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Athletes serve as aspirational figures that drive interest towards sports that keep people healthy. There is an ugly skinny-fat / fat-fat hatred of sports born
by zeroCalories 2y ago
Athletes serve as aspirational figures that drive interest towards sports that keep people healthy. There is an ugly skinny-fat / fat-fat hatred of sports born from post-war folklore about jocks and nerds.
- Nursie 2y ago> Athletes serve as aspirational figures that drive interest towards sports that keep people healthy. No, they don't. The olympics in particular have been shown not to have any sort of lasting effect on host countries or the world in general. AFAICT this whole thing is a fallacy dreamt up as part of the justification for spending billions on games.