▲ 272 ▼ A Chinese man who chain-smoked his way through a marathon was disqualified for smoking on the course (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by roastedDeflator@kbin.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments A Chinese man was disqualified from the Xiamen Marathon for chain-smoking during the race, violating a new rule against uncivilized behavior.
[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Why do I feel like I have seen this photo before? So weird. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mojave@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) This happened two years ago, and was a Twitter meme. You may have saw it in 2022 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] roastedDeflator@kbin.social [S] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It happened this year on the 7th of January, at least to my understanding: Chinese marathon runner, 52, is disqualified for CHAIN-SMOKING throughout entire race - which he finished in 3hr 33min || 18 January 2024 Uncle Chen, nicknamed the 'Smoking Brother', managed to complete the Xiamen Marathon in three hours and 33 minutes on January 7 this year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mojave@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Holy shit, it's the same man two years later https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-chain-smoking-marathon-runner-161300175.html permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hazmatastic@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago It does feel very familiar, glad I'm not alone. I feel like he looks like some asshole business exec who was disgraced for some reason? Could be way off though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mojave@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) This happened two years ago, and was a Twitter meme. You may have saw it in 2022 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] roastedDeflator@kbin.social [S] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It happened this year on the 7th of January, at least to my understanding: Chinese marathon runner, 52, is disqualified for CHAIN-SMOKING throughout entire race - which he finished in 3hr 33min || 18 January 2024 Uncle Chen, nicknamed the 'Smoking Brother', managed to complete the Xiamen Marathon in three hours and 33 minutes on January 7 this year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mojave@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Holy shit, it's the same man two years later https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-chain-smoking-marathon-runner-161300175.html permalink fedilink source parent
[–] roastedDeflator@kbin.social [S] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It happened this year on the 7th of January, at least to my understanding: Chinese marathon runner, 52, is disqualified for CHAIN-SMOKING throughout entire race - which he finished in 3hr 33min || 18 January 2024 Uncle Chen, nicknamed the 'Smoking Brother', managed to complete the Xiamen Marathon in three hours and 33 minutes on January 7 this year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mojave@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Holy shit, it's the same man two years later https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-chain-smoking-marathon-runner-161300175.html permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mojave@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Holy shit, it's the same man two years later https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-chain-smoking-marathon-runner-161300175.html permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hazmatastic@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago It does feel very familiar, glad I'm not alone. I feel like he looks like some asshole business exec who was disgraced for some reason? Could be way off though permalink fedilink source parent