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If you want to see a bunch of elementary and middle schoolers have a mental breakdown behind a microphone over "verbarspermococcus," the National Spelling Bee starts its first round today at 8AM until 11:45 AM today before coming back at 1:15 PM, then resuming for the semifinals tomorrow at 10 AM and the finals at 10 PM. The stuff on today will be on ESPN 3, the semifinals on ESPN 2, and the finals on ESPN, like some kind of gradual evolution of "sports" relevance that ends with someone like Samantha Ponder going, "Ah, how cute!" at the kids for an hour. The rules are constantly evolving because the goal is actually pretty attainable (just memorize the dictionary) so there's more and more bullshit offscreen computer testing that the participants have to go through to weed them out, but it still didn't work because there were co-champions last year because they spelled each other into a tie. So I'm not even sure how the rules work anymore, but presumably the broadcast will explain it. The Favorite  Vanya Shivashankar, official Chilid Genius (TM) thanks to a bullshit Lifetime Channel reality competition, four time returner to the Bee, sister of a previous winner, yadda yadda, kinda the Seattle Seahawks of spelling bees or some other tortured comparison equivalent. Probably gonna win. Other Contenders I dunno, Gokul maybe. I don't recognize many of these kids from last year. Also, the best way to find someone to root for is go here and pick out the kid who went to school nearest where you lived or grew up or whatever. Alternatively, just spot the most awkward kid there and root for them as they go through their most embarrassing routines and tics imaginable. Why Should I Care? Mostly because it gives good .gifs to use in actual sports GDTs.   Alternatively, because you like chess, but figured it just wasn't nerdy enough to root for, so you want to look at even nerdier poo poo under the thin guise of "competition."
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Kid laughed at getting "llama" and that wasn't even the easiest word that's been offered. ("Renegade," really?) While other kids get random Chinese or Hawaiian words. The early rounds are weird that way.
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May 27, 2015 13:55
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I look forward to this every year 
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May 27, 2015 16:36
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Ah, yes. "Ribaldry." 
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May 27, 2015 19:00
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Gokul is gonna get his revenge this year.
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May 27, 2015 22:20
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Kid who apparently dressed as Tom Baker for a Halloween is out. 
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May 28, 2015 15:08
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Cy is the most Jewish kid I have ever seen. I'm all in on him. "Thought she was gonna make like Steph Curry at the buzzer" LMAO
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May 28, 2015 15:38
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Henchman of Santa posted:Cy is the most Jewish kid I have ever seen. I'm all in on him. The horribly shoehorned-in sports references have only just begun. Gokul the Lebron of Spelling going against the Spurs that are the Shivashankars, who wins???
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May 28, 2015 15:40
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"Oh well."
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May 28, 2015 17:20
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I never thought I'd see an OT for the Spelling Bee....I'll have to pass it along to my wife, she always loves watching this every year. She's hyped to watch it tonight. Ah spelling bee I'll never forget hands girl Rebecca Sealfont. Marshal Prolapse fucked around with this message at 23:39 on May 28, 2015 |
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May 28, 2015 23:37
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Oh hell yeah
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May 29, 2015 01:02
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Tater Love 
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Oh come on bouillabaisse is a gimme
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May 29, 2015 01:05
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I don't know why I'm rooting for a child to lose but I guess I need a villain and I've decided it's Vanya
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May 29, 2015 01:17
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Henchman of Santa posted:I don't know why I'm rooting for a child to lose but I guess I need a villain and I've decided it's Vanya because these millennials need to learn that in life there are losers and participation awards should not exist 
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May 29, 2015 01:29
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Calling Dev as next year's winner
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May 29, 2015 02:08
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Gokul is spelling The Right Way
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May 29, 2015 02:11
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Gokul is loving fire. Last year he was a robot. This year he's all swag, probably because he's into Illmatic.
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May 29, 2015 02:17
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Gokul is my fave, true baller, LeBron is his number 1 player, compared his game of horse using nonpareil
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May 29, 2015 02:17
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Wow is right, this girl is psycho good
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May 29, 2015 02:19
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This cracker is out of his depth
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May 29, 2015 02:21
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This cole kid immediately sits down and starts eating a cookie and has this "I don't give a gently caress" face on
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May 29, 2015 02:22
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and we're down to the heavy favorites.
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May 29, 2015 02:23
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these two are so far and beyond everyone else it's stunning
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May 29, 2015 02:47
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C'mon Gokul!
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May 29, 2015 02:55
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Gokul all like "na gently caress this i got it no questions asked" for the finale. That's classy as poo poo. I am down with Gokul.
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May 29, 2015 02:58
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Gokul: Zero fucks given.
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May 29, 2015 02:58
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Gokul with the no hesitation winner
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May 29, 2015 02:58
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hell YES GOKUL
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May 29, 2015 03:01
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omg Gokul just dropped the mic
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May 29, 2015 03:04
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I took a nap and hosed up the time for when this started, and I was like, "What, there's only two spellers left? Okay, Gokul and... Vanya, that's completely unsurprising." That No Questions Ending owned. Good bee, just for that. Gonna pour one out for Jae Canetti tonight. Nvr 4gt.
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May 29, 2015 03:07
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That walk-off was dripping with more swag than both Run the Jewels albums combined
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May 29, 2015 03:14
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More than three people posted in here. Thread was a success.
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