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[–] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 52 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Zhu founded Sperm Racing with Nick Small, 16, head of the business management consulting firm Stealth; Shane Fan, chief executive of the NFT pricing platform Waterfall; and Garrett Niconienko, former content strategist for the YouTuber Mr Beast.

Well, that explains a lot

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I, for one, think this is fun. And much more ethical than horse racing.

[–] janNatan@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 weeks ago

Finally, a sport gay men can enjoy.

Well, other than college wrestling.

[–] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 22 points 2 weeks ago

This very much feels like a sport invented by men trying to find a new way to express their masculinity without doing the obvious thing: learning to be emotionally literate.

Maybe I’m wrong and I hope I am, but this feels like the result of Andrew Tate culture

[–] match@pawb.social 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

this is weird gay porn but okay I'm in

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 2 weeks ago

The sperm doesn't touch.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

shit so gay it killed the pope.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 11 points 2 weeks ago

2guys1petridish

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

I don't even want to give them the clicks for this.

Is this about 2 guys, 1 girl, and 9 months to find out the "winner?"

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago
[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

The human race is a lost cause.

[–] froh42@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago
[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is Musk going to try to rig the proceedings so he can claim victory?

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

More likely to pay someone else for their sperm and pretend it was his all along

[–] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 3 points 2 weeks ago

Similar to dog racing where they have a rabbit running ahead of them for inspiration, will they have a clam staged at the finish line?

[–] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

They better call at least one team the Cream Team or this event is bust.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

if you don't want this in your browsing history:

Eric Zhu, the company’s 17-year-old co-founder, said the inaugural event would pit samples taken from two healthy young university students against each other on a racetrack 20cm (8in) long and modelled on the female reproductive system.

honestly, I'd watch it. That sounds hilarious as fuck

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sperm racer came immediately into my mind.

[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Tag Team Frotting