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The Enhanced Games: Like the Olympics, but steroids are allowed (www.bbc.com)

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The first ever Enhanced Games are taking place this weekend in Las Vegas, with big names, big money and much controversy.

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[–] megopie@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

I wouldn’t even say it’s all that controversial? It’s just… really dumb?

Like ok, yah, if it was a no holds bar “everything is on the table, get your meth ready” then maybe it would be controversial.

But like, they’re not allowing anything illegal, for obvious reasons, and they’re not allowing anything that the insurance for the event won’t allow. So… the actual list of things allowed here that’s not allowed at other events is pretty short, and most of it isn’t all that potent.

Oh, and they’re run by a DTC supplement company… that this is basically a giant ad for…

Like the whole thing is a grift, they’re playing up how “controversial” it is for the marketing, but like, no one’s trying to stop them? It’s a low rent knock off sports event trying to market its self on edginess.