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[–] 31 points 4 months ago (6 children)

…While intentionally shortening their lives and destroying their bodies.

Contact sports! Yay!

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  • [–] 58 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    There are a lot of people who destroy their bodies and shorten their lives for less than a multi-million dollar paycheck. I don't blame the players, I blame the system that leads them to this end. A poor kid who is good at football can pull their entire family out of poverty by taking a few blows to the head. It's not an individual's fault for choosing that.

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    The problem is that it's easier to be a brain-damaged, ex-player millionaire than a brilliant scientist millionaire. This country shits on intelligence and worships entertainment

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Define easier... Being a brilliant scientist (or engineer) will get you comfortably a mid-6-figure job in and research lab. That will make you a millionaire in about a decade if you are responsible with your savings, and there's tens of thousands of those in the world, maybe hundreds.

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