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Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Dely Apple posted:

Jobimascots(tm) soon to be in the discount aisle at my Target next to the 4 remaining Brazil caps from the last World Cup, forever on 75% markdown

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Happy Bear Suit
Jul 21, 2004

all the jokes about tiny brazilian baby heads were funny, well done goons

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Happy Bear Suit posted:

all the jokes about tiny brazilian baby heads were funny, well done goons

what the gently caress are you talking a bout?

Dogmeat
Jun 20, 2003


Woof!

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

oh, wait no one has ever made money from the Olympics.

The IOC is worth billions of dollars.

bring back old gbs
Feb 28, 2007

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

what the gently caress are you talking a bout?

the right and true jokes about the doll head pic

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Dogmeat posted:

The IOC is worth billions of dollars.

Oh my God!

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Dogmeat posted:

The IOC is worth billions of dollars.

are you sure?

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

32MB OF ESRAM posted:

the right and true jokes about the doll head pic

My name is tiny tina and I will kill you

MinionOfCthulhu
Oct 28, 2005

I got this title for free due to my proximity to an idiot who wanted to save $5 on an avatar by having someone else spend $9.95 instead.

literally a hog posted:




Its like they made the mascots expressly in Adventure Time style. I can't wait to see how that backfires when people draw them choking on lagoon sludge in hilarious fashion.


"No problems here folks!"

They're okay but they're no Izzy!!

Shaquin
May 12, 2007
photoshopping an rear end should be illegal those buns should stand on their own

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

Fojar38 posted:

the ioc is basically a bunch of pampered old world nobility who demand incredibly dumb bourgeouis poo poo for themselves at the expense of the host nation and for some reason nobody wants to host the olympics anymore except for despotic shitholes that run on slave labor

actually it's just straight bribery

Dogmeat
Jun 20, 2003


Woof!

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

are you sure?

yeah, they're really corrupt.

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

Dirk Squarejaw posted:

I see this sucking but not a "loving lol" - type of suck like Sochi. More of everyone ends up with zika and AIDS type of suck.

that sounds pretty lol to me

Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

MinionOfCthulhu posted:

They're okay but they're no Izzy!!



90s as gently caress

Nostalgia4Dogges
Jun 18, 2004

Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

I got this dope tank in rio



(In '09)

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

Nostalgia4Dicks posted:

I got this dope tank in rio



(In '09)

I saw this dope tank in rio



(In '16)

Lime Tonics
Nov 7, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
ESPN wrote :

"Athletes will get multiple vaccinations, douse themselves with hand sanitizer, shower as quickly as they can after racing and resort to home remedies from Listerine to Jagermeister, but no one can guarantee what precautions might be effective."

"A member of our coaching staff almost puked while entering the Olympic harbor," van Rijsselberghe wrote in text translated and posted on the foundation's website.

""I am happy I won last week. Maybe I won because I had the least amount of debris on my fin."

"Families like Pablo's have amenities such as flat-screen televisions, but they have to rig their own septic fields. The water from the family's sinks and toilet empties into a length of PVC that leads to a scavenged washing machine cemented into the hillside. Another pipe disperses the wastewater into the ground."

Last year, as part of a greater strategic plan that included designing the eco-barriers that are being constructed across the area's rivers,



"You're weaving in and out of trash and imagining where the center of your boat is, trying to get around pieces of furniture, or garbage bags, or animals, whatever. Then it's beautiful and blue and you're looking at the breeze. It can be an obstacle course. Especially when it rains."

http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/14791849/trash-contamination-continue-pollute-olympic-training-competition-sites-rio-de-janeiro

Can't wait to watch boat racing with garbage avoidance. Should really spice things up.

Nostalgia4Dogges
Jun 18, 2004

Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

Mange Mite posted:

I saw this dope tank in rio



(In '16)


I mean yeah it's a shithole with paramilitary all over don't think that's a surprise to anyone here ?

Tropa de Elite 2 is actually pretty political and covers some of the issues. The first one is just straight action. Both good movies either way IMO

Prettz
Sep 3, 2002

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

oh, wait no one has ever made money from the Olympics.
when was the last time a city wasn't financially ruined by the summer olympics?

I think atlanta faired ok but only because they allowed it to be the coca-cola olympics.

Nostalgia4Dogges
Jun 18, 2004

Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

kinda akin to the World Cup and such no? Building gently caress off huge stadiums in the middle of nowhere to be used once or twice

sincx
Jul 13, 2012

furiously masturbating to anime titties





mp_favela

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo
They should mix it up, trash pile luge

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

sincx posted:






mp_favela

Several woulds

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Prettz posted:

when was the last time a city wasn't financially ruined by the summer olympics?

I think atlanta faired ok but only because they allowed it to be the coca-cola olympics.

the olympics are so hosed up.

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost
did anyone have a good time is sochi?

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

the olympics are so hosed up.

International sports in general . See Fifa

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Darth123123 posted:

International sports in general . See Fifa

everyone was pissed about sochi

Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

did anyone have a good time is sochi?

I think SA had a good time watching it unfold.

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Microwaves Mom posted:

I think SA had a good time watching it unfold.

8-12 people in america dosent count

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

Microwaves Mom posted:

I think SA had a good time watching it unfold.

I enjoyed it from my 55"

Toys For Ass Bum
Feb 1, 2015

MinionOfCthulhu posted:

They're okay but they're no Izzy!!



Nothing will beat the sheer :effort: of the 2000 Olympics mascots



Just, like, get some wildlife. Name them "Olly" for Olympics, "Syd" for Sydney, and "Millie" for millennium.

Nostalgia4Dogges
Jun 18, 2004

Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

Can someone sum up the Sochi debacle for me

Happy Bear Suit
Jul 21, 2004

Nostalgia4Dicks posted:

Can someone sum up the Sochi debacle for me
russians and putin evil, america good and freedom.

Prettz
Sep 3, 2002

Nostalgia4Dicks posted:

Can someone sum up the Sochi debacle for me
Russian taxpayers paid roughly $51 billion dollars for the olympics. Only about $1 billion were actually spent on the olympics.

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Nostalgia4Dicks posted:

Can someone sum up the Sochi debacle for me

their hotels were horrible for both athelete and everyone

value-brand cereal
May 2, 2008

Nostalgia4Dicks posted:

Can someone sum up the Sochi debacle for me

This explains everything:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp5rXHYpgSg

Toys For Ass Bum
Feb 1, 2015

Nostalgia4Dicks posted:

Can someone sum up the Sochi debacle for me

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2941216/Extraordinary-images-Vladimir-Putin-s-Sochi-Olympic-park-lying-desolate-abandoned.html

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Prettz posted:

Russian taxpayers paid roughly $51 billion dollars for the olympics. Only about $1 billion were actually spent on the olympics.

I would be supried if that billion made anything

BIG-DICK-BUTT-FUCK
Jan 26, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

Nostalgia4Dicks posted:

Can someone sum up the Sochi debacle for me

sochi.gif

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Shappa
Jan 22, 2005

You probably don't know her, she goes to a different school

Prettz posted:

when was the last time a city wasn't financially ruined by the summer olympics?

I think atlanta faired ok but only because they allowed it to be the coca-cola olympics.

This is totally off the top of my head but I'm fairly certain Vancouver is ok after 2010. No idea if there's any outstanding debt/taxes/stray dogs though.

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