Sweden knew Canada’s Marc Kennedy was a notorious cheater.

So they set up a camera at the ‘hog line’ to record it.

And caught him doing it at the Olympics.

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    • Sickos [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      4 months ago
      Why do people cheat to win?

      Winning is good. Winning means you’re better. If these drugs will make me better, I will use them. If this technique is better, and the rule against it is never enforced, I must use it. It is better. I must be better.

      • Sickos [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        4 months ago
        Why do people cheat to win sports?

        The previous, combined with a lack of understanding of the source of the rules of sport. Or combined with the understanding of the limits of enforcement within the sport.

        The UFC “community” hellhole has several different takes on eye gouging.

        • Eye gouging is dangerous and should be against the rules.
        • Eye gouging is against the rules it just isn’t enforced
        • Refs should start enforcing the eye gouging rule
        • Eye gouging is illegal and he should be arrested
        • it’s just a move and fighters can train to block it
        • Everyone is eye gouging you’d be a fool not to
        • If I can gouge eyes, I’m going to gouge eyes
        • OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO EYE GOUGE, OTHERWISE YOU LOSE
        • I HAVE TO EYE GOUGE HIM BECAUSE OTHERWISE HE’LL EYE GOUGE ME
        • The fighters signed contracts waiving bodily harm, he has to be okay with this, he knew it was coming

        These all support cheating. These all lead to lines of reasoning that support cheating.

        The only take I haven’t come across is:

        • Holy shit why would any sport ever need a formal rule about gouging someone’s eyes obviously that would never be okay in literally any circumstance that isn’t actual life or death how is this a recurring problem what the fuck is wrong with all of you you all deserve to die in a pit
        • Sickos [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Why do people want to cheat to win at sports?

          Everyone else is doing it

          If this is true, adapt the rules. Sports are allowed to change.

          They want to be better, more, to grow

          Internal drive. Important, good. Placing more value on this than on the sport, not so much.

          They want to be the best

          Still not bad, from my perspective, because I feel this very deeply. I acknowledge that’s not a valid reason, “I feel this because I feel this”. It’s not at all a universal feeling or experience. Emotion, not logic.

          They want to be better than everyone else

          I swear this is different than the previous statement. Pride vs envy. Pride is good. Envy is bad.

          They can get away with it

          Blame the refs, blame the sport, blame the fans, blame whatever it takes to disown the conscious choice to cheat

          They have to because everyone else is cheating

          The response to a lack of enforcement of the rules is not to break the same rule yourself; that just propagates the problem.

          The solution is to Eɴꜰᴏʀᴄᴇ the rules yourself. The rules no longer apply. There must be a Pᴇɴᴀʟᴛʏ. The Pᴇɴᴀʟᴛʏ is that THE RULES NO LONGER APPLY.

          There must be a reminder of why the rules were put into place.

          IF I DON'T CHEAT HE WILL

          This is the most broken, problematic one. It’s lashing out in fear. It’s a complete misunderstanding of the purpose and benefits of sports.

          Cheating is fun

          Folks like getting away with things. Some part of the brain produces happy chemicals. People chase happy chemicals. Practically an addiction.