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From my naive understanding based on reading the article, I don't see how sledding is any more of a sport than a video game combined with fear tolerence.
by asciident 6y ago
From my naive understanding based on reading the article, I don't see how sledding is any more of a sport than a video game combined with fear tolerence.
- irjustin 6y agohow... how did you come to that conclusion?
- mirimir 6y agoNot OP, but I'm guessing that they think athletes just contribute mass.
- runawaybottle 6y agoGenerally they also believe playing/watching sports is mostly pointless and appeal to lesser intelligences. Apparently they’ve never done a thorough exploration of existentialism or nihilism given how smart they are.
- kjs3 6y agoWhich is..."not right" is the absolutely most charitable response to 'thinking' that sad.
- klyrs 6y agoI don't know of any video game where players can actually die if they hit a wall.
- ponker 6y agoI’m 14 and this is deep
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago> I don't see how sledding is any more of a sport than a video game combined with fear tolerence Video games are a valid group of sports, so that's not a very meaningful assertion.
- kjs3 6y agoYou should get out of your parents basement some time. Things that happen in the real world, especially those that involve physical experience and physical risk, are tangibly different than things that happen in video games.
- Oreb 6y agoElite sledders are phenomenal athletes, often from a background of sprinting or Olympic weightlifting. Accelerating the sled takes tremendous power and strength.