Lewis wrote:Whenever I see the Shitlympics logo I just start laughing.
I mean WTF?
What the hell is that? I thought the logo was just the rings.
Lewis wrote:Whenever I see the Shitlympics logo I just start laughing.
I mean WTF?
Originally, yes.abitagirl wrote:Lewis wrote:Whenever I see the Shitlympics logo I just start laughing.
I mean WTF?
What the hell is that? I thought the logo was just the rings.
I disagree, the Olympics are completely overrated. People act as though it is the ultimate contest to determine the best country, however, the real ultimate contest to determine the best country is the rankings of quality of life in countries, which country has the best education, health care, economy, employment rate, lowest crime rate, etc. I fail to see the relevance of the Olympics to the world.Jerry McGuire wrote:As far as the Olympics themselves go, you can hate professional sports leagues all you want. But the Olympics... Come on. The Olympics represents something greater and larger than any of them or us.
Yeah! I must concur!HugeFanOfBadReligion wrote:I disagree, the Olympics are completely overrated. People act as though it is the ultimate contest to determine the best country, however, the real ultimate contest to determine the best country is the rankings of quality of life in countries, which country has the best education, health care, economy, employment rate, lowest crime rate, etc. I fail to see the relevance of the Olympics to the world.Jerry McGuire wrote:As far as the Olympics themselves go, you can hate professional sports leagues all you want. But the Olympics... Come on. The Olympics represents something greater and larger than any of them or us.
You mean, someone was actually paid £100,000 ($159,340 dollars) to design this piece of crap retarded looking logo for the O-limp-wrist-pics???i_like_1981 wrote:I can remember when the 2012 Olympics logo was causing a bit of a stir in the news. It managed to dissatisfy a fair few sports fans as well, if you want to hear the good side of the argument, as the logo creators had been paid about £100,000 to create a symbolic and creative logo to represent what has been proclaimed to be Britain's greatest sporting venture since the 1966 World Cup, and they ended up producing something which I'm sure any kid of about 10 years plus could beat in terms of creativity and imagination. Nonetheless, that crap has stuck now and it's on just about everything to do with the Olympics. Take solace in knowing that logo browned off a fair few sports fanatics as well.
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i_like_1981
Jerry McGuire wrote:That is what is greater than all of us: the idea that petty differences can be set aside for at least two weeks, just playing a few games.
Yeah, by giving bicycles to ride to the AIDS clinics when many of them are so sick and too weak to even get up on their feet, let alone ride a bicycle.Jerry McGuire wrote:For God's sake, some of you people even tried to poke holes in a football player's attempts at charity to underprivileged people living with AIDS in Africa!
Jerry McGuire wrote:Have you not heard the phrase "Two wrongs don't make a right"?
Another words, the old right-wing ultra-conservative "GET OVER IT!!!" type of philosophy. Yeah! I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard that one!Jerry McGuire wrote:Fat Man, I know you were harassed and received unimaginable suffering at the hands of a group of people, but for your sake, you need to learn to let go. The same goes for any other members who feel resentment towards another group of people because they were wronged on the past.
Thank you! It's advice well taken!Jerry McGuire wrote:I'll take your advice and "suck on a hockey puck".
This does not make the Olympics greater than myself, I don't need an overrated sports event to accept people of other nationalities, races, cultures, religious or political beliefs, etc. And I've never seen anyone accept a new culture or nationality because they are involved with the Olympics, I've actually seen people make discriminatory remarks to the people of these countries that are participating. They make racist remarks simply because "our" team is being beaten, or perhaps slightly threatened by that team or athlete. All the Olympics seems to do is create discrimination and give the false illusion of national superiority just because some guy ran faster than someone from a different country. I remember asking someone during the last Olympics how it contributes to society, and he just said that it gives us "bragging rights" if we win. What a great cause!Jerry McGuire wrote:You don't know what you're talking about... The Olympics is supposed to represent the notion that all the countries of the world can come together and respect one another in a display of sportsmanship.
OK, the bicycles are fine.HugeFanOfBadReligion wrote:I must disagree with Fat Man though about providing bicycles to developing countries. I think it is a noble act and will benefit the people there greatly. It isn't easy to provide a large amount of vans to a developing country, and even if that was possible, the quantity of vans couldn't come close to the quantity of bikes. Bikes can serve as an important role of transportation in a developing country, they can serve many tasks that automobiles would perform over here such as ambulance service. I don't think anyone here has given several vans to developing countries, so I don't think anyone has the right to complain about this charity work.
I see no reason to change your rank to that. You're civil and aren't talking to us in a condescending way.Jerry McGuire wrote:I will not be upset if I were to receive the rank of "Sports Bore" after this. I might not even be surprised.
This doesn't mean you're leaving the forum, does it?Jerry McGuire wrote:Thank you for having me.
Well, like I told you once, the Sports Bore rank is really only the reserve of the rude and obnoxious; those who believe that their interest in sports make them superior to those who aren't interested in them. Sad to hear that you feel that way about yourself. I personally wouldn't venture onto a forum that was firmly against old music and start explaining to the people there why they shouldn't hate it, so I have to have some respect for you sports fans who choose to defend sports in this most hostile of environments. It's a good character trait, being ready and willing to debate with people who have an opposing opinion on a certain issue to you and not resorting to insults or biased exclamations.Jerry McGuire wrote:To those on this forum who gave me the same respect I showed them, thank you. I know this is just another sports fan to you, but everyone here seems like a genuinely interesting person and I hope you all work out whatever problems with others you may have. I will not be upset if I were to receive the rank of "Sports Bore" after this. I might not even be surprised. Thank you for having me.
Hey boys and girls!Jerry McGuire wrote:A few things. First of all, you are assuming that there are paved roads in every area of whatever country these bicycles were being sent to. That's something that many people take for granted, but it isn't something that is everywhere like it is in this country.
Now, wouldn't it be nice if these countries didn't make any aggressive moves toward one another when there are no O limp-wrist-pics games going on! Oh, how nice, that they make peace during the games! Now if only these countries would make nice to one another when there are no games. Eh?Jerry McGuire wrote:Someone said something about "getting bragging rights" or something silly like that. That's why I said that the Olympics was supposed to represent something more than that. And during the Olympics, it's practically condemned that any country make an aggressive move towards another during the games.
Aw, come on! Everybody here knows that the NFL and the NBA has more money than God!!!Jerry McGuire wrote:The NFL as an organization doesn't "give away" free Hummers to all players, encourage bullying, cause people the commit suicide, or anything else like that despite whatever misguided notions you have about that.
Well, at least we both agree on something, that it was wrong for the NFL to try to have laws passed against home VCRs.Jerry McGuire wrote:And it's not far-fetched for them to bring a lawsuit, even though I don't believe it was right either. It's the same as the RIAA wanting to restrict accessibility to online music because of the impact it would have on record sales due to pirating.
How can it put it all behind me? Not when all that has happened has fucked up my entire life!Jerry McGuire wrote:And before when you put words in my mouth and made it out that I was some insensitive jerk who was telling you to get over it. That is not true. I mean that it's not healthy to have so much pent up rage and hostility. For your sake, you need not "get over it" but put it behind you. Make it so that what happened years ago does not have a say in how you feel or act today. I'm probably not explaining it properly, but it's the best I can do.