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[–] tpid98@lemmy.sdf.org 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

I think this might be the answer

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago
[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

Magic: the Gathering

It's a sport if it was on ESPN!

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 28 points 1 month ago

Do I have to me good at it or is someone just going to pay me to do it regardless? I guess motorsport

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago

Online Chess is now officially Esport... so that... xD

I'd be the next Hikaru Nakamura, live stream chess stuff and act cool af.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

This was my first thought. Honourable mentions to golf and darts.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago
[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Are we calling chess a sport? In that case why not magic the gathering or black jack

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

MtG is pay to win these days (by virtue of the series shifts to crazier or more collectible cards) and blackjack is designed to be RNG hell. Why subject yourself to either of those?

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I read something about how some grandmasters think so hard that they burn as many calories as pro athletes. Their brains are going so wild that it can cause extreme fatigue and the shakes.

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

The post said that you'd be forced to play the sport till 65, not that you need to be good at it, I'll have a long career of losing matches then lol

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[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 month ago
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[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Do people currently get paid to play naked twister? Seems like more of a collegiate level sport

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Depends on the production value, bu most people just use onlyfans these days.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 11 points 1 month ago

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?

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Yup. I wouldn’t be very good at it, but it’s indoor work with no heavy lifting or cardio, and if it’s my job until I’m 65 that implies that it’ll pay the bills so how good I actually am doesn’t really matter very much

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago (6 children)

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.

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[–] zlatiah@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If esports count, I'd like to be like this guy and get a contract to play rhythm games professionally

Otherwise... Probably swimming or race walking, not too many professional sports I could think of that one can do into their 60s without wrecking their body

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[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] msokiovt@lemmy.today 7 points 1 month ago

Professional wrestling for me.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Do esports count? Because that.

[–] Flickerby@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Quidditch, because it would change the laws of physics and everything would probably explode in a hilarious hellfire

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[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago
[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Cricket. There are many different roles in the team and you get to hang out outside with your teammates all day. Also, if it rains you go inside and have something to eat.

[–] Eulenspiegel@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago
[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Every last one of you could have chosen drone racing and yet none of you did.

Drone racing.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

chess.

I'm lazy but like RTS games.

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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

How about E Sports? I'm not competitive good, but I can play video games all day.

[–] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

Biking or swimming

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Why not pick the laziest sport and try to become a real world Happy Gilmore ( minus all the rage enduced swearing or childish antics on the field ).

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Table Tennis. (A.K.A. Ping Pong, but that's actually a trademark)

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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