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• CaptObvious@literature.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Professional, maybe by the definition this thread seems to prefer. Athletes, no.

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  • WhyFlip@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Captain clueless in the house!

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  • ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t know what point you’re trying to make?

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  • jorp@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What’s your criteria for sport? what’s Golf? Darts? Bowling? Curling? Archery?

    Is it that you have to break a sweat? I guess talking to girls makes you an athlete then?

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    • CaptObvious@literature.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “Sport” is defined as athletic activity, and “athlete/athletic” refers to physical exercise, agility, stamina, and strength. So no, playing a video game doesn’t count.

      If girls make you sweat, good for you. Sex could arguably be athletic, depending on what you get up to.

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      • jorp@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        so we’re just going to skip past all of those examples got it

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  • wholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Except the person in question didn’t call gamers athletes but instead professional.

    I would also count athlete a subset of professional as well.

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    • CaptObvious@literature.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m not the one who brought athletics into this. I’m just following the conversation. But no, “esports” do not meet the definition of “sport.”

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      • wholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No one in this chain called it a sport that I saw. The root comment was “”professional” gamer”

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