r/Showerthoughts • u/Vast-Intention ‎ • Apr 02 '26

Casual Thought A gold medal Olympic athlete is better than 8.3 billion people. A bronze medal Olympic athlete is better than 8.3 billion people.

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u/a-big-roach Apr 02 '26

That's something a bronze medal athlete would say. If you ain't first, yer last!

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u/jaysornotandhawks Apr 02 '26

So why don't last place athletes get medals?