August 2008
69 posts
NBC Olympics →
prettyhuge:
I don’t think I’m going to shock anyone when I say that maybe the olympics are facing a certain amount of apathy in the American viewing public this year. I haven’t really heard a lot of interest from my peer group in keeping up with what’s going on, and to be honest, the only reason I know what’s going on in Beijing is because I’m on vacation by a lake when there are constant...
The Olympics are Over
frangry:
and I didn’t watch one fucking second of it.
pile:
“The Olympics are like high school, it ends right when you can’t take it anymore” -Kate
“Some people think gymnastics isn’t a sport because the result is determined by...”
– Jeff Neuman, Notes Of An Olympics Junkie (via mattlehrer) (via peterwknox)
“Obviously his post-Olympic plans are to swim slowly up the Yangtze River, lay...”
– Jon Stewart on Michael Phelps
Deadspin
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“I’ve been looking at some Aston Martins and some Maseratis. It would be pretty...”
– Michael Phelps
Yes, that would be pretty sick.
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“Tumblr has no sense of humor about Phelps. Goodbye followers aka Pussies.”
– Antikris
“I cannot comment on whether or not he is a douche. I will say, that while I...”
– onemoretimewithfeeling on Phelps (via antikris)
lolz. cos yeah.
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seagull:
People should swim nude in the Olympics. Wouldn’t that be a much better way to see who is truly the fatest swimmer on our little planet? I want to know who swims the fatest with what their god gave them rather than what expensive suit is wrapped around their hot bodies.
danielac:
What the hell… I didn’t realize the X Games were part of the Olympics. What is this extreme biking I see on my television?
Douche.
Mom: What's a douche?
Me: What?!
Mom: You had a post on your blog that said Michael Phelps is a douche.
Me: Uhh, a douche is kinda like an annoying guy.
Mom: Oh, I figured it had to have another meaning.
Me: Yeah...
Mom: Because, you know, douches are a feminine hygiene product.
(Ok, this totally happened to me last week. My mom was horrifyed when I used the word 'douchebag'. This from the woman who has picked up some classy phrases from my 21 year-old brother, such as 'fuck that shit'. She actually asked if I knew what 'douchebag' actually meant. I'm 25 Mom.)
“Michael Phelps is boring on land.”
– Leslie C. (via zachklein)
I channelled my Phelps hate
semisetadrift:
jessicalouise:
paperflowers:
into a blog! go read
Jesus Fuck. Americans, you should be embarrassed for this wanker, not applauding him. He embodies everything worth detesting about the US … and that’s just his penis.
Thank God you have that adorable Shawn Johnson to balance out the fuckwittery. She’s a button and a half. Love her. (How can you not love a girl named Shawn?)
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“In order to enjoy the Olympics, you can’t think critically about anything; you...”
– Chuck Klosterman, “I Do Not Hate the Olympics” (Sorry, Olympics fans, but it made me laugh out loud on the bus this morning.) (via favorite) (via peterwknox)
“i love being completely out of the olympics loop.”
– Eduardo de Guzman on Twitter
Does he have the emotional maturity to survive?
After archiving as much as he has, there’s no way Michael Phelps can come out of these Olympics as classy and obscure as he went in…
I’m officially starting the Michael Phelps Freestyle Towards Destruction Watch.
Stay tuned for events leading to the desecrate his new-found celebrity.
Michael Phelps Phacts
livejamie:
Michael Phelps can walk on water but doesn’t want to show off, so he swims instead.
When Aquaman needs help he calls Michael Phelps.
Michael Phelps cashed his plane ticket in and swam Butterfly to the Olympics.
Michael Phelps arrived in China riding a chariot pulled by two electric eels.
Michael Phelps craps out Energizer batteries.
Michael Phelps doesn’t swim through the water…...
