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***OFFICIAL*** Declaration: Sumo wrestling is the most retarded sport ever.

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<< Seriously. All sports are stupid and pointless if you really think about it, but they all have redeeming qualities to those who take the time to learn about them. You'd be all about curling if there were a "Nike" curling stone available. Don't be such a narrow-minded toad.

Fausto >>

Dude... Who's being close minded?? I'm defending a sport that I know nothing about to someone who probably doesn't know anything about it either. Back off.

nik
 
I was agreeing with what you had just said to WageSlave...so I quoted you, then typed "seriously" as in: "I totally agree" and then elaborated slightly, and then called WS a toad. Alles klaar?🙂

FWIW- I grew up in MI, really enjoy curling and am a fan of somewhat unconventional sports (judo, fencing, cycling, cricket, etc).

Again, sorry for the confusion.

Fausto
 
Feel the love 🙂

Personaly, I think golf is not a sport. You smack around a little white ball that did nothing to you. I hope someone get's it on tape so we can all scream hate crime!

😀
 


<< If you were to disolve the fat off the body instantly, you'd see that they're not all tubs of lard. Those guys are FRICKIN strong. Throwing another 300lb. man across the room does take a little strength... These guys have incredible muscle mass and tone -you think it's easy to haul all that fat around!? >>

Yes they are strong. Of course almost any FAT GROSSLY OBESE person has more muscle than the average joe. Even though these guys have a lot of muscle because of their fat levels their strength to weight ratio is often pretty bad. I'd like to see a 500 lb sumo wrestler do 3 chinups. Or do a 100 m dash in under 25 seconds HAH

Give someone a stupid amount of food and a weightroom and they'll be strong as hell because of the influx of energy for muscle building. They'll also be all but useless at using it because they have so much fat to move around. At least the guys in the world's strongest man competitions are generally not that fat so they can effectively use the strength they've developed.
 


<< At least the guys in the world's strongest man competitions are generally not that fat so they can effectively use the strength they've developed. >>



This is true, but they're so totally pumped full of anabolic steriods that they fall apart a few years down the road whether they're fat or not. How is that any better than falling apart early because you're really fat?

Fausto
 


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<< At least the guys in the world's strongest man competitions are generally not that fat so they can effectively use the strength they've developed. >>



This is true, but they're so totally pumped full of anabolic steriods that they fall apart a few years down the road whether they're fat or not. How is that any better than falling apart early because you're really fat?

Fausto >>

I don't agree with their over use of drugs but even those who use them to reasonable levels are far healtier than the fat sumos. Fat sumos die in their 40's generally don't they? Look at Arnold S, he is still looking pretty healthy and is getting up there in years because he didn't take too many drugs. Of course the current mr. olympia will probably die at 40 but sucks to be him!
 


<< These "athletes" die before they are 50. Can somebody please explain what is sportsmanlike or athletic about weighing 650 lbs and having a 5-10 second match with some other whale of a man?

The north american champion weighs I believe 700 lbs. He has severe arthritis. He outweighs most other competitors. I saw him on tv and the match started he just walked his fat disgusting girth into the other person and the other person was too light (a scant 500 lbs) so they go knocked out of the ring. The only "skill" involved is a slight of hand of balance so that your gigantic girth doesn't make you topple over.

It really is a silly sport. I decree that it is less of a sport than even bowling, which can at least be fun for 20-30 minutes. >>



perhaps the only "sport" (and i cant stress these speachmarks enough) more pathetic than sumo wrestling is curling! 😀
 
While we're on the topic of curling i've only played it once.I don't care for it, but it'snot that bad. Picture it like pool on a grand scale. There is clearly skill involved and it doesn't need gross obesity to make it work either.
 


<< I don't agree with their over use of drugs but even those who use them to reasonable levels are far healtier than the fat sumos. Fat sumos die in their 40's generally don't they? Look at Arnold S, he is still looking pretty healthy and is getting up there in years because he didn't take too many drugs. Of course the current mr. olympia will probably die at 40 but sucks to be him! >>



That's the thing tho, these guys don't use 'roids at anything approaching "reasonable" levels. From what I've read, they abuse themselves to such an extent that they almost literally fall apart after they've been at a competitive level for a few years. It's really kinda sad.

As for Ahnuld....he must be using whatever injectable preservative Maria is using to maintain herself...she is just freaky looking.:Q

fausto
 
Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean you don't have to respect it. If you don't like it, shut your mouth. There are people in the world who enjoy it. You remind me of those stupid kids in HS who bash the audio/visual and chess club members because they aren't interested in it. No offense, but lay off, man.

What do you mean it doesnt mean I dont have to respect them? No one of any sport had a 'right' to be respected for what they do. Im not attacking them as people, and im not violating them physically..Im not obligated to respect d!ck about what they do, just as they are not obligated to respect d!ck about what I do... and If I want to say that the 'sport' they participate in is lame, there is nothing that is goign to stop me from doing that. Im not bashing it because im not interested in it, im bashing it because it is ridiculous and lame. you remind me of those stupid kids in highschool that wanted to respect everything no matter what, and force everyone else to like everything and live in the extra special hap hap happy world they do... no offense, but get bent, man.
 
