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Title: Crossfit Founder Gives His Opinion on The State of The World -
Post by: BB on June 07, 2020, 05:46:49 PM
And gets suffocated under wokeness -

(https://i.redd.it/l56smlt57j351.jpg).

Aftermath - https://www.reddit.com/r/crossfit/ (scroll through) .
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Post by: johnnynoname on June 07, 2020, 05:52:54 PM
(((Glassman)))
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Post by: Kwon on June 07, 2020, 06:07:08 PM
Is he Hebrew?
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Post by: Megalodon on June 07, 2020, 06:14:14 PM
It's hard to tell what's going on from those Tweets but....

Glassman was actually being cool and suspicious of the BS quarantine lockdown and Floyd worship...

and he was attacked for that.

He even doubled down on it. But we'll see what happens.....
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Post by: IroNat on June 07, 2020, 06:29:42 PM
Covid must have put a lot of crossfit clubs out of business.

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Post by: johnnynoname on June 07, 2020, 06:32:09 PM
you know, (((they))) are normally known for their sense of humor ( i mean, most standup comics are (((them))) )

but those tweets aren't even "ha-ha" funny....it's just boomer shit
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Post by: BB on June 07, 2020, 06:35:30 PM
Long Twitter thread that pic is from -

https://twitter.com/CrossFitCEO/status/1269404726581288960 .

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Post by: IroNat on June 08, 2020, 03:35:01 AM

Greg Glassman, CrossFit CEO, Apologizes

https://www.thedailybeast.com/greg-glassman-crossfit-ceo-apologizes-for-floyd-19-remark-after-gyms-reebok-abandon-fitness-brand?ref=home

"Greg Glassman, the controversial chief executive of cult exercise phenomenon CrossFit, has apologized for posting an offensive tweet about George Floyd."

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Post by: nzgs on June 08, 2020, 04:06:34 AM
Both covid and the hysteria over the dead criminal are astroturfed events, how is this not obvious? Don't even know why we're pretending otherwise anymore when the narrative on going out in public has been reversed 180. Really goes to show how unthinking the average person is that they can be indoctrinated with two contradictory narratives without suspecting anything. Very Orwellian.
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Post by: friedchickendinner on June 08, 2020, 04:38:20 AM
3 links already in this thread

lets have some more please

thats why i go to getbig to click on links taking me away from getbig

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Post by: hardgainerj on June 08, 2020, 05:27:38 AM
It's hard to tell what's going on from those Tweets but....

Glassman was actually being cool and suspicious of the BS quarantine lockdown and Floyd worship...

and he was attacked for that.

He even doubled down on it. But we'll see what happens.....

https://www.businessinsider.com/reebok-gyms-end-crossfit-partnerships-after-ceos-insensitive-tweet-2020-6
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Post by: hardgainerj on June 08, 2020, 05:28:11 AM
(https://morningchalkup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg.jpg)
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Post by: chaos on June 08, 2020, 08:14:44 AM
(https://morningchalkup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg.jpg)
Who's Alyssa?
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Post by: BB on June 08, 2020, 08:36:51 AM
Who's Alyssa?

Super Woke owner of a Crossfit affiliate. She wrote a letter criticizing him/Crossfit headquarters for talking about Covid in certain ways, while not using Crossfit to embrace Black, LGTQ, etc.... politics.

She also led the charge for people to deaffiliate with them. If you want to read the whole letter, it's here, and very long -

https://morningchalkup.com/2020/06/07/glassman-to-nine-year-affiliate-owner-you-are-delusional/# (middle of page).

Edit - easier to read version - https://www.rocketcrossfit.com/post/crossfit-black-lives-and-covid .






 
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Post by: BB on June 08, 2020, 08:47:10 AM
An earlier Crossfit approved Covid response / joke that riled up the woke -

(https://morningchalkup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FLUFFYDUCK-1536x864.jpg).



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Post by: robcguns on June 08, 2020, 08:49:41 AM
Greg Glassman, CrossFit CEO, Apologizes

https://www.thedailybeast.com/greg-glassman-crossfit-ceo-apologizes-for-floyd-19-remark-after-gyms-reebok-abandon-fitness-brand?ref=home

"Greg Glassman, the controversial chief executive of cult exercise phenomenon CrossFit, has apologized for posting an offensive tweet about George Floyd."

