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I have done this before in a really drunk game of pool (billiards)

Actually, I'm an atheist because my local pastor was a cool guy who used to play table football and billiards at my grandmother's pub. And when he realized that many of us couldn't take the stories of the Bible seriously, he never pushed any of his beliefs onto us. So you might say it never took root with me.

The humanistic education of a German gymnasium did the rest. When the internet came along at the turn of the century, with its ready access to the likes of Bertrand Russell and, much later, Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris, deGrasse Tyson, it merely pushed my attitude from not caring about organized religion into open confrontation with it. Though to be honest, I prefer not to bring up religion in a discussion, ever. It has the uncanny tendency to derail any conversation.

That said, science, specifically my training as a computer scientist, had no part in it. I was a passive atheist long before I took any of my education seriously, aka university.

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So do flukes still play in snooker? I know in 8/9 ball billiards sometimes people won't take flukes, though not sure if that actually applies at tournament levels...

So this guy wants his kid to hustle billiards to put himself through college, eh??...Smart fuckin' dad!

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I consider golf a game, not a sport. Every dictionary has a slightly different definition, but they all agree that a sport involves physical exertion, skill and competition against another individual or team. Strictly speaking, golf only meets one of those requirements, skill. The physical exertion is subjective, the most physical aspect of golf is walking to/from the golf cart. Golf is not always played as a competition, and can be played by one's self.
Do you consider billiards or a sport? It's hitting little balls into holes, so basically golf without the walking. Like golf, it requires skill and can be played competitive or alone. I looked up billiards in the 4 most popular online dictionaries and they all refer to it as a game, not a sport.


Just playing the devil's advocate here - basketball is just throwing bigger balls into holes. Basketball can be played alone, competition is not always part of the game of basketball. By your definition of a sport, the only standard that golf does not meet is physical exertion. If I were to play golf at a level of physical activity that met your standards for a sport (full contact golf perhaps?), would you then accept it as a sport?

I hate golf. This video gives me hope for the future of golf. Too bad it won't ever happen.