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Sometimes we have those little epiphanies in the shower.. sometimes they come from other places. This is a home for those epiphanies.

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2 guys punching each other in the face until one is unconscious, for no reason.

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

LOTS of competitive sports as we have them now came from the military. Shooting, fencing, riding, etc were all basically dominated by military and winning contests was seen as a great historical way of showing your country's military prowess.

There are also used to be WAY more olympic shooting sports, including moving targets, animal-shaped moving targets, etc etc. Hell, one of the biggest horse-riding championships here in the Netherlands is called "Military" (the english word, because dutch people love stealing words from other languages).