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>Women's sizing is so dumb. They could just provide inches or cm like they do for the men, but for some reason (well for marketing reasons, as discussed extensi

by TMWNN 8mo ago

>Women's sizing is so dumb. They could just provide inches or cm like they do for the men, but for some reason (well for marketing reasons, as discussed extensively in the article), they use these random sizes and numbers that aren't consistent and change over time. Relevant: TIL that while male rowers are classified as "lightweight" or "heavyweight", larger female rowers are called "openweight" instead of "heavyweight". <https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/32p2ka/til_that_while_male_rowers_are_classified_as/ https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/32p2ka/til_th...>

xxxx_xxxx 8mo ago
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- cindyllm 8mo ago
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- panic 8mo ago
  To be clear, you’re advocating for women to lose the right to vote? The misogyny in this thread was disappointing already, but seeing this comment being voted up is maybe a sign I should not be on this website any more.
  - Dylan16807 8mo ago
    Voted up? If you mean the troll post didn't immediately fade with one downvote that might just be a matter of having two accounts.
  - xxxx_xxxx 8mo ago
    Of course I do – most men too. I believe in voting by peers. That is my peers – not the ruling class or the lumpenproletariat. I do agree that you should gather around other programmer-sock-wearing "ladies". Too bad discord keeps vulnerable children away from you now.
crote 8mo ago
Lightweight rowing is pretty much dead, anyways. It was originally introduced to give countries with shorter people a chance to compete (as rowing depends a lot on height), but in practice it mainly resulted in promising candidates who didn't quite make the cut for heavyweight being forced into eating disorders. Lightweight rowing has been cut from the olympics already, so to a lot of organisations it has lost its relevance. There are still world championships, but I bet it is only a matter of time before it'll disappear there as well.

by TMWNN 8mo ago

xxxx_xxxx 8mo ago

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cindyllm 8mo ago
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panic 8mo ago
To be clear, you’re advocating for women to lose the right to vote? The misogyny in this thread was disappointing already, but seeing this comment being voted up is maybe a sign I should not be on this website any more.
- Dylan16807 8mo ago
  Voted up? If you mean the troll post didn't immediately fade with one downvote that might just be a matter of having two accounts.
- xxxx_xxxx 8mo ago
  Of course I do – most men too. I believe in voting by peers. That is my peers – not the ruling class or the lumpenproletariat. I do agree that you should gather around other programmer-sock-wearing "ladies". Too bad discord keeps vulnerable children away from you now.

crote 8mo ago

Lightweight rowing is pretty much dead, anyways. It was originally introduced to give countries with shorter people a chance to compete (as rowing depends a lot on height), but in practice it mainly resulted in promising candidates who didn't quite make the cut for heavyweight being forced into eating disorders. Lightweight rowing has been cut from the olympics already, so to a lot of organisations it has lost its relevance. There are still world championships, but I bet it is only a matter of time before it'll disappear there as well.