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The idea that an athletic competition--conferring a first, second and third place, holds any substantial meaning at all is completely absurd. All other controve
by fumeux_fume 5y ago
The idea that an athletic competition--conferring a first, second and third place, holds any substantial meaning at all is completely absurd. All other controversy simply flows from this fact.
- vore 5y agoUnfortunately, as a society, we've allowed people to tie their livelihoods to it: people spend their lives training for competitions and the prestige of winning them can directly contribute to their livelihoods through income from deals with sponsors, etc.
- morsch 5y agoAs long as there's agreement that it's unfortunate, we can discuss ways to dismantle the system in a way that doesn't destroy the livelihoods of many people. But I'm afraid most people don't agree that it's unfortunate.
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- lotsofpulp 5y agoEveryone knows that 99% of life is not under your control. But it can still be entertaining to design games around the (supposed) 1% that is under your control.
- aesyondu 5y agoThis depends entirely on each individual. Mike Tyson referred to his championship belts as "garbage". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgcHBcQRlpw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgcHBcQRlpw