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from marc_oriol@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 10 Nov 2023 08:23
https://programming.dev/post/5667043

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are backing a new sports league that’s reinventing golf as high-energy, made-for-TV entertainment.

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[deleted] on 10 Nov 2023 08:32 next collapse

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marc_oriol@programming.dev on 10 Nov 2023 08:32 collapse

test2, sorry for the inconvenience

[deleted] on 10 Nov 2023 08:33 next collapse

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[deleted] on 10 Nov 2023 08:33 collapse

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marc_oriol@programming.dev on 10 Nov 2023 08:33 collapse

test3, sorry for the inconvenience

chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz on 10 Nov 2023 13:42 next collapse

I wish they’d let golf die so we could reclaim the courses and put them to good use.

applejacks@lemmy.world on 10 Nov 2023 18:20 collapse

this golf course talking point is weird, even looking at the issue as an environmentalist myself.

there are 2m acres golf courses in the US

the US is 2.43b acres in size.

Golf courses are 0.008% of US landmass.

Well beyond a rounding error, but for some reason this is some people’s #1 issue.

ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.world on 10 Nov 2023 20:34 collapse

Part of the reason people freak out is when somebody throws random stats out there:

GOLF COURSES USE 1 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER EVERY DAY. OMG!!!

What is neglected is the fact that in the USA just over 400 Billion gallons of water are used each day across all uses. Golf courses use a very tiny percentage in comparison. 0.0000025 id I did my math right.

applejacks@lemmy.world on 11 Nov 2023 00:01 collapse

it also doesn’t factor in how these irrelevant attacks alienate people who might consider joining their cause.

there are apparently over 25 million people in the US that play golf.

If, for no reason, you insult them and their hobby, you’ve lost a ton of potential allies.

Take this example I saw here a few days back:

lemmy.world/comment/4964970

A guy posts a picture of his motorcycle and some miserable sonofabitch comes in screaming at him:

Thanks for adding more pollution to our climate. Asshole.

Fuck that. Any person that intentionally pollutes the air should be publicly shamed and eviscerated.

yea, great job, guy…

Stuka@lemmy.world on 10 Nov 2023 13:51 collapse

This is…dumb as hell.