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Michael Phelps Agrees Sports Are Hard, So We Should Pay For Them To Exist Even If They Don’t Compete. (archive.is)
posted 4 years ago by Ahaus667 4 years ago by Ahaus667 +40 / -0
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– Steampunk_Moustache 25 points 4 years ago +25 / -0

'Member 5 years ago when everyone thought Gen Z were gonna be conservatives because they all wore seatbelts and washed their hands, and were risk averse? Turns out it's not 'cause they're conservative, it's 'cause they're fucking pussies.

This sudden rash of 20-24 year old athletes quitting competitions rather than mentally deal with the potential of losing, exposes the truth: Gen Z is risk averse because they're the weakest, most scared generation in history.

Can you point another year when concentration of world-class athletes in their absolute physical prime just fucking QUIT? You can't because it didn't fucking happen. . Gen Z have been raised to see weakness as a virtue.

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– BirchTBarlow 4 points 4 years ago +4 / -0

The same people that post on social media then delete it when it doesn't get enough likes. They have a constant need for approval.

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– Ahaus667 [S] 13 points 4 years ago +13 / -0

Sports are meant to be tough, despite me being able to hurt anyone I came in contact with I chose to utilize my skills to help others. Meanwhile, Michael Phelps says the pressure to perform as you are paid to do is too much. Participation trophy’s for everyone!!!!

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– A2BS 10 points 4 years ago +10 / -0

I agree with the sentiment of, for example, you just can't cut someone out of a contract just because they "aren't performing" because you told them to go out on a dangerous play and they got injured. However, shit like "I'm not gonna compete because sports make me sad" or even "I got injured getting into a fistfight with a stranger, give me money for nothing please" shouldn't fly at all.

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– deleted 1 point 4 years ago +1 / -0
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– Skywise 6 points 4 years ago +6 / -0

Don't achieve!

Achievement means failure!

Achievement means you're different than normal people!

Achievement means you think you're better than other people!

Achievement means nothing!

Don't try - just stay with the herd!

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– GeneralBoobs 6 points 4 years ago +6 / -0

Dear Michael,

Onlyfans and street corners is where people who are good shape but don't want to compete go.

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– poherf 5 points 4 years ago +5 / -0

I also didn't compete in the Olympics this year because it was too hard.

Celebrate me. Pay me.

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– CletustheElitist 4 points 4 years ago +4 / -0

It's called merchandizing, Michael. Merchandizing.

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– Ahaus667 [S] 5 points 4 years ago +5 / -0

His “merchandising” has been mental health lately. Apparently smoking weed to relax is a mental health crisis.

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– dagthegnome 4 points 4 years ago +4 / -0

Stoner

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– deleted 3 points 4 years ago +3 / -0
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– Knife-TotingRat 3 points 4 years ago +3 / -0

Let them do their paid sports while training for war. Like, you know, the old-school Red Army.

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– altmehere 2 points 4 years ago +2 / -0

It’s bad enough that people are already forced to subsidize this shit through taxes whether they care about it or not. The idea that we would subsidize them even if they don’t do their jobs is even more ludicrous, but then given the Democrats that fled from Texas so they wouldn’t have to do their jobs it’s par for the course for these leeches.

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– deleted 1 point 4 years ago +1 / -0

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