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I can’t stand when people apologize for stuff like this.If you apologize after saying what’s on your mind the apology is fake so who cares.Every man is entitled to his opinion.
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Post by: Body-Buildah on June 08, 2020, 12:38:00 PM
very weak ahving to apologize, what came out first, remains.
covid is a hoax, floyd is a dead violent felon, the insane left is going nuts over everything and anything and should be taken out and shot.
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Post by: Dave D on June 08, 2020, 01:12:18 PM
I can’t stand when people apologize for stuff like this.If you apologize after saying what’s on your mind the apology is fake so who cares.Every man is entitled to his opinion.

Rob I’m sorry you find this apology offensive. In the future  I will ask that we all try a little harder with our sincerity so we don’t offend those who think we are being disingenuous.
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Post by: Mr Anabolic on June 08, 2020, 01:15:01 PM
very weak ahving to apologize, what came out first, remains.
covid is a hoax, floyd is a dead violent felon, the insane left is going nuts over everything and anything and should be taken out and shot.

Then burn them to a crisp to make sure they're totally destroyed... or else they're really not dead and come back to life... like the creatures in the movie 'The Thing'.
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Post by: SOMEPARTS on June 08, 2020, 10:58:20 PM
Reebok has dropped affiliation and gyms are de-franchising. He's toast.  :o

If you are on social media, you can't say anything right now. If your business model relies on the public you will live by the sword die by the sword when it come to those sites.
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Post by: Skeletor on June 08, 2020, 11:07:39 PM
So companies are dissociating Crossfit because of that and yet they tolerate this shit:

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Post by: pellius on June 08, 2020, 11:17:30 PM
How did this guy become a leader of a fitness empire?

Only in America.

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Title: Re: Crossfit Founder Gives His Opinion on The State of The World -
Post by: TTfit on June 09, 2020, 01:23:33 AM
Holy fuck whatever happened to free speech? Let people speak their minds and if they don't agree with the majority get some balls and accept it. Like an adult.

People have opposing views. As long as they're not inciting violence who the fuck cares. And crossfit buddy wasn't.

Why can't we just be free to be non violent assholes?
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Post by: bLuEeYes on June 09, 2020, 01:52:54 AM
Holy fuck whatever happened to free speech? Let people speak their minds and if they don't agree with the majority get some balls and accept it. Like an adult.

People have opposing views. As long as they're not inciting violence who the fuck cares. And crossfit buddy wasn't.

Why can't we just be free to be non violent assholes?
"Reebok and rogue fitness ended their corporate sponsorship with CrossFit". I woke up this morning to this news and when I did read what he said in his tweet I was shocked. Shocked with how some fucking CEO saw the tweet offending and cuts ties with Crossfit. There's no fucking way the tweet is racist or offending.
Reebok and Rogue probably don't have enough gains this year to keep all their sponsorships and saw the tweet as an ideal justification to cut tie with Crossfit.
That's my explanation
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Post by: harmankardon1 on June 09, 2020, 05:18:48 AM
Holy fuck whatever happened to free speech? Let people speak their minds and if they don't agree with the majority get some balls and accept it. Like an adult.

People have opposing views. As long as they're not inciting violence who the fuck cares. And crossfit buddy wasn't.

Why can't we just be free to be non violent assholes?

This is how the left scum roll.... And yet they call people on the right fascist lol...

Peabrains, we should go to war against them.
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Post by: harmankardon1 on June 09, 2020, 05:24:05 AM
Actually destroying the weak liberals is the only solution (other than collapse of western society) to get rid of them....

Especially the media, tertiary institutions and schools these must be totally revamped. I believe at this point the best solution for the right is beginning a slow introduction of new laws targeting the media, slowing removing their freedom. The media does nothing for society anymore, we'd be better off with a state run media.

It's looking like a gradual collapse of western society, without protection and decadence of the west the left will no longer exist.
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Post by: BB on June 09, 2020, 05:38:45 AM
How did this guy become a leader of a fitness empire?

Only in America.

