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Precisely. I started torrenting Sims 2 in high school because I felt bad asking my parents to buy me so many expansion packs. I didn't do it because I wanted to, I did it because I felt my parents & I were being ripped off. I had an Amazon giftcard saved up so I could buy this game legally because I love the Maxis team, but now I will probably just pirate it. At least I don't feel guilty now knowing that EA is a shit company.

Girls love receiving eggs on a daily basis from their admirer. It's a fact.

How do you handle the drama associated with the sport? Does it improve or get worse as you become a higher level competitor? I grew up barrel racing but moved to mounted shooting to get away from the bad atmosphere.

I'd beg to differ. I grew up near a middle class ski area that produced an Olympic skiier. His expenses vs your average skiier is not unlike a professional show jumper vs your average horse owner. His parents paid an ungodly amount of money for him to move out West to train professionally until he had enough big name sponsors to support himself. The only difference really is the source of income stream.

The barriers are high, but not impossible. It's like many other sports: skiing, ice skating, motocross, water sports. You don't have to be born into it at all, but if you're lower than middle class with supportive parents it's pretty difficult.