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@ds3618 im talking about it because it reduces the pain and suffering of real people to a cheap gimmick

@ds3618 and what if it was a marketing department pushing/encouraging people to buy there products in remembrance of 9/11?

@ds3618 so if soccer teams were selling 9/11 ticket packages, like you buy 9 get 11 tickets as a promo, that would be ok?

@ds3618 alright, please find a living spouse of a firefighter or someone who died in 9/11. while there working out yell in there face "the firefighters didn't give up on 9/11, why are you". once you have done that, than you can talk

@ds3618 I think a survivor would have a problem with their death of a spouse reduced to a cheap gimmick in a crossfit wod. but that's only my opinion.

@ds3618 if you're not willing to say it to a survivor or a deceased spouse, than it probably shouldn't be said

@sevilodorf um YEAH, do you see all the camo military shit crossfit boxes sell. trying to cash in on that military connection. this 9/11 is a part of it.

@ds3618 its kinda cringy. it would sort of fall into the category if McDonalds were selling 9/11 value meals, for $9.11 tomorrow only or something

@kezi well said. I don't mind the 9/11 tribute by itself. but the "these firefighters didn't give up, why are you" and the "this exhaustion and windless is nothing compared to the smoke and dust the 9/11 victims inhaled" is just insulting.

@forgivenkali Which part specifcally? I know 9/11 tribute wod's are common in crossfit? or are you referencing the things our coaches yell to athletes who are struggling to finish the workout.

@bacsb0 yeah, its kinda cringy. it would sort of fall into the category if McDonalds were selling 9/11 value meals, for $9.11 tomorrow only or something

I'm here to workout. I don't need coaches screaming and yelling about 9/11 people dying as a motivation. I frankly find it cringe and a tad insulting. Last year the coaches were yelling at athletes as they took small breaks, or were winded, or were going at a lower weight with quips like "do...