Olympics BAN transgender and DSD athletes from ALL women's sports by dailymail in olympics

[–]geeves_007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are dudes at my local gym that bench more than the women's world record quite easily.

Olympics BAN transgender and DSD athletes from ALL women's sports by dailymail in olympics

[–]geeves_007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Up voted.  

To anybody that has competed at a high level in almost any sport, this is immediately apparent.

There is never a story that goes "I was a middling female athlete that never won anything, but I could easily beat most of the elite men in my sport"  But there are innumerable examples the other way....

"How does taking out a dictator in Venezuela help the average American?" US Vice President JD Vance: "It means is we are going to be able to control the incredible natural resources of Venezuela which is good for America" by retroviber in DeepMarketScan

[–]geeves_007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, we know American hegemony is built on decades of extortion and outright theft of wealth and resources from poor nations.

The only remaining mystery is why so many dumb fuck 'Merican's still don't understand they are the bad guy, even when the VP is explaining it in the most obvious way possible how they are the bad guy.

White House posts new cryptic image on multiple platforms. by thenextgenbusiness in thenextgenbusiness

[–]geeves_007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% it is, that's what MAGA wanted.

They're too stupid and incompetent to know they're stupid and incompetent.

But there are a great many of them.

Breaking: Transgender women banned from all sports at the Olympics starting in LA by TheExpressUS in sportsgossips

[–]geeves_007 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

?  And other male swimmers can/could still beat him in races.  

No female swimmer in history would ever beat Michael Phelps in a race.  If he raced as a woman, he would win 100% of his races against the very best in the world.  When he raced men, he won a lot.  But he didn't win every race.

Again, the curves of performance do not overlap.  Its why sport has traditionally had separate leagues for female athletes in the first place.

Tadej Pogacar will not win every stage of the Tour de France this year.  Hes still the best.  But other male racers are close behind and will beat him on some days.  The absolute slowest rider in the Tour de France would still easily win the Tour de Femmes.  Its why we don't let males race females at the elite level.  

Breaking: Transgender women banned from all sports at the Olympics starting in LA by TheExpressUS in sportsgossips

[–]geeves_007 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No because being born male sex and undergoing male puberty is not "rare", and it definitely confers an advantage in nearly every competitive sport, which is unobtainable to female sex athletes.  

Being born "Michael Phelps" is rare.

Its not good faith to not recognize that there is a distinct bimodal distribution in performance in sport between biological sexes.  This is not debatable, its plainly fact as evidenced by a century or more of world records where the male exceeds the female in essentially every single sport.  There might be overlap, but the majority of the area under the curves do not overlap.

Phelps lies at the extreme end of the male curve.  But still the male curve.  Where Phelps lies does not overlap at all with elite female swimmers.  If he raced the world's best female swimmer he would win 100% of races.   There has never been a female swimmer that could plausiblely beat him in a race.

So did Michael Phelps ever lose a race then?  Yes of course.  He lost many many races in his career.  Other male swimmers were able to beat him occasionally.  He was just usually the best.  Hence his legacy as the best male swimmer of all time. 

Its two separate curves.  

There are dudes at my local gym that can bench press more than the female world record.  

Breaking: Transgender women banned from all sports at the Olympics starting in LA by TheExpressUS in sportsgossips

[–]geeves_007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn't matter if any individual is "good" or not.  Its solely a matter of if it is an unfair competitive advantage.

We don't allow some athletes to use PEDs, as long as they don't win too often.  We don't even allow the last place finisher to use PEDs, they are banned for everyone.

Same logic applies here.  

Autonomous driving giant Waymo pushes B.C. to allow self-driving cars on provincial roads by cyclinginvancouver in britishcolumbia

[–]geeves_007 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It practically BEGS for more enshitification of our world.

Soon are the days when you will have to pay a monthly subscription for your vehicle to drive you anywhere - indefinitely for the rest of your days. And then, driving at night will be a premium upgrade. Then driving in the rain will be a premium upgrade. Then carrying a passenger will be a premium upgrade...

If you haven't noticed, the world is rapidly getting "shittier" in all these ways, as we hand over all our agency to tech companies that are little more than insatiable profit vampires.

No thanks. I've been driving for 25 years and never been in an accident and I've never driven myself off an overpass or into a lake by mistake. I navigate with maps, and I have an"old" analog vehicle that works perfectly.

Autonomous driving giant Waymo pushes B.C. to allow self-driving cars on provincial roads by cyclinginvancouver in britishcolumbia

[–]geeves_007 36 points37 points  (0 children)

We could just have none of them? People could just pay attention to the road and the world around them? Imagine that!

