If you took all the runners, gymnasts, and weightlifters and time-transported them back to ye olde days, people would think they were superhuman. Or witches/warlocks, whichevs.

But I have seen a man say goodbye to a shoe.

I’m not black, but I felt so proud of them. It’s like how when I watch Love Actually I feel patriotic for Britain.

I am a goddamn expert on gymnastics every four years.

I’ve never watched a single episode of DWTS. I will watch if Simone is on it.

Slash hilarious.

Sigh. I’ll get my dismiss finger ready.

Yeah, I was being sarcastic. I made that very point in several other posts.

Lmao I read that as “manly white cis women” and thought it seemed oddly transphobic.

TRUE. I retract my comment entirely!

Yeah, I was referring to the incredibly upsetting Caitlyn/Bette comments.

Usain Bolt IS a story of athletic and competitive prowess.

That is a fair and reasonable point.

I see. I wasn’t aware of that.

Of course, apparently people here would be defending her murder if she were someone they didn’t like and someone they liked committed it.

If the way people view Jenner as a trans person hurts you personally as a trans person, then it means that you are in the same league as she is, i.e. different from 99.9% of trans people out there.

What ever the rational, what ever the fairness, the bottom line is this, from the standpoint of competitive drama the inclusion of Caster Semenya makes this the least compelling of all Olympic events.

#LynseyWithTheBadTime

They really, really are. Same shit that’s lobbed against Venus and Serena.