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Sitting in a pub having a pint over a bowl of their kick ass chili watching Womens Gymnastics and this thought occurred to me. (hexbear.net)
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When I was young (early nineties) I remember among all the other internalized queerphobia one thing even then I found very silly:

Mens Gymnastics (especially at lower levels) was always made the butt of jokes by toxic masculinity but my sister got to a point where was getting so jacked she could definitely kick my ass and she was 4 years younger and I was definitely pretty athletic from skateboarding.

Male gymnasts could very easily kick average chuds ass savagely.

TL;DR AGAB all gymnasts are Badasses. Terrifying even, if you think about it.

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[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah top two people I would never want to have to fight (outside of blood sports) are gymnasts and skaters and its really a tossup between the two. I'm sure we have all seen the infamous Mike Vallely fight video.

[–] CocteauChameleons@hexbear.net 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I mean I wouldn't want to mess with a new jersey / new york baseballer

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

blood sports

Combat sports?