(https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/landscape/public/d8/images/methode/2020/06/08/602eec56-a934-11ea-bf1b-7541df8028ff_image_hires_123223.jpg?itok=c2NCstgv&v=1591590750)

He had a mid level gymnastics background, and was supposedly very injured at one point, which led to his look. At least, that's how he explained it. The smart move he made in the beginning was hiring very pretty 20 - 30 somethings, usually with college sports backgrounds to be the face of the brand. They all had important titles, you usually had to peel back the onion a few layers before you got to him.

By the time he was actually out in public a lot, it was already established as a monied, social club type of fitness venture, and there was no stopping it.
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Post by: IroNat on June 09, 2020, 09:11:42 AM
Alternative rendering:  Joe Weider - King of Schmoes

How did this guy become a leader of a fitness empire?

Only in America.

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0133/8576/0826/files/joe-weider.jpg?v=1540578599)

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Post by: Griffith on June 09, 2020, 12:05:29 PM
One thing social has made clear: never apologise.

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Post by: Megalodon on June 09, 2020, 12:18:12 PM
This story's explosive. >:(   Now what's he up to?  ???

(https://i.postimg.cc/hP2WhJYf/image02.jpg)
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Post by: BB on June 09, 2020, 12:34:22 PM
They're quiet in headquarters.

One of the old guard (Nicole Carroll) just left. That is big, she was a major player from the beginning. Lots of smaller sponsors are pulling out of the Crossfit games.

I thought he'd just tread water for a few weeks, and it would go away. But this feels bigger, I can see Rogue or Reebok, not even buying him out, but just starting a "Functional Training" program/affiliation. Lots hated that you had to kiss Glassman's ring to get ahead there, so this might be the big thing that unseats him.

 
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Post by: BB on June 09, 2020, 12:55:39 PM
(https://preview.redd.it/v35nwojpkr351.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=cae82239c9d61bca54fe22abd86e700be60ec175).

630+ gyms out / rebranding themselves. When you consider it's $500 - 3000 / yr  just to use the name "Crossfit", plus a $1,000+ in yearly "education" fees for trainers. Yikes.
 

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Post by: Bevo on June 09, 2020, 01:04:22 PM
How did this guy become a leader of a fitness empire?

Only in America.

(https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/landscape/public/d8/images/methode/2020/06/08/602eec56-a934-11ea-bf1b-7541df8028ff_image_hires_123223.jpg?itok=c2NCstgv&v=1591590750)

Might as well let flex “one leg” wheeler be the face of fitness and health
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Post by: SOMEPARTS on June 09, 2020, 01:21:48 PM
"Reebok and rogue fitness ended their corporate sponsorship with CrossFit". I woke up this morning to this news and when I did read what he said in his tweet I was shocked. Shocked with how some fucking CEO saw the tweet offending and cuts ties with Crossfit. There's no fucking way the tweet is racist or offending.
Reebok and Rogue probably don't have enough gains this year to keep all their sponsorships and saw the tweet as an ideal justification to cut tie with Crossfit.
That's my explanation


Let's be honest the fad has about run its course. Overpriced jungle gym inside crappy rented buildings paying a franchise fee for a system.....social media meets Amway marketing.
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Post by: TTfit on June 09, 2020, 02:53:44 PM

Let's be honest the fad has about run its course. Overpriced jungle gym inside crappy rented buildings paying a franchise fee for a system.....social media meets Amway marketing.

Good point. Crossfit will be the next aerobics. It was trendy but now it's done.
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Post by: Mothballs on June 09, 2020, 03:16:40 PM
CrossFit was always a ‘sport’ for libtards who hated bodybuilding and thought bodybuilding was ‘gross’ and ‘offensive’. Instead of trying to look impressive, they basked in their ‘functional strength’ bubbles, as if their lives regularly utilize climbing up the sides of buildings and ropes and walking on their hands. So no surprise at all that the libtard franchisees and practitioners are taking such grand offense at a commonly held belief.
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Post by: Megalodon on June 09, 2020, 03:36:33 PM
At least he taught the world to raise their chin from point A to point B without doing a pullup.
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Post by: IroNat on June 09, 2020, 04:24:32 PM
CrossFit was always a ‘sport’ for libtards who hated bodybuilding and thought bodybuilding was ‘gross’ and ‘offensive’. Instead of trying to look impressive, they basked in their ‘functional strength’ bubbles, as if their lives regularly utilize climbing up the sides of buildings and ropes and walking on their hands. So no surprise at all that the libtard franchisees and practitioners are taking such grand offense at a commonly held belief.

