# Random Olympic pittings **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428 "2021-07-27T14:47:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/201 "2021-08-02T19:13:16Z")
It doesn’t matter any more than any other sporting event. But what a sporting event! ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/202 "2021-08-02T20:55:06Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I mean, how entertaining was Gianmarco Tamberi? Can’t help but be happy with him Didn’t like him. His jigging around seemed way over the top (pun not intended) long before the whole thing with the medal share. He’s a good-looking guy, so can engage in those antics and lots of people will find it “cute”, but I’m straight enough and British enough to just find it annoying. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/203 "2021-08-02T21:01:27Z")
He just kind of fit the emotional Italian stereotypes I thought, down to the vaguely bad hair. And at least when he and Barshim agreed to share the gold medal, that was genuine emotion which is always endearing to me. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/204 "2021-08-03T01:14:40Z")
Pretty sure this is the _third time_ they are airing USA v Italy in Woman’s Volleyball. Ain’t there something else they can show??? I mean, they are playing a butt-load of sports over there, ya know? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/205 "2021-08-03T01:17:25Z")
Another water polo thought; I’d much prefer to watch athletes in a pool playing Marco Polo, but maybe that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/206 "2021-08-03T07:00:56Z")
Damn, Rai Benjamin is breaking my heart. He ran the best race of his life, and shattered the WR in the 400 meter hurdles by a full second and still lost. While I always want the losers to be gracious, I don’t blame him for being upset. However, the truth is that he ran fast but the other guy ran faster. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/207 "2021-08-03T20:05:46Z")
I was mildly irked the other day when I found that the Olympic segments I recorded had three showings of the Brazil vs USA women’s beach volleyball. And of course, the first one I watched showed the only the last set, the second one showed the second and third sets, and the last one showed all three sets. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/208 "2021-08-04T01:44:29Z")
I just watched (a replay) of Biles competing on the balance beam. I pit all of the motherfuckers who dared to criticize her. Fuck of all of you fucking fuckers. That woman is a champion, and she always will be a champion. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/209 "2021-08-04T01:50:30Z")
This is the first time in forever that I have absolutely not given a fuck about the Olympics, and for all the reasons you mention above. So tired of the homer coverage by NBC. It doesn’t kill me if someone from another country beats an American for a gold medal, but it apparently breaks NBC. I think the other factor is that, as someone who lived in Japan and knows people live there now, it’s just fucked up how these games were shoved down the people’s throat during a time of a national emergency. These games should have been canceled. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/210 "2021-08-04T04:56:50Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > I was mildly irked… Right now, there is the _same_ Woman’s Volleyball game on two different channels! WTF??? Fuck it. I’m going to Baseball. Or loud music. ---
**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 4, 2021, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/211 "2021-08-04T05:37:32Z")
I get the Olympic Channel, which shows a lot of Olympic-type events; biathlon, track-and-field, curling (hooray), etc. They must be owned by NBC because they’ve been part of the Olympics coverage for the last week. The odd thing is, for a channel that’s usually such a grab bag of events, they’ve been nothing but tennis during the Olympics. A few days ago, I checked NBCSN to see what they were showing, and it was a tennis match. I thought’ well, maybe there’s something better on Olympic Channel". Nope, they were showing the same match, but offset by a few games. One of my favorite things about the Olympics is the chance to see sports that I usually can’t. It drives me nuts when the coverage focuses so much on tennis, golf, and especially basketball. What, fans of those sports didn’t get their fill in the last four years? ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/212 "2021-08-04T11:08:03Z")
It always makes me smirk to see people plastered with [kinesiology tape](https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/ask-well-does-kinesiology-tape-really-work/) . Something derived from a scam and with another scam included in the name, how can it fail.? It may well provide a placebo effect (and athletes are notoriously superstitious) and it is available in pretty colours so there’s that, but any real-world and empirical benefit? The jury is out (and by “out” I mean out of the back of the building with a coffee and a fag and giving it no serious thought at all) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/213 "2021-08-04T15:45:49Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > It always makes me smirk to see people plastered with [kinesiology tape](https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/ask-well-does-kinesiology-tape-really-work/) . Chinese men divers are nearly mummified in the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/214 "2021-08-04T15:59:50Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Chinese men divers are nearly mummified in the stuff. Is that what that is? What a bunch of woo. Knowing China, if the atheletes don’t use it, they probably get sent to reeducation camps. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/215 "2021-08-04T21:35:12Z")
My PT lady taped me up with KT last Wednesday. On Tuesday of this week she asked me if it helped. I said “Not really. The exercises helped more and my Tens Unit really helped.” ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/216 "2021-08-05T18:00:42Z")
Over on TikTok, someone posted a clip of the U.S. Women’s Football (or soccer to us Yanks) losing, and a truckload of comments from Real Muricans about how they are glad the U.S. team lost because some of them _dared_ to kneel during the National Anthem. They reserved some of their truly egregious remarks for one player, refering to same as “that purple-headed thing”. Google has let me down. Any help, Dopers? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/217 "2021-08-05T18:02:29Z")
> **[Megan Rapinoe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Rapinoe)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Megan Anna Rapinoe (/rəˈpiːnoʊ/ (listen); born July 5, 1985) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for OL Reign of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), as well as the United States national team. Winner of the Ballon d'Or Féminin and named The Best FIFA Women's Player in 2019, Rapinoe won gold with the national team at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup ... She scored two goals in their bronze medal winning game. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/218 "2021-08-05T18:08:02Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > She scored two goals in their bronze medal winning game. But she’s outspoken and gay, so fuck her, amirite? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/219 "2021-08-05T18:48:03Z")
They are parroting a statement from Trump: > If our soccer team, headed by a radical group of Leftist Maniacs, wasn’t woke, they would have won the Gold Medal instead of the Bronze…They should replace the wokesters with Patriots and start winning again. The woman with the purple hair played terribly and spends too much time thinking about Radical Left politics and not doing her job! The Guardian has some amusing dry commentary on it. > **[‘Woke means you lose’: Donald Trump rails at USWNT after Olympic bronze](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/aug/05/donald-trump-uswnt-usa-soccer-olympics-bronze-megan-rapinoe-tokyo-2020)** > > Donald Trump has taken aim at one of his favourite targets, the US national women’s soccer team, after they won bronze at Tokyo 2020 ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/220 "2021-08-05T18:54:05Z")
Yeah, they won an Olympic medal! They suck! 🙄 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428.md?page=12)