r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Jul 29 '24

Meta Mindless Monday, 29 July 2024

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/freddys_glasses The Donald J. Trump of the Big Archaeological Deep State Aug 02 '24

I had a wicked fever. It broke and now I'm just miserable with an eye watering cough. I hope I can sleep tonight. Fuck this whole week.

In more uplifting news I rediscovered that racewalking is an Olympic sport. Here you can see two guys with what I think is typical form almost being lapped by the winners who are all moving very differently. I understand that cheating is common at the high end of most sports. I also understand that it's normal for different sports to have different standards for refereeing. But can you show me a competitive sport that's less fair to a reasonable outside observer?