Pokemon go.

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I was just reading a study, you know what the number two cause of premature death is? Physical inactivity. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...221146.htm

Laziness kills literally thousands of times the number of people that sports do.

Guess what - "physical activity" is not a synonym for "sport". You can be physically active without damaging your brain on daily basis. Pokémon Go makes you walk - that's a clear health benefit. And anyway, I'm not saying sports have no benefits - just pointing out, that we're willing to turn a blind eye to even the more gruesome consequences of boxing, American football, or cheerleading - for the sake of entertainment.

Which is why I say - let people have fun playing their Pokémon, occasionally walking off cliffs and getting mugged, it's no worse than what we're already allowing them to do to themselves.

Edit: Also that list contradicts your claim that nobody died prior to gloves, there are deaths listened on that that go as far back as the 1700s.

Fine - there were very few deaths in boxing before introduction of gloves. If you're trying to tell me that people used to punch each other in the head with bare hands, or that punching someone in the chest is equally dangerous as hits to the face - I can only shake my head and laugh...

Also most of the deaths seem to have happened between 1900-1930. As of this year there have been 0. So like I said, extremely rare. Especially in comparison to the millions who die annually from inactivity and obesity. Boxing is many times safer then laziness.

Deaths from Pokémon are extremely rare, compared with heart disease - as is almost every other kind of death, except for the top few. I'm not promoting laziness. There's an infinity of physical activities, that are orders of magnitude safer than boxing. But of course - we seem to enjoy watching guys giving each other concussions too much...

It's not a Pokemon vs sports things. I don't think there is anything wrong with finding imaginary pokemon, but boxing is safer for you then sitting on the couch and eating a cheesecake. So is chasing imaginary pokemon. Nothing wrong with that. Also there is a huge difference between people who box for fun, or are club boxers and pro-boxers. The risk of dying if you are casually part of a boxing gym is basically 0. Boxing is great, I'm sure chasing pokemon must be okay, the kids seem to dig it.