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[–] CommunistBear@hexbear.net 74 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Critical support to the NY DA in intentionally sandbagging the prosecution to let the CEO slayer off rat-salute-2

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What does “sandbagging” mean in this context? I’ve never heard that before

[–] The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sand bagging is a term which refers to intentionally doing bad so your team loses. It's often used in sports or games to describe intentionally losing

[–] coolusername@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

in martial arts it means intentionally keeping your belt ranking low so you can easily win competitions

[–] The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

Ah that makes sense. I wonder if the meaning is the same in other sports and I just wasn't aware of the nuance