Comment on Olympic casual GigaChad

random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  wins silver at Olymics with a gear disadvantage “not that impressive” 🤡

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  • random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    So by your logic silver is something not often won by anyone in Olympics?

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    • CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      In 2020 there were 448 events at the Olympics, let’s round up to 450. Each event gives 3 medals, for a total of 1350 medals. The Olympics are held every four years, so that 337.5 medals are awarded in an average year.

      There are about 8.1 billion people in the world. On average, 0.000004 % of the worlds population receives an Olympic medal each year.

      If this were a completely random yearly lottery, and you lived for 100 years, you would have about a 0.0004 % chance of winning an Olympic medal in your lifetime.

      I would count myself lucky if I won that by the time I was 50.

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      • PeterLossGeorgeWall@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Just to be a total pendant, some of the events give two bronzes, e.g. boxing. It won’t change the conclusion of your comment of course.

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      • iAvicenna@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        no no you see, there are hundreds of people who got silver medals, it is not a big deal.

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    • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      yes

      literally only one person can get silver in each category every 4 years? per 8 billion people out there

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      • random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        …but the comment was about quality and quantity of the disadvantage, not about winning silver in Olympics.

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    • RaoulDook@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      How many medals do you have?

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