Ahem...

[Don Carlos]

Love the Olympics - show case for how awesome the people of this Earth can be

[losCHUNK]

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http://imgur.com/gallery/gCxtRhl

[Eraser]

Or see it as a chance to broaden your sports horizons.

'Cos that's what's important

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I'm not denying the contents of your video but it's not really a problem for me to solve.

Your initial comment belittled the achievements of the athletes and questioned my (our) right to have an interest in it on the basis of the popularity of the sport. That's the type of reasoning I was arguing against, not denying there's serious problems related to large sport events like these (FIFA world cup is no different)

[Don Carlos]

Love the Olympics - show case for how awesome the people of this Earth can be

what? by being really shit at stuff animals can do much better? like running and swimming? lol!

notice how superior, further evolved extra-terrestrial beings are oft spindly, weak looking things, 'cos they've ascended beyond physicality, both mentally and technologically. and here are the human race, being proud they can't run as fast as a dog, or swim as fast as salmon.

Thats a very dour way of looking at things.

So a salmon can swim for longer than a human...because it's a salmon. Challenge it to a walking competition and see who wins. Or to throw a javelin. Or to ride a bike. Or throw a discus. Or work on the gymnastic rings. Play tennis. Shoot a bow and arrow.

Don't give me the "it's a fish" line either. We have evolved to be able to do multiple tasks very well. Including being able to design and engineer the bike that the fish can't ride.

Alien lolz.

[losCHUNK]

Yea, who's the daddy now fish ?

[seremtan]

frankly memph, if you'd stuck to the line that these kinds of major sporting events tend to line the pockets of a few oligarchs, often at the expense of the poor, i think most people ITT would have been with you. dissing the actually athletic performances though just sounds dickish and a bit salty

(p.s. i haven't watched any of the olympics and it doesn't personally interest me, but i get that other people are enthralled by it)

[Captain]

Yet memph watched the Euros, a corporate shill-fest organized by UEFA and owned by FIFA

[losCHUNK]

Yet memph watched the Euros, a corporate shill-fest organized by UEFA and owned by FIFA

Did he ?

[Eraser]

So, you see and in fact agree, that it's something of a fetid shit-show behind the scenes, but 'cos many, including you, are enjoying it, it's ok to carry on and hope for the best?

Eep.

Yeah that's exactly what I'm saying
(no)

[losCHUNK]

He has a point of discussion though.

I'm a huge fan of Football but I'm fully aware that nothing will change at the top until fans start turning their back on the sport. Clubs / players won't do this, they're making money too.

I'm not gonna knock the players / athletes that participate in it, but the problems that exist (money men, ticket availability / pricing, doping, back door deals, viewing rights etc etc) are all a direct result of us pumping money into the system. As fans we're being taken advantage of, cos what is the alternative ?, and that's the problem. As soon as any sport gathers a following / audience then there's money to be made, the popularity of the competition / sport is the very thing that corrupts it.

[Don Carlos]

Yea, who's the daddy now fish ?

DAMN FUCKING RIGHT, FISH!

[seremtan]

BROFISH!

[shaft]

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[xer0s]

[losCHUNK]

You've been working on this your whole life, don't let yourself down

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[Transient]

That wasn't a #1 he was making, is was a big fat L.

[losCHUNK]

It's pretty much how my 1st day back went after a week off.

[Don Carlos]

Fucking hell

[MKJ]

it's like he was surprised there were hurdles.

[losCHUNK]

Who the fucks boos at the olympics ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37104031

Arsenal fans in disguise ?

[xer0s]

Fuckin Brazilians. Third world retards...

[losCHUNK]

I've seen talk that Sao Paulo would've been a better host city as its more integrated and metropolitan than Rio, which doesn't carry a great reputation.

1 thing though, I thought the Olympics was for amateurs, but how come I get to see the odd pro footballer / tennis player or whatever ?

[xer0s]

It use to be amateurs. But they realized they could get more viewers and make it more exciting to watch if we saw professional athletes that we know. So in the late 80s early 90s, the professional athletes came in. It really was made obvious when the NBA sent Jordan and the dream team to destroy everyone else. Then government funding started for most country's athletes. Although, the U.S. is still one of the only countries whose government doesn't fund their Olympic athletes...

[losCHUNK]

Cool beans yo. I always wondered. I'm assuming American Olympians secure their funding privately through sponsorship deals ?, are there any private organisations funded by the state aimed at helping athletes ?

Why do some pros go but others don't though ?, I mean you'd expect the Brazilian national football team to be in the competition ?. World boxing champs n all that ?, Golf ? - Is this really a competition they see beneath them ?

[Captain]

Then government funding started for most country's athletes. Although, the U.S. is still one of the only countries whose government doesn't fund their Olympic athletes...

Because it's a broke-ass piece of shit third-world country.