[ SECRET POST #2718 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2718 ⌋

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Comments

Re: playing with balls

[diet_poison]

ehhhh. I'd say that books (certainly) and games (to an extent) do provide things that sports don't. It's more than just entertainment when it comes to sharing ideas and expressing ourselves; the human race would deteriorate enormously without those things.

That said, sports also do a thing most art can't: exercise our bodies, which is essential for health.

I'd also say though that the amount of money we pour into sports should be limited. Dethtoll is absolutely right that they drain resources from other things, some of which are arguably more important to society as a whole. And the enormous discrepancy between money made via sports and that made via art is pretty mind-boggling.

Re: playing with balls

[cushlamochree]

I agree that books and games do things that sports don't, but I would also say that sport does things that books and games don't. They're different but none of them is lesser because they're different.

Okay, I mean, obviously, yes, when it comes to something like sharing ideas, that's obviously a way in which books are superior. But in terms of art and cultural value, I think sport can stand for itself. Not just because of the health benefits of exercise but on their own merit.

WRT funding, yeah, I agree it's not good. But at the end of the day that's a consequence of what people in society care about. Sports don't get a lot of money because there's a conspiracy. They get a lot of money because a lot of individual people really, really like sports. From a public funding level, in terms of public education, in terms of stadium funding and stuff like that, I agree that it should be limited.

But you don't have to argue that sports are intrinsically bad and that watching them is dumb to think that.

Re: playing with balls

[dethtoll]

But you don't need to hit a ball with a stick to exercise, and you shouldn't be getting paid just to keep yourself fit.

Sports isn't exercise. It's playing a game where your body is the piece.

Re: playing with balls

[diet_poison]

Sports is exercise though...it is a form of exercise...it is also a sort of game. It is both of those things.

Re: playing with balls

[dethtoll]

When you start getting paid for your ability to hit a ball, and people pay for the privilege of watching you hit a ball, it stops being exercise. Exercise is something you do to stay fit. If you're trying to use professional sports as an exercise regimen you're doing it wrong. They're really not equivalent.

Re: playing with balls

[diet_poison]

You do realize tons of people play sports as a hobby, right?

Did you just forget that that was a thing? The VAST majority of people who play sports never see a paycheck for it.

Re: playing with balls

[(Anonymous)]

Forget it. He's so far up his own ass about this (he compares sports to cancer for God's sake, which is insensitive on just about every level) that there probably isn't anything anyone can say to change his mind. Fortunately he only seems to rant about it every few months or so.

Re: playing with balls

[diet_poison]

eh. I like Dethtoll, and I don't mind engaging in debate. It seems a shame to not respond to this. (I guess I haven't really noticed his anti-sports rants before, or at least nothing this big)