No excitement this time around. I usually look forward to the games, especially last time out.
With the drugs thing going on, I dunno, just meh! about it all.
You cared enough to start a thread about it though.
You cynic. I'm massively excited about this international festival of corruption, consumerism, kickbacks, pollution, waste, drugs and oppression.
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they've got a new light railway and a new museum what more would they want! ?
Is it wrong to want to watch it to see how badly Brazil put on the event? What's Portuguese for schadenfreude?
Started a thread as I'm bored sitting on a train with nothing to think about 🙂
The mountain biking might be good to watch.
(and wonder how many are clean / cheating)
recreate a *fun* olympics theme at home by having a poo & a wee in the bath and forcing your kids to swim in it.
Does seem to have been a bit of a slow build up.
Armitstead lucky to be going..
probably because its time zone affected if you a brit/european, lots of the finals for events at around 2am GMT
It's the same every time apart from 2012. It has to start before you can get into it and then it's so full on you will be loving it very quickly.
@Stoner I think they use the same word for Schadenfreude as we do 🙂 (which I imagine was your point)
Totally agree OP. I love the Olympics and 2012 was simply wonderful at every level. Rio has been a dire choice for sailing since the announcement, it was well know that the bay is literally full of sh.t and of coirse all the promises of clean ups have been broken. I have seen pictures of boats covered in brown and black gunge when returning from training, Swiss team where mugged and the launching pontoon fell apart a couple of days ago. Competitors told to keep their mounts shut if they fall in 😯
When the games start I will be watching though, in particular swimming, cycling and of course the athletics - Mo and Jessica being our superstars.
Yep, the time zone thing is going to nause it up. I would imagine I'll be mostly watching highlights of events I know the results of already.
The sailing will be interesting, the neddies will be too, the rest I'm not bothered about.
Certainly doesn't seem as hyped as those prior to 2012.
MTBing I'm never really sure about, since it's a totally man-made super artificial course that's wide open and designed for getting TV cameras etc in there.
They should have done an urban DH, that South America is famous for.
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36944741 ]the Chinese are unimpressed ![/url]
Anything involving water is just going to turn into a battle of seeing who can go the longest without vomming.
Hopefully the golf will get cancelled and the participants entered into Greco-Roman wrestling instead.
I love the Olympics. It won't be the same as 2012, I remember listening to it at work and having to stop and listen to the commentary on the shooting and canoeing. My son is in Edinburgh diving g club and one of his teammates Grace Reid is competing so we are going to get together with some of the other parents and kids for a BBQ and to watch her. I'll also be keeping an eye on Grant Ferguson in the MTB, he was one of the kids in the original kids club at Glentress that Emma and Tracey started and whom I helped for a few weeks before my son was born.
I have always enjoyed the olympics but this one has absolutely failed to capture my attention. I think it is two things.
Firstly the London olympics was a high point (even though the legacy is a joke and the concentration on elite performance over mass participation a disgrace), it was a great show and a few weeks of joy in a recession. So anything after is not going to match up.
Secondly the corruption at the top of sports administration is causing a general tarnishing of the image of all sports and disenfranchisement of fans (Remember Norway leaking the list of Olympic demands before pulling out of the winter games hosts).
Firstly the London olympics was a high point
Well I thought so, but apparently not according to some Chinese athletes -
[i]Lu Zhimin says the biggest task for the athletes this year is to "come back alive". Vivienne_Rui quips, "Our country should dispatch to Brazil the World Championship-Level disaster support group".
"Be sure to double-check the gymnastic equipment!" jokes Xiari Weifeng Xiaohan. Others joke about the uneven bars being a bit more than uneven.
"[b]I really thought that London had the worst Olympics ever[/b]; I never expected this," says y_oyeaiyaai.
CindyFoxYeye agrees, saying, "[b]London is finally able to regain some face[/b]."[/i]
I hope it goes well, but for a long time the Olympics has been better at transferring public money into private hands than achieving any sort of "legacy" for the host nation.
I can't wait to watch all the Olympic-related crime vids on LiveLeak. Already stocked up on popcorn.
