Olympics. Good idea, bad idea? by Wishimay

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The stories coming from Sochi are beyond anything I can recall in terms of a city NOT being ready for their games. As if the Russians didn't' have enough problems w/ the Muslim terrorists already now they have to deal w/ this PR nightmare.

It's almost like someone is TRYING to put and end to the games, and this is the blue print in how to do it. Spend ungodly amounts of money to then have a shoddy , underwhelming and ill prepared stage.

The place is ripe for all manner of shenanigans, or worse.

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014 11:32 PM

Allow me to answer with twitter images from the athletes accommodations in Sochi.

http://cheezburger.com/179717?ref=whatspopularvotes

On one hand, the olympics does give an economic boost to the country it's happening in. It's also symbolic of peace and unity between nations.

On the other hand, yet more nonsensical athlete worship that doesn't actually put anything back into society.

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014 11:39 PM

America loves a winner!

Athlete worship ?

So, years of training and sacrifice on their part, to earn a chance to compete against the best in the world means nothing to you ?

That's a rather dismal view of life.

As for Sochi, at least the honey is 'fresh'.

( Actual formerly live bee included. Yum ! )

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Thursday, February 6, 2014 12:24 AM

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So, years of training and sacrifice on their part, to earn a chance to compete against the best in the world means nothing to you ?

I'm with her. Most of these people have already hit the physical genetic lottery...We should worship them too? Don't they have enough going for them? I should mention physical competition means absolutely nothing to me. It's akin to having televised exercise... BORING!!!! Any sport with a ball in it is like watching someone else play Pong. Doink, doink, doink. Snooooze.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014 1:01 AM

Being an athlete is kind of an inherently selfish proposition, in that it's a focus on improving yourself and your physical condition, and getting accolades for it.

Doctors improve their minds, and save people's lives, but we don't see fans swarming around doctors.

Athleticism is actually a pretty shallow, meaningless thing. Sure, be healthy for yourself, but earning money for being extra healthy kinda seems like a whole lotta bullshit.

Frankly, I have similar problems with the worship towards actors. And models.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014 6:09 AM

America loves a winner!

How about less 'worship' and more appreciation for what they've sacrificed. Or least some basic acknowledgement ? I think what's on display here is a great deal of ignorance and baseless animosity.

Doctors ? Not in it for the money, or with ANY sort of a god complex. Naww. They're just in it for the good will.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014 10:04 AM

Doctors are totally in it for the money. In fact, they're some of the most greedy people when it comes right down to it and they're a little bit like vultures because they basically profit from people suffering.

I don't have any problem with earning money. The difference is, at the end of the day, a doctor actually does something that has a long term effect on people's lives, even if it's more as a peripheral to their basic goal of sometimes literally making a killing.

An architect designs a building that might last long after they're dead. A construction worker helps build that building. A scientist makes a discovery. An engineer makes a robot. A song is preserved by pop-culture and it's relevance after it's popularity has faded. A good businessman might make a revolutionary invention that's still around a hundred years later.

What the fuck legacy does an ATHLETE have? You think two years from now I'm going to remember that the Seahawks won the Superbowl? You think I'm going to remember the names of any of the athletes that compete in these Olympics?

The only legacy an athlete has, just like with a model or any other profession based on the body, is a monument to living in the present and their ego. It will be gone someday, sometimes as soon as five years.

What I'm saying is, it doesn't MATTER, and yet we act like they're the best of us even though they don't actually DO anything important. Also, they cheat like hell, doping is ubiquitous in most sports, so it's not really even legitimately them.

Sacrifices? What a joke. Even the kids from the rough neighborhoods who go into sports eventually just skate on scholarships then they get endorsements from corporations. It's like it's not even a real life, it's detached from reality. And it fades away in time.

