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Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken' finance system (2024)

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Re: Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken' finance system (2024)

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Post by grecy »

nothercastle wrote: post #17
grecy wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One third of all donations on GoFundMe are for medical expenses. [1] the very vast majority of that must be Americans. I’m staggered how many Americans are steadfastly against socialized healthcare for all, but immediately turn to GoFundMe in desperation when their insurance tells them to take a hike. I can’t help thinking “just do that for everyone” [1] https://time.com/5516037/gofundme-medical-bills-one-third-ce...

If you have a non emergency procedure and you are short of cash it seems like medical tourism would be a better choice

It seems like Americans have a knack for coming up with the most convoluted ways of accessing healthcare that are still expensive and inconvenient. Your idea still require paying out of pocket, requires taking unpaid time off work, flights, relying on the healthcare system of a foreign country and more.

That is the worst possible "healthcare" situation I can imagine.

Dozens of countries have shown you pay a lot less and get much better outcomes [1] when you just provide healthcare to everyone all the time, the same way high school, roads and street lights are provided.

Why wouldn't you want that? Why on earth would you think flying to some foreign country is a better solution?

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Life_expectancy_vs_heal...

Re: Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken' finance system (2024)

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Post by grecy »

hypeatei wrote: post #35
grecy wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One third of all donations on GoFundMe are for medical expenses. [1] the very vast majority of that must be Americans. I’m staggered how many Americans are steadfastly against socialized healthcare for all, but immediately turn to GoFundMe in desperation when their insurance tells them to take a hike. I can’t help thinking “just do that for everyone” [1] https://time.com/5516037/gofundme-medical-bills-one-third-ce...

> in desperation when their insurance tells them to take a hike. Socialized healthcare is good because it doesn't mean you're tied to a job or worried about in/out network hospitals. But, care would still be rationed as it doesn't magically provide us with infinite resources. I just like to point this out since there are very good arguments for socialized care in the US, but this isn't one of them.

Absolutely you are 100% correct.

Socialized healthcare is not perfect.

But it is much, much better that what the US has now. Every other developed country spends vastly less and gets much better health outcomes. [1]

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Adopt socialized healthcare now, even though it is imperfect, and then work on improving it as time goes on. That is the path to making stuff better.

[1] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy-vs-health...

Re: Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken' finance system (2024)

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Post by throw678937 »

kgilpin wrote: post #55
a2tech wrote: post #14

This is the reality of building your life around sport—-there’s basically no money in it unless you’re on the extreme edge. I wish people would stop dumping their entire life’s energy into chasing it—-do something more useful like stamping parts out in a factory. Olympic athletes are stunningly focused achievers—I’d love to see that energy and drive applied to something that mattered.

Sports is entertainment. It inspires people and brings joy. It brings people together. It sets positive examples of the rewards that can come from consistent effort and teamwork. Athletes are people making the most of the gifts they’ve been given. This is all laudable.

To me there's something more than just entertainment in the idea of sport, of finding the limits of the human body and will. It's almost like art—it's evidence of human flourishing and it should appear as one of the final products of a successful society.

Re: Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken' finance system (2024)

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Post by cjs_ac »

rererereferred wrote: post #33
TriangleEdge wrote: post #10

Opinion: I stopped thinking the olympics was cool when I saw a 14 year old win gold in diving. Now I think it's a business exploiting people for money. Like any other business, if they don't like it they can stop doing it. Sports has a bad ROI on average afaik.

Then you see the Australian breakdancer and you see they are all in it for the fun.

Nah, she's grifting now too. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c938l80ekejo

Re: Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken' finance system (2024)

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Post by gregors »

a2tech wrote: post #14

This is the reality of building your life around sport—-there’s basically no money in it unless you’re on the extreme edge. I wish people would stop dumping their entire life’s energy into chasing it—-do something more useful like stamping parts out in a factory. Olympic athletes are stunningly focused achievers—I’d love to see that energy and drive applied to something that mattered.

>>>> there’s basically no money in it

Who cares there's no money in it? Lots of things that have been corrupted with money are also hardly worth pursuing.

Re: Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken' finance system (2024)

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Post by vermilingua »

gregors wrote: post #76
a2tech wrote: post #14

This is the reality of building your life around sport—-there’s basically no money in it unless you’re on the extreme edge. I wish people would stop dumping their entire life’s energy into chasing it—-do something more useful like stamping parts out in a factory. Olympic athletes are stunningly focused achievers—I’d love to see that energy and drive applied to something that mattered.

>>>> there’s basically no money in it Who cares there's no money in it? Lots of things that have been corrupted with money are also hardly worth pursuing.

If you’re asking the question, you clearly don’t have to worry about money. For most it’s a question of survival.

Re: Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken' finance system (2024)

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Post by gregors »

vermilingua wrote: post #77
gregors wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>>>> there’s basically no money in it Who cares there's no money in it? Lots of things that have been corrupted with money are also hardly worth pursuing.

If you’re asking the question, you clearly don’t have to worry about money. For most it’s a question of survival.

You clearly come from a country without a social safety net. Most people never make it to the olympics much less professional sports. So all the people who don't make it die? No they transition into other industries.Trying and failing is much better than never trying at all. Long live the dreamers and artists.

Re: Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken' finance system (2024)

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Post by AngryData »

a2tech wrote: post #14

This is the reality of building your life around sport—-there’s basically no money in it unless you’re on the extreme edge. I wish people would stop dumping their entire life’s energy into chasing it—-do something more useful like stamping parts out in a factory. Olympic athletes are stunningly focused achievers—I’d love to see that energy and drive applied to something that mattered.

Define "something that mattered", because over half the stuff posted on hackernews is a complete waste of time and effort if your only real metric is profitability. The vast majority of "hacking" in general is of negative financial value.
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