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Same,
Not sure what it is this time around, China was full of stories about polluted beaches and water, every Olympics I can remember had tales of half finished facilities and un-snagged athlete villages in the lead up.
Same for Wimbledon and the 'Le Tour' this year, both won by Brits, not for the first time in recent history, but it's still pretty rare, but not nearly the usual amount of media coverage - I didn't even know Wimbledon was on, until it ended.
I guess the news is still very busy at the moment, not been many slow news days this year, but I have think that national pride is at an all time low at the moment, I don't know, maybe it's just me, but it seems a bit empty cheering for someone you don't know because they're a Brit, seems like the end of the party to me.
seems a bit empty cheering for someone you don't know because they're a Brit
Maybe this is it. I have never felt less proud or disillusioned with my fellow brits than I do now. Combine that with sports governing bodies being seen to be weak and corrupt and suspicions of the competitors drug free status being at an all time high and there does seem to be less point than ever in the getting interested.
Cringing at the thought of Claire Balding trying to manufacture another Burt Le Clos moment. It was the spontaneity of the situation which made it so great so I hope she leaves well alone.
Its just a glorified school sports day, where the teachers all get to buy a yacht and a private jet. Can't see what the fuss is all about.
The Premiership starts in a couple of weeks though.....
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Well it was just announced that a local mountain biker is number 4 in the Oz team for the road race so stuff like that helps to keep the interest up, keen to see the road race, XC and at least cav on the track.
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The Premiership starts in a couple of weeks though.....
Yay! MOAR money laundering!
nah euros was [i]last[/i] monthYou cynic. I'm massively excited about this international festival of corruption, consumerism, kickbacks, pollution, waste, drugs and oppression.
Yes, but Flashy football wears its corruption like a badge of honour. It waves two fingers at anything other than money. It doesn't wrap itself up in all the noble Olympic history and sporting sacrifice for ultimate glory bollocks
I kind of admire the shameless, we couldn't give a **** honesty 😀
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[url= http://www.reddit.com/r/apocalympics2016 ]http://www.reddit.com/r/apocalympics2016[/url]
How can you not be at least intrigued by Rio 2016? I sincerely doubt this will go without a hitch.
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Not watching an event hosted by a country that treats some of its citizens in such a despicable manner by failing to provide a roof over their heads and sanitation.
I didn't watch the London Olympics either.
Can't be doing with this any more.
Not watching an event hosted by a country that treats some of its citizens in such a despicable manner by failing to provide a roof over their heads and sanitation.
America?
OK, could be applied to many countries but doesn't make it right.
Not watching an event hosted by a country that treats some of its citizens in such a despicable manner by failing to provide a roof over their heads and sanitation.I didn't watch the London Olympics either.
logic fail
Not watching for the reasons stated is fine and noble if you would have otherwise watched and enjoyed it - ie it's a boycott. But that's rather blown out of the water if you didn't bother watching the London version too.
logic fail
wimminz logic innit. 🙂 Morally repugnant and feel that money is needed elsewhere.
Not watching for the reasons stated is fine and noble if you would have otherwise watched and enjoyed it - ie it's a boycott. But that's rather blown out of the water if you didn't bother watching the London version too.
The moral high ground is always popular in the summer holidays
It seemed perfectly logical to have it in London. Hosting a multi-billion quid (taxpayer funded) corporate bonanza in a city that is being socially cleansed of frightful plebs?
Thats the Olympic ethos in a nutshell, isn't it?
So Rio is the logical next step from there too.
The moral high ground is always popular in the summer holidays
I'm like it all year Mike!
There's a lot wrong with the Olympics and a lot wrong with sport in general but there'll still be some epic performances over the next few weeks, personally I'll focus on those.
Morally repugnant and feel that money is needed elsewhere.
It's a fallacy that were it not used for the Olympics, "the money" would be used for poverty relief.
By that logic, nobody should spend money on anything until poverty is relieved by some arbitrary measure. Therefore, if you own a television, you are "morally repugnant" because you didn't give "the money" to a poor person instead.
