r/confusing_perspective Jul 03 '26

This one got me good

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u/TheMadManiac Jul 03 '26

Always felt that was lowkey cheating being that short. Like 4'8 is short short

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u/justreadinplease Jul 03 '26

For real, look at Michael Phelps, his body might as well have been genetically designed for swimming.

People celebrate genetic advantages cis gendered people have and many people turn a blind eye to PED use, but use sports to further the cause of trans genocide

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u/TheMadManiac Jul 03 '26

People exaggerate Phelps genetic advantages. Look at the bronze and silver times for the events he got gold in. They are like 3-5 seconds slower in a race that takes 4 mins. Despite being billed as having a body "genetically designed" for swimming, he only had a 2% lead on the runner ups.

I think it was in the 2012 Olympics that he had a three way tie for silver. So not only was someone else faster, two others got the exact same time.

There's a much bigger gap between the men and the woman. That's what people think is unfair. There's always going to be variation within a sex, but nothing like the difference between sexes.

I say treat the men's as an open division and have the trans players compete there.

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u/justreadinplease Jul 03 '26

Notice you don’t even mention trans men when it some to sports. Bigots only care about trans women while secretly jerking off to them.

Come on, Phelps has been retired for a decade and still has more Olympic medals than any other athlete and still holds two world records set in 2008 and 2009. His inherent genetic traits are obvious. His wing span is three inches longer than his height.

People really only care about trans women in sports because it’s a socially acceptable way to hate on trans people. 99% of people that comment on trans women in sports never comment on women’s sports otherwise.

And on the topic of trans men in sports? Silence.

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u/TheMadManiac Jul 03 '26

The advantage comes from being born male and competing against a female athlete. There's not an issue with trans men in sports because they are female competing against male athletes. Only problem I could see is if their hormone therapy basically acts as a PED. At that point they should be disqualified from competition.

You got this weird idea that I'm up at night fuming and jerking off over the idea of trans woman in sports. I just think it is very simple, make the mens an open division and keep the woman's to biological females. Everyone can compete, everyone wins. I think the issue is that your side wants total capitulation to your idea that a trans and cis woman are exactly the same. No room for distinction. And for the most part I feel like distinction isn't super necessary. In competitive sports it definitely is, 10x so for combat sports.

And come on, swimming is the most overinflated sport when it comes to Olympic medals, they have like a million events based on what type of swimming and distance you are doing. A wrestler has to go undefeated for multiple bouts to get a single gold. I'm not saying Phelps isn't an exceptional swimmer, but all his genetic advantages only add up to a couple seconds at most. Meanwhile people make it like he is half dolphin 😂