anyone else agree that the olympics are boring and stupid?
 

yeah

opening ceremonies were a joke.

I hate the olympics!

Never watched them.

I only watch the football, hockey and basketball depending on whose playing. Never had much interest in flying down a tube of ice, jumping into sand, skating fast in a circle, etc.

Basically everything sportwise bores me to death.

Not really, I'm not really a fan of the Olympics. Its Unfortunate that even fencing (my dream sport) is in the Olympics. Luckily I don't do Olympic style.

Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics. I couldn't care less.

Hardly ever notice when its going on.

Yeah - boring as hell and uninteresting..its not like its a matter of life of death...

Winter Olympics - Tragic death at Winter Olympics


Woops...too soon?

Yeah I mean at least this one started with a bang...
Though I have to agree, generally I find the olympics a bore.
I think in the winter games people fall down more so that's a slight improvement, but seriously...what about the people that actually sit and watch the running events? Or the whole damn thing?
The people who let it eat a chunk out of their lives?
Shit, if you're THAT into sport, go fucking play some rather than sit on your ass watching people shed pounds while you gain 'em...ech...people do watch some shit.
I personally think all sports and sport events should have a "crash/fight/fuckup ONLY" abridged version available, that's the ticket.

Anybody that needs that many more hours of wacky, out of context sports to entertain them should just play videogames.

This. and

This.

I only watch MMA - I used to watch boxing but I've fallen out of touch with it lately..

mixed martial arts is the only sport i watch, but yeah i hate when the olympics take up space on the televisions.

but that's all this Olympics has been so far really. I will give you your abridged version.

Guy dies in luge accident. video is shown in ctv, controversy ensues.
Peaceful protests begin in downtown Vancouver over just about everything imaginable.
Boring failure of an opening ceremonies begins, Native Chiefs are late so we don't start on time.
Ceremony ends with the cauldron for the Olympic flame not even working. Works 20 seconds before the torches would have gone out.
"Peaceful" protests turn into people breaking all the windows at the HBC store.

So far that's all I've got. Canada kicked ass at women's hockey last night and won a silver in women's moguls. (US won first but whatever.)

oh, the Olympics are on?

Ahh I might make an MMA thread after events then...

Do you train/Fight ?

I will watch various events from the Winter Olympics,so far all I have seen is the ski jumping and Nordic combined(Which is ski jumping followed by cross country skiing).I don't follow any of the sports in between Olympics and I don't always have a clue what's going on, but I find it all strangely entertaining:confused:.
It's the same deal with the Summer games,At any other time I couldn't give a monkeys about Rowing,Cycling,Archery,Swimming etc etc but when it's the Olympics I'm compelled to watch.

The opening ceremony was awful though,but they always are,I expect the London 2012 opening will be full of prancing bowler hatted fools with umbrellas and plethora of Mary Poppins lookalikes flying around.

I think it goes without saying that if you don't like sports then you won't like the Olympics. :rolleyes: It's like saying you won't like a Nightmare on Elm Street marathon if you don't like horror films.

I am watching women's hockey right now, which I have never seen before. The events that are actually sports can be entertaining; the events that are scored by judges, like the x-game stuff and figure skating, are crap though.

yes it is very boring and stupid.

Good point...I don't like watching football at all but i can see why ppl do..

I can see "boring," given a person's interest in sports, but I'm curious as to what makes it "stupid."

For the most part, they are..But I do like speedskating thats about all i will watch

Dull, dull, dull. I keep up with the results to see how we're doing but never watch anything. And seriously, the logo for the 2012 one is an embarrasment.

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...ympicslogo.jpg

Thanks Sweetheart...You said it for me :)

this one is better:

http://www.nysportsjournalism.com/st...n2012_logo.jpg

:D Definetely an improvement. And with some of the others they could have picked...

http://nick.tn-uk.net/uploaded/2007/...go_rvoysey.jpg

I am fascinated by people striving for greatness. Also a huge fan of people from across the globe coming together in the spirit of peace and competition... so I love it.

Hear hear, Rod!

I am an avid anti-sports type... but the Olympics have always fascinated me since I was a child. I love them for just the reasons you state. I'm a bit saddened by the cynical hipster attitude many exhibit, but I guess that's the prevailing attitude these days.

not relevant to my interests=stupid

Vanity, thy name is hipster

unfortunate

generally I find the olympics a bore.
I think in the winter games people fall down more so that's a slight improvement, but seriously...what about the people that actually sit and watch the running events? Or the whole damn thing?
The people who let it eat a chunk out of their lives?
Shit, if you're THAT into sport, go fucking play some rather than sit on your ass watching people shed pounds while you gain 'em...ech...people do watch some shit.

My quote button doesn't seem to be working...though I'll stand by the statement above...While I acknowledge the statements made here in regards to cynical/hipster business might not have been aimed exclusively towards me, I just wanted to say that if indeed any part was, I don't think my attitude towards the Olympics if reflective of some kind of perceived "cool to dislike it"...I grew up in Australia, a country that's perhaps as much or more sports mad than the states...I already copped it enough for not getting into football, cricket, all that shit, I didn't get into these things because I tried them and didn't like them.
I like swimming as a leisure activity, I like baseball here and there, I enjoy watching thai boxing, but that's about where it ends for me...even those I'll tend to switch off after a while - Done all three myself.
The reason I don't watch these things is because I have no interest in them whatsoever, and yes, I think those that would dedicate so much time to watch these things could better spend their time...I watch things in which I have an interest, there's no need to front that.

Boring? That's a matter of opinion. Stupid? No way.

It's about the only thing the world can get along about anymore, how can you knock that?

the only bit of the winter olympics i've watched is old mate getting wiped out on documentingreality

I have not been reading entire stories about the Olympics, ok, just been reading headlines:rolleyes:
but every day I see something about something going horribly wrong.

hm

Does a dicipline more dull than figure skating exist?

It takes forever and the athletes all HAVE to do the same boring stuff. The only thing you can hope for is people falling, or even better, hurting themselves. Blood is more than appreciated.

Now, figure skating fighting that would be much less gay and a constant hit, i'm sure.

We need more violence in the Olympics.

No matter how many times I see the figure skaters fall, I still flinch. Somehow, every 2 years, I get caught up in all the drama and puff pieces on TV. I love it.

Here here!!!

They need to bring back Pankration..

Nothing like naked guys beating the shit out of each other..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl...pics/img/5.jpg

Even more brutal was the pankration - a blend of boxing and wrestling which again had no time limit, no weight class and even fewer rules.

Only biting and gouging an opponent's eyes were banned - but in truth even this took place.

Stories of death abounded and athletes were even given legal immunity in cases of unintentional killing during matches.

Not sure about the naked thing, but the rest sounds nice.

We need more colosseums.

curling is lame