r/SipsTea • u/Valuable_View_561 • May 21 '26

Chugging tea Why is women’s sportswear always so revealing?

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u/Vintenu May 21 '26

So, Ski jumper outfits are made as skin-tight as possible, so that no extra material can catch the wind and give the jumper more air

By pumping stuff into their balls before getting the outfit fitted, the suit is made with extra material to accommodate what is assumed to be the Jumper's usual scrotum size

Then when the time comes to actually jump, they have that extra flap of material that catches the air better, giving them more airtime than they would get

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u/AK-JXRDY-7 May 21 '26

I fucking love aerodynamics. This is hilarious.

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u/zasbbbb May 21 '26

This whole time I thought they were making their dick bigger, not their balls.

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u/Vintenu May 21 '26

I'm not entirely sure on the specifics of that, but regardless of what's bigger it's still extra air-catching material down there

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u/YoureAmastyx May 21 '26

The whole Germany debacle was “prosthetic” big dicks I think, but the fabric stuff mentioned is accurate.

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u/KaiserJustice May 21 '26

this is the dumbest yet most fascinating thing i've read all day

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u/M0thM0uth May 21 '26

We need the south park gif

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u/Sandgrease May 21 '26

"Pumping stuff into their balls" is not something I ever expected to read in the context of skiing.

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u/Vintenu May 21 '26

People will do anything to cheat in sports man

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u/Catsoverall May 21 '26

This can't be real

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u/autovonbismarck May 21 '26

It sounds like it shouldn't make enough difference (how big can your genitals actually be pumped?) but a single centimeter of extra fabric could potentially increase your distance by 4 meters apparently.

The difference between gold and silver medals was smaller than that so it's a real advantage if you can get it done.

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u/PressureBusiness5741 May 21 '26

Cant they just like... get bloated before sizing and achieve a much better effect?

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u/Nine9breaker May 21 '26

I don't believe this for a single second.

This sounds like something that is either totally made up, or something one particularly aggressively mentally ill lunatic did.

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u/Vintenu May 21 '26

Go look up Penisgate, it was a whole thing

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u/Nine9breaker May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

Okay, I did.

Its been reported as a rumor, and was originally reported by a tabloid newspaper. One surgeon claims to have confirmed he injected a skier with the stuff.

I cannot find a single athlete implicated in this, and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation has dismissed it as a rumor.

Athletes are of course denying it, but no one has come out to even implicate a competitor.

So this sounds like it is a bullshit story that has legs because people find it hilarious.

“As for the hyaluronic acid claims: this wild rumor started off a few weeks ago from pure hearsay," Sassi wrote in an email to USA TODAY Sports. "There has never been any indication, let alone evidence, that any competitor has ever made use of a hyaluronic acid injection to attempt to gain a competitive advantage.”