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To clarify, the pictured poster Caroline Kwan is an ally, not a TERF. The TERFs referred to in the title are the ones ‘protecting a very specific idea of what a woman is’

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

i think we need a normie olympics, it'd be like the paralympics, but for people randomly selected from the average population.

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My kid said just the other day. "they should have an average person do it first so we could see the difference."

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Now I'm thinking which one would be the funniest. Hurdles are definitely up there

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

Oh, right! Now I know why the image in my head was so vivid. I actually saw it before

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Summer olympics: Pole vault

Winter olympics: Luge

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

For pole vaulting I'd be surprised if even one person would dare to do the jump. I'm pretty sure I'd chicken out, but to be fair, it looks like it's really easy to get hurt

There are a LOT of Olympic sports that you probably shouldn't "just do."

[–] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Diving, pole jumping, gymnastics in general

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fencing would be pretty amusing.

bonus points if it's horse based (though that's just jousting)

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i absolutely agree with your kid, get that kid on marketing stat!

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

I told her the same thing. She should pitch it for the next Olympics. She'd be 14 when that happens. Gives her four years to plan.

[–] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You should watch Takeshis Castle then. It's pretty close to normie olympics.

Sometimes athletes go on, but the obstacles are so fucky even they struggle with it.

oh right, that show, i remember hearing about it at one point, what a weird show.