Woot! Its official now! 😉

Golf, Curling, Bowling, Pool, etc are NOT sports - they are "Competitive Games".


Sumo wrestling, being a form of wrestling where 2 people are in direct contact with each other physically, and that it has a definite win/loss based on skill/technique, means it is likely a sport. Argument against it is the amount physical size plays in - i.e. fattest guy usually wins.

As a sport, it is one of the lamest, due to the percentage of the sport that is determined by a non-athletic, and unhealthy, preparation... getting to be a 600 pound lardo on purpose.
 
I was agreeing with what you had just said to WageSlave...so I quoted you, then typed "seriously" as in: "I totally agree" and then elaborated slightly, and then called WS a toad. Alles klaar?


Am I a narrow minded toad because you like curling and I dont? Seriously, its so subjective that I cant see how your opinion on it is more valid than mine.... your opinion is just as narrow.. you like, I dont... opposite sides of the coin, but being that they are ultimatley subjective opinions neither one is more narrow than the other....

Now, if I were saying that people who curl suck, and that curling should be banned, well, I can see how you might get upset. I dont care if they want to curl their lives away, Imnot going to stop them, but I am going to think it is silly and lame, just as im sure many people would think me taking the time to write this here is silly and lame...

the point is, Im not narrow minded simply because I dont like the same things you do, and I express my dislike strongly... its like calling me narrow minded for not liking onions on my pizza.....

toad 😛
 


<< the point is, Im not narrow minded simpy because I dont like the same things you do

toad 😛 >>


No, I think the point is you're narrow-minded because you have the audacity to criticize and belittle something of which you have little to no firsthand experience with. "Don't knock it till you try it."
If you've done it before, than I wouldn't call you narrow-minded (not that I did at all, unless you count the above).

Frog 😛

 
No, you're narrow-minded because you take your own uninformed opinion as fact. "I think it sucks and is lame: therefore, it sucks and is lame." And then you proceeded to brand those who would defend a sport/game/whatever like curling as "losers". How is that not narrow-minded?

EDIT: I notice you even live in Michigan. I challenge you to go give curling a try and then report back to us.😉

Fausto
 
BTW

I hate the dont knock it till you try it thing

Ive never tried eating poop, and I think that would suck, think I should try that before I knock it? how bout child porno? or rape? or murder?
 


<< BTW

I hate the dont knock it till you try it thing

Ive never tried eating poop, and I think that would suck, think I should try that before I knock it? how bout child porno? or rape? or murder? >>


Only on ATOT is someone willing to draw a parallel between criticizing a game and flat-out crime. Your eloquence amazes me, however, you forgot to including "burning Jews alive." The obligatory holocaust parallel is the strongest part of this ATOTism.

As for eating poop, there's lots of people that enjoy it (don't ask me...) you definitely should keep your fool trap shut until you've got a clue. I think it's pretty foul, but having never done it, I'd keep my criticism to myself.
 


<< While we're on the topic of curling i've only played it once.I don't care for it, but it'snot that bad. Picture it like pool on a grand scale. There is clearly skill involved and it doesn't need gross obesity to make it work either. >>



i think you'll agree that morbid obesity would make it more interesting tho 😛

hey, how about if like skinny ppl lobbed sumo wrestlers down the ice alley or whatever its called and like each country had its share of obese ppl to throw down and try to knock out the other obese ppl?
 
fine then i guess we can include all those scottish highland games things like tree stump hurling n stuff...
 


<< bah, give a little respect, i'm sure the japanese think that football is the most retarded sports ever as well. >>

 


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<< it gets better when they do the 100-hand slap and then finish off with a sumo torpedo >>


LMAO. I used to be able to rout all my friends that used Ryu, Ken and Balrog with Honda.

Anyway, your comment on sumo wrestling is about as accurate as so many comments on curling I saw on ATOT during the last couple weeks.
FYI, the minimum weight requirement for Sumo is a mere 160 lbs. I've seen 180 lb twerps toss 400 lb hulks over their shoulders like nothing. Some of those dudes are fatbuckets and some of them are just plain strong. Like with everything, get back to me after you have actually done some sumo wrestling yourself. There's more that goes into it than you know. >>

Ah come on. I'm not talking in the lower weigh classes. I'm talking about the WORLD'S TOP sumo wrestlers. They are fat pathetic goliaths who are killing themselves from their own weight. These are NOT athletes. >>



There was a sumo wrestler that went by the name Chiyonofuji a decade ago. He was a relatively slim guy, I believe in the lower 200 pound range. Anyways, he was pretty much unbeatable; he would toss out others weighing 2-3x his weight like ragdolls. Now that takes a LOT of skill. The guy finally retired when he won so many tournaments it got boring for him.
 
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