Rio cops are greeting tourists with "Welcome to hell" signs. This may be the worst Olympics in history.
I saw that. I suspect Brazil might just end up regretting hosting the Olympics. But I sincerely hope not.
Quote from: Tank on July 06, 2016, 01:08:15 PM
I saw that. I suspect Brazil might just end up regretting hosting the Olympics. But I sincerely hope not.
If only for the sake of the competitors and fans?
Brazil has been heading for self-destruction for some time - and, once, it had such promise and hopes. Once we had the BRiC nations, now more like the SKRIC, S Korea might take their place.
Ahem. (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=14515.msg333421#msg333421) :folded:
Quote from: Tank on July 06, 2016, 01:08:15 PM
I saw that. I suspect Brazil might just end up regretting hosting the Olympics. But I sincerely hope not.
It seems most people here don't give a rat's ass about the Olympics but the government keeps pushing for it to happen, probably to save face.
Cops haven't been paid a full salary in months, small wonder they're acting out like that.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 07, 2016, 12:46:01 AM
It seems most people here don't give a rat's ass about the Olympics but the government keeps pushing for it to happen, probably to save face.
Cops haven't been paid a full salary in months, small wonder they're acting out like that.
Why haven't the cops been paid, anyway? I knew Brazil was having issues, but not as bad as, say, Venezuela. Or so I thought.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 07, 2016, 12:15:03 AM
Ahem. (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=14515.msg333421#msg333421) :folded:
DAYUM, girl! You're good!
:smilenod:
Quote from: Firebird on July 07, 2016, 04:00:09 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 07, 2016, 12:46:01 AM
It seems most people here don't give a rat's ass about the Olympics but the government keeps pushing for it to happen, probably to save face.
Cops haven't been paid a full salary in months, small wonder they're acting out like that.
Why haven't the cops been paid, anyway? I knew Brazil was having issues, but not as bad as, say, Venezuela. Or so I thought.
I think that, leaving out the federal police, it's up to each state to pay and the states just don't have the money. Civil and especially military police jobs are seen to be lower and lower middle class jobs, and like other such jobs they are more vulnerable to cuts. Civil servant jobs that pay better are a little safer for the time being.
Quote from: Magdalena on July 07, 2016, 04:21:58 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 07, 2016, 12:15:03 AM
Ahem. (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=14515.msg333421#msg333421) :folded:
DAYUM, girl! You're good!
:smilenod:
:smug:
:lol:
Ask just about any Brazilian and that's what they'll tell you: these Olympics are going to be a disaster.
The Olympics are a world wide extravaganza. I am rooting for Brazil to pull it off with a fair degree of competence. The Olympics are one of the few world events that bring us together as congenial and celibritory members of human race.
Quote from: Icarus on July 12, 2016, 12:41:19 AM
The Olympics are a world wide extravaganza. I am rooting for Brazil to pull it off with a fair degree of competence. The Olympics are one of the few world events that bring us together as congenial and celibritory members of human race.
I agree with you,
Icarus.
Quote from: Icarus on July 12, 2016, 12:41:19 AM
The Olympics are a world wide extravaganza. I am rooting for Brazil to pull it off with a fair degree of competence. The Olympics are one of the few world events that bring us together as congenial and celibritory members of human race.
Well said Sir!
Quote from: Icarus on July 12, 2016, 12:41:19 AM
The Olympics are a world wide extravaganza. I am rooting for Brazil to pull it off with a fair degree of competence. The Olympics are one of the few world events that bring us together as congenial and celibritory members of human race.
I fully agree.
What a pity about all the ballyhoo, commercialism and non-sporting-one-up-manship.
I have yet to get round to watching the opening ceremonies in full but it seems that in general, it was pulled off without any apocalyptic disasters. :whew: The acting president of Brazil, Michel Temer, got booed but that was to be expected, I think even he expected that.
The Olympic cauldron (starts at 3:15) was particularly impressive. 8)
I wish you well with it, I really do.
I have an antipathy for ceremonies though.
Fireworks don't really work on screen for me.
