• MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    they accelerated from every 4 to every 2, with the winters on the ones that aren’t multiples of 4. it’s a way to help the (already wealthy) olympic athletes have a career being olympic athletes instead of having to get day jobs. at least that’s the way i heard it explained

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      Gotcha. This is the first I’ve heard about them being on. That’s sort of beautiful in its own way. It’s amazing what you avoid by not owning a television. Thanks for the info. You may not be the Y but you gave me the what and where, and well , the why too.