I totally agree. These are the elite of the elite. It does not matter where they come from. It is simply amazing to see what humans are capable of.rdx-fx wrote:
The athletes won their medals.
With their own insane training schedules, their own genetics, and their own doping doctors (in some cases).
Fellow countrymen watching at home had fuckall to do with it.
Really don't understand why people get all worked up over athletes they don't know, and who's name they will have forgotten in a month, that just happen to share a similar looking passport.
Unless you were there, at 3:30am, every day for the last 4 years, holding a stopwatch for that athlete - what difference does it make which country they're from?
It's the Olympics.
Admire the athletes who are outstanding performers, even in the company of the worlds best.
When hasn't the Olympics been a nationalistic circle jerk?
Every 4 years the USA holds this competition to remind everyone that USA rules the world and anyone not from USA is sub-human.
To a certain extent, yet. But their training and equipment is quite often heavily funded by the government, so in a sense it is the nation's athletes. Maybe less so for some sports, but look at what Michael Phelps gets...Jaekus wrote:
I totally agree. These are the elite of the elite. It does not matter where they come from. It is simply amazing to see what humans are capable of.rdx-fx wrote:
The athletes won their medals.
With their own insane training schedules, their own genetics, and their own doping doctors (in some cases).
Fellow countrymen watching at home had fuckall to do with it.
Really don't understand why people get all worked up over athletes they don't know, and who's name they will have forgotten in a month, that just happen to share a similar looking passport.
Unless you were there, at 3:30am, every day for the last 4 years, holding a stopwatch for that athlete - what difference does it make which country they're from?
It's the Olympics.
Admire the athletes who are outstanding performers, even in the company of the worlds best.
I know I've trained with 2 athletes at this Olympics so I'm going to claim I helped them get there by pushing them at practice
We won the last Olympicsmtb0minime wrote:
Every 4 years the USA holds this competition to remind everyone that USA rules the world and anyone not from USA is sub-human.
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every four years - that would mean he's referencing only the summer olympics.
true, but the winter olympics are more interesting anyway
I agree. They should end the whole nationalistic bullshit that goes with the olympics.rdx-fx wrote:
The athletes won their medals.
With their own insane training schedules, their own genetics, and their own doping doctors (in some cases).
Fellow countrymen watching at home had fuckall to do with it.
Really don't understand why people get all worked up over athletes they don't know, and who's name they will have forgotten in a month, that just happen to share a similar looking passport.
Unless you were there, at 3:30am, every day for the last 4 years, holding a stopwatch for that athlete - what difference does it make which country they're from?
It's the Olympics.
Admire the athletes who are outstanding performers, even in the company of the worlds best.
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-Frederick Bastiat
That's because you live here:Winston_Churchill wrote:
true, but the winter olympics are more interesting anyway
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
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Toronto? Hardly, its been hitting 30-40C almost all summer
Shutup, there is at least a foot of snow on the ground year round. I bet you have a pet moose, you maniac.Winston_Churchill wrote:
Toronto? Hardly, its been hitting 30-40C almost all summer
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
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Winter olympics don't count. Only Olympics that count are when USA wins. USA wins all Olympics. USA ruler of Earth. Pledge allegiance or be destroyed.
they are more interesting, but that's like saying watching paint dry is more interesting than watching dust settle. I do not get the infatuation with the Olympics at all from a viewership standpoint. I also think it's funny to hear people discussing the nuances of pole vaulting or hurdling in general conversation during the olympics. Watching 95% of the competition is fucking bizarre to me too. Especially womens gymnastics - shit is weird.Winston_Churchill wrote:
true, but the winter olympics are more interesting anyway
Badminton and ping-pong are fun to watch for a few min
i think its fun watching the hockey, snowboarding, ski jumping and a bunch of others. i didnt even really watch much this olympicsKEN-JENNINGS wrote:
they are more interesting, but that's like saying watching paint dry is more interesting than watching dust settle. I do not get the infatuation with the Olympics at all from a viewership standpoint. I also think it's funny to hear people discussing the nuances of pole vaulting or hurdling in general conversation during the olympics. Watching 95% of the competition is fucking bizarre to me too. Especially womens gymnastics - shit is weird.Winston_Churchill wrote:
true, but the winter olympics are more interesting anyway
I think with a lot of the games, especially the summer games, people can say 'hey, I can do that too!', especially with a lot of the more obscure events. With the winter olympics all you really have is curling, which is why it becomes such a cult favorite.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
they are more interesting, but that's like saying watching paint dry is more interesting than watching dust settle. I do not get the infatuation with the Olympics at all from a viewership standpoint. I also think it's funny to hear people discussing the nuances of pole vaulting or hurdling in general conversation during the olympics. Watching 95% of the competition is fucking bizarre to me too. Especially womens gymnastics - shit is weird.Winston_Churchill wrote:
true, but the winter olympics are more interesting anyway
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
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there was no baseball in this olympics because usa felt bad no one else could play it but we still win all the golds anway so
dont keep score then ffsJaekus wrote:
Really? Where's the winning team's trophy presentation then? huh?Frank Reynolds wrote:
yes you do. what a stupid thing to say.Jaekus wrote:
No one wins the Olympics
What are you looking at dicknose
it would just be like North and south america and japan playingmtb0minime wrote:
there was no baseball in this olympics because usa felt bad no one else could play it but we still win all the golds anway so
noone else really cares about baseball
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medal tally =/= scoreFrank Reynolds wrote:
dont keep score then ffsJaekus wrote:
Really? Where's the winning team's trophy presentation then? huh?Frank Reynolds wrote:
yes you do. what a stupid thing to say.
Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.
They got rid of it because MLB wouldn't agree to stop the season midway and allow their hundred million dollar athletes to participate.RTHKI wrote:
europe doesnt care so they got rid of it
cunts
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
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its not like the US were any good at olympic baseball anyway.RTHKI wrote:
europe doesnt care so they got rid of it
cunts
Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.
also baseball is boring and unathletic as fuck
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
Then again they're introducing golf as an Olympic sport in 2016...
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