Olympics XXX

[B E C K]

Because they're the sexy Olympics.  But really, the coverage here really sucks.  The worse part is not being able to watch shit online on an official source without resorting to some sneaky-shit to do it.  Apparently, even if you are able to watch, it's still a cluster fuck in trying to find the right event and then some of the stuff's not even live when it says it is.  Americans need a damn cable account.  Fucking NBC.

Anyway, late making this topic but so what?

[Fiero]

It's fucking dumb as shit.

[B E C K]

Ten to a room and one shower for 75 people: Inside the 'slum' camp for Olympic cleaners
•They sleep in portable cabins, some of which have been leaking in the rain, at the campsite in East London
•The bad weather has left the site flooded with stagnant water, forcing the cleaners to use abandoned crates as makeshift ‘stepping stones’
•‘It is like a slum inside,’ says one worker from Hungary

[B E C K]

Above quote is clickable.

Anyway, I do watch it and just don't get the idea of delaying coverage.  Show us as many events as possible asap and rerun the shit people really want to see in prime time.  And stop jerking off Michael Phelps.  Isn't that what the post-Olympics programming is for?  To do interviews and shit?  I'm annoyed they're aren't squeezing in as many events as possible just so fucking Comcast-NBC can spread everything out on all of their jerkwad cable channels.  Entire water polo matches, NBC?  Do we really need that?  Really?

[Faye Valentine]

There are showing the Olympics in 3 different channels over here. (national channels btw, no cable)

[B E C K]

That's fuckin' cool.


Re: Olympics...  I think it's hilarious there can be a cheating scandal involving badminton.   

[Rodent of Unusual Size]

They put the bad in badminton.

I hate the Olympics. I'm just glad they suck that shit on already shitty NBC.

[Fiero]

They put the bad in badminton.

I hate the Olympics. I'm just glad they suck that shit on already shitty NBC.

They also put the mint in there. They all have excellent dental hygiene.

lol "suck that shit." Fucking shitsuckers.

[B E C K]

I don't mind people not wanting to watch, disliking or hating the Olympics.  But the other day, at work, I went to the break room to watch some events during my lunch and there was some TLC show or something on that nobody appeared to be paying attention to.  So I'm like "Is anybody watching this and if not, can I change it?"  And the two guys there are like "nope" and this girl on her phone decides to butt in and go "anything but Olympics".  Apparently, the guys also wanted to see the Olympics but the girl was there first and told them they couldn't watch Olympics.  Teh fuck?  Firstly, this chick's on her phone chattering away.  She's barely watching TV.  Second, it's not as if she wanted to see something over the Olympics.  It'd be different if she had some show she really wanted to watch.  But she couldn't care less what was on except for that one thing.  She's basically holding the only TV we have that we're supposed to share hostage because she doesn't like Olympics.  Go to another part of the fucking building if you don't want to watch.  And she was all "it's on upstairs".  It actually took me a minute to understand what she meant.  On our floor, we have a large TV hanging from the ceiling that's apparently on the Olympics but it's muted.  Also, I SIT BEHIND THAT TV.  So I don't get to watch shit.  I didn't even know it was playing until she said that.  But anyway, my presence made 3 ppl out of four in the room who wanted to watch the Olympics so she relented and let me change it to women's volleyball.

[Fiero]

women's volleyball.

HOT

[Rodent of Unusual Size]

They also put the mint in there. They all have excellent dental hygiene.

lol "suck that shit." Fucking shitsuckers.

Heh...auto-correct strikes again.

[The D]

Heh, XXX. I didn't even notice until now.

There's a guy my mother knows who's swimming in the Olympics. He was training at the same place where Phelps did for a while.

The coverage is kind of annoying. I'd like to see more of non-popular sports shown. Like shooting or kayaking or sailing or something. Constant swimming coverage gets boring after a while. Yea I get it everyone is obsessed over fucking Phelps.

I do think it's pretty great that in Gymnastics, the girl who won was a black girl in a sport dominated by whites (and Asians who are pretty white anyway).

[Fiero]

Heh, XXX. I didn't even notice until now.

There's a guy my mother knows who's swimming in the Olympics. He was training at the same place where Phelps did for a while.

The coverage is kind of annoying. I'd like to see more of non-popular sports shown. Like shooting or kayaking or sailing or something. Constant swimming coverage gets boring after a while. Yea I get it everyone is obsessed over fucking Phelps.