So no, I don't respect them, I don't "appreciate" them, or their "sacrifices". Animosity it is, but baseless and ignorant it isn't. I see people trying to live up to other people's examples, living vicariously through them, instead of living their own lives and seeing their own worth and having confidence in themselves. I hate the celebrity worship, and I hate that it's over something so POINTLESS and MEANINGLESS.

If they deserve respect, it's only when they've done something with their time and money BESIDES BEING A CELEBRITY.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014 12:54 PM

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Sacrifices? What a joke. Even the kids from the rough neighborhoods who go into sports eventually just skate on scholarships then they get endorsements from corporations. It's like it's not even a real life, it's detached from reality. And it fades away in time.

Not all athletes earn scholarships, or big fat pro contracts. In swimming, many actually step AWAY from the NCAA, because that limits the # of hours they can practice. So hell yes there's sacrifice. More than you know, it seems.

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So no, I don't respect them, I don't "appreciate" them, or their "sacrifices". Animosity it is, but baseless and ignorant it isn't. I see people trying to live up to other people's examples, living vicariously through them, instead of living their own lives and seeing their own worth and having confidence in themselves. I hate the celebrity worship, and I hate that it's over something so POINTLESS and MEANINGLESS.

You're confused. Most Olympic athletes live in obscurity and well outside of the public eye. They're not in it for the fat Nike contracts or to appear in Subway ads

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If they deserve respect, it's only when they've done something with their time and money BESIDES BEING A CELEBRITY.

So, as long as they lose, and stay out of the limelight, it's ok with you ?

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Thursday, February 6, 2014 1:08 PM

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In swimming, many actually step AWAY from the NCAA, because that limits the # of hours they can practice.

Oh gee, so I should think that their obsessively pursuing training in a manner of recreation, such as swimming, is a "sacrifice," much as the lunkheads who spend all their time at a gym have "sacrificed."

I am speaking of moderation in all things, and of imbalances.

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So, as long as they lose, and stay out of the limelight, it's ok with you ?

You really don't get it. No. That wasn't what I was saying at all.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014 1:11 PM

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Not everyone thinks as you do. Some folks juggle geese. I may hate geese juggling, but of all the geese jugglers out there, if one is shown to be the BEST, why is that a bad thing ?

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Thursday, February 6, 2014 1:21 PM

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Not everyone thinks as you do. Some folks juggle geese. I may hate geese juggling, but of all the geese jugglers out there, if one is shown to be the BEST, why is that a bad thing ?

It's not a bad thing to acknowledge one is better than others at some skill or another. It's bad to worship them.

Big difference.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014 1:28 PM

America loves a winner!

" Worship " for athletic endeavors have been going on since the time of the Roman gladiators , and long before.

Competition, has always been a part of the human psyche.

David vs Goliath was one of the early, big UFC bouts scheduled.

They're still talking about that one.

And Pheidippides ? Ran the first Marathon, from...well, Marathon.

It was kind of a big deal.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014 1:39 PM

And I'm saying it's UNWISE to do that. Any kind of worship sets you up for being exploited by some kind of authority. That's why in Roman times it was called bread and circuses.

Go ahead and enjoy it, but seriously, there are ramifications to all this focus on athletics and all this physical stuff.

Same thing with if you wanted to watch the Superbowl or the commercials. Enjoy what you want to but be aware of the people behind the curtains trying to manipulate you. Get me?

I mean I defended you guys when Mal4Prez and Sig called you all out for wasting your time on stuff, because it's your right to spend your time on whatever you want to, but that doesn't mean there aren't valid points on the other side of things.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014 1:43 PM

America loves a winner!

There are all manner of distractions going on, none of which have anything to do with the Olympics.

And I have to agree, the intended motives for why we have the Olympics really don't sync with what actually takes place.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014 2:09 PM

Fair enough.

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Monday, February 10, 2014 6:41 PM

I can honestly say not once in my life have I ever wanted to fly to Russia and watch people run around in snow...