Spectators of sport isn't a group I belong to.
But I wish you well with it, really I do.
:grin:
Ceremonies generally bore me, I don't think I'll be able to watch more than an hour of this one - maybe just the highlights. ;)
I think pretty flashes of light on screen are better than nothing, not the kind that give people seizures, though.
Me neither, I don't root for any team and have no reason to want to watch sports on TV or live.
:grin:
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 06, 2016, 04:15:57 PM
:grin:
Ceremonies generally bore me, I don't think I'll be able to watch more than an hour of this one - maybe just the highlights. ;)
I think pretty flashes of light on screen are better than nothing, not the kind that give people seizures, though.
Me neither, I don't root for any team and have no reason to want to watch sports on TV or live.
:grin:
Pretty much my stance as well, xSP, I almost conidered emigrating about 6 months before the London shindig - it was dominating too much even then.
I feel sorry for the real athletes, I'm not athletic in body or mind, no interest except a sort of residual patriotism. But I respect those who feel the need to push their bodies - within a natural and legal framework - in competetion.
But, like Christmas, nothing against those who wish to get on with it in private, but fuck the ballyhoo, politics and commercialism!
Quote from: Gloucester on August 06, 2016, 04:36:45 PM
But, like Christmas, nothing against those who wish to get on with it in private, but fuck the ballyhoo, politics and commercialism!
Meh, I think it's a distraction, especially in the host. There's little panem so let there be plenty of circenses!
(
I'm not usually this cynical...)
Panem et circenses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses)
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 06, 2016, 05:58:00 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 06, 2016, 04:36:45 PM
But, like Christmas, nothing against those who wish to get on with it in private, but fuck the ballyhoo, politics and commercialism!
Meh, I think it's a distraction, especially in the host. There's little panem so let there be plenty of circenses!
(I'm not usually this cynical...)
Panem et circenses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses)
:smug:
Just managed to work out the Latin before hitting the link!
Quote from: Gloucester on August 06, 2016, 06:16:18 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 06, 2016, 05:58:00 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 06, 2016, 04:36:45 PM
But, like Christmas, nothing against those who wish to get on with it in private, but fuck the ballyhoo, politics and commercialism!
Meh, I think it's a distraction, especially in the host. There's little panem so let there be plenty of circenses!
(I'm not usually this cynical...)
Panem et circenses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses)
:smug:
Just managed to work out the Latin before hitting the link!
:grin:
The opening ceremony.
(https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13925283_639175389591589_4873854130145910360_n.jpg?oh=c03ccfcf6a39dedd95df1bff2332dfb8&oe=585E6181)
Pomp and poverty
(https://scontent.fpoa4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13934705_975396325906309_2064834681455644040_n.jpg?oh=e009312df67478ca20c61cedad7751ad&oe=5847F742)
Quote from: Tank on August 11, 2016, 08:14:59 AM
The opening ceremony.
(https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13925283_639175389591589_4873854130145910360_n.jpg?oh=c03ccfcf6a39dedd95df1bff2332dfb8&oe=585E6181)
That's Brazil for ya!
I fear that we have some of that right here in the good old U S of A.
*Ahem*
Yes...well...
:shifty:
I just dropped everything to watch Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter, run the 100 meters. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftts-freunde.de%2Fforum%2Fwcf%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fanbet.gif&hash=92471b5c879743fd1fc66bd2338edf9ce91fb1fd)
Aaawwright Mags. Bolt can run faster than anyone who is not Jamaican. Does that mean that a Rostamon (or Rosta chick) has something extra going? The marihuana maybe? If so I gott'a get me some of that stuff.
Quote from: Icarus on August 16, 2016, 12:58:26 AM
...I gott'a get me some of that stuff.
