• zeppo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Part of the definition of a sport is that it accomplishes absolutely nothing useful at all, other than entertainment, thought about it and perhaps fitness. Bathing a cat is not a sport because it actually has a useful goal, I.e. cleaning a cat.

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      1 year ago

      I would say that getting healthier and fitter is absolutely useful, and so is entertainment.

      But anyways, some sports can be useful for training purposes (Ever heard of the Firefighter Olympics? It’s really cool).

      Also there’s also stuff like people jogging/biking to go places, and sailing maybe can also fall into this category though I don’t think it’s a thing anymore. (IIRC in the 1700s there was a sort of sport where ships would race each other across the Atlantic to deliver stuff as fast as possible. Not sure though, take with grain of salt.)

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        1 year ago

        There’s still people who sail to get to a destination. It’s a bit of a rich person thing, though. Even without a motor, boats are holes in the water that you sink money into. More so if it has to be ocean-going.