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It feels a bit sad to see that the "best athletes" are "ranked" as gold, silver, bronze, when often their performance is globally equivalent (when you run 100m
by oulipo 2y ago
It feels a bit sad to see that the "best athletes" are "ranked" as gold, silver, bronze, when often their performance is globally equivalent (when you run 100m at full-speed and you come at 0.01s of each other, you basically run the exact same speed)
It's a kind of weird society of competition we're building... I prefer flowers and gardening, reading and debating
- LeoPanthera 2y ago> I prefer flowers and gardening, reading and debating We can have both.
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- oulipo 2y agobut they are not compatible with the mindset of competition Gardening, reading, debating is compatible with collaboration
- mrfox321 2y agoThese people want to win. It's not just society wanting to define winners.
- oulipo 2y agoThey "want to win" because they live in a society where they've been "taught" to want this... but this is not natural
- g15jv2dp 2y agoNobody is forcing you to watch or care about the Olympics. You chose to read the article and comment on it.
- TrinaryWorksToo 2y agoAds. Ads are forcing me to care about the Olympics. Peer pressure forces me to watch the Olympics to know what people are talking about.
- g15jv2dp 2y ago> Ads are forcing me to care about the Olympics. Are they? At worst they force you to notice that the olympics are going on. > Peer pressure forces me to watch the Olympics to know what people are talking about. Talk about something else with these people if the olympics don't interest you...
- TrinaryWorksToo 2y agoI don't control other people's topics of conversation. You're correct, they force me to notice over and over again.
- g15jv2dp 2y ago> I don't control other people's topics of conversation. Talk with other people then... > You're correct, they force me to notice over and over again. Boo-hoo.
- TrinaryWorksToo 2y ago> Boo-hoo Just because it didn't bother you doesn't mean it doesn't bother me. > Talk with other people then... So you have more options than I do it seems, doesn't justify being rude.
- oulipo 2y agoAnd what? I might like sports, but not the way it's presented. I like that people share their joy of performance, I don't like the celebration of competition, but rather of collaboration and shared enjoyment, which should be what is truly celebrated
- matwood 2y agoWhen you’re at the extreme ends of performance as Olympic athletes are, progress happens in tiny increments. .01s here and there add up over time until the limits of humanity are reached.
- NoPicklez 2y agoWe aren't building a society this way, it has been this way since near the beginning of the Olympic games. We just have events now that occur where the athletes are so closely matched that sometimes we get crazy close times. There are other sports in the Olympics where athletes can share in a medal should both Athletes agree. Regardless of whether you place gold, silver or bronze they are still the "best athletes" in the world, heck to even make it to the final is an incredible achievement in of itself. You can still view all of these athletes as incredible, regardless of who got the gold.
- oulipo 2y agoYes, and the "fourth" athlete, which is not in the podium, is not called the "best athletes", is not interviewed, doesn't have commercial deals... just because he's, what, 5ms behind the others? on a 100m race? this makes no sense and is just human stupidity
- inglor_cz 2y agoPeople are diverse. I am not sure how would you react to someone pitying you for liking flowers, gardening, reading and debating. ("It feels a bit sad"). The golden rule applies.