When you do, can you hook me up with your street pharmacist's beeper number? Do I use code 420? :shifty:
^ :o Luv ya Mags ;)
Luv ya too, Icarus. :love:
I watched Bolt run the 200 meters today, again. He's amazing. :tellmemore:
I probably have some type of "teenage crush" ...or something. :notsure:
Maybe just "admiration." :headscratch:
Quote from: Magdalena on August 16, 2016, 11:19:11 PM
Luv ya too, Icarus. :love:
I watched Bolt run the 200 meters today, again. He's amazing. :tellmemore:
I probably have some type of "teenage crush" ...or something. :notsure:
Maybe just "admiration." :headscratch:
All part of the mating game dear Mags!
The female of the species impressed by a male who is obviously fit and can run faster than dinner.
We are still prmitives at heart.
Some are just still primitives...
Hm... Come to think of it, I have not followed the olympics at all. Must be all the doping bullshit that's been infesting the news for months.
Don't get me wrong, I don't give a shit about athletes doing drugs. My problem is that there's been no escape from boring sports-related "news" for months now, so I'm a bit put off the whole thing.
Quote from: Asmodean on August 17, 2016, 12:41:50 PM
Hm... Come to think of it, I have not followed the olympics at all. Must be all the doping bullshit that's been infesting the news for months.
Don't get me wrong, I don't give a shit about athletes doing drugs. My problem is that there's been no escape from boring sports-related "news" for months now, so I'm a bit put off the whole thing.
Yeah, then add all the political rhetoric...
:puke:
Quote from: Gloucester on August 17, 2016, 06:32:26 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 16, 2016, 11:19:11 PM
Luv ya too, Icarus. :love:
I watched Bolt run the 200 meters today, again. He's amazing. :tellmemore:
I probably have some type of "teenage crush" ...or something. :notsure:
Maybe just "admiration." :headscratch:
All part of the mating game dear Mags!
The female of the species impressed by a male who is obviously fit and can run faster than dinner.
We are still prmitives at heart.
Some are just still primitives...
Interesting... :chin:
How would you finish this one: The male of the species is impressed by a female who is obviously...(???)
:grin:
Quote from: Magdalena on August 17, 2016, 05:56:56 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 17, 2016, 06:32:26 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 16, 2016, 11:19:11 PM
Luv ya too, Icarus. :love:
I watched Bolt run the 200 meters today, again. He's amazing. :tellmemore:
I probably have some type of "teenage crush" ...or something. :notsure:
Maybe just "admiration." :headscratch:
All part of the mating game dear Mags!
The female of the species impressed by a male who is obviously fit and can run faster than dinner.
We are still prmitives at heart.
Some are just still primitives...
Interesting... :chin:
How would you finish this one: The male of the species is impressed by a female who is obviously...(???)
:grin:
"...well equipped for child bearing and nuturing."
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi778.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy67%2FDaveGlos%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2F220px-Wien_NHM_Venus_von_Willendorf.jpg&hash=38d984c1031a5127816bb0d138438d768056f341) (http://s778.photobucket.com/user/DaveGlos/media/Mobile%20Uploads/220px-Wien_NHM_Venus_von_Willendorf.jpg.html)
An example of a so-called Stone Age Venus. There are others (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_figurines) and few have even rudimentary faces, though some have huge vaginas.
How'd the hell did we get from Rio to here? Ah, then there are all those nubile Carnival girls . . . :smilenod:
Oh, yes, Mr Bolt and Mags' fantasies . . .
Quote from: Gloucester on August 17, 2016, 12:51:20 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 17, 2016, 12:41:50 PM
Hm... Come to think of it, I have not followed the olympics at all. Must be all the doping bullshit that's been infesting the news for months.
Don't get me wrong, I don't give a shit about athletes doing drugs. My problem is that there's been no escape from boring sports-related "news" for months now, so I'm a bit put off the whole thing.
Yeah, then add all the political rhetoric...
:puke:
Precisely. Combine that with my deadly-contagious virally-streptococcal bilaterally-pneumonic bronchitis (Medical term is "Coldus Commonus", I believe, but my name's more dramatic) and you have one hell of a puke fest.