Guess what I'm not alone!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2556121/Too-cold-Sochi-suffers
-distinct-lack-atmosphere-stadiums-revealed-seats.html

If I'm going somewhere it better be warm, sandy, and rum filled!

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Monday, February 10, 2014 6:56 PM

The weird thing is Sochi normally tends to be a mediterranean palm tree climate. Another article mentions that they're having trouble keeping the snow from melting because it's 61 degrees there. Why they chose Sochi for winter games... Who knows.

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Monday, February 10, 2014 7:03 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

I gave up on the Olympics over 3 decades ago. I just couldn't see the point.

Every now and then someone will give a performance/ run/ game that's just so damn awesome it's a joy to watch. But usually the things that make it special don't accumulate points. A skater with a graceful carriage going into a toe-loop (instead of a nervous-looking power-generating squat), a gymnast whose moves are fluid (rather than a technically superior but mechanical routine), an exchange on the hockey rink (that nevertheless loses the point) ... in the judging it was interesting watching the judges struggle to award points to the person whose performance they 'liked' better but simply didn't have the technical merits ... but it's interesting only so many times. And spending all that time watching isn't worth the rare reward.

If something truly worthwhile happens, I know I'll hear about it, and I can always catch it on the internet.

Plus I'm not all that invested in joining the chorus of USA! USA! USA! USA!

I'm curious who does find it worthwhile.

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Monday, February 10, 2014 7:12 PM

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
The weird thing is Sochi normally tends to be a Mediterranean palm tree climate. Another article mentions that they're having trouble keeping the snow from melting because it's 61 degrees there. Why they chose Sochi for winter games... Who knows.

Might it be because it has a bit higher latitude than Boston Mass ?

43° 36' 0" N - Sochi , Russia

42° 21' 29" N - Boston, MA. USA

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Plus I'm not all that invested in joining the chorus of USA! USA! USA! USA!

Real shocker there. Stop the presses !

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Monday, February 10, 2014 7:26 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

So, the Olympics are merely an opportunity for your jingoism? Why does not not surprise me?

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Monday, February 10, 2014 8:24 PM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2556371/Forget-Sochi-Minnesota
-families-build-giant-luge-tracks-yards-stage-Winter-Olympics-local-kids.html

This one looks much better...

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Monday, February 10, 2014 9:24 PM

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
So, the Olympics are merely an opportunity for your jingoism? Why does not not surprise me?

USA! USA ! USA! Wooooo!

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Monday, February 10, 2014 10:21 PM

JONGSSTRAW

The Olympics are great. Been watching them since Tokyo 1964. Nothing else in sports compares.

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Monday, February 10, 2014 11:05 PM

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Might it be because it has a bit higher latitude than Boston Mass ?

It's on the shore of the black sea, elevation sea level, 200 km north of Turkey. Climatically, it being further north than Boston makes pretty much no difference.

The climate is mediterranean.

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It is one of the very few places in Russia with a subtropical climate, with warm to hot summers and mild winters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 12:35 AM

AGENTROUKA

I don't know. I'm very ambivalent about Sochi.

Considering Daylight issues, time zone issues, realistic temperature issues, later usability... Sochi is probably well chosen. Siberia as a location is simply out.

But yes, it is utterly embarrassing that they didn't manage building decent hotels. Or decent anything. It's insane that anyone thought this wouldn't become a huge issue. You don't get away with shoddy details like that at the Olympics, especially if you're Russia and spent a record sum. Fail.

I approve of high-level politicians or celebrities who chose not to go for political reasons. But I also don't mind those who do go, because the fact that the Games are happening is putting and keeping Russian issues on the front pages.

But as an idea I like the Olympics. Athletic events don't have a language barrier and aren't prone to cultural disconnect. The only similarly transferable activity would be dance.

So unless we start the awesome International Winter Dance-a-thon tradition, sports will have to serve as an excuse to get a metric ton of countries together for the purpose of entertainment and the higher purpose of reminding everyone that other countries exist. That they exist in a positive way. That they consist of people. And yes, it's as good an excuse as any to bitch about Putin. That is how it should be.

