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@LesserAbe@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 4 months ago

If you were forced to play one professional sport as your job until you were 65, which would you pick?

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If you were forced to play one professional sport as your job until you were 65, which would you pick?

@LesserAbe@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 4 months ago
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  • pyria
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    Baseball. Try to have a MVP and decorated career, retire, still be involved with the game as a manager, retire from managing, slip into ambassador roles.

    • @LesserAbe@lemmy.worldOP
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      The wizard who is forcing you to do this said you have to actually be playing, you can’t be in a manager or commentator type role

      • pyria
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        Not stated in the body of the post which you could’ve clearly have done.

        • @burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de
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          Nah. Managing or ambassador roles aren’t playing. Unless op edited the title, it says “play.”

  • @burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Rowing or swimming. As long as I’m not trying to be world record level, I won’t be ruining my body. If I’m just training as much as they do, it won’t be much worse than a full time job.

    I would have picked skydiving, but the lead exposure is a little too much for me to want to do it as a 10 jumps a day type of job.

    • @Mesophar@pawb.social
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      Swimming for sure

    • @Crozekiel@lemmy.zip
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      Wait, lead exposure from skydiving?

      • @FlyingCircus@lemmy.world
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        Fumes from aviation fuel.

        • @Crozekiel@lemmy.zip
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          OH. Ty.

      • @burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de
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        As the other fellow said, it’s the jet fuel. They still use leaded gas. You can definitely smell the difference between it and normal exhaust fumes.

      • @anedm@lemmy.world
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        Probably the chute

  • @neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM
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    Does chess count?

  • tiredofsametab
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    Table tennis

  • @blackbrook@mander.xyz
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    Ping pong. You might think all the humiliating losses as my reflexes slow down might become hard to take, but if they don’t bother me now, why should it bother me later?

  • ExtremeUnicorn
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    Archery

  • @WellroundedKi@lemmy.world
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    Running or cycling.

  • @Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world
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    Pretty good Matt and Shane secret podcast bit about forcing NFL players to play to death. If I remember right, when they hit 65 they get put on special teams. That maximizes the chance of being obliterated/turned to dust by a stud running into them full speed.

    • @YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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      0•4 months ago

      Kicker with a good line could make it to their fifties if their back holds out.

  • @krooklochurm@lemmy.ca
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    Porn

  • @yermaw@sh.itjust.works
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    Do esports count? Because that.

  • @Flickerby@lemmy.zip
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    Quidditch, because it would change the laws of physics and everything would probably explode in a hilarious hellfire

    • @Rednax@lemmy.world
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      It’s a real sport nowadays: https://www.rulesofsport.com/sports/quidditch.html

      • @Flickerby@lemmy.zip
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        No idea how to respond to this. They run around with actual broomsticks between their legs? Well, whatever floats your boat lol

        • @Rednax@lemmy.world
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          No need to have a good response. I’m with you in being a bit weirded out by it. I just felt I shouldn’t be alone in my state of being weirded out by this.

  • @SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works
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    Pie eating, for suresies

  • @bstix@feddit.dk
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    Skateboarding. It has enough variety to keep it interesting for that long. Unlike many other sports, there’s an infinite number of tricks to learn. Even if you’re old.

  • @m4xie@lemmy.ca
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    Olympic walking. I’ll be taking it really really easy. I’ll have headphones and an ice cream cone

  • @snoons@lemmy.ca
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    0•4 months ago

    Shogi

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