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That's, like, your opinion, man. I care about the Olympics and all of the obscure sports, because I want to see humans doing amazing things with their bodies an
by throwawy82016 10y ago
That's, like, your opinion, man. I care about the Olympics and all of the obscure sports, because I want to see humans doing amazing things with their bodies and pushing the limits of what is possible. I also buy into the narrative of it being an excuse for nations to come together. I also like that many of the events focus on individual success. The Olympics have the only sporting events I ever watch apart from tennis championships.
I do agree that the NBC coverage is awful. Their commentary could be much more subdued and intelligent. Fortunately it is possible to mute the inane audio.
- fsloth 10y agoFrankly, pushing limits in uninteresting if you don't understand what they are actually pushing and towards what - I think very few people can understand the intricasies of majority of the events. It's really a poor excuse for nations to come together if no-one cares. Football is popular all the time, nearly everywhere - it's much more organic as a global come-together-watch-together event. I can't personally understand the interest in sports beyond the personal experience - i.e. if one has familiarity in any skill or discipline it's incredibly enticing to observe true masters performance - but I do value in the philosophical sense the fact that all cultures come at the same playing field and speak the same language and share the same context in the form of the sport.