I think there is a positive effect, overall. Now if only they were a LITTLE more attentive of how a country prepares for such events. Exploitation of foreign workers, shoddy craftsmanship and sub-par amenities should be subject to some form of official consequence, honestly.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 12:38 AM

America loves a winner!

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
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Might it be because it has a bit higher latitude than Boston Mass ?

It's on the shore of the black sea, elevation sea level, 200 km north of Turkey. Climatically, it being further north than Boston makes pretty much no difference.

The climate is mediterranean.

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It is one of the very few places in Russia with a subtropical climate, with warm to hot summers and mild winters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi

Some have referred to it as the Florida of Russia, to which it may be, in relative terms. But for comparisons sake, I remind folks it's more on par w/ Boston than Miami.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:03 AM

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As a hypocrite, I admit I would watch the SHIT out of math and engineering olympic event. They could do both long term competitions - you could have four years, now build something that wows us all - and a timed event.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:04 AM

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Some have referred to it as the Florida of Russia, to which it may be, in relative terms. But for comparisons sake, I remind folks it's more on par w/ Boston than Miami.

If Boston had palm trees.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:15 AM

AGENTROUKA

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
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As a hypocrite, I admit I would watch the SHIT out of math and engineering olympic event. They could do both long term competitions - you could have four years, now build something that wows us all - and a timed event.

..!!!! AH! :D I love that idea!

Not so much the math part. But the engineering part! It'll be like a big international science fair! Seriously, something like this, all televised and marketed and well-explained would be such a boost for getting kids excited about the sciences. Or, you know, people. I could do with a world of celebrity scientists.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:16 AM

AGENTROUKA

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
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Some have referred to it as the Florida of Russia, to which it may be, in relative terms. But for comparisons sake, I remind folks it's more on par w/ Boston than Miami.

If Boston had palm trees.

I think it's important to consider the dramatic differences in altitude available in Sochi. It's just a multi-faceted place.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:42 AM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

People I know who are genuine athletes tell me that the differences in people at the top echelon are virtually zero. So immediate factors are weighted more heavily at any one event. If someone didn't sleep well the night before it could throw their entire effort. That means one-time winner take all competitions aren't really representative of true talent, but more of uncontrollable random factors. So I think that a system that compares people over time is far more representative of who's better. That said there's problems with ranking systems. It depends on what you think is the metric of greatness. Is it wins? Total points? Total time in the top 5? Over a lifetime? A year? Four? In any case, my disinterest in the Olympics remains. I don't find it meaningful.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 8:54 AM

America loves a winner!

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
People I know who are genuine athletes tell me that the differences in people at the top echelon are virtually zero. So immediate factors are weighted more heavily at any one event. If someone didn't sleep well the night before it could throw their entire effort. That means one-time winner take all competitions aren't really representative of true talent, but more of uncontrollable random factors.

It's called " competition " for a reason. There's no universally neutral or unbiased means by which to gauge 1 athlete or 1 performance to another, but head to head competition is the best means.

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So I think that a system that compares people over time is far more representative of who's better.

One of the great debates in all sport. Most would agree that Peyton Manning is the better QB than his brother Eli, though the latter has 2 Super Bowl rings. Not a fair comparison , as football is a 'team' sport ? What about when a lower ranked athlete comes out of no where to win a competition ? Well then, there's a reason why they're called 'upsets'. All things being equal, on that day, place and time, one was better than the other. That's the very nature of competition. To be the man you have to beat the man.( or woman )

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That said there's problems with ranking systems. It depends on what you think is the metric of greatness. Is it wins? Total points? Total time in the top 5? Over a lifetime? A year? Four? In any case, my disinterest in the Olympics remains. I don't find it meaningful.

