Jaekus
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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 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.
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When hasn't the Olympics been a nationalistic circle jerk?
mtb0minime
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Every 4 years the USA holds this competition to remind everyone that USA rules the world and anyone not from USA is sub-human.
RTHKI
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Winston_Churchill
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Jaekus wrote:

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 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.
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...

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


mtb0minime 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.
We won the last Olympics

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KEN-JENNINGS
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every four years - that would mean he's referencing only the summer olympics.
Winston_Churchill
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true, but the winter olympics are more interesting anyway
Jay
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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 agree. They should end the whole nationalistic bullshit that goes with the olympics.
"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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Jay
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Winston_Churchill wrote:

true, but the winter olympics are more interesting anyway
That's because you live here:
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Winston_Churchill
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Toronto? Hardly, its been hitting 30-40C almost all summer
Jay
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Winston_Churchill wrote:

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.
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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.
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Winston_Churchill wrote:

true, but the winter olympics are more interesting anyway
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.
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Badminton and ping-pong are fun to watch for a few min
Winston_Churchill
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KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

Winston_Churchill wrote:

true, but the winter olympics are more interesting anyway
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.
i think its fun watching the hockey, snowboarding, ski jumping and a bunch of others. i didnt even really watch much this olympics
Jay
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KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

Winston_Churchill wrote:

true, but the winter olympics are more interesting anyway
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.
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.
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mtb0minime
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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
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Jaekus wrote:

Frank Reynolds wrote:

Jaekus wrote:

No one wins the Olympics
yes you do.  what a stupid thing to say.
Really? Where's the winning team's trophy presentation then? huh?
dont keep score then ffs
What are you looking at dicknose
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mtb0minime 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
it would just be like North and south america and japan playing

noone else really cares about baseball
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RTHKI
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europe doesnt care so they got rid of it

cunts
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m3thod
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Frank Reynolds wrote:

Jaekus wrote:

Frank Reynolds wrote:


yes you do.  what a stupid thing to say.
Really? Where's the winning team's trophy presentation then? huh?
dont keep score then ffs
medal tally =/= score
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Jay
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RTHKI wrote:

europe doesnt care so they got rid of it

cunts
They got rid of it because MLB wouldn't agree to stop the season midway and allow their hundred million dollar athletes to participate.
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RTHKI wrote:

europe doesnt care so they got rid of it

cunts
its not like the US were any good at olympic baseball anyway.
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also baseball is boring and unathletic as fuck
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Then again they're introducing golf as an Olympic sport in 2016...
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