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GIF of the breakdancing lady at the olympics with the caption "Me explaining mass spectrometry"

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[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Nothing, that's what I'm trying to say. All the "sports" I listed have some sort of skill expression that can be judged. Why is break dancing less worthy? Should skateboarding also not have been included? Why is making a horse hop around to music considered a "real sport"?

It's all arbitrary.