# Naomi Osaka will bless us with her presence at the Olympics **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 8, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003 "2021-07-08T17:31:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/21 "2021-07-08T22:20:59Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > And I don’t want **my** thread in the pit. _Whose_ thread? And how the hell does someone spend seventeen years here and not know that submitting an OP _doesn’t_ confer ownership of the thread? ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/22 "2021-07-09T00:39:38Z")
While technically true, I’m pretty sure no one else wants ownership of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/23 "2021-07-09T01:37:42Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Our ‘mental health hero’ Naomi Osaka Are you trying to see how many people you can offend in the fewest words? If so, you’re off to a good start here. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/24 "2021-07-09T01:51:30Z")
Moving to the Pit was too kind. This is an attack on someone for having mental health issues. That’s no better than saying someone is “the villain” because they got COVID and weren’t able to compete. I can see no reason that such a post would be made other than to piss people off. Even if he believes it, the OP would know that everyone would hate him for saying it. I am not surprised that a poster who thinks it’s okay to say this awfulness would also be misogynist and racist. The mindset required for bigotry tends to spread to other groups, rather than just one. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/25 "2021-07-09T03:37:24Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I deplored her French Open temper tantrum. She elected not to play Wimbledon as well, perhaps that’s still being in a snit or perhaps it was picking the home country Olympics and the fame and associated Yen. > > It’s nice to have a few villains in the Olympics and I’ll definitely be watching women’s tennis to root against her. You say she elected not to play at Wimbledon, adding “perhaps that’s still being in a snit”. You go on to say she’ll play in the Olympics, adding that you’ll root against her. Reprehensible, sure; but: what are you even going for? Since you’re down on her for not playing at Wimbledon, wouldn’t you _again_ be down on her if she’d elected _not_ to play in the Olympics — instead of, y’know, being down on her for the opposite? If you’d criticize her for doing either, then it — isn’t really about what she’s doing, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/26 "2021-07-09T04:46:49Z")
Nope. @dalej42 is just your ordinary, run of the mill misogynistic racist. He’s essentially so useless that I bet his parents change the subject when people ask about him. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/27 "2021-07-09T12:32:29Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I’ll definitely be watching women’s tennis to root against her. You are a bad person. Get help. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/28 "2021-07-09T12:53:48Z")
You are fucking disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/29 "2021-07-09T14:33:21Z")
Well, he’s a success at getting attention. Which was his entire motivation. LOOK AT MEEEEE! ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/30 "2021-07-09T14:37:53Z")
He’s also a punk. Run away, Dale, run away, you fucking worm. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/31 "2021-07-09T14:54:52Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I believe he was so vicious towards any woman who would call out an athlete or celebrity for sexual misconduct–“gold digging whores” all of them–that he got topic banned. Oh wow, and here I thought he had turned a new leaf. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/32 "2021-07-09T15:08:50Z")
Yes, but it turned out to be poison ivy. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/33 "2021-07-09T15:08:52Z")
What baffles me is the support of a massive corporation over the health of a worker. Osaka may be rich and famous, but her bargaining power compared to the French Open is minimal. And it’s not like she’s striking to gain more money; she’s trying to protect her health. I’d think everyone wants better workplaces. :shrug: ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/34 "2021-07-09T15:10:33Z")
Reading the nastiness of the OP - how did this _not_ start out as a Pit thread? What forum was it started in? ---
**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:** [July 9, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/35 "2021-07-09T15:10:59Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > What forum was it started in? The Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/36 "2021-07-09T23:07:25Z")
You can relax, Dale. Naomi Osaka is off your lawn now. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003/37 "2021-07-10T19:57:36Z")
In a lot of ways @dalej42 is a child. > [@Are the actions of BLM wise or foolish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-actions-of-blm-wise-or-foolish/738278/43): > > It does not work. The useless crybaby social justice warriors are narcissistic asswipes who simply want attention or to think they get to stick it to the establishment. The jackass protestors on my train one hot summer night after work probably didn’t expect me to react so angrily , I called each of them every name in the book and I’m glad I saw tears from one of them. It became apparent to me from any casual reading of his posts from the constant anti-SJW rhetoric during the rise of BLM to the current anti Justice-Dem culture wars of the American elections. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003.md?page=1)