I abhor the Olympics.
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Sure, there are some good and honest athletes who work hard to represent their counties in the Olympics, but those guys/gals only make up some 10%. Also, Olympics is hardly about representing your country, its more about representing your sponsor.Tony said:
others have summed up my feelings already, but i would like to point out the insane amount of money the UK is likely to make from tourist revenue. yeah they spent a lot of money in preparation for this event but they will make all of that back and then some.
Oh no, something you don't like is popular? Get over it.
I don't like the Olympics either, but you're indignant rage is unnecessary (and not very funny). You also came across as kind of a dick. You never want to be overly flippant if its not for comedic effect.
Why am I the comedy police all of a sudden?
I don't like the Olympics either, but you're indignant rage is unnecessary (and not very funny). You also came across as kind of a dick. You never want to be overly flippant if its not for comedic effect.
Why am I the comedy police all of a sudden?
Lots of people like it. We are not making you watch it. People DO enjoy football, American football (or handoval), swimming, etc.Jailbird408 said:
You don't find it entertaining? Fine, do something else. Watch that movie, make that receipe. It's your life, live it the way you want, don't tell others how to be entertained.
Tons of money is spent on what seems like "useless" endeavors. Films, for example, all the billions spent on films each years is billions that isn't going to children in Africa with cancer, what good does that 2 hours of sitting and staring at a screen in a dark room ever done?
I do agree that it is stupid to get wrapped up in what "YOUR" team does in a professional game. Some people's self esteem seem connected to how well some guys who just happen to live in their city do in a game. I've seen super overweight guys yell at players for not running fast enough or catching the ball.... I guess I can understand if people enjoy watching the competition especially if they also do the sport.
I just don't understand the whole 'I'm going to cheer for this guy cause he is from my country'. Football riots are also extremely pathetic. Oh no, some guys you don't know from your country didn't win by kicking a ball... time to act like 5 year olds who just had their toy car taken away.
I've heard it is a way to feel vicariously good about yourself if "your team" wins which is very sad.
Though participating in sports is much different as I absolutely love running. I feel very proud of myself; love the challenge and just getting to be alone with my thoughts, it releases happy hormones; and I'm finally beating lifelong depression thanks to getting back into running. I go 4 times a week and I'm up to 14km per run, hope to reach 20km a run (while keeping good pace by end of the summer. So I get the appeal in playing sports and think everything should set down the remote or controller to go outside a few times a week. I just don't get the whole basing your self worth on how some other people pass a ball. I do watch ice skating on occasion but I don't scream 'GO AMERICA!'. I view it like ballet and just enjoy the artistry. Some of my fave skaters are from eastern europe and asia.
my captcha was 'talk turkey'.... I really miss eating turkey since I've been living in Korea for past 2 years.
I just don't understand the whole 'I'm going to cheer for this guy cause he is from my country'. Football riots are also extremely pathetic. Oh no, some guys you don't know from your country didn't win by kicking a ball... time to act like 5 year olds who just had their toy car taken away.
I've heard it is a way to feel vicariously good about yourself if "your team" wins which is very sad.
Though participating in sports is much different as I absolutely love running. I feel very proud of myself; love the challenge and just getting to be alone with my thoughts, it releases happy hormones; and I'm finally beating lifelong depression thanks to getting back into running. I go 4 times a week and I'm up to 14km per run, hope to reach 20km a run (while keeping good pace by end of the summer. So I get the appeal in playing sports and think everything should set down the remote or controller to go outside a few times a week. I just don't get the whole basing your self worth on how some other people pass a ball. I do watch ice skating on occasion but I don't scream 'GO AMERICA!'. I view it like ballet and just enjoy the artistry. Some of my fave skaters are from eastern europe and asia.
my captcha was 'talk turkey'.... I really miss eating turkey since I've been living in Korea for past 2 years.
I'd rather blow my brains out than watch people play sports.
That said, some of-who am I kidding?- MANY of my closest loved ones would rather blow THEIR brains out than play my favorite video games. I think video games will be instrumental to humanity's artistic future, but I don't really mind. Why? Everyone has their own preferences they can't control. I'll never watch a baseball game with my dad unless its in a stadium (hey, I like the hotdogs), but he'll never play a round of league of legends with me. I have no right to detest anyone for that.
And even with my affliction of extreme boredom whilst watching sports, I applaud the olympics for its stated goal of breeding international brotherhood and sportsmanship. Even if it doesn't do that in quite as practical a way as we'd like it to, the symbol of the olympics is still very important.
I also feel it's extremely important as a way to give people who devote their lives to a discipline the rewards they deserve.
That said, some of-who am I kidding?- MANY of my closest loved ones would rather blow THEIR brains out than play my favorite video games. I think video games will be instrumental to humanity's artistic future, but I don't really mind. Why? Everyone has their own preferences they can't control. I'll never watch a baseball game with my dad unless its in a stadium (hey, I like the hotdogs), but he'll never play a round of league of legends with me. I have no right to detest anyone for that.
And even with my affliction of extreme boredom whilst watching sports, I applaud the olympics for its stated goal of breeding international brotherhood and sportsmanship. Even if it doesn't do that in quite as practical a way as we'd like it to, the symbol of the olympics is still very important.
I also feel it's extremely important as a way to give people who devote their lives to a discipline the rewards they deserve.
I stopped reading after the 'could watch a movie' part... because watching fictional stuff is so much more fun than watching actual struggle.
dont get me wrong, sports bore me, but you are just going all 'stop liking what I dont like'
that the sport hype is blown out of proportion is another topic altogether.
dont get me wrong, sports bore me, but you are just going all 'stop liking what I dont like'
that the sport hype is blown out of proportion is another topic altogether.