• JollyG@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Can someone explain to me why this is such a big deal? I have gathered from context the guy who lost was an influencer that people dislike, but that’s really all I know. Is there more to it than that?

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      Not really. He’s a vocal racist douchebag who pretends to be an athlete to chase clout. He engaged in competition with an actual athlete and got immediately and embarrassingly wrecked.

      It’s like if Musk had actually fought Zuckerberg and immediately had his face caved in. I don’t care that the Zucc won, I just care that Elon got his cheeks clapped like a little bitch.

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        He engaged in competition with an actual athlete

        I haven’t been paying much attention, and didn’t even know this fight had happened until after the memes, so I might get some of this wrong. But, from what I gather, the influencer initially planned to fight a boxer who was significantly smaller and lighter, but there were legal issues with that fight. So, instead he arranged to fight Anthony Joshua. Joshua hadn’t fought in something like a year and a half. But, is an actual boxer who hasn’t fully retired.

        The way the fight went, the influencer kept running away until he was too tired to keep running, at which point, finally, the boxer was able to actually start landing punches, and eventually he broke the influencer’s jaw in 2 places.

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          Unfortunately Musk would probably have won.

          Lol, I want some of what you’re smoking. Muskrat wouldn’t stand a chance.

          Elmo may have height/weight on Zucc, but he’s actually been training instead of being out of his mind in ketamine or something.

          Like, just take a look at actual pictures of them. Zucc has a six pack and Melon has a keg and then some. Weight gives you a slight edge, but that edge is worthless if you’re out of shape and don’t know what you’re doing. I hate Zucc, but he’d fucc Muscc up, and even he knows it. That’s why Musky chickened out.

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              Without any circlejerking, Zuckerberg is actually a high level Jiu Jitsu competitor.

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                He competes, last I saw at white belt. And he has beaten (and lost to) other white belts who compete, and for sure we’re looking for a chance to beat one of the richest people in the world. People who don’t train don’t understand how bad they are at fighting. Even a casual white belt competitor in his forties would wreck an overweight 50 year old. It wouldn’t even be close.

                But to say he’s high level is pushing it though. If he keeps training and actually rolling without yes-men, he could become high level. I say that as someone who dislikes him though. But being an asshole doesn’t stop you from being good in Bij plenty of assholes and worse people are amongst the best.

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                For interesting definitions of “high level”. But, whether or not he’s a “high level” competitor, he does actually compete, and he’s willing to lose against more skilled opponents. That’s far more than Musk would ever do.

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          If you think Elon has the coordination to wipe his ass without poking his finger through the tissue for a chocolate pinkie, then I have a bridge to sell you. That’s why he has professional ass-lickers around him 24/7.

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          But doesn’t Zuck actually work out and train with like some kind of martial art or something? And he’s younger? Probably has a healthier lifestyle. I’d still put my money on Zuck.

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      dude is a known toxic masculine Internet personality that is famous for, stupid mean pranks, womanizing, and being an all around piece of shit human.

      dude went into the Aokigahara forest in Japan to ridicule the corpses of people who committed suicide. (edit: this was his brother evidently, but it says a lot about the family doesn’t it?)

      if that doesn’t say what kind of a piece of shit he is, I don’t know what will.