Is your country a sporting country?

[Asmodean]

How very insensitive of you! Them's called "minor attracted persons."

Meming aside though, if he done did his time, then I don't have much of a problem with him doing his sports things on TV. Everyone's got a past - some darker than others, but prison time is supposed to be somehow paying that debt to society, so... Yeah... After you do your time, you... Get to have a job like everyone else, I guess. Personally, I would just not go to/watch his games... Or trust him with babysitting my hypothetical kids. Booing from the stands seems a bit virtue-signally, even though there may indeed be actual virtue in the signal. It diminishes it somehow. "I would have you know, good sir, that I am appalled by everything that you are!" Well, good for you... Then what?

I suppose there is a argument to be made that athletes are role models, but the concept of a role model never quite hit the mark with this god of compartmentalisation. In my book, you can be a piece of shit AND a kickass guitar player, and I can respect your skills as the latter with no regard to the former, unless it's practically relevant.

[The Magic Pudding..]

Our women are formidable, the blokes, not so much.

I avoid watching sport, I HATE listening to sports commentators.
White water kayaking though, and pole vaulting is extraordinary and we had a 14 year old skateboard girl win.
I probably could have watched those bits.

What is with them forcing athletes to swim in the open sewer that is the Seine?

[Tank]

I have managed to avoid almost all of the Olympics this time around. Which given the wall-to-wall coverage there has been is fairly impressive although I do say so myself.

[Asmodean]

Indeed, that describes me as well - down to the pride with the accomplishment.

My source of Olympics-related news has generally been this forum right here. I just scroll past everything sports-related in papers and do my best to ignore HBO trying to insist that I watch me some... Bicycling? Boat-rowing? Some-such nonsense they push like their financial future depended on it.

[Tom62]

At least the Australian female breakdancer was hilarious to watch.

[Asmodean]

I noticed quite a lot of chatter about that on the Internet, though I must admit having skipped right past the lot. Is that something worthy of being looked up?

[Tom62]

Best athlete of the Olympics

[Asmodean]

I've looked up the actual performance. Looks like a badly choreographed seizure. And she's been doing it "professionally" for fifteen years, they said.

[Dark Lightning]

I've looked up the actual performance. Looks like a badly choreographed seizure. And she's been doing it "professionally" for fifteen years, they said.

Bolding mine. My sentiments, precisely. This is a lame enough "sport" that most people in the industry of promoting the Olympics are saying "Never again". At least that's what I am seeing around the internet.

[Asmodean]

Yeah... Sure, break dance can be quite technical and demanding both in terms of skill and strength/endurance. However, a competitive sport... Yeah, I dunno'.