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Competition shooter here. Olympic shooting is boring as hell.
Americans place really well in IPSC, USPSA, and 3gun.
The IPSC rifle world shot is happening right now in Finland.
USPSA
It would be a little strange if Americans didn't place well in United States Practical Shooting Association competitions
So it should be even easier, right?
No. Why do you think that logic follows?
Because a self-proclaimed competition shooter said it's boring. Boring things usually aren't more difficult than the non-boring version.
You're already backtracking by saying "usually" so you could easily answer your own question here: this is an unusual case.
But that being said, there is nothing in the definition of boring that contains the term "easier." Like go play video games for an hour, then go sit in a room with the lights off and try to guess when an hour has passed. You'll see how easily boring can be much more difficult.
What did I backtrack from? You asked for my logic and you got it. Here's some more.
Most words have more than one denotation and all words have innumerable connotations. That's where context and inference come into play, both of which I employed in determining precisely what the original commentor meant by "boring as hell." It seemed obviously defensive given the context of the meme, as did many other comments in this thread trying to distance Olympic shooting from
slaughtering school kidshunting or whatever. That implied, to my subjective reasoning, that the commentor thought it was somehow inferior to whatever version of competitive gun-shooting they prefer. If your subjective reasoning led you to believe "boring as hell" meant "really, really hard," that's something you'll have to settle with you and your brain, friend.What did I backtrack from?
You started with it "should" be easier to "usually" being easier. Statement of fact to just more than 50%.
If your subjective reasoning led you to believe “boring as hell” meant “really, really hard,” that’s something you’ll have to settle with you and your brain, friend.
You're projecting. I do not believe that saying something is boring indicates anything about it's relative difficulty. That's you.
You're thinking of "would." "Should" just means it's probable. You know, like "usually."
You're projecting
Again, I'm using context and experience to infer your opinion. Naturally it's bound to be biased, it is my experience, but it's the best I can do with nothing but your condescending whinging to go on.
You’re thinking of “would.” “Should” just means it’s probable. You know, like “usually.”
Fair enough, I stand corrected.
Again, I’m using context and experience to infer your opinion.
Well, hopefully going forward your experience will now help guide you to what should have been obvious the whole time: there was precisely zero context that indicated I thought that.
condescending whinging to go on.
Lol imagine with starting this whole thing by condescendingly telling the poster that because they find it boring it should be easier...and then turning around and whining that you completely fabricated a strawman because someone else was condescending.
It never cease to amaze me how often other posters see themselves in me, and seem to hate it.
Now that sounds like projection if I've ever heard it. I love myself! You don't suppose anyone ever sees you in you and doesn't like what they see, do you?
Oh, certainly people see me in and me and don't like it. I'm sure even you do. But your post here amounts to nothing more than "I know you are but what am I" and so it's pretty clear you also see yourself and don't like it.
But don't worry, I don't expect you to admit it. Ffs, you even created a strawman and then blame me for you doing it. It's obvious you will go far to protect your ego from admitting fault.