| Anyone watching the Olympics at all? What events or countries are you rooting for or looking forward to seeing? |
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| I am rooting for the people's lives,because there is lack of clean water and the sports facilities are in really bad condition there. |
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| First year I'm actually going to watch the Olympics (watched the opening today) so I'm just looking forward to all of it as a whole. Other years I just saw bits of it on TV. |
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| Saw bits and parts of the opening. Usually I watch just a bit of the Olympics, but I haven't seen the London one at all. Don't think I'm going to watch the Rio one, either. TV isn't really my thing. |
| Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. -Walt Whitman A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein |
| I'm not big in watching the sport event ,or even care the whereabout. but I do watch them if I'm with people that care. watched the opening this morning. just some towards the end. |
| I'm not watching it, but I have read a bit about the background and preparations. I think it's hilarious how many things have gone wrong during the preparation of the event, and how you could hardly make Brazil a less appropriate host for the Olympics. The other day I saw that they lost the keys to the stadium. How does this shit happen? The absurdity of all the disasters aside, I do kinda wish they'd re-locate it. Brazil was chosen as host in 2009, so I assume conditions there were significantly better at the time. Right now it clearly isn't a safe environment for the spectators or the athletes. |
| I never watched the Olympics, but I read a few articles. Apparently, they had demolish a bunch of houses to make room for it. That's pretty terrible for those who lost their homes and jobs because of a stupid sports event. |
| Only gonna watch Basketball but we all know who the winners are gonna be so not all that excited lol. Just happy for the players. The lodging in Brazil is entertaining though to say the least. |
MonkeyDMike said: I am rooting for the people's lives,because there is lack of clean water and the sports facilities are in really bad condition there. That and the mosquito problem. Well best of luck to them. |
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| @FukThis man france having pretty bad luck this year French gymnast Samir Ait Said breaks leg in horrific incident at Rio Olympic Games did he take drugs? |
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| Some Serbian rowers ended up in the toxic, shitty, water when their boat flipped over. Fuck Rio 2016, it's poisoning the world's athletes. |
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| I always watched the Olympics. It's like the only major sports event I follow so faithfully. I'm rooting for Hungary and watching the sports my country is good at (fencing, rowing, canoe, athletics, water polo and swimming). We got two gold medals on our first day already (in fencing and swimming). I'm also watching judo and diving because they are entertaining to watch. Not so interested in the other sports. |
Sabylas said: The absurdity of all the disasters aside, I do kinda wish they'd re-locate it. Brazil was chosen as host in 2009, so I assume conditions there were significantly better at the time. Right now it clearly isn't a safe environment for the spectators or the athletes. Not really. The conditions here have always been bad, specially there at Rio, that shithole of a city. The economy got worse since 2009, but as far as environment, security and competence go, nothing's changed. |
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| I'll watch anything, but my favorites are beach volleyball and archery (cause I think they are fun) and gymnastics (cause I used to do it and it reminds me why I quit). I always mean to set aside time to watch them on schedule but I never do. Not fussed about teams. I just like watching superb athletes. |
| watched the opening ceremony it was pretty cool will watch the tennis, that's it. |
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| Bouta watch my boy Peco become world champ. |
| Don't really follow it but I might watch a couple of things. However I'm glad we won gold already and especially because it's in cycling. Means Chris Froome can't win that one anymore. |
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| Eh, I'm not much of a sports fan aside from FIFA. |
BRB-kun said: Eh, I'm not much of a sports fan aside from FIFA. this (+ champions league and uefa) olympics are boring as hell. i don't even care if germany wins any medals |
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MonkeyDMike said: I saw it on the news today, the lines were too big so they just let people through security without checking. Doesn't sound like a good idea.I am rooting for the people's lives,because there is lack of clean water and the sports facilities are in really bad condition there. On topic - Cycling is the most entertaining, but I don't really watch it. |
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well he ended his career i guess , that's why u don't take drugs b4 u start running or jumping . |
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| I'm rooting for Iceland........the long night is coming and the dead come with it. |
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| I heard the Japanese male gymnastic team is pretty good. I didn't even know Japanese men went outside. Anime lied to me! |
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| There's only one thing I think of whenever someone mentions the Rio Olympics. |
 Was it the shyness in my soul that made me lonely just like you? No one noticed I was there, when I walked into the room. -Freddie Mercury |
| No, I barely ever watch them when it does air. |
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| I rarely watch TV, but this seen an intersing event, maybe a few tries. |
| Today they say you're crazy, tomorrow they will say you're a genious. |
| the open TV only transmits this shit. all channels at all times. I'm only watching volleyball, the greatest sport of BR. Fuck sawker and neymar. |
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| I've been watching the Olympics since the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and I've been faithful to the sports event ever since. In general, I'm rooting for my country (USA) but depending on the sport I might root for a different country. Like in track, I've always rooted for Jamaica and in water polo it's been Croatia. I cheer on the US for most of the sports I'm interested in though. The US is obviously going to win the 2016 Rio Olympics as if that isn't obvious enough. They have more medals than some countries have athletes. |
| Only thing from Brazil I watch is that Miss Bum Bum contest. Them asses be juicy as hell mane you feel me. And sometimes I also watch the vids of ppl robbing tourists just for laughs. |
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