The post whore thread.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Cold like that isn't good for man nor beast.

[MrPrena]

2:41 a.m. ET, February 6, 2022
US-born figure skater Zhu Yi under attack after fall on Olympic debut for China
From CNN's Nectar Gan in Beijing

China's California-born figure skater Zhu Yi is facing a firestorm of attack on Chinese social media after she came up short on her Olympic debut Sunday.

The hashtag ?Zhu Yi has fallen? is a top trending topic on Weibo, gaining about 200 million views in just a few hours, with some users asking why an American-born skater was picked to represent China ahead of an athlete born in the country.


?This is such a disgrace,? said a comment with 11,000 ?likes.?
Zhu, 19, was the first to compete on the second day of the figure skating team event, gliding into the ice rink to loud cheers from the mostly Chinese crowd at Beijing's Capital Indoor Stadium.

But she fell flat on the ice after a failed jump in the opening combination, and missed another jump later in the program, finishing with the lowest score of the event.

China consequently fell from third place to the fifth in the standings ? just enough to progress to the next round of competition.

In contrast to the online vitriol, the crowd in the stadium applauded Zhu as she bowed to the stands.

Pressure to perform: Chinese athletes face huge pressure to get results at the Olympics, with medal counts long touted by the Chinese government as a sign of national strength. In the past, many have faced a backlash for poor performances.
Zhu is among at least a dozen foreign-born athletes recruited by China in recent years in an attempt to bolster its medal count at the Winter Olympics. But the attack against her also highlights the pressure these naturalized athletes face to compete under the Chinese flag.

Born in Los Angeles in 2002, she decided to compete for China in 2018 and gave up her American citizenship. She also changed her name from Beverly Zu to Zhu Yi.

But she has faced criticism in China for not being able to speak fluent Chinese.

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/...spt/index.html

[OtterbatHellcat]

The way I figure it, the Chinese can suck a bag of dicks.

I'm disappointed this charade called "winter olympics" wasn't globally boycotted....and at the very least America should not have entered it's athletes into the events.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Sorry, didn't mean to kill the thread.....been nice weather here recent, damn near 70 this week ahead.

[00tec]

79 is the high tomorrow where I'm at. 71 today

[Great-Kazoo]

Sorry, didn't mean to kill the thread.....been nice weather here recent, damn near 70 this week ahead.

Hope so, i have 2 gun classes i'm teaching,or assisting with, this weekend.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Looking at it today, you guys have 100% chance of snow and high of 31 and a low of 18.

70 and sunshine here for the next several days.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Good luck on the classes GK, I know you'll be helping more than one person pull their head out of their ass for sure.

[OtterbatHellcat]

These seat geek commercials piss me off. Expanding butt cheek bullshit...dammit.

Most advertising sucks, but this one is aggravating.

[ray1970]

These seat geek commercials piss me off. Expanding butt cheek bullshit...dammit.

Most advertising sucks, but this one is aggravating.

Yep. Uber annoying and they pop up on a ton of my YouTube videos.