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Anybody watching the opening ceremony?
Yay for South Africa in the opener against Brazil!
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comment by Tomkins? (U1116)
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Kitty
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Tomkins !!! hello.
comment by #4zA (U19575)
posted 33 seconds ago
comment by The Owl & hELLo Kitty (U1750)
posted 5 minutes ago
Anybody watching the opening ceremony?
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was going to but watching Ronin instead
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This is a once every four years event. There seems to be a distinct lack of interest.
Watched the first 20 mins. It was bloody awful wish id gone to bed earlier.
Watching it now. All a bit boring but I guess the majority of the Olympics bar the 100m and 200m finals, are boring anyway.
comment by RJCanty (U17308)
posted 4 minutes ago
Watched the first 20 mins. It was bloody awful wish id gone to bed earlier.
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Oh, I never expected it to be good
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comment by Mr Chelsea. (U3579)
posted 1 minute ago
Watching it now. All a bit boring but I guess the majority of the Olympics bar the 100m and 200m finals, are boring anyway.
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I'm a bit sad - I watch lots of it, even the rubbish stuff
comment by #4zA (U19575)
posted 3 seconds ago
comment by The Owl & hELLo Kitty (U1750)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by #4zA (U19575)
posted 33 seconds ago
comment by The Owl & hELLo Kitty (U1750)
posted 5 minutes ago
Anybody watching the opening ceremony?
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was going to but watching Ronin instead
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This is a once every four years event. There seems to be a distinct lack of interest.
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jaded millennials with no sense of occasion or national pride, too ensconced in our self-centered existence to care
just tell me if Nick Cave appears
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eh?
"This is a once every four years event. There seems to be a distinct lack of interest."
Too much sport on tv, too many scandals (drugs, fraud), too much politics.
Public does not identify with sports people making huge money anymore.
The Olympics and World Cup cripple the economies of the countries that put them on, for the most part.
Not surprising that there is reduced interest.
comment by The Owl & hELLo Kitty (U1750)
I'm a bit sad - I watch lots of it, even the rubbish stuff
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Not sad at all. I was kind of exxagerating. I do watch the majority of the athletics but the other sports like football, cycling, swimming, i cant seem to get into it.
I admit, I'll probably be following the British competitors more than the rest (in all the non-athletic events> . . .
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comment by JonnyLosAngeles (U9756)
posted 5 minutes ago
"This is a once every four years event. There seems to be a distinct lack of interest."
Too much sport on tv, too many scandals (drugs, fraud), too much politics.
Public does not identify with sports people making huge money anymore.
The Olympics and World Cup cripple the economies of the countries that put them on, for the most part.
Not surprising that there is reduced interest.
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I don't disagree with most of this, but I'm still not totally jaded/cynical yet.
comment by #4zA (U19575)
posted 1 minute ago
i watch the fencing, some of the midget weight-lifting and the womens gymnastics of course
is Karate in it?
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Not sure. TaeKwando.
I do feel the British media go overboard whenever another country is hosting a sporting event. There seems to be an agenda to sht on everything that Rio is trying to do. Same happened with the world cup in south africa.. Qatar will be like hitting the jackpot for the media.
Besides being jaded, we also have so many other choices in entertainment and life is very busy for most of us.
US coverage also tends to be very focused on US participants which are not always the great stories of the Games.
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Is this the live Olympic Games thread?
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Hello Forza
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Anybody watching the opening ceremony?
posted on 6/8/16
Kitty
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Yay for South Africa in the opener against Brazil!
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comment by Tomkins? (U1116)
posted 38 seconds ago
Kitty
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Tomkins !!! hello.
posted on 6/8/16
comment by #4zA (U19575)
posted 33 seconds ago
comment by The Owl & hELLo Kitty (U1750)
posted 5 minutes ago
Anybody watching the opening ceremony?
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was going to but watching Ronin instead
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This is a once every four years event. There seems to be a distinct lack of interest.
posted on 6/8/16
Watched the first 20 mins. It was bloody awful wish id gone to bed earlier.
posted on 6/8/16
Watching it now. All a bit boring but I guess the majority of the Olympics bar the 100m and 200m finals, are boring anyway.
posted on 6/8/16
comment by RJCanty (U17308)
posted 4 minutes ago
Watched the first 20 mins. It was bloody awful wish id gone to bed earlier.
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Oh, I never expected it to be good
posted on 6/8/16
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posted on 6/8/16
comment by Mr Chelsea. (U3579)
posted 1 minute ago
Watching it now. All a bit boring but I guess the majority of the Olympics bar the 100m and 200m finals, are boring anyway.
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I'm a bit sad - I watch lots of it, even the rubbish stuff
posted on 6/8/16
comment by #4zA (U19575)
posted 3 seconds ago
comment by The Owl & hELLo Kitty (U1750)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by #4zA (U19575)
posted 33 seconds ago
comment by The Owl & hELLo Kitty (U1750)
posted 5 minutes ago
Anybody watching the opening ceremony?
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was going to but watching Ronin instead
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This is a once every four years event. There seems to be a distinct lack of interest.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
jaded millennials with no sense of occasion or national pride, too ensconced in our self-centered existence to care
just tell me if Nick Cave appears
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eh?
posted on 6/8/16
"This is a once every four years event. There seems to be a distinct lack of interest."
Too much sport on tv, too many scandals (drugs, fraud), too much politics.
Public does not identify with sports people making huge money anymore.
The Olympics and World Cup cripple the economies of the countries that put them on, for the most part.
Not surprising that there is reduced interest.
posted on 6/8/16
comment by The Owl & hELLo Kitty (U1750)
I'm a bit sad - I watch lots of it, even the rubbish stuff
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Not sad at all. I was kind of exxagerating. I do watch the majority of the athletics but the other sports like football, cycling, swimming, i cant seem to get into it.
posted on 6/8/16
I admit, I'll probably be following the British competitors more than the rest (in all the non-athletic events> . . .
posted on 6/8/16
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posted on 6/8/16
comment by JonnyLosAngeles (U9756)
posted 5 minutes ago
"This is a once every four years event. There seems to be a distinct lack of interest."
Too much sport on tv, too many scandals (drugs, fraud), too much politics.
Public does not identify with sports people making huge money anymore.
The Olympics and World Cup cripple the economies of the countries that put them on, for the most part.
Not surprising that there is reduced interest.
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I don't disagree with most of this, but I'm still not totally jaded/cynical yet.
posted on 6/8/16
comment by #4zA (U19575)
posted 1 minute ago
i watch the fencing, some of the midget weight-lifting and the womens gymnastics of course
is Karate in it?
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Not sure. TaeKwando.
posted on 6/8/16
I do feel the British media go overboard whenever another country is hosting a sporting event. There seems to be an agenda to sht on everything that Rio is trying to do. Same happened with the world cup in south africa.. Qatar will be like hitting the jackpot for the media.
posted on 6/8/16
Besides being jaded, we also have so many other choices in entertainment and life is very busy for most of us.
US coverage also tends to be very focused on US participants which are not always the great stories of the Games.
posted on 6/8/16
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