Then stop telling us how much you aren't interested, and just let it go.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 8:55 AM

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Oh, and there's also the Russian women... paid professionals at this point and playing in their home venue. Come on, that's drama.

Someone says Russian women and I automatically go HERE. Damn you Wendy's...

Damn, it's not working
try

"Wendy's Russian fashion commercial"
It's from the eighties, but it's always stuck with me...

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 8:57 AM

America loves a winner!

" Very nice! " ?

* Ha! I figured it out as you were fixing link.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 8:59 AM

Geez, gimme two seconds ta fix it Sparky

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:34 AM

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To everyone: here's a concept - the Olympics aren't for us, they're for the athletes.

That's pretty much exactly why I don't like them. They try to involve everyone else via a sense of nationalism and unity, but that sort of propaganda doesn't work on me. So the Olympics fail to pass the "why should I care?" test.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 3:33 PM

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Originally posted by Wishimay:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-lane-the-olympics-shoul
d-be-on-their-way-out/2014/01/20/cb610d62-820b-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html

I admit it. I've come to dislike the Olympics. Besides draining countries of incomes and resources, there are far too many "sports" that aren't really "sports". Not to mention there isn't much to be gained in many of these actual sports because they are at the limits of what humans are capable of (ohh he finished a tenth of a second faster, wow). I agree they used to have a purpose, but where they WERE a uniting forces, I think they are more divisive than anything now and that that is going to get worse.

Also, we have a little thing called the internet now, I don't think traveling to the other side of the world when you can compete just as well in the country you are from and compare scores just as easily on a computer makes sense. But then people generally don't to me....

Interesting post Wish. I never would have thought of the comparing scores thing.

Personally, I think it's all just virtually scripted, but then I think that's the case of every professional sport in America too. WWF mentality in every sport in existence.

Russia was our enemy in the Cold War. We made a movie about that 80's US Hockey team that beat them...... Wasn't that right around the same time Reagan demanded that Gorbachev tear down that wall?

All of the sudden China beats us at virtually everything but any X-Sports that Tony Hawk is affilliated with in some sort of 3-degrees-from-kevin-bacon type way? Kinda funny since we supposedly owe them Trillions after giving them copper, steel and iron for two decades in return for plastic shit we don't make here because, well let's face it, who can afford Union Wages?

Everything is fake and everything is scripted.

I'm okay with that.

I'm in it for the curling.

Goddamned awesome sport, curling. ;)

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 5:42 PM

America loves a winner!

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
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To everyone: here's a concept - the Olympics aren't for us, they're for the athletes.

That's pretty much exactly why I don't like them. They try to involve everyone else via a sense of nationalism and unity, but that sort of propaganda doesn't work on me. So the Olympics fail to pass the "why should I care?" test.

It's like Kaylee says, " They've all got stories... ".

Meaning the athletes. Aside from the #'s, stats and gold medal count, it's neat to hear what so many have sacrificed over the years, some of them their entire lives, to finally get a chance just to COMPETE !

Jamaica bobsled team ? Hell yeah, I'm buyin' that!

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 6:03 PM

The reason Kaylee's quote is sweet is because she means everyone has stories and so she's interested in everyone, as opposed to just celebrities.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 7:57 PM

America loves a winner!

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
The reason Kaylee's quote is sweet is because she means everyone has stories and so she's interested in everyone, as opposed to just celebrities.

Exactly ! And that's what the Olympics is SUPPOSE to be, celebrating the "everyones" and not the multi million dollar celebs.

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021 7:24 AM

Japan: Woman 'opposed to Olympics' tries to douse torch with squirt gun during relay

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/ibaraki-woman-opposed-to-olympics-
tries-to-douse-torch-with-squirt-gun/

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021 3:17 AM

The 2021 Olympics Are Turning Into a $20 Billion Bust for Japan

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-2021-olympics-are-turning-into-a-20-b
illion-bust-for-japan-11626790720?mod=hp_lead_pos6

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021 8:27 AM

Yeah... I don't envy Japan right now.

