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this seems within topic. post amusing stories here about the tangenital presence of the olympics in your life probably my favorite olympic moment was in 2010 when shaun white dropped into the halfpipe wearing skinny leather pants instead of big baggy snow pants and all the ski bums in the town i was living in got fuckin pissed ranting about “hipster skinny jean bullshit” it was great
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i watched syd score the golden goal in a bar with a lot of my best friends, and then we went out on the streets and partied for like three hours in the middle of the road. the olympics fuckin own.
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Feb 8, 2018 16:08
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Nothing will ever top Australia winning its first winter gold because everybody else fell down in speed skating
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Feb 8, 2018 17:02
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Hand Knit posted:Nothing will ever top Australia winning its first winter gold because everybody else fell down in speed skating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fFnSRKUBFU
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Feb 8, 2018 18:42
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Hand Knit posted:Nothing will ever top Australia winning its first winter gold because everybody else fell down in speed skating Dang, that was good.
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Feb 8, 2018 18:53
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amazing I kinda want to watch curling but not enough to figure out where or when it's on. 
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Feb 8, 2018 19:03
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I mean you know they're a thing to watch which is cool but on the other hand the big thing in the winter is figure skating and that's painful to watch.
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Feb 8, 2018 19:57
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I hear that when the olympics go on ther is a WHOOOOOOLE lotta fuckin going on in the olympic village its basically like they should rename it gently caress village or horny town or something so that is pretty cool right there and a good reason to care about the olympics
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Feb 8, 2018 20:06
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Nooner posted:I hear that when the olympics go on ther is a WHOOOOOOLE lotta fuckin going on in the olympic village its basically like they should rename it gently caress village or horny town or something so that is pretty cool right there and a good reason to care about the olympics e: I suppose I should  thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhKuqGyFqh8
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Feb 8, 2018 20:23
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Plucky little Belgium will sweep it this year, we've got a really good snowboarder
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Feb 8, 2018 20:42
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lol
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Feb 8, 2018 20:48
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Go Finland, win some medals! - an American
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Feb 8, 2018 20:58
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I remember Nadia Comeneci winning the perfect score of 10 while watching it on our giant wooden console TV and I knew that's what I was going to be, an Olympic gymnast. [lol] I also remember oogling the guys doing the rings. I'm ten and holding my breath whenever they do the iron cross. Years later the love of my life, a roofer, did something like that move at a party before we hooked up and when I saw him do it my mind flashed back to those guys on the rings and I stared so obviously one of his friends laughed at me.
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Feb 8, 2018 21:59
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I feel like most of the rampant sex happens in the summer olympics. Winter Olympics are the red headed step child.
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Feb 8, 2018 22:52
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what's the sport with the least clothing? like snow volleyball or something.
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Feb 8, 2018 23:27
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Why isn’t football an Olympic sport? Seems dumb.
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Feb 8, 2018 23:29
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Speaking of pants, Henrik Harlaut must have the baggiest outfit in all sports. It looks like a wizard's winter cape. 
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Feb 8, 2018 23:33
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Ola posted:Speaking of pants, Henrik Harlaut must have the baggiest outfit in all sports. It looks like a wizard's winter cape. yeah that’s pretty standard for Cool Ski Bros the last 10-15 years or so, its why they flipped out over sean white wearing pants that fit
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Feb 8, 2018 23:42
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Nothing will top the Australian winning gold, but whatever the hell happened here comes close. It's not often someone can say they could do better than a professional and probably be correct. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sojVIA624GA
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Feb 9, 2018 00:59
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I love watching snowboarding because those guys and girls have personalities and actual careers and the X Games and sponsorships and are there because they want to be there, not because they've been waking up at 4am to go practice since they were 6 years old and have nothing else in their life. Snowboarders are the only ones who seem to truly still enjoy their sport and have a kickass time out there. I will never forget the Sochi olympics had a giant nesting doll statue in the middle of two snowboard jumps and one competitor bounced off its head and from then on THAT was the goal. Everyone else abandoned whatever strategy they had and hitting the doll was the new sport. Some slid across the top, some slapped it with their board on the way past, a few did flips and tried to hit it with their hands as they flew over it upside-down. The announcers were like "Well... I guess we're doing this now." It was joyful in a way the olympics never are. 
