I seriously dislike that some of the Olympic games end in around 5 minutes. Imagine spending years practicing fencing and then end up getting zero medals just because you had a bad few rounds.

[–] maniii@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Yep. Its like finals. You get your one-shot to get it right. Else you have to rebuild to try the next 4 years after. You get to the Olympics means you are the best of the best. And winning a medal is literally 3 out of 7 Billion human beings.

So you prepare and prepare and hope you do it all with less errors than the other guys.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Me when a UFC fighter is held down by a wrestler: bro get up!

[–] ReeferPirate@lemy.lol 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For real though, why would Green shoot last night?

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 months ago

The only reason he shot was because he heard that I placed a $15 bet on him winning by ko

[–] Chef_Boyardee@lemm.ee 15 points 3 months ago

I was at a bar in 2012 when McKayla Maroney botched her vault. I yelled "You suck!"

The thing is my friend worked there, and it was this restaurant on Capitol Hill in DC. I'm a metalhead, and I look the part. So, I stuck out like a sore thumb.

I definitely was the guy in this picture to everyone that day.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As you all know first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago

ABC!

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Idk, usually more how the announcers/commentors react

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Especially cringey that so much of the coverage are just random celebrities and not more actual former Olympians.

[–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 1 points 3 months ago

I'm so old that I remember when the Olympics was on more than one channel. If one channel had bad chatter, you would just bend the aerial and turn the dial to get something better.

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 months ago

Me when the dressage horse starts with the wrong foot during the diagonal part

[–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 4 points 3 months ago

Seeing a mountain biker and an equestrianeer both go down so hard that they took an involuntary nappy makes me feel a lot better about not going outside. Yes, I should play more video games.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Wierd Al's Inactive seeps into the audio