Unpopular Opinion
Welcome to the Unpopular Opinion community!
How voting works:
Vote the opposite of the norm.
If you agree that the opinion is unpopular give it an arrow up. If it's something that's widely accepted, give it an arrow down.
Guidelines:
Tag your post, if possible (not required)
- If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
- If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].
Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
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It's not that they are merely a waste of time. They are harmful. This is not what amateur sports should look like! I think everyone kind of realizes that. This is a bunch of bullshit nationalism and capitalism exploiting athletes and their fans. We would not lose amateur sports if the Olympic organization went bankrupt.
Yeah I think they're hurtful to the idea of sport and recreation, school becomes a filter to.find people willing to devote their life to minmaxing a natural talent which is a detriment to the very almost 100% of people who won't be a top tier competitor.
Whats the point of obsessing over records that no one else can get close to because it requires total dedication to training, diet, medicated living, and endless other stuff that just takes away from normal life? It creates a situation where you're either only an athlete or you're not at all an athlete, for most people it's off-putting.
We should focus on things that normal people can participate in without having to become totally specialized tools of rich corporations or national tools. Instead of instilling in people the idea that participation is only for elites why not reiterate the importance of a community and having fun? Instead of obsessive competition why not working together despite differences?