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I like it. I always wanted these sports where the competitors can kill them freely with dope.
by earnesti 2y ago
I like it. I always wanted these sports where the competitors can kill them freely with dope.
- Ekaros 2y agoI too. The other thing is a motorsport with rules of something like at least 3 wheels. Let us see best and worst humanity can do. Despite the consequences.
- fragmede 2y agoWhy three? The world's fastest monowheel would be something.
- dagw 2y agoWhy not cut out the middle men and pretences and just go back to classic gladiator style fights to the death?
- Ekaros 2y agoMotorsports do bring something extra. Just how fast machine can we build. Gladiator fights is different thing and modern weapons make them rather boring. And somethings like biological weapons could take too long time to be effective, so you only see one person keeling over...
- shiroiushi 2y agoThey could go back to gladiator fights with costumes and weapons appropriate to the period (swords, maces, etc.).
- dagw 2y agoOr combine them into gladiator motorsports
- SilverBirch 2y agoThe problem is the incentive structure. We know the drugs work, we know they have serious medical side effects. So the only question you'll be answering is "Which of these athletes is willing to trade off the most dire long term health consequences to win". And the answer will be that some athletes are willing to do practically anything and will die of various entirely preventable problems at incredibly young ages. And what's the benefit? Some measure will read 1m 57 seconds instead of 2m 4s?
- MOARDONGZPLZ 2y ago1m57s, which was enough to place first in the podium, gaining the athlete the prize money and additional exposure to sponsors, earning them a major sponsorship deal that allowed them to finance the off season training and take care of their family, who sacrifices with the athlete being on the road all the time vs 2m4s, who placed fourth, just off the podium and was relegated to relatively obscurity, and who went back to their desk job.
- benj111 2y agoBut the thing is, the one that did 2m4s may also have done all the drugs, but still have the downsides. If everyone dopes, the best is still the 'best', its just their time is a little better, 4th place is still 4th place, but everyone has to deal with the fallout from that doping.