• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    11 months ago

    Cool if you want to see a man run 100m in 7 seconds before his heart explodes on the finish line.

    Is this just bumfights with a higher budget?

    • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      In a capitalist society these are your lords and ladies and kings and queens. So shut your pleb mouth and respect your betters!

      • DdCno1@kbin.social
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        11 months ago

        Reminder that Communist nations were the ones that drove the professionalization of sport and they were also using illegal substances as a standard practice, including on minors, in order to enhance their performance, consequences be damned. Kids were told the substances were “vitamins” and left in the dark about the long-term health effects.

        In the end, it’s absolutely power that corrupts, no matter if you’re ruling from under the banner of a red star or serving the almighty dollar.

    • NegativeInf@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Based on the current level of aftercare and brain damage already in contact entertainment, it’s all bum fights with a higher budget.