XX Olympic Winter Games

Ghoulish Delight · 02-02-2006, 05:09 PM

I don't necessarily dislike figure skating. My family and I actually used to follow it pretty closely. I definitely hate the judging. But mostly what I hate at this point is the endless coverage. The judging stupidity combined with the fact that all other sports have been completely marginalized to make room for the hours and hours and hours of figure skating coverage have left me wanting to avoid it at all costs.

Alex · 02-02-2006, 05:19 PM

I'm not a big fan of judged sports but some of them are fun to watch and if the participants are willing to subject themselves to subjective evaluation who am I to complain.

When it comes to the Winter Olympics the judged sports are actually more entertaining to me than the objectively measures sports which mostly are in the form of finding a different way to fall down a mountain.

Let's go down the mountain on two long sticks! Let's go down on a single board! Let's go down on a sled headfirst! Let's go down on a sled feet first! Let's go down two at a time, no let's go four at a time! Let's take the sled and curl the rails! Now let's do it on a sled with no rail! Let's go down the mountain on a sheet of cardboard! Hey! What about inner tubes, those can go downhill as well! I once went down a mountain in a canoe made out of Dixie cups, it was gnarly!

I don't know, it is hard to get too excited about gravity as a sport.

02-02-2006, 05:09 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I don't necessarily dislike figure skating. My family and I actually used to follow it pretty closely. I definitely hate the judging. But mostly what I hate at this point is the endless coverage. The judging stupidity combined with the fact that all other sports have been completely marginalized to make room for the hours and hours and hours of figure skating coverage have left me wanting to avoid it at all costs. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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02-02-2006, 05:19 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I'm not a big fan of judged sports but some of them are fun to watch and if the participants are willing to subject themselves to subjective evaluation who am I to complain. When it comes to the Winter Olympics the judged sports are actually more entertaining to me than the objectively measures sports which mostly are in the form of finding a different way to fall down a mountain. Let's go down the mountain on two long sticks! Let's go down on a single board! Let's go down on a sled headfirst! Let's go down on a sled feet first! Let's go down two at a time, no let's go four at a time! Let's take the sled and curl the rails! Now let's do it on a sled with no rail! Let's go down the mountain on a sheet of cardboard! Hey! What about inner tubes, those can go downhill as well! I once went down a mountain in a canoe made out of Dixie cups, it was gnarly! I don't know, it is hard to get too excited about gravity as a sport.
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