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Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 10:10 am
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I can't think of a more wasteful, pointless, and idiotic activity as sports. Billions of dollars spent every year. Money that could be spent to help the poor. Stadiums, leagues, and sports equipment corporations.
I always saw sports as a form of gambling, but they have transformed into the best job an inner city black kid can get. As a way for those who literally cannot read to get into college. For what? Is it so nations can compete and say proudly their nation is the best at skiing?
Why do you adore sports and competitiveness so much? Are you an athelete if so why? Why do you think its appropriate, too waste billions teaching kids how too play basketball?
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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 10:19 am
Is this a troll?
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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 10:20 am
(This post was last modified: November 18, 2014 at 10:21 am by Manowar.)
(November 18, 2014 at 10:10 am)simplemoss Wrote: I can't think of a more wasteful, pointless, and idiotic activity as sports. Billions of dollars spent every year. Money that could be spent to help the poor. Stadiums, leagues, and sports equipment corporations.
I always saw sports as a form of gambling, but they have transformed into the best job an inner city black kid can get. As a way for those who literally cannot read to get into college. For what? Is it so nations can compete and say proudly their nation is the best at skiing?
Why do you adore sports and competitiveness so much? Are you an athelete if so why? Why do you think its appropriate, too waste billions teaching kids how too play basketball?
Yeah, sports is a colossal waste of time IMO, but a lot of people need sports to get them through the day.
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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 10:25 am
Sports are a very important pass time. Both as exercise and entertainment. People play sports because they see them on tv and want to give them a go. Without sports we would all be fat, lazy and extremely unhealthy.
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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 10:32 am
Sports have many benefits - at the professional level they provide entertainment and a social setting for the viewers. And at other levels it encourages fitness, healthy competitiveness, teamwork, again a social activity ...
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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 10:35 am
(This post was last modified: November 18, 2014 at 11:10 am by Anomalocaris.)
(November 18, 2014 at 10:10 am)simplemoss Wrote: I can't think of a more wasteful, pointless, and idiotic activity as sports. Billions of dollars spent every year. Money that could be spent to help the poor. Stadiums, leagues, and sports equipment corporations.
I always saw sports as a form of gambling, but they have transformed into the best job an inner city black kid can get. As a way for those who literally cannot read to get into college. For what? Is it so nations can compete and say proudly their nation is the best at skiing?
Why do you adore sports and competitiveness so much? Are you an athelete if so why? Why do you think its appropriate, too waste billions teaching kids how too play basketball?
How many inner city kids go on to compete internationally in skiing?
Why do you suppose it is a waste of time to teach kids to do what they evidently enjoy doing?
If you disapprove, but participant enjoy it, it is a waste of money, and if you approve, but participants hate it, it is not a waste of money?
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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 10:51 am
I find it extremely hard to believe that the OP doesn't enjoy any sports of any kind.
Guy must look like Jabba the fuckin' Hutt.
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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 10:58 am
(This post was last modified: November 18, 2014 at 11:04 am by SteelCurtain.)
(November 18, 2014 at 10:10 am)simplemoss Wrote: I can't think of a more wasteful, pointless, and idiotic activity as sports. Billions of dollars spent every year. Money that could be spent to help the poor. Stadiums, leagues, and sports equipment corporations.
I always saw sports as a form of gambling, but they have transformed into the best job an inner city black kid can get. As a way for those who literally cannot read to get into college. For what? Is it so nations can compete and say proudly their nation is the best at skiing?
Why do you adore sports and competitiveness so much? Are you an athelete if so why? Why do you think its appropriate, too waste billions teaching kids how too play basketball?
So you want to get rid or organized competition? How about video games? How many billions of dollars are wasted on PS4s and building ridiculous gaming rigs so people can play WOW for 22 hours a day? How about TV shows/movies? How many billions of dollars are spent on visual entertainment that could be helping the poor? Why would we ever spend money to entertain ourselves when there are poor and needy people who could use that money even more? Where do you stop? I don't need to buy expensive high-grav beer from my local liquor store. Am I immoral for not donating that money to charity?
Could it be that maybe entertainment is a critical need we have as social animals? Could it be that entertainment brings people together and provides diversion from our everyday lives, which allows us to cope with our jobs and our troubles, which allows us to be more productive and possibly make more money so we can do both of those things? (Entertain ourselves and give back to society?)
ETA: to take a note from Cato, I too love sports and own a PS4 and love TV/movies.
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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 11:00 am
Let's see if this makes anymore sense. My changes should be obvious.
Quote:I can't think of a more wasteful, pointless, and idiotic activity as music. Billions of dollars spent every year. Money that could be spent to help the poor. Concert venues, record labels, and instrument manufacturers.
I always saw music as a form of work avoidance, but they have transformed into the best job an inner city black kid can get. As a way for those who literally cannot read to skip college and get rich and famous. For what? Is it so nations can compete and say proudly their nation is the best at yodeling?
Why do you adore music and composition so much? Are you a musician if so why? Why do you think its appropriate, too waste billions teaching kids how too play the clarinet?
For the record, I love sports and music. Just my attempt to demonstrate the absurdity of the OP.
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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 11:12 am
(November 18, 2014 at 10:51 am)Napoléon Wrote: I find it extremely hard to believe that the OP doesn't enjoy any sports of any kind.
Guy must look like Jabba the fuckin' Hutt.
I think trying to be polemical on an anonymous website is what passes for a sport for him.
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