• teslasaur@lemmy.world
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            6 hours ago

            They made the comment that she wasnt born tall, like an idiot. Implying that she wouldn’t have been tall naturally.

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              5 hours ago

              Joke Explainer: When Anna Smrek was born she was not 6’ 9’', she was likely closer to 20in.

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              5 hours ago

              Who’s “they”? You mean me? I didn’t imply anything, you inferred that. Also, I didn’t know idiots were born tall, that’s actually really helpful information, thanks!

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                Yes, you did. We were talking about drugging to improve at sports and the morality of it. Then you made a weird non-sequiter about her length, like it had any baring on the conversation.

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      15 hours ago

      If someone has ADHD and takes medication - as directed - to help them focus on their training regiment, would that make you as upset? It’s certainly a drug to “alter,” as you say.

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        15 hours ago

        I suppose if all could take adderall, then it wouldn’t be an issue.

        I think you are missing the point of competition though.

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          15 hours ago

          Pretty sure the point is fun and entertainment. Some people care about finding the “best,” but as the saying goes, it’s not about whether you win or lose…

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            15 hours ago

            Now there is the actual issue at hand. Of course its about competition. That is the entire crux of the issue, and you can’t just wave it of like some irreverent side matter in the case of sports.

            Kids already play mixed, since gender differences are small enough to be negligible. That is when the fun part matters the most.

            I just find it funny that people are so willing to put actual trans rights in jeopardy just for the slight inconvenience of barely a dozen trans women in the US. Or you actually think it’s ok for men to compete with women?

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                  Sorry, sports are objectively unimportant. Either way, just stop caring about things that have absolutely no bearing on your life whatsoever and you might find you’re much happier. At the very least, less upset.

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              14 hours ago

              I’ve always thought it was strange that we separated some sports by gender, and I still do. Especially because plenty of sports don’t separate by gender, and there’s no issue.

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                14 hours ago

                Its not strange at all.

                Google world records in literally any sport. There is a 10 - 30 percent difference depending on the sport.

                Sports that are explosive in nature, like soccer or hockey are especially bad in comparison. There are countless examples of womens national teams in football(soccer) losing to 15 year old boys. That doesn’t happen in, for example, 100m dash or even longer events until about the age of 18-20.

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                  14 hours ago

                  Great, so we should take advantage of the fact that we have major and minor leagues and separate by ability into those. If it happens to separate by gender, so be it, but if someone is higher or lower than the average for their gender then they can compete among other people on their level.

                  The fact that we separate by gender in spite of how, as this thread points out, there is a large amount of variability within that category that goes against the idea that this addresses the ability gap, just shows that we’re not separating for that reason, we’re separating for sexual discrimination.

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                    It doesn’t “happen” to be separated by gender. It is because there are physical differences which lead to it naturally. At least in the sports where women wouldn’t even qualify for a mens tournament with world record results.

                    Most sports have an open category, where women are free to compete. But they can’t compete, though not for a lack of effort in their pursuit in a sport.

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      15 hours ago

      Hey man if you ever find yourself in a situation where they make drugs that can make you better I think you should take them