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[in a well equipped sports room, a character rants] Someone has to say it… Some athletes have an advantage over others and it's ruining sports!

[in a soccer field, a smug character points and replies] Damn right buddy, that's why we should ban privileged kids from competitive sports: their wealth gives them access to better equipment, coaching, sparring partners, free time. it's just unfair to the rest!

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm still a supporter of the crack Olympics.

Let athletes use any performance enhancing drugs they want to. I want to know how far a human can truly jump

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] joshcodes@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is the real goal. How far can a human and their exoskeleton/cybernetic modifications jump? Adding this to the science wishlist right after hoverboards

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

That's the best way to get money poured into cybernetics engineering

[–] Maven@piefed.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Peter Thiel doing what billionaires do. Buying ideas and taking credit.

I first saw the concept of the crack Olympics nearly a decade ago on reddit

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

and I'm pretty sure I heard it from a commedian in the 90s.