Things That Are Bothering You, Got You All Hibbeldy-Jibbeldy, or just downright pissed, RIGHT NOW!

[Omega Male]

I try not to be that old guy who is reflexively like everything sucks now. But breakdancing as an Olympic "sport" is objectively fvcking stupid.

 

[imatlas]

That's a very plain kurta for a wedding. I went to an Indian wedding as a guest and both the ones I got are way fancier than that.

Eh. It looks like a tone-one-tone silk brocade, that's reasonably fancy.

Mine was very plain and simple in undyed raw silk. Not fancy but super comfy.

 

[Jr Mouse]

I try not to be that old guy who is reflexively like everything sucks now. But breakdancing as an Olympic "sport" is objectively fvcking stupid.

The bar in stupidity has been set way higher.

 

[Gibonius]

Eh. It looks like a tone-one-tone silk brocade, that's reasonably fancy.

Mine was very plain and simple in undyed raw silk. Not fancy but super comfy.

How did this response end up in this thread 🤨

Maybe it's regional? All the grooms I've seen went hard on the embroidery and such.

Yeah I was impressed with how comfortable they were. It was 95+ when we were there so I was worried about wearing silk, but that raw silk wears really cool. I wish I could find an opportunity to wear it in the US but I feel like it'd come off as costume.

 

[SixOhNine]

I try not to be that old guy who is reflexively like everything sucks now. But breakdancing as an Olympic "sport" is objectively fvcking stupid.

I have lots of thoughts about what should and shouldn't be an Olympic sport and breaking doesn't qualify. That said, it's way more fun and entertaining than I expected. I'd rather watch it than baseball or golf.

 

[venividivicibj]

Planned to see Blink 182 in St. Louis this weekend but the show got cancelled. In-laws said they would still watch the kids Saturday night but most of our favorite restaurants are already booked on Saturday.

saw them a couple years back, but it wasn't the OG band. still good though

 

[beargonefishing]

I try not to be that old guy who is reflexively like everything sucks now. But breakdancing as an Olympic "sport" is objectively fvcking stupid.*

*said on day three of watching the cricket match between Leeds and South Hampton while binge drinking

 

[edinatlanta]

The Poland volleyball game may noy be going well but I am enjoying the shots of Polish fans.

The girls are very p






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[Texasmade]

I try not to be that old guy who is reflexively like everything sucks now. But breakdancing as an Olympic "sport" is objectively fvcking stupid.

I just saw the Australian breakdancer highlights… was pretty embarrassing but at least she got to go to Paris

 

[patrick_b]

After a night out, my group wandered into a Denny's around 1am.
As we sat there, a lightening strike knocked out power to the whole building
But.....we had just got our food, and then they lit candles, so I think I posted this in the wrong thread.

You just transported me back in time some 25 years. We were at the bustling Border Cafe in Harvard Square sometime in late 90's. For reference, in those olden times it was customary to drink at lunch and $20 bills came out of the ATM pre-rolled for coc@ine use.

Our table had consumed dozens of margaritas and when it came time to pay, the power goes out and we sat in the dark for another 20 minutes. Eventually the manager tells us all to leave because they can't process credit cards or fix the power issue.

Due to my advanced age, my recollection may not be perfect but I'm fairly certain most of that actually happened.

 

[edinatlanta]

You just transported me back in time some 25 years. We were at the bustling Border Cafe in Harvard Square sometime in late 90's. For reference, in those olden times it was customary to drink at lunch and $20 bills came out of the ATM pre-rolled for coc@ine use.

Our table had consumed dozens of margaritas and when it came time to pay, the power goes out and we sat in the dark for another 20 minutes. Eventually the manager tells us all to leave because they can't process credit cards or fix the power issue.

Due to my advanced age, my recollection may not be perfect but I'm fairly certain most of that actually happened.

Nah you were never smart enough to be admitted to Cambridge or Harvard.

 

[UnFacconable]

I try not to be that old guy who is reflexively like everything sucks now. But breakdancing as an Olympic "sport" is objectively fvcking stupid.

I haven't watched any but I was immediately annoyed hearing Mike Tirico refer to the athletes as B Girl Ami and B Girl Nicka. Total cringe.

Setting aside the weird cultural appropriation, isn't breakdancing really just another gymnastics sport? Within that context, I would have to rate it way higher than forking trampolining or "rhythm" gymnastics, which is super lame. Conceptually, it's also not like less of a sport than surfing, which is judged based on I have no idea and is incredibly boring to watch, unless you enjoy seeing people waiting to catch waves while the announcers talk about beaches they like.

Obviously there are way more sports than their used to be and a lot of them are super niche. I'm happy that all these random people in these sports that have like 50 people worldwide get to compete internationally and win olympic medals, but I think the medal count needs to be updated to weight the medals based on how much I give a fork. Similar to decathlon/heptathlon scoring perhaps.

 

[Cause Moe]

I'm happy that all these random people in these sports that have like 50 people worldwide

No sport gets into the Olympics unless there is major participation on multiple continents. Sports with small numbers simply do not get into the Oympics.

As for the "medal count" by nation, that has always been uttely meaningless.

 

[edinatlanta]

Damn usa really is cursed in thr 4x100m relay

 

[UnFacconable]

No sport gets into the Olympics unless there is major participation on multiple continents. Sports with small numbers simply do not get into the Oympics.

Maybe we have different definitions of "major" participation, but I have a hard time believing that synchronized swimming has a lot of participants worldwide. There are a few others (like bobsled and curling) that just aren't that accessible to people worldwide. Herschel Walker did almost no training for his run in the Olympics (I read he did 30 practice runs) and finished in 7th place less than a second behind the gold medal.