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Dollars to donuts the same people posted comments on articles about trans athletes.

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

when you don't have much of a personality, it's easy to rent one (and "friends"!) by donning the right logos and pretending you're part of it all by putting on a jersey.

it's really very sad; every year billionaires compete against each other to see which one owns the most skilled workforce at playing children's games. Because make no mistake, that's what it's all about, watching adults waste billions of dollars, day in, day out, hyper-fixated on watching sweaty, roided, aggro men run around on playfields (often in tight tight clothes). They take this shit seriously, gambling disgusting amounts of money, have heart attacks when their team loses, wasting their incomes on season tickets and other paraphernalia.

We could solve world hunger, or poverty, or aids, or cancer. But instead every year, we waste billions instead making rich people richer while the sportos justify it because they can't find other ways to spend their lives.

Pro sports is a cancer on our species.