The olympics. Yay.
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Oh...god. Why would you spread that kinda horror?Istvan said:
And yeah, I'm getting a lot of flak for being a grumpy git. When does that not happen on here?
Honestly, quite a lot, you guys/gals are usually fairly cool. But, still, as true as a lot of your arguments are, I'm not swayed.
I'm indifferent. Not a fan of sports, don't enjoy watching them. So it isn't something I'm interested in.
I remember the uproar when that monstrosity was unveiled, they had to actually tell people it depicted "2012" because noone had a clue what it was supposed to be.TheBobmus said:
That awful tower is as bad too,
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ilRVPH4rt-U/T9ryk_d4KpI/AAAAAAAAADI/OZ68piuHM3c/s400/Orbit-4.jpg
It looks like they asked a drunken cowboy builder to make a helter skelter out of scaffolding. I am expecting other failures too, I really think we will make a mess of it and be a massive embarrassment.
The Korean flag fiasco was a sign of things to come, could they have picked a more politically sensitive flag to get wrong? Whats next? Maybe they will put several hundred adverts for pork sausages around the middle eastern nations events.
I plan on watching
-The Opening Ceremony
-The cycling to see how Wiggins and Cavendish do
That's it, while I respect the athletes competing, I'm unable to bring myself to care enough to watch them. Plus, the sheer amount of bullshit surrounding the Olympics has tainted the event for me and probably a lot of other people.
-The Opening Ceremony
-The cycling to see how Wiggins and Cavendish do
That's it, while I respect the athletes competing, I'm unable to bring myself to care enough to watch them. Plus, the sheer amount of bullshit surrounding the Olympics has tainted the event for me and probably a lot of other people.
I went to see the torch when it came though Skegness, simply because it wasn't something you saw every day. It amused me that the buses carrying the sponsers came through aout 15 miutes before the first torch bearer.
That is the only interest that I have in the Olympics, I will pretty much ignore it now for the next couple of weeks.
That is the only interest that I have in the Olympics, I will pretty much ignore it now for the next couple of weeks.
I'm in the same place as the OP - Pretty fucking tired of seeing a union jack stuck on every piece of packaging, everything from apple pies to toilet roll. Team GB is gonna suck, we will be lucky to get a handful of medals, and that would be fine, except the media won't accept that - as if we're incapable of supporting anyone unless we are sure they will win.
We know better, we don't expect to win much, so stop ramming it down our throats.
The worst though, is the McDonalds adverts! - really, McD's sponsoring the olympics is like Cadbury's giving money to diabetes charities. The advert makes me want to self harm though, the whole spiel about all the different fans - the miss out the hater, the couldn't give a fucker, the terrorist bomber, and the deluded tosser.
Of course, I have similar disdain for sport in general - but really I never used to mind the olympics, it used to be good just to leave it on in the background, now with it being held in that London, I'm just sick of it already, and really I think most people resent how much it's costing.
We know better, we don't expect to win much, so stop ramming it down our throats.
The worst though, is the McDonalds adverts! - really, McD's sponsoring the olympics is like Cadbury's giving money to diabetes charities. The advert makes me want to self harm though, the whole spiel about all the different fans - the miss out the hater, the couldn't give a fucker, the terrorist bomber, and the deluded tosser.
Of course, I have similar disdain for sport in general - but really I never used to mind the olympics, it used to be good just to leave it on in the background, now with it being held in that London, I'm just sick of it already, and really I think most people resent how much it's costing.
I don't mind the olympics, i watch it occasionally if i see it on.
However, being British, it does seem to be the most commercial event ever. All adverts are like 'look, we found a random olymipian you've never heard of, now by or product or you're unpatriotic!' looking at you subway advert
The line 'it's a once in a lifetime opportunity' is also starting to grate, spend lots of money and watch every second, what's wrong with you?
So yeh, would prefer it if it was somewhere else, but will probably still enjoy it in moderation
However, being British, it does seem to be the most commercial event ever. All adverts are like 'look, we found a random olymipian you've never heard of, now by or product or you're unpatriotic!' looking at you subway advert
The line 'it's a once in a lifetime opportunity' is also starting to grate, spend lots of money and watch every second, what's wrong with you?
So yeh, would prefer it if it was somewhere else, but will probably still enjoy it in moderation
I don't usually get too excited about the Olympics, but it's bound to be on in our house at some point and I'll usually watch at least one event. I'm not big on sports, but I like the idea of having something- anything- that gets a lot of people from a lot of countries under one roof without the express intent of killing each other.
I'm tempted to create a twitter account just to troll or mock the Olympics. That would be a waste of time though.