this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It sounds like military service with cameras ๐Ÿ˜†

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What about Olympics without drug restrictions? Like, how much can we improve on the human body?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've always like the idea that the Olympic events should have one "normal" person do them, at least for ones where that is plausible and makes sense (like racing events, maybe not stuff like the giant slalom or the ski jump)

Like, if you had a 9th swim lane and put a guy who swims 3 days a week in there for fitness, I guarantee he'd get completely smashed in a way that would really illustrate how much faster the Olympians are.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Did you mispell your name? This is clearly a malicious black ajah proposal.

I like the nuance of not having a total noob, but instead a amatausiast!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You'd have to pay that poor bastard though, most people won't want to look a fool on live tv for nothing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'll do it for free if all expenses are paid for me to go to the Olympics. I look like a fool every day, one more day won't make a difference.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They pick me

Me: intentionally loses to go home early

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

So... Hunger games kind of thing?

Edit: but less murdery, I suppose.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

why less murdery?

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And I, my Bunny Bracelet.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

the Not So Special Olympics hosted by Mike Judge and David Letterman

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is what it used to be like not so long ago. The 1928 weightlifting champion was a butcher.

Source (german): https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/olympia-der-gwamperte-herkules-1.3119023

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

That's basically what Takeshi's Castle is. :)