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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
drdemonprince
drdemonprince

It seems like a variety of gender equity issues in sports could be at least partially addressed by making events gender neutral but introducing weight/height classes (or the equivalent).

honey-stick

Yeah! It would be cool to have different height divisions for things like basketball where you're pretty much barred from playing on any team in schools or professionally if you're under like 5'10"

drdemonprince

you're right on the money because this idea occurred to me this morning as i was fantasizing about Short King Basketball

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Like MMA, it would probably make for a more exciting game in the lower weight/height categories. Heavy weight fights are (generally) slower paced because you have bigger individuals with (generally) bigger muscles. People with bigger muscles (generally) focus on power and not speed which leads to slower fights that rely on grappling and overcoming your opponent through brute strength.

Medium and light weight fights are more focused on speed and agility and out maneuvering your opponent. There is still grappling but not as much as higher weight categories. Many people like these fights more because more moves are happening.

The same might happen with basketball. Lower height basketball wouldn’t have hardly any dunking, picking, or defensive strategies based on size. It would probably rely heavily, again, on speed, agility, passing, and shooting. Basketball is already a very fast game but it might become even more intense!

drdemonprince

omg those short kings would be movin

trying to imagine how other sports would be altered by different types of competitors' bodies too. like shit man, let's make some fucking bobsled runs and luges that fat people can compete on. it would be cool as hell and they could go way fast

starblaster
five-thousand-loaves-of-bread

“suicide prevention :)” that do nothing but tell you you not allow kill self, physical mental chain you here, but sit back laugh and help change nothing else. useless. and probably make suicidal person even more hopeless even more want die.

stabilization phase for crises. important. but if way do that is only “kill self is bad,” and stabilization without follow up—throw person back to environment people systemic who cause want die first place. useless.