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Post by Werebeaver on Jul 20, 2021 20:10:01 GMT -8
Why wait for opening ceremonies? Watching USA v Italy softball live from Tokyo.
US up 1-0 in the 5th.
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Post by TheGlove on Jul 21, 2021 10:05:29 GMT -8
USWNT loses in first game 0-3 v. Sweden. Yikes.
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Post by TheGlove on Jul 21, 2021 10:07:06 GMT -8
Why wait for opening ceremonies? Watching USA v Italy softball live from Tokyo. US up 1-0 in the 5th. Won 2-0. Our pitcher had a very funky wind up. |
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Post by Werebeaver on Jul 21, 2021 11:09:51 GMT -8
Why wait for opening ceremonies? Watching USA v Italy softball live from Tokyo. US up 1-0 in the 5th. Won 2-0. Our pitcher had a very funky wind up. The 2 US pitchers I saw were venerable veterans Cat Ostermann (38) and Monica Abbott (36). Abbott was the one with the funky windup. Pitched a combined one-hit shut-out. |
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Post by irimi on Jul 24, 2021 13:39:26 GMT -8
the 1800 drone thing was cool as cool can be at the opening ceremonies... Pretty dull otherwise. What do you expect when the composer gets fired a week or so before the games, and the director axed at the last minute? The games suck this year. They should've let Tokyo cancel and be done with it. Perhaps an option to hold them in the near future. |
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Post by TheGlove on Jul 24, 2021 14:16:45 GMT -8
I thought this was pretty cool.
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Post by beavs6 on Jul 24, 2021 14:27:33 GMT -8
the 1800 drone thing was cool as cool can be at the opening ceremonies... Pretty dull otherwise. What do you expect when the composer gets fired a week or so before the games, and the director axed at the last minute? The games suck this year. They should've let Tokyo cancel and be done with it. Perhaps an option to hold them in the near future. In your opinion. I’m looking forward to a lot of different competitions. I also like the pride most athletes show in competing for their country.(not just USA athletes). Host countries always have unexpected athletic stories. No one is forcing you to watch. If it’s not your thing, that’s OK. Why make the negative commentary? How does that do anything positive for you? |
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Post by irimi on Jul 24, 2021 16:30:51 GMT -8
Pretty dull otherwise. What do you expect when the composer gets fired a week or so before the games, and the director axed at the last minute? The games suck this year. They should've let Tokyo cancel and be done with it. Perhaps an option to hold them in the near future. In your opinion. I’m looking forward to a lot of different competitions. I also like the pride most athletes show in competing for their country.(not just USA athletes). Host countries always have unexpected athletic stories. No one is forcing you to watch. If it’s not your thing, that’s OK. Why make the negative commentary? How does that do anything positive for you? It must be nice to live in a bubble which the problems of the world cannot penetrate. Perfect child of American culture. Sit and watch the TV. Look at the pretty colors. I know it's like thousands of miles away so it doesn't matter to you, but most Japanese wanted the Olympics canceled. From articles earlier in the year, the Olympic Committee seemed not to give Japan a choice, and of course the Prime Minister didn't try hard enough. And you probably don't know that the Japanese government did not OK any of the vaccines until very late spring, so many Japanese are still waiting for the vaccine. Roll out has been very slow. And reports of athletes in Tokyo with Covid have been plentiful. Add to that the athletes from America who brag about not getting the vaccine before going to Japan, and perhaps you can see why Japanese people didn't want the games held. Another side note, in 1964 when the Olympics were held in Tokyo for the first time, they were held in October. Why? Crazy levels of heat and humidity in July and August. But not this year. Why? Well, October is football season in America. So it's about the networks selling you the viewership. So sit back in your Lay Z Boy, grab a beer and pretzels, and watch the games. That's exactly what they want you to do. |
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Post by beavs6 on Jul 24, 2021 17:46:58 GMT -8
