• Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
    123·
    3 months ago

    Sounds right to me.

    This is capitalism. The goal of the Olympics is to make money on advertising, not to give nice expensive rewards to the athletes. The athletes are tools to make money for rich people. TV, advertising, sponsors.

    The cheap metal serves its purpose. It looks nice initially for a few days while the winners take pictures. After that it doesn’t matter.

      • jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org
        27·
        3 months ago

        The US Olympians used to have to pay tax on their earnings from winnings until 2016 when Obama changed that by preventing the IRS from collecting taxes on those awards.

        • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
          5·
          3 months ago

          Maybe unpopular opinion, but they should still. Why should it be tax exempt? At the end of the day, it’s not enough money to worry about so it doesn’t really matter. They aren’t doing charity or anything though, just work that happens to be a sport and at a very high level. If we tax the rich just a tiny bit more it brings in far more tax money though, so I’d focus on that instead.

          • Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
            3·
            3 months ago

            Maybe they should tax it if they sell the award. Else the athletes need to pay to put their prize in their prize closet.

        • blandfordforever@lemm.ee
          13·
          3 months ago

          I SAID, IM PRETTY SURE THEY MAKE THE ATHETES PAY FOR THE MEDALS TOO! WHAT A RIPOFF!

          But after searching for this info on the internet, I’m finding that I could be just entirely wrong about this.

          • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
            2·
            3 months ago

            Unless they make the sponsors pay and also like a lump sum of money from the sponsors to the athletes I don’t see that as a good idea.

    • LotrOrc@lemmy.world
      13·
      3 months ago

      I burst out laughing because I did not expect such a deep historical cut

      You went to Ur in 1750 BC that is some fantastic linkage

  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
    43·
    3 months ago

    Maybe bronze is a pretty complicated metal to work with. Humanity has only been using it for what, five thousand years, give or take several centuries? We probably just need to gain more experience with it before they’ll come out looking as good as our stone medals.

  • Krauerking@lemy.lol
    41·
    3 months ago

    Dang… Probably has that same sorta crumbly over porous texture of costume jewelry that was just plated.

    France bragged this was the cheapest Olympics I guess that was a promise fully kept in all areas.

  • Laereht@lemmy.world
    39·
    3 months ago

    Did all the competitors understand that they were striving for chocolate medals? Seems a bit like a weird choice to me.

  • teft@lemmy.world
    26·
    3 months ago

    I’d check their hand lotions for sulfur based compounds. The quick way to patina copper is with boiled egg yolks because they contain sulfur.

    But also why didn’t the IOC just throw on some clear coat?

  • No1@aussie.zone
    16·
    3 months ago

    Grab a spray can and clear coat them as soon as they hang it around your neck lol

    • Crikeste@lemm.ee
      16·
      3 months ago

      He said himself he wore it while sweaty and let his friends wear it as well. Doesn’t give an excuse for the damned thing degrading in a week.

      But sure, criticize the winner not the people who made it. Typical.

        • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          3 months ago

          I seriously doubt this fast. The Olympics have always had bronze medals. This is the first time we’re seeing this…

        • Instigate@aussie.zone
          4·
          3 months ago

          With enough time

          A week is enough time? Nah.

          it’s gonna turn green and start pitting

          Neither of those have happened - it’s tarnished brown and chipped but not green nor pitted.

          It’s called bronze rot.

          This isn’t bronze rot. This is poor quality plating that’s being stripped by bodily oils in less than a week. I’ve bought bronze-plated cheap Chinese jewellery that’s lasted for years under strenuous conditions before greening or pitting.

    • JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee
      7·
      3 months ago

      Touching bronze actually removes the patina.

      There are statues where the parts people touch a lot look almost golden.

      Like the one of the busty lady in Ireland whose boobs look gold from people touching them. The name of the statue is escaping me, but maybe someone else will remember.