• JokeDeity@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’m really at a loss for what good the Olympics bring to humanity. Really just seems to fuck over thousands of people every 4 years.

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      1 year ago

      Way more than thousands, given the widespread economic effects on the victim hosting country.

      Speaking as a Greek, 20 years later there are literally still multiple abandoned world-class sporting facilities, unused, in maximum disrepair. Some like the one outside my town never used even once (Olympics included), after millions of euro spent.

      I hope the homeless can use it for shelter at least, though it’s in a pretty inconvenient spot anyway.

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        1 year ago

        I felt like putting millions at first, but thought a bunch of people might try to argue with me, so I thought, no one can deny it fucks over thousands of people at least.

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      1 year ago

      The Olympics are a great way to help build unity and promote friendly competition between otherwise adversarial nations. In theory. In practice it’s an economic dick-measuring contest and a way for authoritarian shitholes to get good PR.