In your opinion. I’m looking forward to a lot of different competitions. I also like the pride most athletes show in competing for their country.(not just USA athletes). Host countries always have unexpected athletic stories. No one is forcing you to watch. If it’s not your thing, that’s OK. Why make the negative commentary? How does that do anything positive for you? It must be nice to live in a bubble which the problems of the world cannot penetrate. Perfect child of American culture. Sit and watch the TV. Look at the pretty colors. I know it's like thousands of miles away so it doesn't matter to you, but most Japanese wanted the Olympics canceled. From articles earlier in the year, the Olympic Committee seemed not to give Japan a choice, and of course the Prime Minister didn't try hard enough. And you probably don't know that the Japanese government did not OK any of the vaccines until very late spring, so many Japanese are still waiting for the vaccine. Roll out has been very slow. And reports of athletes in Tokyo with Covid have been plentiful. Add to that the athletes from America who brag about not getting the vaccine before going to Japan, and perhaps you can see why Japanese people didn't want the games held. Another side note, in 1964 when the Olympics were held in Tokyo for the first time, they were held in October. Why? Crazy levels of heat and humidity in July and August. But not this year. Why? Well, October is football season in America. So it's about the networks selling you the viewership. So sit back in your Lay Z Boy, grab a beer and pretzels, and watch the games. That's exactly what they want you to do. Don’t patronize me with your holier than thou attitude. I get it, you believe you are the smartest person on the board. ”Reports are plentiful”. Those I have heard about sound like a small %. if the Summer Games are such a burden for Japan to hold in the summer, why did they apply to hold them in the summer? I would think an intelligent bid to hold the games would be made with the time of year included. Your sanctimonious reply says a whole lot more about your intolerance of others than anything else. Not the first time. You stated an opinion(not even close to a fact) that I acknowledged as such and respectfully countered with mine. Then asked about why be so negative. Feel free to counter and discuss, why attack me and put me down as a person? Does that make you feel better? Lift your soul and ♥️? I personally know multiple athletes competing in Tokyo. I personally know many more with the dream of making it to future games. Obviously you cannot stand anything or anyone with a differing stance than you have. Must be a very sad and hollow existence. I wish better for you. |
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Post by spudbeaver on Jul 24, 2021 18:18:51 GMT -8
It must be nice to live in a bubble which the problems of the world cannot penetrate. Perfect child of American culture. Sit and watch the TV. Look at the pretty colors. I know it's like thousands of miles away so it doesn't matter to you, but most Japanese wanted the Olympics canceled. From articles earlier in the year, the Olympic Committee seemed not to give Japan a choice, and of course the Prime Minister didn't try hard enough. And you probably don't know that the Japanese government did not OK any of the vaccines until very late spring, so many Japanese are still waiting for the vaccine. Roll out has been very slow. And reports of athletes in Tokyo with Covid have been plentiful. Add to that the athletes from America who brag about not getting the vaccine before going to Japan, and perhaps you can see why Japanese people didn't want the games held. Another side note, in 1964 when the Olympics were held in Tokyo for the first time, they were held in October. Why? Crazy levels of heat and humidity in July and August. But not this year. Why? Well, October is football season in America. So it's about the networks selling you the viewership. So sit back in your Lay Z Boy, grab a beer and pretzels, and watch the games. That's exactly what they want you to do. Don’t patronize me with your holier than thou attitude. I get it, you believe you are the smartest person on the board. ”Reports are plentiful”. Those I have heard about sound like a small %. if the Summer Games are such a burden for Japan to hold in the summer, why did they apply to hold them in the summer? I would think an intelligent bid to hold the games would be made with the time of year included. Your sanctimonious reply says a whole lot more about your intolerance of others than anything else. Not the first time. You stated an opinion(not even close to a fact) that I acknowledged as such and respectfully countered with mine. Then asked about why be so negative. Feel free to counter and discuss, why attack me and put me down as a person? Does that make you feel better? Lift your soul and ♥️? I personally know multiple athletes competing in Tokyo. I personally know many more with the dream of making it to future games. Obviously you cannot stand anything or anyone with a differing stance than you have. Must be a very sad and hollow existence. I wish better for you. You asked why so negative and he answered with way more negativity! Ha ha! Classic Oromo. Autocorrect did that and I’m leaving it hoping for change. Um, they already delayed the SUMMER Olympics one year. What would 2-3 months do other than create scheduling chaos. Dude is special. 50% of my blocked poster directory. |
