving/car racing, horse riding, sailing, luge/skeleton, croquet, motorboat racing, table tennis, weight lifting, gliding, skiing, alpinism, ballooning, chess, firefighting, cannon shooting, kite flying, pigeon racing, military patrol, dog-sled racing, bridge, lifeguarding, scuba diving have all been part of modern day Olympics.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
And of this list there’s a whole bunch of stuff that isn’t a sport.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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 month 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 month ago
So painting is a sport?
…wikipedia.org/…/Art_competitions_at_the_Summer_O…
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 1 month 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
YeetPics@mander.xyz 1 month ago
You’re proving that reading comprehension is a sport in which you are terrible.