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14966203 No.14966203 [Reply] [Original]

Is competitive eating a sport? What do you think of it?

>> No.14966207

It's not a sport, it's a competition.

>> No.14966235

>>14966203
You could probably post about it on /asp/, but it'd only get a couple replies since it's not wrestling. One of those replies would probably be:
>>14966207

>> No.14966305

>>14966203
It has more complex rules than running than most Olympic sports so

>> No.14966318

>>14966203
I think it's disgusting.

>> No.14966334

I don't think most Sports require participants to be mutants or have broken brains to be able to compete correctly.

>> No.14966351

>>14966305
Monopoly has some complex rules too.

>> No.14966352

>>14966351
Monopoly isn't a sport.

>> No.14966432

>>14966352
Yes

>> No.14966468

>>14966352
It could be

>> No.14966489

in america its a sport.
everywhere else in the world its a spectacle

>> No.14966503

>>14966334
>I don't think most Sports require participants to be mutants
Tell Michael Phelps that

>> No.14966505

>>14966489
In China it's illegal.

>> No.14967885

>>14966203
If you have to practice for it and it draws a crowd, it's a sport.

>> No.14968484

G

>> No.14968898

>In the third circle, the gluttonous wallow in a vile, putrid slush produced by a ceaseless, foul, icy rain – "a great storm of putrefaction" – as punishment for subjecting their reason to a voracious appetite. >Cerberus, the monstrous three-headed beast of Hell, ravenously guards the gluttons lying in the freezing mire, mauling and flaying them with his claws as they howl like dogs.

>> No.14969735

>>14967885
so playing music on a side street is a sport?

>> No.14970776

H

>> No.14971218

I think it's utterly repellant and speaks volumes about American food-culture and societal values. Absolutely grim.

>> No.14971279

>>14969735
Competitive music performance is indeed a sport.

>> No.14971290

>>14971218
there are people that will do whatever it takes to gain approval and praise from their peers.

>> No.14971301

>>14966203
Guy on the right looks quite sporty. I'm going to have to say yes.

>> No.14971303

I think its fun watching matt stonie eat but thats just cause he's interesting

>> No.14971305
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>>14966203
Needs more bottoms

>> No.14971314

>>14966203
haha imagine how stinky their poops are
what if you went into the bathroom after them to see what it smells like, just as a joke haha

>> No.14971529

>>14966505
snrk

>> No.14972302

>>14966207
This. I think you can only classify a game as a sport when someone is actively trying to stop you from achieving you goal.

>> No.14973794

>>14972302
Weightlifting, gymnastics, running, swimming all don't fit that criteria yet most people would consider them sports.