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NancyLebovitz comments on There is no such thing as strength: a parody - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 08 July 2015 10:46:20AM 3 points [-]

I'm taking the parody literally-- a hammer-thrower talks about the ways she is and isn't strong.

http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/page/bodyamandabingson/hammer-thrower-amanda-bingson-says-athletes-come-all-shapes-sizes-espn-magazine-body-issue

Comment author: cousin_it 08 July 2015 03:02:53PM *  2 points [-]

This part is interesting:

But my coach told me that unless I lost 30 pounds there was no room for me on the team. I couldn't lose the weight. I went with my mom to the doctor and we tried to learn all this stuff. I did everything I could and I could not lose it.

Coming from a professional athlete, "I did everything I could" means she tried harder to lose weight than most people can ever imagine. Genetics is so unfair.

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