I do think it's pretty great that in Gymnastics, the girl who won was a black girl in a sport dominated by whites (and Asians who are pretty white anyway).

I agree. They need to stop talking about her hair, though.

[B E C K]

They've shown some kayaking and sailing along with rowing during the day along with full water polo matches and volleyball.  I think they should show the major events live and splice in coverage of some of the less popular events like the water polo.  Full water polo matches that aren't for medals are really a cable thing if they don't have room.  And then package the entire days events nice and neat and abbreviated for evening for people who have work/school and couldn't watch daytime coverage.  It's all very... uneven.  Especially when most of the people interested in the Olympics will see the news about the medals on the internet whether they want to or not.  So the fake suspense during the evening is ridiculous.

[B E C K]

And why the fuck are you interviewing Shaun White AGAIN?

Bob Costas: "Well, Shaun White, what'd you think of that trampoline event?"
Shaun White: "I had one as a kid it was fun."
Bob Costas:  "Do you use it to practice snowboarding?"
Shaun White: "Not really.  It's very vertical.  So here's footage of me trying to fence."
Bob Costas: "Ho ho, D'artagnan you ain't."
Shaun White: "I'm gonna go for two medals in the winter.  Here's some footage of me snowboarding."
Bob Costas: "This Olympics makes you competitive, doesn't it?"
Shaun White: "Yeah, it's like they're gonna give me a ball or something."
Bob Costas: "Har har."

[Faye Valentine]

Shaun White was hilarious in that JT and the 70s show girl movie

[Rama]

Shaun White's face should have been exhibit A in the Scopes Monkey Trial.

[Fiero]

Shaun White was hilarious in that JT and the 70s show girl movie

70's show girl? There were multiple females on that sow. I assume you mean Mila Kunis.

[joe]

There were multiple females on that sow.

I'm picturing all sorts of bizarre mental images right now.

[Fiero]

There were multiple females on that sow.

I'm picturing all sorts of bizarre mental images right now.

My god .... what have I done?

[Faye Valentine]

There were multiple females on that sow.

I'm picturing all sorts of bizarre mental images right now.

lol'd

Yeah Mila. I couldn't remember her name

[B E C K]

Goddammit!  Beach volleyball gold medal match for the US ladies and Sanya Richards-Ross's final tonight and I'm gonna miss both of them.  =p

I did find a positive to NBC's shit coverage.  Read spoilers online and waste less time watching the events on tv.  If they would show the beach volleyball live--no, wait, I'd be missing that shit anyway since that's @ 3 central time. Oh well, I was screwed either way.

[B E C K]

Oh, well, I get to watch the live beach volleyball bronze match between the Brazilians and the Chinese.  The Chinese players actually have height advantage over the Brazilians.

[B E C K]

Apparently Durex is the official condom of the Olympics.  Outsiders are not welcome: http://www.wbur.org/npr/158416801/rogue-condoms-appear-in-olympic-village-organizers-take-action

[Fiero]

Apparently Durex is the official condom of the Olympics.  Outsiders are not welcome: http://www.wbur.org/npr/158416801/rogue-condoms-appear-in-olympic-village-organizers-take-action

Damn, I guess I should have been an athlete after all.

[Rama]

Oh, well, I get to watch the live beach volleyball bronze match between the Brazilians and the Chinese.  The Chinese players actually have height advantage over the Brazilians.

It is so sad they are are just proving that age old stereotype of extremely tall Asians.

[Fiero]

Oh, well, I get to watch the live beach volleyball bronze match between the Brazilians and the Chinese.  The Chinese players actually have height advantage over the Brazilians.

It is so sad they are are just proving that age old stereotype of extremely tall Asians.

ROFLCOPTER

[B E C K]

One of them's 6'3".  Anyway, they lost.  Which I'm glad for because I wanted the Brazilians to get a medal.  That Chinese team already had a bronze from the last Olympics while the Brazialian team that was playing had never been awarded one.

[Fiero]

One of them's 6'3".  Anyway, they lost.  Which I'm glad for because I wanted the Brazilians to get a medal.  That Chinese team already had a bronze from the last Olympics while the Brazialian team that was playing had never been awarded one.

Because we all know competition is about everybody being a winner!

[B E C K]

Exactly!  Glad you understand, bro.

Anyway, I got to see most of the gold medal match after all so I is a happy camper.