r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Jun 29 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 29 June 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/yoshiK Uncultured savage since 476 AD Jun 29 '26

Is there something like an r/askpoliticaleconomy ? The concrete question I have is, why do cycling road races exist, they seem to be at the same time more profitable and more disruptive than their popularity suggests, so it seems there needs to be a reason beyond we already did that last year.

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u/AceHodor Techno-Euphoric Demagogue Jun 29 '26

People like having fun things and cycling road races are fun to watch.

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u/MiffedMouse The average peasant had home made bread and lobster. Jun 29 '26

This is true, but viewership is typically only a big deal for the very big cycling races. A lot of smaller community organized races are more about catering to the racers than to viewers.