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On May 14 2012 19:15 babybell wrote:
The olympic flame thing in Olympia was a complete parody taking place while the Greek socioeconomic crisis was in full swing with the elections. Also in the op's pic the left girl is lady stark.
I've always felt that way about all olympic ceremonies ;p.
That said, it always fun to watch on TV.
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Cons: I'm in Korea so if I turn on the TV then I'm not gonna get to see any events that Korea sucks at, because they don't bother showing them
Pros: Korea is decent at several of the sports I like, and it's still better than watching in NZ where they show nothing but f***ing swimming the whole time
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So we got the Olympia ceremony in Greece, during the country's deepest crisis in recent times.
Then we got the Olympics in the U.K., where we just entered our second recession again, millions of unemployed, businesses shutting down constantly and we are told that this will go on until at least 2015. And our government is now spending astronomical money on this event.
Are you fucking kidding me...? Not even going to bother...
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United Kingdom16710 Posts
Bad time to live in London. Fuck me it's going to be annoying.
And I can't help but feel we could've spent the 10 billion pounds on something more useful and productive, especially in these times. This event is mostly funded by the public and it's the private corporations who will benefit the most, as usual.
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On May 14 2012 12:59 Brutaxilos wrote:
Hehe, the time has come to see if London can succeed Beijing successfully. Not gunna lie, Beijing put down some pretty huge expectations.
Aside from that, can't wait to see track! USAIN BOLT GOGO :D
Can't wait to see what he is going to do :D
I also want to see some development in the Javelin, Zelezny has held the title too long! Someone become even remotely competitive with him xD
Probably won't happen though, jesus christ 98 meters.
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On May 14 2012 21:59 CyDe wrote:Show nested quote +On May 14 2012 12:59 Brutaxilos wrote:
Hehe, the time has come to see if London can succeed Beijing successfully. Not gunna lie, Beijing put down some pretty huge expectations.
Aside from that, can't wait to see track! USAIN BOLT GOGO :D Can't wait to see what he is going to do :D I also want to see some development in the Javelin, Zelezny has held the title too long! Someone become even remotely competitive with him xD Probably won't happen though, jesus christ 98 meters.
Is that the record?
If so...damn that's a long way to thrown something.
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Can't fucking wait for the badminton myself. Looking forward to other events like football, distance running etc too. It's going to be amazing :D
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United States2822 Posts
Ah, the Summer Olympics. The time every four years where my high school and college sport of choice matters to more than the people who play it.
I speak of fencing, by the way.
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On May 14 2012 23:09 L_Master wrote:Show nested quote +On May 14 2012 21:59 CyDe wrote:On May 14 2012 12:59 Brutaxilos wrote:
Hehe, the time has come to see if London can succeed Beijing successfully. Not gunna lie, Beijing put down some pretty huge expectations.
Aside from that, can't wait to see track! USAIN BOLT GOGO :D Can't wait to see what he is going to do :D I also want to see some development in the Javelin, Zelezny has held the title too long! Someone become even remotely competitive with him xD Probably won't happen though, jesus christ 98 meters. Is that the record? If so...damn that's a long way to thrown something.
Yeah it is O.O, plus the javelin has such difficult technique to master.
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It's really hard to imagine someone throwing farther than that, at least with the new javelin.
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On May 14 2012 23:24 scintilliaSD wrote:
Ah, the Summer Olympics. The time every four years where my high school and college sport of choice matters to more than the people who play it.
I speak of fencing, by the way.
I love (and am saddened by) the fact that this could apply to quite a large number of the Olympic events including things like T&F, weightlifting, Badminton, etc.
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On May 14 2012 13:20 peekn wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2012 23:28 Klive5ive wrote:
Might watch the football and the real sports.
Don't care much for professional athletics though, what a waste of time/money/effort. How can you say that... That is basically what the Olympics are all about... athletics, dexterity, stamina etc. You really don't understand the point of the Olympics do you...
Actually I understand it better than you. It's about celebrating athletic ability, determination and belief in yourself whilst also inspiring people to live more active lives and go for their goals. Unfortunately that is undermined by the fact that money buys medals.
In the UK the number of gold medals a discipline wins determines the funding that specific field receives in the next Olympics. It's worked brilliantly in increasing our medal tally since we now dominate events that other nations ignore like cycling, rowing; but it kind of sucks if you're a brilliant British gymnast because you'll get no funding compared with the mega bucks America are throwing at it.
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Netherlands45349 Posts
I hope it won't be too hard to follow Badminton aswell as Taekwando
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I love the olympics, the best of everyone country competing in the most awesome competition in the World. I love any sport that includes crazy flips :D
Side note.
Do you think that in... 20/30/50 years E-Sports will be included in the Olympics?
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Awww shiii--
Let's hope he breaks some records here. Goddamn, I really hope he does. Has he announced what he is aiming for in the 100m?
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Gogo Michael Phelps! Smoke that weed and win thoe gold medals.
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yess finally got tickets 200m finals!
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Can't wait for women beach volleyball 
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Swimming, handball, gogo! Should be awesome
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EPT
