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“Australian hockey ‘star’ amputates finger to play at Olympics” [because he didn’t want to wait for an injury to heal]…. I suppose this is the inevitable result of the sick society we’ve ended up with, but it’s still profoundly insane, that he made this decision and rationalized it thus… (archive.is)
posted 1 year ago by bamboozler1 1 year ago by bamboozler1 +42 / -0
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– SoctaticMethod1 14 points 1 year ago +14 / -0

The fuck is wrong with him!?! Even if we had advanced cybernetics or could grow body parts, I wouldn't be chopping off parts of my body just to skip injury time.

Is this an Australia thing as I remembered how they tried to pressure Novac to take the vaccine to play and he refused siting he'd rather wait to get the title and record than risk his body to do so. He was at least foreign so could escape the prison colony so I can't imagine the pressure domestic athletes are under who have no escape.

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– LauriThorne 16 points 1 year ago +16 / -0

They did a survey of Olympic athletes back in the 2010s asking if they would take a pill that guaranteed them a gold medal in their event, but would kill them in four years.

Like 90% said yes.

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– RoulerBleu 7 points 1 year ago +7 / -0

That's one hell of an unhealthy obsession. Dying for some silly status symbol. It's not like they saved their people, or developped a cure for some disease. Nope, bragging rights and a shiny medal.

Wait till they figure they all take the same pills and only one gets gold but they die 4 years later anyway.

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– LauriThorne 2 points 1 year ago +2 / -0

It's not about "bragging rights" it's about the culmination of their career. Proof that they worked the hardest and are the best at what they do.

It's the same motivation for people who end up curing disease, they worked the hardest and are the best at what they do.

What they do is the only difference.

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– 8BitArchitect 2 points 1 year ago +2 / -0

It's not about "bragging rights" it's about the culmination of their career. Proof that they worked the hardest and are the best at what they do.

Except if they're just taking a pill to get a gold, then it isn't about hard work, it's just about the medal.

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– when_we_win_remember 1 point 1 year ago +1 / -0

The people who get to the highest level are going to be the most obsessed.

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– deleted 27 points 1 year ago +27 / -0
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– censorthisss 7 points 1 year ago +7 / -0

he consulted a plastic surgeon and the medical advice was that it was so badly mangled it would not likely function even if they successfully made it look normal again

He was told it may not regain full function, which is quite different from being told it's not likely to function.

He urgently consulted a plastic surgeon who said that even with surgery to repair the finger - and the long recovery time - it may not regain full function

And knowing doctors, "may not" usually means "it probably will but I don't want to say that and be wrong so I'll play it safe."

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– RoulerBleu 5 points 1 year ago +5 / -0

I know someone who accidentally cut his finger off while using some tool. It was in a bad shape but he made it in time to get it reattached.

It dosen't ''work'' ( a non-problem 99% of the time since it isn't the thumb ) but his hand looks normal.

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– raptor_jesus 2 points 1 year ago +2 / -0

Isn't Australia a state monopoly on healthcare? I would expect wait times beyond the Olympics even ignoring recovery time. Also a chance to win Olympic gold vs the top portion of a pinky. The OP is a fag and blatantly mislabeled the post or misunderstood the article when he posted about amputating a finger.

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– J_Darnley 3 points 1 year ago +3 / -0

I think it is more like Britain where you are forced to pay in but you can pay extra for private treatment. Despite saying that I don't believe there is an NHS down under but a couple of "insurers".

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– bamboozler1 [S] 1 point 1 year ago +1 / -0

We have private healthcare, it’s just more expensive.

He most definitely could have gone to a private surgeon, and in all likelihood did, because, much though Medicare (equivalent of the NHS) has its problems, I don’t think very many public doctors would endorse this decision…

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– when_we_win_remember 1 point 1 year ago +1 / -0

And knowing doctors, "may not" usually means "it probably will but I don't want to say that and be wrong so I'll play it safe."

It's his finger dude. Who knows.

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– RoulerBleu 6 points 1 year ago +6 / -0

Imagine doing this and not winning anyway.

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– deleted 5 points 1 year ago +5 / -0

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