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Quasar FunkAlex Pareene and Hamilton Nolan
8/09/16 3:07pm
IDGAF Gawker is the best Gawker.
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  amgarreQuasar Funk
  8/09/16 3:09pm
  There is only one way to write. The Gawker way. We should cut off the hands of all other “writers.”
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  Sparky Polastryamgarre
  8/09/16 3:12pm
  Jeez, that’s aggressive....
  
  ...even Penthouse Forum writers?
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Sparky PolastryAlex Pareene and Hamilton Nolan
8/09/16 3:03pm
Synopsis of the article:

FUCK HURDLES
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  puncha yo bunsSparky Polastry
  8/09/16 3:09pm
  Ummm...don’t we already have a lot of different ways to run, though? Hurdles, steeple chase, etc. Also isn’t speed walking/race walking a sport?
  
  THIS ARTICLE IS BIASED.
  
  Edit: I missed that they mentioned speed walking :(
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  QuintSparky Polastry
  8/09/16 3:12pm
  They should find a way to add hurdles to swimming.
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CarolinabluesAlex Pareene and Hamilton Nolan
8/09/16 3:05pm
I would love to watch a crab walking event.
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  Quasar FunkCarolinablues
  8/09/16 3:10pm
  Agreed. And Olympic skipping.
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  GlitterbombFartsCarolinablues
  8/09/16 3:10pm
  Seconded. Mandatory Exorcist-gown garb as the standard uniform.
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Sobchak SecurityAlex Pareene and Hamilton Nolan
8/09/16 3:03pm
Counterpoint: Watching the people do the breast-stroke in slow motion is hilarious.
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  MBCockSobchak Security
  8/09/16 3:04pm
  I always felt that the way I stroked myself was worthy of a medal.
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  Sobchak SecurityMBCock
  8/09/16 3:05pm
  How is your backhand these days?
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SrynersonAlex Pareene and Hamilton Nolan
8/09/16 3:11pm
+1 I’ve been saying this for the last 36 years of Olympics watching. Having separate races for different kinds of swimming strokes is the same kind of absurdity as the AKC recognizing 13" and 15" beagles as different varieties of dogs when literally the only difference is their size and they can even come from the same litter — it’s padding the number of awards available.
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  ForTheWinsomeSrynerson
  8/09/16 3:36pm
  Not to any given dog. The same amount of awards are available to the 13" beagle as there would be if you combined the categories.
  
  I do not know how difficult it is to change strokes, so I do not know if this applies to the olympics also. But if this analogy is anything like the previous analogies i’ve encountered in my life, then it should be just as difficult to change strokes as it would be to add or remove 2" to a beagle.
  
  At the Olympic level maybe that is so — maybe some swimmers are born to backstroke and will always lose at other types of swimming.
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  Stevie KnicksForTheWinsome
  8/09/16 4:17pm
  “At the Olympic level maybe that is so — maybe some swimmers are born to backstroke and will always lose at other types of swimming.”
  
  We like to call those worse swimmers where I’m from. That’s like arguing I’m the fastest man alive because I can one foot hop faster than everyone else. Sure that’s a “skill” that I’m better at than anyone else over 100M, but pretending that’s a useful skill is stupid.
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HighlySelassieAlex Pareene and Hamilton Nolan
8/09/16 3:15pm
Last night I was wondering why the dog paddle never made it to the Olympics. I’d watch that.
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  BIMming ItHighlySelassie
  8/09/16 3:41pm
  How about Olympic water-treading?
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  HighlySelassieBIMming It
  8/09/16 3:42pm
  Would watch.
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HodorableAlex Pareene and Hamilton Nolan
8/09/16 3:31pm
Serious question alex and HamNo...

What about weight classes for boxing and other combat sports? I assume this take would also require you to write a take that only the heavyweight division matters? If not, why not?
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  VegemightyHodorable
  8/09/16 3:42pm
  I wonder why only certain sports have weight classes. Why do we care which <56 kg man can lift the most weight, but not which <56 kg can put the shot the furthest? Or the fastest >100 kg marathon or the best post-menarche gymnast?
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  HodorableVegemighty
  8/09/16 3:45pm
  or, oddly, triathlon has just a single distinction for especially large competitors (athenas and clydesdales)
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Ned FreyAlex Pareene and Hamilton Nolan
8/09/16 3:16pm
Ok, nobody tell Hamilton that they actually have walking races at the Olympics.

GIF

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  offensivenameNed Frey
  8/09/16 3:35pm
  In fact, the Olympics already have walking races, and people universally think they’re stupid.
  
  Too late. Someone told him.
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  Ned Freyoffensivename
  8/09/16 4:12pm
  Was that added to the post later, or am I losing my mind? I don’t remember seeing that paragraph the first time I read it.
  
  {Edited to add: Let’s just assume I’m an idiot and I missed it the first time.]
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PeteRRAlex Pareene and Hamilton Nolan
8/09/16 3:06pm
“In fact, many useless and counterproductive activities take “skill” to master.”

Such as Drifting. Aka, the slow way around a road course.
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  ThatFatScatCat fucking loves muddy puddlesPeteRR
  8/09/16 3:18pm
  I know, right? Myth: Busted.
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99Telep☺dpr☹blemsAlex Pareene and Hamilton Nolan
8/09/16 3:05pm
Also, everyone should swim nude and the camera should always be underwater filming their buoyant naughty bits.

#seniorweek
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  Sid M99Telep☺dpr☹blems
  8/09/16 3:14pm
  Actually, I think the Olympics should be permanently in Greece, and all athletes should be nude as they were initially. Make the Olympics great again!
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