Olympics XXX

[Faye Valentine]

I was watching the tae kwon do match, and remembered why I never liked it to begin with. Stupid as hell

[jonhammstein]

I saw some Women's Judo and it looked like a pair of gorillas awkwardly trying to mate.

[B E C K]

Where they fake each other out and then awkwardly try to land a kick on one another?

[Faye Valentine]

It's funny how when guys fight in these tournaments, they are "cool" about it, but women just want to murder each other

[B E C K]

They should have street "judo": where the girls wear club-outfits and pull each other's hair and earrings.

[jonhammstein]

There were no kicks as far as I could tell.

I don't think there even are punches or kicks in Judo, it's all holds and throws.

[Faye Valentine]

when I said kicks I was talking about tae kwon do, not judo

[B E C K]

Yeah, I meant the taekwondo.  Whoops-a-doo.

[jonhammstein]

It's all lame. Olympic martial arts are ridiculous and unwatchable.

[B E C K]

OMG BORING: NBC is showing, like, an hour special about Britain in WW2.  Did I want a fuckin' history lesson?  No, I want sum fuckin' 'lympics, motherfucks. 

[Rumble]

I saw absolutely nothing of the Olympics

[B E C K]

I missed the awesomest moment in men's volleyball where Russia turned the tide completely and whooped Brazil. 

[Rama]

I think I might start watching the Olympics tonight. Hope I didn't miss anything.

[Fiero]

I think I might start watching the Olympics tonight. Hope I didn't miss anything.

Nothing important.

[B E C K]

They cut off the end of the closing ceremonies yesterday for the commercial-free premiere of Animal Practice.  FUCK NBC.

[Rama]

Ohhhhhhhhh Animal Practice. I gots to see that.

[Faye Valentine]

I think I might start watching the Olympics tonight. Hope I didn't miss anything.

THE SPICE GIRLS MUTHAFUCKAAA

[Sam]

I got myself access to the BBC online feed for most of the Olympics.  Full access to streaming coverage of every event plus all the archived video.  I wish they would have shown me some ads or something so I wouldn't have felt somewhat guilty about stealing their bandwidth.

It's just that NBC sucked so much.  There was no choice.  I wanted to see something other than the USA swimming, beach volleyball, and gymnastics matches.

[Sam]

It's all lame. Olympic martial arts are ridiculous and unwatchable.

I hope you're not including fencing in this statement.  Fencing is awesome.  Especially with the super duper slow motion replays.

[B E C K]

I was hoping to see some fencing and nada.

And damn, Olympic coverage's gotten worse when it comes to the medal ceremonies, too.  Used to be we'd see other countries getting an anthem and in my viewing I saw only three non-US ceremonies for the entire two weeks and I'd watch something every day.  And then, in several of the US ceremonies I saw, the camera would literally zoom into the crying athelete's gross, sobbing face and STAY THERE THE ENTIRE TIME.  FUCK NBC.

[Faye Valentine]

It's all lame. Olympic martial arts are ridiculous and unwatchable.

I hope you're not including fencing in this statement.  Fencing is awesome.  Especially with the super duper slow motion replays.

lol fencing is so gay

inb4 bruce lee reference

[The D]

Too bad they didn't show anything from the Paralympics. I think I'd actually prefer watching that. It's all good if someone can throw a shot putt across a field, but is more interesting when the man has no ARMS! But NBC's all like "lol cripples" and I guess being crippled doesn't sell to advertisers. The BBC did have some stuff on it but it was their home turf.

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

There was a big hooplah about McDonald's being the only fries (or 'chips' as they call them in Britain... so what do they call Lays and Doritos???) at the olympics, and there being some kind of strictly enforced brand law that only allowed official sponsors in and around the olympic grounds.
http://sparksheet.com/mcdonalds-french-fry-controversy-shakes-up-brand-olympics/

[Rumble]

Noone in Britain calls McDonals's fries chips.
Chips have a bit more potato on their bones

[Fiero]

Too bad they didn't show anything from the Paralympics. I think I'd actually prefer watching that. It's all good if someone can throw a shot putt across a field, but is more interesting when the man has no ARMS! But NBC's all like "lol cripples" and I guess being crippled doesn't sell to advertisers. The BBC did have some stuff on it but it was their home turf.

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

There was a big hooplah about McDonald's being the only fries (or 'chips' as they call them in Britain... so what do they call Lays and Doritos???) at the olympics, and there being some kind of strictly enforced brand law that only allowed official sponsors in and around the olympic grounds.
http://sparksheet.com/mcdonalds-french-fry-controversy-shakes-up-brand-olympics/

I heard about the brand law, but only in regards to condoms.

[B E C K]

so what do they call Lays and Doritos???)

Crisps.

[The D]

Oh and something I thought about during the Olympics:

NBC seems to really go on about the "triumphs" of the Olympics and how people are realizing their dreams and winning, and they focus on people who have won and how far they've come as if to trumpet some kind of "rags to riches" story. "This person started out in the ghettos of Chicago and is now winning gold..." ect ect.

That's all fine and good and I wish they'd shut the hell up about all of that, but what about everyone else? Remember, only a small percentage of the thousands of people who go there actually win a medal. Everyone else is just a loser. Sorry, you got this far but failed at the end. I remember seeing this look of horror at some guy dead last in some sprint. And you think some of these people devote their entire life and money to trying to get there and fail.

"This guy from Ethiopia sold his children into slavery and his wife left him, he ate bread crumbs and out of dumpsters, and practiced every single day for this chance...Aww, he came in last. Better luck next time."
"But there won't be a next time! I have no money left!"