• GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I'll get my chest expanded and have the docs sew an extra pair of lungs in there. I'll change my name to Dan Quadlung. I will excel at the outdoor sports. They'll make a movie about me.

      (the ending title card of the biopic will detail how I got lung cancer twice as fast, and all my medals were stripped posthumously because it was revealed that I was using all four lungs to take massive bong hits)

    • fuckwit [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised if most elite athletes come from wealthy backgrounds.

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        3 years ago

        bruce springsteen's daughter was doing one of the horse events in this olympics lmao, twice the boug

  • AlexandairBabeuf [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    pollution actually makes you a better athlete, if you can run a marathon in a smog you can run twice the marathon in a clear day:think-about-it:

  • acealeam [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I don't know, but its an interesting question. Technology continues to progress, as diets, drugs and workouts get better we've always seen athletes improve more and more. Its a harrowing thought that we might have reached the peak of human athletics already.

    We may begin to see athletic performances further stratified by wealth. Rich athletes could train in areas relatively free from pollution, or indoors with filtered air.

  • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Not as much as the collapse of the world system :markkks-juggalo:

  • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Depends on the sport. Indoor track is already a thing. Maybe we'll be seeing the 60 meter dash be the main sprinting event. Kind of doubt it, but I always preferred it over the 100 meters

    • glk [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Moving events indoor wont help if issues are chronic.