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Re:The great self-esteem con by mars009 on Monday June 05, 2017 @01:48PM (#14489606)
The best part is when kids compete for that last place ribbon. Makes for some ridiculous races where everyone is barely running.
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Re:The great self-esteem con by xorcist on Monday June 05, 2017 @06:37PM (#14492903)
This is a thing with professional athletes as well.

See for example the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanterne_rouge .

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