Olympic Fever

Absolutely zero interest in the Olympics (or any other televised sport for that matter). I'd get more enjoyment watching my neighbors doing mundane yard work.

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Originally Posted by eddiememphis

Way too many personal interest stories about the obstacles overcame and I am sure endless commercials.

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Soon enough these personal interest stories will resemble the U.S. Army ads from last year. We'll see "Shortly after I was born 20 years ago, my two moms realized I wasn't actually a white boy, my true nature was that I am the black girl you see before you today. Because I lived in the bigoted oppressive country of the United States, I had to wait until I was 18 to actually begin my gender-correction. My training for the Olympics was made especially difficult as all of the carbon emissions in the air hampered my ability to reach my top performance as a competitive curler. But, I finally made it! I'm so thrilled to be here to represent my new adopted nation of Venezuela."

Yeah, no thanks.

The split screen ads did it for me. They blahblahblah over the (extremely poor) commentators, and the ad takes up more room on the screen than the event they're allegedly covering. Fuggit, I'll go back to binge watching Lucifer....

The coverage is horrid. The commentators are simply crap. My wife had on figure skating and I turned it off and hid the remote. It was like listening to a drag show commentary. Don't judge me. Or do. The ratings show that there is no interest for all the sports. It's at an all time low.

I don’t have regular TV so no way to watch it for me unless I’m out somewhere, and when I am out and it is on they never show the sports I’m interested in so it’s mostly a distraction.

1980 should have been the last Olympics. The entire spirit of the thing was destroyed then and now its just another BS political tool for oppressive regimes and a way for crooked people to line their pockets.

I was genuinely wondering why there were so many Olympic commercials.

Richard Jewell probably did not watch Olympics after 1996.

https://youtu.be/euxX2TPw8Oo

Not watching a bit, not even hockey.
I do find the conduct of the Chyknees disgusting, their cute tricks in speedskating that were so obvious and got competitors disqualified only to place their own athletes in medal positions.
There have been numerous allegations of competitors from other countries being tested "positive" for COVID and then quarantined even though no symptoms are present. While in quarantine they have been fed meals that would make a homeless dog vomit and come nowhere near the requirements that elite athletes require.
Tipping the table perhaps?

I am watching skiing and snowboarding highlights, because there are unusually many skiers and snowboarders falling down on this Olympics.

The nuclear power plants and stack scene was another od things I've seen on Olympics.

The only winter Olympics with 100% man-made snow. All have had to make snow. None have had to make 100% of it.

Wonder if that has something to do with all the falls.