This.

They have turned on their Master.
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Post by: BB on June 10, 2020, 09:08:50 PM
Glassman retires.

Buzzfeed has a tape of a Crossfit zoom meeting with a Minnesota gym owner discussing Covid, George Floyd, etc.... Below are some choice quotes -

“I doubt very much that they’re mourning for Floyd,” Glassman said on the call about protesters and CrossFitters who were looking for the company to speak out. “I don’t think that there’s a general mourning for Floyd in any community.”

“Can you tell me why I should mourn for him? Other than that it’s the white thing to do — other than that, give me another reason,” he asked a Minneapolis gym owner who had questioned why the brand hadn’t posted a statement"

"Glassman speculated that the nightclub where both Floyd and his alleged killer, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, worked has “been under investigation by the FBI for over a decade for laundering money.”

“It's very interesting that George gets popped with counterfeits, and who comes but the head of security from the dance club? Watch: This thing's going to turn into first-degree murder,” he said. “That's what it's going to turn into. And it's going to be because I'm predicting this. We have friends in the FBI in your neighborhood, and they're of the view that this was first-degree murder and it was to silence him over the counterfeit money. That's the belief. That's what the cops think.”

“Moved to action? Burning the city down, is that the action? Destruction of Black- and minority-owned businesses, is that the action?” Glassman asked while speaking to a gym owner from Minneapolis who detailed what their members had been doing to help the community in the aftermath of nights of looting and protests."

"Glassman told the owners on the call that “killing George was wrong” before adding that “burning the town down was wrong, killing the Black cop was wrong, and the Black-on-Black murder every weekend in every one of our cities is a tragedy.”

“It sounds like more of the same. It sounds like punishing the cops. It sounds like blaming the police for all of the problems in blighted communities, and I don’t think anything could be farther from the truth. Have you ever done a ride-along with cops in a rough neighborhood?” Glassman said. “You don’t have to answer, but I have many, many times, and that is crazy tough work and almost all of the men and women are professionals.“

"During a lengthy discussion on the coronavirus, Glassman again shared more unfounded theories. “The Chinese let this virus get out of the laboratory, and that indeed did happen,” he said."

“I was asked by the Italians, 'What would you do, coach?' And I said, 'I would agree to any restrictions put on me by the health authorities, and I would open my gym, and then 10 minutes later I would do whatever the fuck I wanted. That's what I would do.' "

"Near the end of the call, when a gym owner suggested they were considering dropping their affiliation with CrossFit, another CrossFit headquarters staff member spoke to defend Glassman. “You’re not even approaching this with any compassion. You’re approaching this strictly with your agenda,” they told the gym owner. “Do you know how many Black people are going to be saved by CrossFit?”

Article - www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/crossfit-ceo-founder-zoom-greg-glassman-george-floyd .
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Post by: oldtimer1 on June 11, 2020, 03:57:15 PM
I don't know if that is photo shop or steroids with that muscled Glassman. Here is a real picture.
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Post by: Rambone on June 11, 2020, 04:13:06 PM
Glassman retires.

Buzzfeed has a tape of a Crossfit zoom meeting with a Minnesota gym owner discussing Covid, George Floyd, etc.... Below are some choice quotes -

“I doubt very much that they’re mourning for Floyd,” Glassman said on the call about protesters and CrossFitters who were looking for the company to speak out. “I don’t think that there’s a general mourning for Floyd in any community.”

“Can you tell me why I should mourn for him? Other than that it’s the white thing to do — other than that, give me another reason,” he asked a Minneapolis gym owner who had questioned why the brand hadn’t posted a statement"

"Glassman speculated that the nightclub where both Floyd and his alleged killer, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, worked has “been under investigation by the FBI for over a decade for laundering money.”