Olympics
thenightdances:
It seems as if everyone is all gung hoe about the Olympics. I am not one for sports but, yeah. I can’t comit myself to watch it. I wished that I wouldn’t have missed the gymnastics. My favorites are the Winter Olympics. Figure skating & hockey are the best. No one here in Alabama likes hockey. We have NHL and I watch it from time to time. The only sport that I watch more than...
I am so sick of hearing about Michael Phelps.
amwelles:
He’s not even that good-looking, girls.
Ok, so what the fuck is going on over there that...
I swear, it’s like the gold medals over there should be going to whatever blogger or news org breaks the first evidence of cheating/falsification/skulldrudgery in any and all given categories.
and had any of you actually heard about phelps before that one commercial about cellphone reception? be reminded that he evidently needed a superhero suit to break some non-attired-in-super-hero-stuff...
“Oh, sure, it’s athletics; the Olympics showcase the sometimes terrifying...”
– Leitch: Why the Olympics Are the Reality TV of Sports — New York Magazine (via peterwknox)
Tumblr Antics
shutupinternet:
I love how Tumblr users all get together to talk about one thing at one time but all with unique and different styles. A few weeks ago it was the iPhone, then a community wide tribute to Carlin, then a bit about Brett Favre but more that week about the iPhone’s stupid I Am Rich application. Now it’s the Olympics for two weeks and while some people are watching every night and...
Several elements of the opening ceremonies were...
(via whatthefuckdoineedtoknow)
This is why I don't watch. Well, this and a hatred...
fareastmeetswildwest:
alexbalk:
Was anything real during the Olympics opening ceremonies?
How is this news? It was on TV, of course parts were fake. ESPECIALLY the part about a 9 year-old girl singing to a stadium of 91,000 people, not to mention broadcasted around the world. You really thought the Chinese were going to trust her voice not to waver under the pressure? What are your thoughts on...
So, I'm going to call off my 'Gary Busey Slash...
And bet people will start getting sick of the menial details of the most mindless games.
Those who have been analyzing the swim team’s performance? Next week? Not so interested.
Mark my words, no one’s going to give a shit about the games after the first week. And this shit is a month long…
Congradulations, douchbag swimmer with your shirt off, you are the only thing people...
The fireworks you saw on TV? Yeah, they weren't... →
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i don't give a fuck about the olympics →
molls:
This is a video I made a couple months ago about the Olympics. I still agree with the opinion I had when this video is made. When James Franco is in the Olympics and he wants to marry…
awesome-everyday:
Lolympics, you guys! Lolympics!
Michael Phelps
5 out of 5 of my dads agree. Michael Phelps has messed up teeth. Why does he have his mouth open so much?
“Here’s a good trick: Get a job as a judge at the Olympics. Then, if some guy...”
– jack handy.
obsessed with the Olympics.
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Beijing, Really? →
I know the Olympic Committee figures out where the future Olympics are going to be held years in advance, here’s my question: Why Beijing?
China’s history with human rights is horrid. Beijing’s air is about as clean as the wheels on a vacuum cleaner. And to top it all off, their government hates the world and freedom. Sites like Facebook can’t exist in China because it would give the people too...
China
rebloggingrebloggingjulia:
I hope that China realizes that the Olympics are the celebration of it’s people & the athletes competing. You can tell artists & performers, in the most incredible Opening Ceremony anyone has ever seen, to smile but it should not make anyone forgive or forget what your leaders and govt. stand for:
Restriction against freedom of speech
Restriction...
Quit Complaining About Air Quality
captainsubtext:
I’m getting tired of hearing all these experts discussinghow poor the air quality is in China and that it will make the American athletes suffer, e.g., less records broken. I have yet to hear one athlete from any country complain about the air quality, they complain more about the food and 3 Hs; hazy, hot and humid.
Some people are using the air quality, as well as the incident...
the olympics:
completely shitty enough to make me long for the day that saturday night live and live from the apollo return to the nbc schedule.
Michael Phelps won in swimming and he set a world record! Now my life finally has meaning!
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