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haunte ,

Yeah, well, Earth got zero medals in this years Venusian Flame Games. Why not make a chart about that, huh?

Seigest ,
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Still shocked they kicked out Pluto over a doping scandal.

r00ty Admin ,
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What about Omicron Persei 8? Surely they got some medal in the human eating contest?

ShinkanTrain ,

Neptune hasn’t won a single medal since Phelps retired

TowardsTheFuture ,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mAdTIufzpk

Zachariah ,
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see it’s funny because global can either mean “of the globe” or “of globes”

anhkagi ,
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why is mercure second and all other planets not on the podium ?

moody ,

They haven’t finished yet, and third place is still TBD

tissek ,

Why is mercury ranked second despite having the same number of medals (zero) as the unranked ones? Who did Mercury pay off for this “mistake” to happen? Is big Mercury subtly trying to influence our perception of them?

crazybrain ,
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Those “unranked” ones are actually tied for second place.

SuperEars ,

I was thinking the OC could’ve (should’ve) started some shit by putting them in order by distance from the sun as they are now, except for putting Saturn before Mercury. And then enjoy the hand wringing.

index ,

It’s not, other planets aren’t wasting a cent and increasing their pollution for this farce and corrupted event. You win the olympics by not participating.

SuperEars ,

Upvote for a quality zoo exhibit

Vitaly ,
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For now…

fartripper ,

This is so insensitive. None of those planets sent any representatives for at least the last 12 years and you aren’t even acknowledging why.

lugal ,

From what my history teacher tought me, the ancient Olympic games might have been inspired by people from other planets than earth, but I think outside the solar system

sasquash ,

are the other planets even trying?

Wizard_Pope ,
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Were there so many shared 3rd places?

missphant ,
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Sports like boxing come to mind where 3rd place isn’t fought for, it’s just bronze for both losers of the semifinals.

Wizard_Pope ,
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Ah okay makes sense

Eheran ,

Why are they not all the same number? Multiple people got the same medal? Why is this so much more often with bronze?

lugal ,

Iirc judo always gives two bronze medals but I’m not sure if this is the case in the Olympics as well. Maybe other disciplines do the same. And according to the metric, it might be possible to have the same points and therefore share one medal.

Gold having 1 more is weird because you would expect no silver if two have gold and therefore a difference of 2. Maybe in one weight class there only qualified one person and got the medal by default?

De_Narm ,

Contest #1: 2 Gold - 0 Silver - 1 Bronze

Contest #2: 1 Gold - 2 Silver - 0 Bronze

Having one gold more makes perfect sense if you look at multiple contests.

emergencyfood , (edited )

Gold having 1 more is weird because you would expect no silver if two have gold and therefore a difference of 2.

Vinesh Phogat was disqualified for being overweight during the weigh-in of the 50kg women’s wrestling final. Her opponent got gold, and both losing semifinalists got bronze.

It became a big controversy in India because she had been <50kg for every match until then, and she had previously protested against the wrestling federation - which chose her dietician and other staff - for covering up sexual assault cases.

grue ,

Iirc judo always gives two bronze medals but I’m not sure if this is the case in the Olympics as well.

It is (I watched an Olympics judo event).

kamen ,

Miss Universe has always been won by someone from Earth. Coincidence?

lugal ,

I did some digging and the jury is also always from that planet and also quite racist. It’s not only always someone from earth but also from the human race.

That’s why analyzing power structures is so crucial. I don’t believe that they actively exclude non earthers or non humans, but the jury is more likely to choose their own kind and the people putting together the jury are as well.

Iirc there is a strategy in the US in one team sport for management to have a quota, not in outcome but the shortlist has to contain one non human (or non white, I’m not sure) and that alone raised the outcome because it made people seen that were invisible for the committee before.

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