Their economy is going to take a double hit from Covidmania soon.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024 9:57 AM

Dystopia Horrors like a mix of Blade Runner, Apartheid and the USSR

Parts of Paris will be off-limits without a QR code this summer
https://metro.co.uk/2024/05/14/parts-paris-will-off-limits-without-a-q
r-code-olympics-20837179/?ico=trending-module_tag_france_item-0

As France melts down... Madame Macron is so frustrated with her incompetent husband
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/columnists/article-13431199/As-France-melt
s-Madame-Macron-frustrated-incompetent-husband-shes-trying-reins-whisper-Paris-insiders.html

Hundreds of French police officers join manhunt for gang boss ‘The Fly’ after two guards killed in ambush on prison van
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/huge-manhunt-under-way-prisoner-france/

A Russian invasion of Ukraine

the India opinion?

and Joe Rogan is not supposed to ask questions about how Roid Rage Serena Williams when has run inside panic rooms to avoid getting tested

Doping?
https://tennishasadopingproblemblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/tadp-itf-
2018-per-player-testing-statistics/

TUEs she was allowed to Hulk-Out Serena Williams allowed for 'medical reasons' only.

Japan still wrestling with legacy of graft-stained Olympics
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/japan-wrestles-with-legacy-of-g
raft-stained-games-in-paris-warning

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Monday, July 22, 2024 2:54 PM

Japan Women's Gymnastics Captain Out Of 2024 Paris Olympics For Smoking, Drinking

https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/others/japan-womens-gymnastics-cap
tain-out-of-2024-paris-olympics-for-smoking-drinking

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Monday, July 22, 2024 9:29 PM

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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Japan Women's Gymnastics Captain Out Of 2024 Paris Olympics For Smoking, Drinking

https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/others/japan-womens-gymnastics-cap
tain-out-of-2024-paris-olympics-for-smoking-drinking

Don't drink, don't smoke.

But if you're a DUDE who shoots up estrogen on the daily and got some fake tits installed, no problem. You go right on and beat up all the girls you grew up fantasizing about beating up.

Fucking clown world.

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Trump will be fine.
He will also be your next President.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 4:56 AM

Aussie woman ‘gang raped in Paris’ days before Olympics
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/aussie-woman-gang-raped-i
n-paris-days-before-olympics/news-story/e8bd73b72e47ec0f4371e266a55f7f23
Police are investigating allegations an Australian woman was subjected to a horrific attack by a group of men in central Paris.

"La France n'est plus la France" : ce que Donald Trump dit de la France

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 5:59 PM

Boycotting, the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics, 1984 LA Summer Olympics, Soccer Cups Diana Ross sings "I'm Coming Out" while she takes a penalty kick. She misses, but the goal splits open anyway then Canada Vancouver Winter a huge cauldron which malfunctioned, London was globalism and creepy plus full of weird stuff with skulls and virus and children including a giant dead baby, the Tokyo 2020 not 2020 event possibly the worst t was originally planned to be an epic opening ceremony but then Corona lockdowns, the Covid delays and it turned out to be very costly and very underwhelming, boosters and masks and old people, all postponed to 2021.

No Participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes but to bomb Palestinians into dust is ok because of news of 'Terror Attacks' IOC has different views on Israeli participation and Palestinian protests, some French political types proposed that Israeli athletes participate neutrally, similar to Russian and Belarusian athletes, during the Games and lots of terror attacks in Europe the past few years and toxic Water Pollution of the Seine the drug addict prostitute perverts of Holland Netherlands decided to go criminal and Dutch selection of convicted child rapist, French athlete Wilfried Happio was accused of domestic violence and of sexual assault.

after a Paris disaster comes

Los Angeles 2028 or Street shitting Fentanyl LA28

if the political world still around and acting normal Brisbane 2032 followed by 2036 bids

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 8:47 PM