• LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    This is why we need to push the banks to offer better payment services. Fucks like him got rich with paypal because of inefficiencies in our banking systems. They are basically taxing all e-commerce by 1-3%.

    I was finally able to do an insta-wire transfer to an online shop last month for the first time. Just my bank, transfering money and instant reception. But I still need to log in to a janky ass mobile app and approve each payment with an password / pin that needs to be short ergo insecure. Banks are still not offering the use of fido2 authentication. And there is still no electronic standard where a shop can send a payment request to autofil the wire transfer. There are better payment processors now but they still gobble up ~1% of the transfer. It’s a fucking racket.

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    11 months ago

    This is something I’d like to see in like, some alternative reality just out of morbid curiosity however in real life the effects would be just too horrid. What a fucking psychopath

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      11 months ago

      Of course it’s him. All other billionaire sociopaths have the sense to stay silent about the dystopian future they dream of. But honestly, he doesn’t get the negative attention he deserves.

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        he should start by getting doping olympic gold in weightlifting and die to the drug cocktails he wants others to ruin their body with

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    Oh, hell yeah!

    I’ve wanted this since I was a kid, many decades ago. Let’s see what we are capable of and not worry about if the winner just won because his enhancements weren’t caught.

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        It’s not like pushing the limits of the human body without any doping doesn’t have any risks or side effects.
        Some types of drugs can improve body functions in ways that reduce strain on the body, not increase it. And even use of potentially dangerous drugs would be much safer, if it was done under guidance and monitoring of medical professionals.

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    God, I really hope this doesn’t come to be. No offense to the people excited by it, and I totally get the appeal, but this would damage society so much. People taking performance enhancers, especially to extreme levels, put themselves insanely at risk medically. If this gets normalized, it’ll only be a matter of time before it becomes mainstream to bet on blowouts, heart attacks, roid rage scandals, etc. At that point, it’ll essentially be a tiny leap away from the game shows of Running Man, and then I’ll lose all faith in humanity.

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    11 months ago

    Anyone who would get enjoyment from watching this kind of event has a diseased soul. As has been said elsewhere: It’s BumFights with a higher budget.

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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?

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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.

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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!

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        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.