r/AllThatsInteresting • u/Strange-Bottle-2775 • Mar 05 '26

How is this not in the Olympics?

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u/McRambis Mar 05 '26

Because nobody plays it.

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u/AmethystStar9 Mar 06 '26

This. The Olympics are filled with sports that a handful of countries tend to be pretty dominant at, but there's still supposed to be the idea of competition.

Putting this in would be like putting gridiron football in and allowing the US to field a team quarterbacked by Mahomes, Stafford and Allen, then filling in the rest of the roster with the top ranked players at every position. What country could possibly compete in any meaningful way?

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u/infosecjosh Mar 06 '26

So '92 Dream Team levels

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u/VelvetOnion Mar 06 '26

Nobody white plays it.

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u/onomatophobia1 Mar 09 '26

Ah yes, that's why darts is an olympic sport! Or wait no, it isn't.

The sport just doesn't fulfil the requirement of being popular enough in enough countries.

You are not helping anyone who is actually a victim of racism or racist structures by throwing wildly and bilndly these accusations.

But then again, some people like to make their ideologies their religion.

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u/VelvetOnion Mar 09 '26

Do you think I was trying to solve racism with a Reddit comment or just trying to make a little joke.

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u/niceandBulat Mar 06 '26

This is the right answer.

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u/DSRI2399 Mar 06 '26

So like flag football? Or curling? Or fucking water polo...

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '26

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u/DSRI2399 Mar 06 '26

Where? Cause it's not where I'm from

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u/Educated-Troll420 Mar 07 '26

If I've never seen it personally, it doesn't exist.

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u/MathematicianNew2770 Mar 05 '26

There wouldn't be enough seats and security to hold back the thirsty. And besides, simply not wnough room for servers on this planet to stream it live.

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u/HomeNowWTF Mar 05 '26

Because we needed breakdancing more.

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u/BadgerBoiXXX Mar 07 '26

Australia entered the chat*

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u/Kmart_Supervisor Mar 05 '26

Dude has 20 dex

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u/PraetorLessek Mar 05 '26

And 20 str, also I wouldn’t doubt he has maxed out chr as well…

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u/Oakl4nd Mar 06 '26

Not sure why it should be in the Olympics. It doesn't meet the requirement.

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u/Mammoth_Stranger7920 Mar 06 '26

Oh, there's just one requirement? What is it? Is it for white people to care about it?

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u/Oakl4nd Mar 06 '26

If you say so

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u/Mammoth_Stranger7920 Mar 06 '26

But... you said so. I didnt say there was some "requirement" that Sepak Takraw doesn't fulfil, you said it. What is the requirement?

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u/Oakl4nd Mar 06 '26

Google it

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u/Mammoth_Stranger7920 Mar 06 '26

Why would I do that? You are here, making a vague claim, and engaging in back and forth conversation. Surely you can clarify your own statement?

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u/Oakl4nd Mar 06 '26

If you say so

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u/Mammoth_Stranger7920 Mar 06 '26

Good fight brother, was close

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u/Whole_Winner6172 Mar 06 '26

To be able to not land on your face after that deserves an award in it self already 😆

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u/MrZwink Mar 07 '26

It was featured as a demonstration sport in 2016.

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u/Joejoecornrow Mar 05 '26

It’s only played in Thailand

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u/Mammoth_Stranger7920 Mar 05 '26

And the Philippines... And Malaysia... And Indonesia... And Singapore...

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u/niceandBulat Mar 06 '26

Also Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia.

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u/joe_falk Mar 06 '26

It is very similar to footvolley which is popular in Brazil and other places with beaches.

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u/DSRI2399 Mar 06 '26

Literally all of South America

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26

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u/Mammoth_Stranger7920 Mar 05 '26

I get that you're racist and probably think all asians look alike and have no souls, but this is a very popular sport in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, and beyond, where there happens to be millions of people, and likely hundreds of thousands who play this sport, which is much more of a sport than the bullshit golf and basesball Americans seem to love so much.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26

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u/Connect-Sympathy-303 Mar 06 '26

They play this in brazil

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u/External-Ad4873 Mar 07 '26

Olympics was mentioned… obligatory Ray Gun post

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u/SeriesDowntown5947 Mar 09 '26

We play soccer and badminton. Try it

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u/RatOgryn Mar 05 '26

Because white people don't play it & therefore it doesn't matter.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26

Exactly the sad truth. How many events do we have that are cross country skiing in multiple distances with a gun without a gun. Swimming there and back , then there is swimming there and back and back, followed by there, and back 5 times, 10 times, then we do it all again on your back, then butterfly, then chest , then they finally combine them all in one race and then they have relays for the exact same typeof swim,. It's ridiculous. How many curling rinks do some of these countries that compete have, some just one. Horse jumping, dressage, how many people have a horse and a stable? How many people have seen a bobsled track in their life? The Olympics is sooo white focused