“It's very interesting that George gets popped with counterfeits, and who comes but the head of security from the dance club? Watch: This thing's going to turn into first-degree murder,” he said. “That's what it's going to turn into. And it's going to be because I'm predicting this. We have friends in the FBI in your neighborhood, and they're of the view that this was first-degree murder and it was to silence him over the counterfeit money. That's the belief. That's what the cops think.”

“Moved to action? Burning the city down, is that the action? Destruction of Black- and minority-owned businesses, is that the action?” Glassman asked while speaking to a gym owner from Minneapolis who detailed what their members had been doing to help the community in the aftermath of nights of looting and protests."

"Glassman told the owners on the call that “killing George was wrong” before adding that “burning the town down was wrong, killing the Black cop was wrong, and the Black-on-Black murder every weekend in every one of our cities is a tragedy.”

“It sounds like more of the same. It sounds like punishing the cops. It sounds like blaming the police for all of the problems in blighted communities, and I don’t think anything could be farther from the truth. Have you ever done a ride-along with cops in a rough neighborhood?” Glassman said. “You don’t have to answer, but I have many, many times, and that is crazy tough work and almost all of the men and women are professionals.“

"During a lengthy discussion on the coronavirus, Glassman again shared more unfounded theories. “The Chinese let this virus get out of the laboratory, and that indeed did happen,” he said."

“I was asked by the Italians, 'What would you do, coach?' And I said, 'I would agree to any restrictions put on me by the health authorities, and I would open my gym, and then 10 minutes later I would do whatever the fuck I wanted. That's what I would do.' "

"Near the end of the call, when a gym owner suggested they were considering dropping their affiliation with CrossFit, another CrossFit headquarters staff member spoke to defend Glassman. “You’re not even approaching this with any compassion. You’re approaching this strictly with your agenda,” they told the gym owner. “Do you know how many Black people are going to be saved by CrossFit?”

Article - www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/crossfit-ceo-founder-zoom-greg-glassman-george-floyd .

Glassman didn’t say one thing that was wrong here. What an emotionally fragile society we live in today. Sad!!!!
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Post by: oldtimer1 on June 11, 2020, 06:01:22 PM
Glassman didn’t say one thing that was wrong here. What an emotionally fragile society we live in today. Sad!!!!

I agree. Tired of liberal political correctness. You can't express your views unless you consider how sensitive liberals are.
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Post by: Straw Man on June 11, 2020, 06:11:59 PM
Holy fuck whatever happened to free speech? Let people speak their minds and if they don't agree with the majority get some balls and accept it. Like an adult.

People have opposing views. As long as they're not inciting violence who the fuck cares. And crossfit buddy wasn't.

Why can't we just be free to be non violent assholes?

nothing happened to it

He is free to say whatever he wants and everyone else to free to like it, not like or and/or want nothing to do with him or his company

Freedom everywhere
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Post by: Kwon on June 11, 2020, 06:51:45 PM
Team Pre Kyle Rayner Green Amber Lamps 4 Lyfe

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Post by: ESFitness on June 11, 2020, 07:01:49 PM
"Chinese" isn't a race. It's a nationality.

Using that same logic, that's like saying if Covid was released in the US and someone in China blamed "Americans", they'd be "racist"
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Post by: SF1900 on June 11, 2020, 07:01:59 PM
Holy fuck whatever happened to free speech? Let people speak their minds and if they don't agree with the majority get some balls and accept it. Like an adult.

People have opposing views. As long as they're not inciting violence who the fuck cares. And crossfit buddy wasn't.

Why can't we just be free to be non violent assholes?

Free speech doesn’t mean free of consequences.
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Post by: johnnynoname on June 11, 2020, 07:02:38 PM
THAT MEME IS BORN AND DEAD ON THE SAME NIGHT YO
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Post by: harmankardon1 on June 11, 2020, 07:26:52 PM
Crossfit always fucking sucked anyway....
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Post by: visualizeperfection on June 13, 2020, 09:05:40 PM
"Chinese" isn't a race. It's a nationality.

Using that same logic, that's like saying if Covid was released in the US and someone in China blamed "Americans", they'd be "racist"

Welcome back dude.


I heard the county jail was letting dudes out early, was looking forward to your return.