"trans people in sports" is a pointless struggle session because the concept of "fair competition" is complete horseshit (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 years ago by cumwaffle@hexbear.net to c/main@hexbear.net

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you will never have a fair competition because all people are born different - people have differing testosterone levels, differing body builds, differing muscles mass, etc. most competitive sports are plagued with doping because hard work only takes you so far before your body hits its limit.

just let the olympics and shit be a showcase and celebration of what humans can accomplish, fuck it make doping legal as well, i wanna see how wild humans can get

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[-] anono22@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago

i know your heart's in the right place, but suggesting we do away with competition in sports and everyone goes home with a blue ribbon instead so athletes like myself don't feel left out is one of the most patronizing and infantilizing ideas I hear constantly. all it would accomplish is pissing everyone off (including me) and make me feel even more isolated, like my presence is the only reason no one can compete and have fun anymore. i play smash these days, and if someone suggested we include items and stop counting stocks and everyone just have fun, we'd all last ten minutes before walking away to never to play the game again.

[-] Necco@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago

you go to locals?

[-] _else@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago

i endorse this, and i don't endorse blue ribbons. its all built on bullshit. the idea that anyone could work hard and excell in any sport. there are genetic (and especially epigenetic) advantages. always. there are quirks of circumstance. always.

acknowledge that there is no perfectly 'fair', and the whole myth is bullsiht. now who wants to see two fuckers beat the fuck out of each other?

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