# Imbecilic Olympic, "controversy." **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** olympic-sports-track\ **Created:** [July 31, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031 "2024-07-31T00:00:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/181 "2024-08-01T15:37:26Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > But a lot of the people who were offended didn’t see it. They were told by others what it was and that it was offensive. Offense has a capacity to go viral. As seen in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/182 "2024-08-01T15:42:26Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > But a lot of the people who were offended didn’t see it. They were told by others what it was and that it was offensive. Offense has a capacity to go viral. Fuckwits squared ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/183 "2024-08-01T15:44:51Z")
Astroderping. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/184 "2024-08-01T15:45:27Z")
It is bizarre. _I worship the ultimate most powerful, ineffable, infallible being in the universe, and therefore, I am required to completely lose my shit if I think someone said or did something that might slightly insult him._ ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/185 "2024-08-01T15:55:40Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Fuckwits squared Fuckwitism is definitely a geometric progression. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/186 "2024-08-01T16:07:36Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > > They were told by others what it was and that it was offensive. > > Fuckwits squared The ways of our times, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/187 "2024-08-01T16:43:14Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > If we’re so terrible, stupid, prudish, and easily outraged why are people breaking their necks, saving their money, sometimes putting their very lives on the line to get here and stay for the great American dream. Because we are very prosperous, with (up until recently thank you SCotUS) a pretty strong rule of law, and a strong enough military to keep it safe. Unfortunately this might and prosperity has also made some of us arrogant SOBs who think we know better than the rest of the world, and need to have biases, predjudices and prudities catered to at every turn. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Getting outraged by someones outrage just ridiculous. The only thing that might possibly be worse is getting outraged by people getting outraged at someone else’s outrage. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/188 "2024-08-01T18:04:15Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Is there a trope name for when you show more than 3 people at a table and no one has their back to the viewer? I have been reading a comic strip about tabletop gaming called _Knights of the Dinner Table_ since the late 90s (I even used to be online friends with the creator’s wife in a different forum) and almost every panel used this trope. The strip was about a group of players at a table, usually 5 total people (one game master and 4 players) and they all sat on one side so that you could see them all at once in a panel. I guarantee you there was zero attempt to reference the Last Supper, either through mockery or otherwise. It’s just the easiest way to show multiple people gathered at a table, and Da Vinci didn’t invent it. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/189 "2024-08-01T18:32:27Z")
For those with more refined tastes, “Dogs Playing Poker” demonstrates the concept ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/190 "2024-08-01T18:44:15Z")
[It doesn’t, actually.](https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net/?quality=80&resize_to=width&src=https%3A%2F%2Fartsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2FphSxLtPuOSPsnJF0obkh5A%252FA_Friend_in_Need_1903_C.M.Coolidge.jpg&width=910) Two of the dogs are seated with their backs to the viewer. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/191 "2024-08-01T18:48:10Z")
Yeah…it depends on which version. Apparently there are several. Humor fail 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/192 "2024-08-01T18:54:44Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [It doesn’t, actually.](https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net/?quality=80&resize_to=width&src=https%3A%2F%2Fartsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2FphSxLtPuOSPsnJF0obkh5A%252FA_Friend_in_Need_1903_C.M.Coolidge.jpg&width=910) Two of the dogs are seated with their backs to the viewer. “Why do you think the same five dogs make it to the final ring of the the Westminster Dog Show EVERY YEAR? What, are they the luckiest dogs in Madison Square Garden? It’s a skill game!” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/193 "2024-08-01T21:28:17Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > It is bizarre. _I worship the ultimate most powerful, ineffable, infallible being in the universe, and therefore, I am required to completely lose my shit if I think someone said or did something that might slightly insult him._ Well, he is an asshole. You don’t want to be anywhere near some smiting that might occur if he gets wrathful. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/194 "2024-08-01T22:19:03Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Well, he is an asshole. You don’t want to be anywhere near some smiting that might occur if he gets wrathful. Well, I challenge the oh so mighty guy (and all the million other made up gods): don’t let your followers get their knickers in a twist when I blaspheme, smite me instead! So far, nothing has happened, and I blasphemed a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/195 "2024-08-01T22:45:22Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > The only thing that might possibly be worse is getting outraged by people getting outraged at someone else’s outrage. How _dare_ you. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/196 "2024-08-01T22:50:09Z")
How many levels deep is the outrage now, it’s hard to keep up! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/197 "2024-08-01T22:51:27Z")
It’s shaking fists all the way down! ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/198 "2024-08-01T23:13:37Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > How _dare_ you. I’m offended that you aren’t adequately offended about how I’m not sufficiently offended. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/199 "2024-08-02T01:14:55Z")
If I remove your butt will you be off-ended? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/200 "2024-08-02T06:36:09Z")
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