The Charlotte Dujardin horse-whipping scandal puts dressage’s Olympic future at risk (www.independent.co.uk)
from BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 24 Jul 2024 15:52
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Doom@ttrpg.network on 24 Jul 2024 15:56 next collapse

Animals shouldn’t be part of any sport. Sports are for spoiled fucks anyway

God I hate people

AmidFuror@fedia.io on 24 Jul 2024 17:29 next collapse

Art, sports, leisure, entertainment all need to be banned. They distract the worker from his task of serving the people.

yesman@lemmy.world on 24 Jul 2024 18:05 next collapse

vwls r dcdnt!

AmidFuror@fedia.io on 24 Jul 2024 18:08 collapse

Srr. M bd.

MartianSands@sh.itjust.works on 24 Jul 2024 18:33 next collapse

It’s amazing that people seem to be taking this comment literally

AmidFuror@fedia.io on 24 Jul 2024 18:47 collapse

Always hard to tell if they don't know it's a joke or they just find the joke unfunny. I've had much worse lately.

weew@lemmy.ca on 25 Jul 2024 18:21 collapse

Art, sports, leisure, entertainment all need to be banned. They distract the worker from his task of serving the people CEO.

polonius-rex@kbin.run on 24 Jul 2024 17:52 next collapse

Animals shouldn't be part of any sport.

cool

Sports are for spoiled fucks anyway

unhinged

yesman@lemmy.world on 24 Jul 2024 18:00 next collapse

I don’t agree that sports are for spoiled fucks, but dressage definitely is. The barrier to entry makes golf look egalitarian.

polonius-rex@kbin.run on 24 Jul 2024 18:01 collapse

The barrier to entry

to be fair, this barrier mostly comes from the necessity to involve a horse in the routine, so if the olympics starts allowing pantomime horses as a replacement we're in business

AbidanYre@lemmy.world on 24 Jul 2024 18:24 next collapse

You mean a dude following someone around with a coconut?

polonius-rex@kbin.run on 24 Jul 2024 18:27 collapse

no

AbidanYre@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 13:29 collapse

I’m not sure what I expected, but this is better.

JacksonLamb@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 01:03 next collapse

I would actually watch dressage if it only had pantomime horses.

JustZ@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 15:26 collapse

Or other animals. I don’t see why you can’t bring any animal you want to the animal dance. Yeah sure like maybe an alligator won’t make a very good dancer, but why would somebody bring a partner that has no chance of winning?

GBU_28@lemm.ee on 24 Jul 2024 21:00 collapse

Canned Lemmy, arrives tainted

Tinks@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 12:24 collapse

Eh, I don’t agree. Sports are a good way for people to get exercise and recreation time in, which are vital for mental and physical health. There are definitely ways to incorporate animals into sports that the animals enjoy and is also good for their mental and physical well-being. We just need to collectively stop being shitty stewards of our animal companions.

Doom@ttrpg.network on 26 Jul 2024 02:22 collapse

Sports for fun cool

Sports for money awful

trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world on 24 Jul 2024 16:00 next collapse

Can we also disqualify the person who made that website have a hovering video that can’t be removed on mobile?

c0smokram3r@midwest.social on 24 Jul 2024 17:16 next collapse

That’s where the real whipping belongs 🤭

Empricorn@feddit.nl on 24 Jul 2024 18:11 collapse

No such issue using Firefox + U-block Origin.

trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 05:02 collapse

I am using Firefox mobile with U-block Origin.

WindyRebel@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 11:47 next collapse

If you’re on iOS, every browser is basically a reskinned Safari. They all have to use WebKit

trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 15:00 collapse

I’m on Android though

WindyRebel@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 15:00 collapse

Got it. Wasn’t sure which is why I put that.

Empricorn@feddit.nl on 25 Jul 2024 15:31 next collapse

Huh. I believe you, just not sure why we’re seeing different things. Maybe update/reset Ubluck Origin, especially if you’re having issues on other sites? I see the video, but it doesn’t autoplay or give for me. Maybe some kind of A/B testing…

systemglitch@lemmy.world on 29 Jul 2024 06:50 collapse

Then you have it configured wrong.

itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml on 24 Jul 2024 16:19 next collapse

Oh no not dressage

aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 24 Jul 2024 16:41 next collapse

Just looking at her puts a stain on her reputation, and the Olympics.

solsangraal@lemmy.zip on 24 Jul 2024 17:46 next collapse

i had to look up “dressage.” that it’s dumb and pointless doesn’t matter, but apparently it’s not possible without animal abuse? people are so fucking stupid

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works on 24 Jul 2024 21:21 collapse

Arguably all Olympic sports are dumb and pointless and don’t matter.

I will accept my internet chastisement now.

solsangraal@lemmy.zip on 24 Jul 2024 21:55 collapse

i mean i agree, i don’t watch or follow a single sport, olympic or not.

but whipping animals for showing off stupid horse tricks just seems dumber and pointlesser to me…i say the same thing about dog shows, but at least i don’t hear about dogs being whipped for it

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 02:23 collapse

Robotics.

They’re also learning some fairly advanced engineering. So it’s fair from pointless

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works on 24 Jul 2024 21:20 next collapse

Good thing we have a ready replacement in the wings

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcTYV7GxDfg

runeko@programming.dev on 24 Jul 2024 23:08 next collapse

That’s lucky. youtu.be/o-50GjySwew?feature=shared

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works on 24 Jul 2024 23:35 collapse

If only I had the moves

JustZ@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 15:28 collapse

Wtf

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works on 25 Jul 2024 15:39 collapse

The scary part is that it’s totally real

xc2215x@lemmy.world on 24 Jul 2024 21:41 next collapse

I can see why.

cosmicrookie@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 03:35 next collapse

I thought they removed the part with the horses since the pentathlon incident during the last olympics

EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee on 25 Jul 2024 05:10 collapse

I’m not sure it’s possible to remove the horses from the competitive horse dancing event.

cosmicrookie@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 07:15 next collapse

Ah my bad. I assumed it was that case. In pentathlon they get assigned a horse that they don’t know and need to perform more or less with a stranger. There was a case of an athlete whipping that horse like crazy last Olympic because it wouldn’t do what she wanted

JustZ@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 15:24 collapse

This just reminded me that there’s an amusement park near where I grew up where back in like the twenties and '30s and stuff, the idea of entertainment was to force a horse to run up a giant ramp out above a lake, maybe 50 feet up and have it jump into the water as a high diving horse.

Madison420@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 17:53 collapse

Horse diving, it’s still a thing just extremely uncommon and highly defended but the like 5 people that still do it.

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 11:15 collapse

I think synchronised horse swimming has been nixed already.

madcaesar@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 08:19 next collapse

Horses are such amazing creatures. Whipping them is equivalent to whipping children. This lady needs a good paddling.

lepinkainen@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 14:10 collapse

Unless she likes it, then she shouldn’t get one

kemsat@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 15:22 next collapse

That crap shouldn’t be in the Olympics. Do the horses get the metal? Cause they’re the ones doing the impressive stuff.

systemglitch@lemmy.world on 29 Jul 2024 06:48 collapse

Medal.

theyoyomaster@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 16:27 next collapse

What does the article say? I’m on mobile and even with DNS Adblock all I get is a super loud Ford commercial that links me away from the article if I try to stop it.

TAG@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 17:49 collapse

The core issue with dressage is that they are putting the medal on the wrong neck. The horse is doing all of the work, they deserve all of the credit. Yes, being a dressage rider is (probably) hard work, but so is being a jokey or a wrestling coach. Also, all animal training facilities should automatically be on animal cruelty watch lists and subject to random inspections.