Quote from: Gloucester on August 17, 2016, 06:34:19 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 17, 2016, 05:56:56 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 17, 2016, 06:32:26 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 16, 2016, 11:19:11 PM
Luv ya too, Icarus. :love:
I watched Bolt run the 200 meters today, again. He's amazing. :tellmemore:
I probably have some type of "teenage crush" ...or something. :notsure:
Maybe just "admiration." :headscratch:
All part of the mating game dear Mags!
The female of the species impressed by a male who is obviously fit and can run faster than dinner.
We are still prmitives at heart.
Some are just still primitives...
Interesting... :chin:
How would you finish this one: The male of the species is impressed by a female who is obviously...(???)
:grin:
"...well equipped for child bearing and nuturing."
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi778.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy67%2FDaveGlos%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2F220px-Wien_NHM_Venus_von_Willendorf.jpg&hash=38d984c1031a5127816bb0d138438d768056f341) (http://s778.photobucket.com/user/DaveGlos/media/Mobile%20Uploads/220px-Wien_NHM_Venus_von_Willendorf.jpg.html)
An example of a so-called Stone Age Venus. There are others (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_figurines) and few have even rudimentary faces, though some have huge vaginas.
How'd the hell did we get from Rio to here? Ah, then there are all those nubile Carnival girls . . . :smilenod:
Oh, yes, Mr Bolt and Mags' fantasies . . .
Don't blame the hippie... :smileshake:
...You just keep showing me how deep the rabbit hole goes. :grin:
If the world judges whole countries by the behavior of some of its citizens (and it often does), then the US has egg on its face right now. That's nothing new, and in a way I'm glad. The original story told by the tipsy swimmers would only have smeared Brazil's reputation, and I think that the Rio Olympics has generally come off better than many feared it would.
Quote from: Recusant on August 19, 2016, 03:49:31 PM
If the world judges whole countries by the behavior of some of its citizens (and it often does), then the US has egg on its face right now. That's nothing new, and in a way I'm glad. The original story told by the tipsy swimmers would only have smeared Brazil's reputation, and I think that the Rio Olympics has generally come off better than many feared it would.
I'm glad that's settled. (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37130024)
So the Olympics wasn't as disastrous as I thought it would be...it seems they were able to pull it off without bringing the apocalypse upon us.
And we beat Germany this time. :grin:
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 22, 2016, 12:35:53 AM
So the Olympics wasn't as disastrous as I thought it would be...it seems they were able to pull it off without bringing the apocalypse upon us.
And we beat Germany this time. :grin:
Yup, bloody well done Rio!
Here's hoping the city can build on this.
Even the closing event was plenty good even though it was raining. The arena projection images were imaginative, colorful, and entertaining.
Just imagine how much in endorsement money Lochte will have pissed away with his dipshit behavior.
Quote from: Icarus on August 22, 2016, 05:04:52 AM
. . .
Just imagine how much in endorsement money Lochte will have pissed away with his dipshit behavior.
I feel he has unearned every missed penny of it.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 22, 2016, 12:35:53 AM
So the Olympics wasn't as disastrous as I thought it would be...it seems they were able to pull it off without bringing the apocalypse upon us.
And we beat Germany this time. :grin:
You pulled it off very well indeed.
Quote from: Icarus on August 22, 2016, 05:04:52 AM
Even the closing event was plenty good even though it was raining. The arena projection images were imaginative, colorful, and entertaining.
Just imagine how much in endorsement money Lochte will have pissed away with his dipshit behavior.
Just heard that Speedo have dumped him and will give 50 kilodollars of his sponsorship fees to Save the Children.
Late to post this. Since I started it, I should say that the Rio Olympics, for all its problems, was a success from my perspective. I enjoyed it.
Americans showed their best and their worst. As we often do.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on September 25, 2016, 11:26:41 PM
Late to post this. Since I started it, I should say that the Rio Olympics, for all its problems, was a success from my perspective. I enjoyed it.
Americans showed their best and their worst. As we often do.
::) Yeah, it could have been a lot worse, I guess.
I am with Bruce. The Rio Olympics went off a lot better than the naysayers had predicted. Hats off to the Brazilians who made this happen.
Sure enough we did not see the behind the scenes difficulties but what we did see was well done.