[beginner] What's wrong?

[alister]

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 02:04:05 +0100, Mark Lawrence wrote:

> On 03/04/2016 01:48, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 07:42 am, Michael Selik wrote:
>>
>>> Gaming also helps your reaction time. Normally 0.3 ms, but 0.1 ms for
>>> top gamers. And fighter pilots.
>>
>> Does gaming help reaction time, or do only people with fast reaction
>> times become top gamers?
>>
>> Personally, in my experience gaming hurts reaction time. I ask people a
>> question, and they don't reply for a week or at all, because they're
>> too busy playing games all day.
>>
>>
> I must agree.  When you're trying to get the ball away, and 23 stone of
> bone and muscle smashes into you, that slows your reaction time.  I am
> of course referring to the sport of rugby, not that silly "World
> Series", which takes part in only one country, where for some reason
> unknown to me they wear huge quantities of armour and need oxygen masks
> after they've run a few yards.  What would happen to the poor little
> darlings if they had to spend the entire match on the pitch?

while i agree with your sentiments you have a few minor inacuracies

the "World Series" has nothing to do with Poofs In Pads, it is actually 
Rounders. 



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