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my unpopular opinion is that they are a waste of time and effort.

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[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Honestly, not to be mean or anything, BUT, this sorta reeks of "I don't like it so nobody else should."

This is a type of mentality that I believe to be highly negative and frankly kinda toxic. Your welcome to your opinion, but I really don't think the many many hours, days, weeks, months, and years of effort, training and planning that goes into those who both run and participate in the Olympics is a waste of time and effort.

Also we live in a world that you can just block or ignore anything you don't particularly care for.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

"...so nobody else should"

I don't think OP ever said that, nor did they imply it. I interpret OP's unpopular opinion as nothing more than "it's not for me".

But I guess there is some room for ambiguity.

Sure, but plenty of things I don't like I still wouldn't call a waste of time and effort.

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