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Post by irimi on Jul 24, 2021 19:39:39 GMT -8
It must be nice to live in a bubble which the problems of the world cannot penetrate. Perfect child of American culture. Sit and watch the TV. Look at the pretty colors. I know it's like thousands of miles away so it doesn't matter to you, but most Japanese wanted the Olympics canceled. From articles earlier in the year, the Olympic Committee seemed not to give Japan a choice, and of course the Prime Minister didn't try hard enough. And you probably don't know that the Japanese government did not OK any of the vaccines until very late spring, so many Japanese are still waiting for the vaccine. Roll out has been very slow. And reports of athletes in Tokyo with Covid have been plentiful. Add to that the athletes from America who brag about not getting the vaccine before going to Japan, and perhaps you can see why Japanese people didn't want the games held. Another side note, in 1964 when the Olympics were held in Tokyo for the first time, they were held in October. Why? Crazy levels of heat and humidity in July and August. But not this year. Why? Well, October is football season in America. So it's about the networks selling you the viewership. So sit back in your Lay Z Boy, grab a beer and pretzels, and watch the games. That's exactly what they want you to do. Don’t patronize me with your holier than thou attitude. I get it, you believe you are the smartest person on the board. ”Reports are plentiful”. Those I have heard about sound like a small %. if the Summer Games are such a burden for Japan to hold in the summer, why did they apply to hold them in the summer? I would think an intelligent bid to hold the games would be made with the time of year included. Your sanctimonious reply says a whole lot more about your intolerance of others than anything else. Not the first time. You stated an opinion(not even close to a fact) that I acknowledged as such and respectfully countered with mine. Then asked about why be so negative. Feel free to counter and discuss, why attack me and put me down as a person? Does that make you feel better? Lift your soul and ♥️? I personally know multiple athletes competing in Tokyo. I personally know many more with the dream of making it to future games. Obviously you cannot stand anything or anyone with a differing stance than you have. Must be a very sad and hollow existence. I wish better for you. Obviously, you've been reading the Japanese newspapers, eh? So you've seen the reports out of Tokyo. And you have your pulse on how the nation feels--not the politicians, the people. You've seen that the Ugandans arrived in Tokyo with the Delta variant back in June? And the South Africans? And so on. So you knew that the composer of the opening ceremony music was fired for bullying mentally challenged kids when he was in high school. You knew that it upset the nation to learn that he had tied them up, forced them to masturbate, and fed them s%#t (literally). And you knew that the director of the opening ceremony was fired just a few days ago for having made jokes about the Holocaust? Controversy and a global pandemic. Mmmm. Best Olympic brew ever! PS. I don't care about your "stance." Honestly. I really couldn't care less. I still believe the games should have been cancelled. PPS. Regardless what you may believe about me, if the games had gone on as scheduled last year (i.e., no Covid) I would have been in Tokyo watching them with my family. |
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Post by irimi on Jul 24, 2021 19:42:21 GMT -8
Don’t patronize me with your holier than thou attitude. I get it, you believe you are the smartest person on the board. ”Reports are plentiful”. Those I have heard about sound like a small %. if the Summer Games are such a burden for Japan to hold in the summer, why did they apply to hold them in the summer? I would think an intelligent bid to hold the games would be made with the time of year included. Your sanctimonious reply says a whole lot more about your intolerance of others than anything else. Not the first time. You stated an opinion(not even close to a fact) that I acknowledged as such and respectfully countered with mine. Then asked about why be so negative. Feel free to counter and discuss, why attack me and put me down as a person? Does that make you feel better? Lift your soul and ♥️? I personally know multiple athletes competing in Tokyo. I personally know many more with the dream of making it to future games. Obviously you cannot stand anything or anyone with a differing stance than you have. Must be a very sad and hollow existence. I wish better for you. You asked why so negative and he answered with way more negativity! Ha ha! Classic Oromo. Autocorrect did that and I’m leaving it hoping for change. Um, they already delayed the SUMMER Olympics one year. What would 2-3 months do other than create scheduling chaos. Dude is special. 50% of my blocked poster directory. Only 50%, spud? I'm disappointed. You're much higher in my blocked list. |
