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Zetor
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According to this, Grenada pwns everything, apparently I was kinda surprised to see Hungary doing so well... failboated a few of the 'lock-in' medals like waterpolo, but got a lot of unexpected golds/silvers from other places, so yay?
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Tannhauser
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Thanks, that's interesting. Yep, India is dead last on that chart. Wow, look at NZ up there, never would have thought that.
Also, just watched some wrestling. With only two minutes per match, was very enjoyable. Still can't get into volleyball.
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Simond
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Ten minutes into the closing ceremony, and apparently Danny Boyle decided the opening wasn't weird enough.
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So the US wins the medal total with 46 to China's 38. Great Britain comes in third with 29; their best in 104 years! That's a really impressive tally considering how small GB is compared to the US and China. I didn't think of the British as a summer sport people.
India only won 6 medals, two silver and four bronze. With a nation that populous, why the low count?
Host nation gets all sorts of free slots to automatically get athletes into sports. The host country always ends up with a medal bump from this (not to take away from their achievements, just point out this usually happens).
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Mosesandstick
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The UK has also spent a significant amount of money on its athletes. Funding and organised programmes go a long way.
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Simond
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Yeah, we got one gold in '96 and went "Fuck that shit, have sacks of money".
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Merusk
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India only won 6 medals, two silver and four bronze. With a nation that populous, why the low count?
Soul-crushing poverty and corruption. Funding an athlete at this level isn't cheap in the first place. The amount you have to pay to just live a 'normal' life is staggering. Stack the graft that would be required for everything related to testing, training, access to facilities, etc and there's not going to be enough people that can fund that. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/19/corruption-india-anna-hazare
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As opposed to the opening ceremonies, I have found the closing ceremony to be awesome. George Michael's voice was a little flat, but he was completely fabulous nonetheless. Can't wait to see the Spice Girls.
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Fuck NBC and their stupid shit, seriously. They cut out The Who from the ceremony broadcast simply so they could get people to wait an hour for it as a "closing party"
Not to mention, commercial free new tv show but they stopped the closing ceremony broadcast every ten minutes for commercials. God damnit.
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MuffinMan
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I would watch the closing ceremony online with extra commercials right now if you'd let me, NBC.
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Bunk
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Did not watch a lick of NBC coverage. We had four channels covering it up here, so I had no reason to.
Closing ceremonies were fun, probably only about three songs I didn't know. Do have to wonder how you include The Who and Queen as "pop" music, and then don't have the Stones. Also, may be the first time in my life I've heard We Will Rock You not followed by We are the Champions.
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Maybe the Stones said they weren't interested?
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Chimpy
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Closing ceremonies were fun, probably only about three songs I didn't know. Do have to wonder how you include The Who and Queen as "pop" music, and then don't have the Stones. Also, may be the first time in my life I've heard We Will Rock You not followed by We are the Champions.
On the Stones thing, I read that a lot of acts they invited said "not interested" originally and then turned around last week and wanted in but the show had already been set and rehearsals were going on so there was no room. Quite possible that was part of it. On the no We Are the Champions thing, it could have been the hosts not wanting to seem like they were gloating as this was being beamed to a global audience.
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'Reality' is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes.
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Merusk
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If the global audience were being considered, then the Spice Girls would have sang something other than "if you wanna be my lover." Promiscuity is frowned upon most places
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cmlancas
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If the global audience were being considered, then the Spice Girls would have sang something other than "if you wanna be my lover." Promiscuity is frowned upon most places
If you wanna be my lover...you'll get stoned by my friends.
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If the global audience were being considered, then the Spice Girls would have sang something other than "if you wanna be my lover." Promiscuity is frowned upon most places
Is that why there are almost 13 billion people in the world?
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Merusk
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The only consistencies I'm aware of across all human are pornography and hypocrisy. These things are not mutually exclusive and often paired.
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I understood your initial point. I was just poking at you to see what sort of day you were having at work. However it did get me to thinking that most of society isn't so straight laced as they put on. I mean, if every woman that got pregnant out of wedlock was stoned to death there might not be as many of us running around.
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Ingmar
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Re: bands - I dunno, as an American, when I think of British bands, I always think of the Who pretty much first. Probably because they're always using the flag and such in outfits or album covers or whatever. Makes them a natural choice vs. someone like the Stones, I think. They're pretty far down the list, honestly. Should have brought out Priest to do something off of British Steel, too. That said, they should have brought out Bowie and Jagger to do an old man reenaction of their Dancing in the Streets video.
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God, when they started playing Fashion I was so stoked. I would have loved to have seen Bowie. It also would have been cool to have Bowie come in and seeing Pressure with Brian May instead of that trash bag Jesse J. I didn't get to see the Who. It was past my bedtime. The Who are pretty hit and miss for me. Some of their songs I love, some I could care less about. There's little gray area for me with them. I don't typically like "classic rock" though.
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El Gallo
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Bowie told the Queen to fuck off when she wanted to co-opt knight him, which may have something to do with it. Or maybe not.
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Surlyboi
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Bowie's also rather proud of his New Yorker status now too.
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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I wouldn't have expected Bowie to show up, but I was pretty excited about the idea that he might. Oh well. Such is life. I've got a live DVD of his that is really bad ass.
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eldaec
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While all this was going on I accidentally ended up at the cool person's version of the closing ceremony - the Hyde Park end-of-olympics concert headlined by blur. http://blur.co.uk/hydepark2012/#It was fricking awesome and has given me maximum smug credibility in what, right at this moment, is the most smug city on earth.
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« Last Edit: August 15, 2012, 02:32:47 PM by eldaec »
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Tannhauser
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I wouldn't have expected Bowie to show up, but I was pretty excited about the idea that he might. Oh well. Such is life. I've got a live DVD of his that is really bad ass.
He is old as fuck and I thought he didn't want or need to perform much anymore and is enjoying his well-deserved rest.
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ghost
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He's younger than the Who and McCartney, I believe. A lot of his compatriots still perform, like the Stones. Still, McCartney didn't do himself any favors, in my book, with that shitty ass performance of Hey Jude.
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Sir T
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McCartney's is well past his sell by date, IMO. And Bowie doesn't NEED to share the same stage as the freaking Spice girls.
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ghost
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I was thinking of more of "in lieu of" situation.
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Surlyboi
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The McCartney "Hey Jude" was awesome. Simply because he got choked up by the moment. I'll never fault the man for that.
That said, I just got the closing ceremony album. It's fantastic. NBC should be drawn and quartered for fucking that up.
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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McCartney's voice sounded like shit.
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Merusk
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I can't decide if McCartney continues to perform because he doesn't know anything else, wants to continue to fund bad wedding decisions or is simply that much of a grandstanding self-promoter that he can't disappear quietly.
Bowie was always an odd duck and hasn't performed since ~2006. Evidently he's decided to retire and go out well-remembered instead of turning in to a sad, doddering husk of a man shigttng all over people's good memories of him in his prime. Y'know, like Mick, Keith and Paul. Good on him.
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ghost
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I have no problem with Paul continuing to play, but let's be realistic- he's a shell of his former self. It's like Sinatra when he got older. He was still fun to watch, but it was shocking how much his voice had deteriorated in his later days.
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Ingmar
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As old guy voices go his hasn't gone as bad as some. Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull can barely talk.
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cmlancas
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Thank god....
C'mon now, this isn't politics, Vanguard, or Trammel thread. We can't revel when things fail.
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