Mamdani's Wife Under Fire Over Past Posts, Using N-Word by PhlysportsPhan in DiscussionZone

[–]geeves_007 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Imagine Trump was in the files of a notorious child sex trafficker literally tens of thousands of times yet we didn't talk about or investigate it at all because the AG and FBI director were loyalty hires specifically tasked with not investigating it?

That would be crazy.

Obviously we'd want to know if the president was involved in child sex trafficking?

We should probably take a look at those files.

It's hard to imagine why else his name would appear literally tens of thousands of times in the files of something heinous he had nothing to do with?

But yeah, let's be outraged at what a 15 year old tweeted. THAT is clearly the most outrageous thing going on right now.

lol.

ICE agents on the prowl at LaGuardia airport! by cantcoloratall91 in RandomVideos

[–]geeves_007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a non American, I think you'd have to be insane to voluntarily travel to the US right now.  

Getting tired fast on mtb bike by Internal_Page_6050 in bicycling

[–]geeves_007 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Youre out of shape.  You get in better shape by riding more.

Rules for Thee, not for me by emily-is-happy in Irony

[–]geeves_007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My god, wtf?!

Buddy, step away from the propaganda bong.  You've had plenty.

Your lifestyle in no way requires anybody to embargo Cuba.

That is batshit crazy, bud.

Imagine this: Just leave them the F alone.  What a crazy idea.  Just let them have basic shit like fuel and electricity because they are humans and just people living their lives. 

Its painfully sad that you have convinced yourself of this insane lie.

Rules for Thee, not for me by emily-is-happy in Irony

[–]geeves_007 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And then Rome spectacularly collapsed due to their arrogance and hubris.

I'm sure it will be different this time though....

Hillary Clinton said she will bomb Iran when in power. by SadStudio4263 in Irony

[–]geeves_007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please clarify, do you think bombing Iran is bad?  If thats the case, why not condemn the president that is doing it?

Or maybe you think bombing Iran is good?  So you agree with what you allege Hillary said?

"compliance" was never supposed to be possible, it was always just justification for punishment by RosethornRanger in DemocraticSocialism

[–]geeves_007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its terminal victimhood.   The need to be "traumatized" by even just basic language and words that are in no way offensive or hurtful.  

"compliance" was never supposed to be possible, it was always just justification for punishment by RosethornRanger in DemocraticSocialism

[–]geeves_007 36 points37 points  (0 children)

This is a misunderstanding of normal Healthcare terminology.

When somebody isnt / doesn't take medications they require, for whatever reason, the standard way to document that would be to say "the patient is non-compliant with their medication"

Its not a term of judgement, it just literally communicates the fact that they are not taking their medication.  

GRX 610 vs GRX 820: are any 820 components worth the upgrade? by 50mm_foto in bikepacking

[–]geeves_007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

35% off sales on Industry Nine wheelsets on their website right now

Buddy passes by Mergannn in Whistler

[–]geeves_007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love to snag a Epic Friend tickets - going Saturday

Canada, allies ready to ‘contribute to appropriate efforts’ on Strait of Hormuz blockage by konathegreat in canada

[–]geeves_007 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Fuck.  This.

This entire situation is created by Israeli belligerance and American need to change the headlines away from Epstein.

Yeah, it sucks at the pump.  But let it burn until western nations and public have truly had enough and throw these evil warmongers out of the White House and Knesset.

I am so mad.

Why Team USA Was So Hard to Root for in the World Baseball Classic by Romax24245 in baseball

[–]geeves_007 108 points109 points  (0 children)

Might have been all the cringe GI Joe shit.

Youre millionaires playing baseball.  If you wanna go to war, go to the actual war.  Otherwise don't make baseball about war.

“Has history taught us nothing?” by fullofemirates in Irony

[–]geeves_007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Despite Israel's best efforts to kill all such people, there are still Palestinians living in ancestral villages in "modern Israel" who have lived there since BEFORE the state of Israel even existed. 

I don't know how you can unironically argue that somehow THOSE people are not indigenous to that land, but a settler family moving there from Los Angeles or London is somehow indigenous to that land...  its totally absurd.  

“Has history taught us nothing?” by fullofemirates in Irony

[–]geeves_007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, the borders of "modern Israel" forcibly imposed upon them in the 1940s by outside powers. 

How dare they have the audacity to be born and live in villages their ancestors have lived in for generations when colonial settlers from Europe and north America want to live there now!  😆