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Post by beavs6 on Jul 25, 2021 5:37:04 GMT -8
Don’t patronize me with your holier than thou attitude. I get it, you believe you are the smartest person on the board. ”Reports are plentiful”. Those I have heard about sound like a small %. if the Summer Games are such a burden for Japan to hold in the summer, why did they apply to hold them in the summer? I would think an intelligent bid to hold the games would be made with the time of year included. Your sanctimonious reply says a whole lot more about your intolerance of others than anything else. Not the first time. You stated an opinion(not even close to a fact) that I acknowledged as such and respectfully countered with mine. Then asked about why be so negative. Feel free to counter and discuss, why attack me and put me down as a person? Does that make you feel better? Lift your soul and ♥️? I personally know multiple athletes competing in Tokyo. I personally know many more with the dream of making it to future games. Obviously you cannot stand anything or anyone with a differing stance than you have. Must be a very sad and hollow existence. I wish better for you. Obviously, you've been reading the Japanese newspapers, eh? So you've seen the reports out of Tokyo. And you have your pulse on how the nation feels--not the politicians, the people. You've seen that the Ugandans arrived in Tokyo with the Delta variant back in June? And the South Africans? And so on. So you knew that the composer of the opening ceremony music was fired for bullying mentally challenged kids when he was in high school. You knew that it upset the nation to learn that he had tied them up, forced them to masturbate, and fed them s%#t (literally). And you knew that the director of the opening ceremony was fired just a few days ago for having made jokes about the Holocaust? Controversy and a global pandemic. Mmmm. Best Olympic brew ever! PS. I don't care about your "stance." Honestly. I really couldn't care less. I still believe the games should have been cancelled. PPS. Regardless what you may believe about me, if the games had gone on as scheduled last year (i.e., no Covid) I would have been in Tokyo watching them with my family. Understood. You feel like you feel and have the opinions you have with a solid basis to back it up. No one else with any semblance of intelligence could possibly have their own set of opinions that is contrary to yours. It just isn’t possible.(Most of those reasons you give seem to be problems of Japan, not the Olympics. I know you are very connected to the Japanese. It’s a good thing we don’t think all Japanese are abusive to the mentally challenged or anti-Semitic. Wouldn’t want to paint a whole set of people because of the sins of a few.) You don’t really feel that good about yourself deep down and can’t put a finger on it. Anyone else that does have joy, or happiness, or peace in their life that you already have decided cannot be “smart” (due to them having a differing opinion than you) must be corrected. Tear that person down in any way you can. You brought up we had offline discussions. I tried to show you that there is a basis for people of different thoughts and opinions to come together. You choose to continue to degrade and try to embarrass me in the open forum, attack me as a person. Why? Can’t you engage without the negative?When brought to your attention, you back it up with the stronger stance of not caring. If you spent more time and energy working on enriching your own life, than trying to tear down the lives of others, your world and by extent the world as a whole would be a better place. Isn’t that ultimately what you are really looking for? The mirror must not be your friend. Truly is sad for you. |
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Post by lebaneaver on Jul 25, 2021 6:10:21 GMT -8
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Post by TheGlove on Jul 25, 2021 6:51:51 GMT -8
You asked why so negative and he answered with way more negativity! Ha ha! Classic Oromo. Autocorrect did that and I’m leaving it hoping for change. Um, they already delayed the SUMMER Olympics one year. What would 2-3 months do other than create scheduling chaos. Dude is special. 50% of my blocked poster directory. Only 50%, spud? I'm disappointed. You're much higher in my blocked list. it’s cute how you guys are “ignoring” each other |
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