Technically the US (the country) gets +2 bronzes (Puerto Rico) and China (the country) gets +2 golds and +2 bronzes (Hong Kong)… but this whole comparison is stupid.

Why, exactly, do you think THC and cocaine are illegal for recreational consumption in most of the world? Someone decided one day that they really didn’t like the way it looks?

Not unless you want to die

THC is illegal in most of the world still. It’s like how testing positive for cocaine probably isn’t good for your odds.

Sprinter Erriyon Knighton tested positive for a banned substance that an arbitration panel determined came from contaminated meat, a decision that keeps the 200-meter specialist eligible to run at the upcoming U.S. Olympic trials.

Food contamination is a real issue. It helps that everyone tested positive for the exact same substance in basically the exact same concentration, because usually it’s better to design your doping protocols tailored to each athlete’s body and training. Just intuitively, it’s not exactly standard practice to have your entire Olympic-level team shoot up on steroids at the same exact time.

Nevertheless, the pool isn’t slow: the US set the 1500m free and 4x100 medley women’s records. Meanwhile, WADA has been testing Chinese athletes far more than everyone else.

Edit: just to be clear, I don’t think his spread is even unreasonable in context. Phelps swam a 22.93 50m and a 47.51 100m (1.65s pace difference). Pan swam a 21.92 50m and a 46.40 100m (2.56s pace difference). For reference, Dressel did 50m in 21.04 and 100m in 46.96… but while Dressel is basically specialized at training for short stints, Pan also trains for 400m events so his back half is expected to not fall off as hard anyway (not to the level of Michael “my lactic acid doesn’t build up” Phelps, though).

Because the mods on this community would rather choose a source that they agree with than a source that’s reliable.

This is a really well-reasoned response… Which probably means the mods will ignore it

There’s a reason lemmy.ml mocks MBFC daily lmao

When your community is built from Redditors it’s sort of bound to happen

Well, it’s more that the mods know that people don’t have an alternative

Because it’s free money for MBFC

The mods on this community have always had a rather unhealthy relationship with MBFC

Let’s see if this sticks… nothing else has really been able to stall recent Russian advances.

The only winners in this war have been the Chinese drone part makers on Alibaba and the intermediaries in the Middle East/Central Asia buying those parts and reselling them to Ukraine/Russia.

Newsweek has such shit journalism, man:

Yemen’s Houthi rebels continued their attacks in the Red Sea by targeting two tankers in 24 hours, including a vessel carrying Russian oil likely heading to Asia, where China is the region’s largest buyer.

That’s the only justification given… Even though, y’know, India has been the largest buyer of seaborne Russian oil since the sanctions and is also, shockingly, in Asia. Meanwhile, it’s summer and the Northern Sea Route is viable, cutting the transport distance almost in half.

Are you? You don’t seem to be listening.

If you refuse to read what Castro actually said, that’s hardly my problem.

Weren’t ships declaring CHINESE CREW AND OWNER on AIS and successfully traversing the strait? That’s what I remember browsing the AIS tracker sites a few weeks ago

Good, now read what Castro actually said on the issue (when he wasn’t busy being assassinated by the CIA).

How does lowering down payment requirements from 50% (!!!) prop up a market? It tweaks the demand curve a tiny bit, but like I said it’s towards engineering a soft landing. I told you that the central government is trying to engineer a soft landing. What evidence do you have that disproves this?

Investors (who could afford to buy multiple homes) lose money. How terrible.

Look back at your original comment and come back. Read carefully, like they taught you in primary school.