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What do you think about $380m for noping out of the Commonwealth Games (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Railison@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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Part of me is inclined to say might as well keep going with the games, but then I think sunk cost fallacy.

Does anyone even care about the commonwealth games?

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[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It is simple math, the penalty for not hosting vs the cost of hosting. It seems thing was going to have a negative cost much more than the penalty so they decided to withdraw. People who are angry are thinking with their heart, not their head (or will just whinge about anything)

[–] skribe@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

The people complaining are the same ones that would be angry if the games went ahead and cost $7 billion.