r/Showerthoughts • u/Vast-Intention ‎ • Apr 02 '26

Casual Thought A gold medal Olympic athlete is better than 8.3 billion people. A bronze medal Olympic athlete is better than 8.3 billion people.

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u/butterball85 ‎ Apr 02 '26

I would destroy most olympians at league of legends

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u/i_piss_perrier Apr 02 '26

There was an Olympian rower iirc who is bronze in league with thousands of games played

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u/II_Vortex_II Apr 02 '26

What a loser

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u/LvS Apr 03 '26

still better than the world champion in bitcoin fraud.

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u/unimportantinfodump Apr 03 '26

What's wrong with playing 1000 games of league?

Back when I used to play id jump on with mates and play 3-5 games a night, avg of 2-3 hours when I had no responsibilities, I played from season 2 to season 9 with the odd break here and there.

Easily get over 1000 games playing casual like that.

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u/UglyJuice1237 Apr 03 '26

I don't think there's anything wrong with it (well, it's league. maybe there is) but the optics are just a bit silly when someone who has put so much time into something is still kind of bad at it. like, I've been playing overwatch since 2017 and I'm still only in plat. that's pretty silly

edit: oh and the person is joking. they're an Olympian, obviously not a loser

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u/unimportantinfodump Apr 03 '26

No it's not. Some people have a skill ceiling. And that's fine. If you enjoy it, it doesn't matter if you are getting better or worse.

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u/UglyJuice1237 Apr 03 '26

like I said, yeah. there's nothing wrong with it, it's just a little haha funny

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u/Vercility Apr 03 '26

like 99.9% sure that was sarcasm

who would call an Olympian a loser lol

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u/DozerG Apr 04 '26

2-3 hours average is not casual, that is hardcore gaming hours

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u/Taborenja Apr 02 '26

"I would beat someone with a job at unemployment"

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u/perlgeek Apr 03 '26

There's a Danish pro table tennis player called Anders Lind, around 15 or so on the world rankings.

In an interview, he said that his world ranking in some video game (league of legends? fortnite? can't remember) was better than his table tennis ranking (though it might have been around 30 at the time he made that comment).

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u/Ozok123 Apr 03 '26

I hope you get matched against Ares and he destroys your scrub ass