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Originally posted by ScreamingCockatoo:
Did y’all see where the Morroco’s judo competitor refused to shake the Israelis hand and got pounded like a little bitch by the Japanese competitor?
He had even shouted allah akbar.

Absolute karma.

Well this brings a smile to my face. . .

Picture of Muhammed Ali holding the torch. That was class.

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Originally posted by smlsig:
Just reported on X that there is a significant power outage across most of Paris…

Things that make you go, “Hmmmm…”

Apparently, during the outage, the only place lit up in Paris was the Sacre’ Coeur Basilica.



https://www.msn.com/en-in/news...1i?ocid=BingNewsVerp

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Originally posted by Black92LX:

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Originally posted by Andyb:

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:

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Originally posted by Andyb:

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Originally posted by PR64:
Our men’s soccer team is up 3-0 @ halftime over New Zealand.

Why are you supporting this by watching?

It matters at this point. Every person

I love watching disciplined people strive for greatness and athletic excellence.

I don’t care about their politics or the music they like, I just want to witness their joy (or share in their sorrow) as they compete in an event they’ve trained their whole lives for.

So when a company does something abhorrent but you like the product, I'm assuming you still continue to buy the product?

The whole "I like it so I'll buy/watch anyway" attitude is what has allowed this stuff to permeate into everything.

Completely different scenario and you know it!

nice cut

Class?

Holy 'Nested Quotes' Batman!

If I'm understanding correctly, the post Para is referring to would appear to be related to ONLY the very last quoted post (re: Black92LX's CUT), making everything else entirely unnecessary and simply cluttering up the page.

Further, all five of the quoted posts have an extra (and also unnecessary!) line inserted wasting even more space on the page.

That's right. Nested quotes.

Mr. Peteroniman, look at all that real estate you're taking up on the page, and all to post two words.

That post is five quotes deep, when all you did was address the last quote. Black92LX, you're right behind him with this stuff.

Anyone who doesn't know how to avoid this when quoting, should ask.

Surprise Bronze for USA in Men's Team Gymnastics.

Japan
China
USA

Looking forward to the air rifle matches this afternoon. Think the NBC sports app will carry it

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Class?

Maybe I used the wrong word. I think he was an Olympic champion when he was named Clay.
I meant it to honor the games when he lit the fire to start the Olympics. He was suffering
from Parkinsons and to have him light the fire was an honor to him. Now they have this
disgusting last supper shit to start the games. I hope that makes sense.

understood

I wasn't planning to watch the Olympics, but a after reading about the woke bullshit in the opening ceremony, I won't watch them again.

Ever.

Period.

The Opening and Closing “Ceremonies” have always been about how the Games organizers view things through their blinkered glasses. That’s why they have to have “entertainers” to make a big spectacle. Just don’t watch them, and concentrate on the various sporting events themselves. And should certain team members make a “political statement” of some sort, then to hell with them.

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Originally posted by Schmelby:
Maybe I used the wrong word.

My post was not referring to yours.

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Originally posted by parabellum:

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Originally posted by Schmelby:
Maybe I used the wrong word.

My post was not referring to yours.

Thanks for letting me know.

Let the games begin!



Yeah, I thought so too.

I have watched mens and womens gymnastics and swimming. It's pretty impressive stuff. The swimmers seem to do better with handing their nerves and emotions, but the gymnasts seem to get wrapped around the axle mentally where it can affect their performance more than the swimmers. It may have to do with differences in extreme concentration for perfection in muscle memory, vice swimmers, who probably do the same thing, but it's more of a power with smoothness thing vs 1mm off and you're screwed type of movement for gymnasts. Maybe something along those lines. Or maybe being 5 foot your whole life comes with its own set of problems. Just kidding. It's all good, top athletes are amazing human beings.

Upside down flag is appropriate for the opening ceremony.

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Originally posted by wrightd:
The swimmers seem to do better with handing their nerves and emotions, but the gymnasts seem to get wrapped around the axle mentally where it can affect their performance more than the swimmers.

I believe a lot of it has to do w/ competing in sports where the results are objectively vs subjectively determined. A swimming race is very straight-forward. The technology of the timing systems and cameras leave no doubt about who finished in what place. A swimmer has no one to blame but himself about where he places.

Contrast that w/ a sport like gymnastics that's subjectively judged. When things get tight between competitors, they're at the mercy of the judges. IMO, there's a lot more to get into one's head.

There are more risk calculations. For example, should you do the safer routine that you hit 90% of the time but at best will likely land you Bronze, or the more difficult routine w/ higher point rating? You've only nailed it 33% of the time in practice. If you pull it off, you'll have a chance at Olympic Gold, but if you don't, you'll most likely finish off the podium.

On top of that, on the women's side, the gymnasts tend to be much younger and immature. I know there have been a lot of teenage phenom female swimmers, but 16-18 y/o Olympian swimmers are still considered the exception where in women's gymnastics that's the norm.