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Feb 9, 2018 04:44
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runoverbobby posted:e: I suppose I should This isn't accurate at all! Not the loving part. The sochi dorms were awful if I recall correctly.
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Feb 9, 2018 08:24
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Scudworth posted:I love watching snowboarding because those guys and girls have personalities and actual careers and the X Games and sponsorships and are there because they want to be there, not because they've been waking up at 4am to go practice since they were 6 years old and have nothing else in their life. Snowboarders are the only ones who seem to truly still enjoy their sport and have a kickass time out there. That Sochi doll is a good example of the great spirit in the freestyle sports, but I disagree that others don't enjoy their sport or haven't got anything else in their lives. The US XC ski team is an example to behold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VraVelzlAL0
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Feb 9, 2018 12:32
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OMGVBFLOL posted:yeah that’s pretty standard for Cool Ski Bros the last 10-15 years or so, its why they flipped out over sean white wearing pants that fit I thought ski people were supposed to be squares as opposed to the cool snowboard people, what is this But I guess it's true that this dude with his dreadlocks and oversized pants is trying way too hard
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Feb 9, 2018 12:44
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I hate basically everything about winter sports - the people, the fashion, the culture at large, the bro-ism, everything just loving sucks
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blugu64 posted:Why isn’t football an Olympic sport? Seems dumb. Yeah soccer is in the Summer Games. Or did you mean HandEgg? oliwan posted:I hate basically everything about winter sports - the people, the fashion, the culture at large, the bro-ism, everything just loving sucks davebo fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Feb 9, 2018 |
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Feb 9, 2018 15:30
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oliwan posted:I hate basically everything about winter sports - the people, the fashion, the culture at large, the bro-ism, everything just loving sucks Yeah neat, you should make a thread about it.
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Feb 9, 2018 15:47
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Phlegmish posted:I thought ski people were supposed to be squares as opposed to the cool snowboard people, what is this 20 years ago that was definitely true but once the first generation came up with basically every major resort allowing snowboarding the cultural divide between the two largely dissolved.
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Feb 9, 2018 15:59
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Scudworth posted:Yeah neat, you should make a thread about it. I especially hate figure skating, you can join me in that thread!
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Feb 9, 2018 16:55
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Watching the teams march in and picking which German-surnamed South American athletes are clearly the grandchildren of Nazi war criminals does it for me. And that loving Irishman representing Puerto Rico.
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Feb 10, 2018 04:56
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I liked watching Kristi Yamaguchi's run in figure skating because she pulled off all her moves with such ease and precision. It was like watching a robot on the rink. I also remember Apollo Ohno and the vitriol South Koreans had for him when he interfered with a South Korean speed skater and medalled to boot. I live for that bitterness.
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Feb 10, 2018 05:09
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Short track is a shitshow and I love it
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Feb 10, 2018 08:10
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I'm in it for the butts.
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Feb 10, 2018 09:14
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Szyznyk posted:Watching the teams march in and picking which German-surnamed South American athletes are clearly the grandchildren of Nazi war criminals does it for me. You realize they didn't pick random destinations when fleeing right
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Feb 10, 2018 13:51
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it will never not be funny when people realize white latin americans exist
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Feb 10, 2018 14:42
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[looking at entire major city full of Germans which I'm sure exists in Southern Brazil somewhere] those Nazis sure multiplied quickly
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Feb 10, 2018 14:50
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neato burrito posted:I'm in it for the butts. theyre really good butts
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Feb 10, 2018 20:29
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Remember when that Cuban guy went mental and kicked a ref? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CecGsG_4yoc
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Feb 16, 2018 23:21
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Hand Knit posted:Nothing will ever top Australia winning its first winter gold because everybody else fell down in speed skating He'd targeted it. Steve Bradbury's plan was to hang back and pounce when a couple of his opponents would trip each other up and maybe snag a bronze. And then everyone tripped over, and the rest is history.
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Feb 16, 2018 23:25
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People saying “speed skating” when they mean short track 
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Forget the human olympics, I give you: The Marble Olympics! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JisvinJaUqU I stumbled upon this a few months back and have been hooked ever since. There's something hypnotic about watching marbles roll down a track while a smooth-voiced commentator pretends they're top-notch athletes.
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