I really thought it said Special Olympics instead of Summer
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I’d rather watch 48 types of sliding than three types of jumping and twenty types of running.
And the dozens of ball sports.
and aquatic sports, various forms of dance, various ball sports, various boat based sports, ball sports, horse sports, weapon sports, cycling, etc
winter got like 48 types of sledding, 5ish types of ice skating, and maybe 2 cardio based endurance sports. significantly less to see and extremely lacking in accessibility
You forgot 18 kinds of swimming
Isn't swimming just... you know, a kind of running ?
It's just running and swimming with every distance between 100m and 1 lap around the Earth
Youre totally missing out on the fancy horse dancing
Actually id rather see that on ice also
I actually prefer the winter ones too, they are more fun.
Don't forget a dozen types of throwing!
And maybe a couple types of lifting?
think I would classify all kinds of throwing under lifting
What is lifting if not making things run?
Damn. Is everything some kind of running ?
Chess is not running.
Hey some of that sliding involves guns.
USA has entered the chat.
I don't think the US is doing very hot in biathlon
There is a Venn diagram of fat fucks, gun owners and skiing athletes and I reckon the US isn't in the part of it that generates biathlon champions.
I live near a couple biathlon ranges/Nordic ski areas in rural America. The fat gun guys do not ski. But the skiers sometimes shoot, problem is mountain biking is more fun in the off season
No more snow reliably, where I leave in France. Breaks my fucking heart.
I'm more of an alpine skier (whatever it's called in English, sorry), but I'd love to give biathlon a try cause it sure adds a bit of fun to the whole running around on skis :)
Which is weird because in biathlon you shoot at black targets. Seems like the not-so-native Americans would excel at it
That's because they won't add a machine gun version
Are you implying that all sports can be made better by adding some pew pew’s? You may have a point.
I don't think pew pews are real yet. Biathalon uses bang bangs. Or maybe boom booms. Jury's still out.
I mean, if they had to hit a target going off one of those slolum jumps...
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One has hockey, so one is objectively better.
But both have hockey...
Both have hockey
found the rare individual who actually watches the olympics
Summer has field hockey, sure, but that's just a variant. Only one has hockey.
Field hockey?? You mean hockey? Of which ice hockey is a variant?
Arguing with a Canadian about hockey isn't going to get either of us anywhere.
What are your thoughts on roller hockey?
Never played it. I am a big fan of floor hockey though. Used to play all the time.
To me the Winter Olympics is all about curling. Slide those rocks!
Trivia time: in what country did curling originate?
Evidence that curling existed in Scotland in the early 16th century includes a curling stone inscribed with the date 1511 found (along with another bearing the date 1551) when an old pond was drained at Dunblane, Scotland. The world's oldest curling stone and the world's oldest football are now kept in the same museum (the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum) in Stirling. The first written reference to a contest using stones on ice coming from the records of Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, in February 1541. Two paintings, "Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap" and "The Hunters in the Snow" (both dated 1565) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, depict Flemish peasants curling.
Well, it’s no fun if you look it up!
it wasn't fun indeed.
i linked it for those who wouldn't even look it up.
It was very fun to read, but I never would have looked it up. Thank you!
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Not only is it SNL, its the weekend update without Norm
They absolutely should make winter versions of summer sports. Like Ice Basketball.
Doing a backflip: enthusiastic applause
Doing a backflip on ice skates: eye-rolls, bored face, getting up to leave
The potential danger in the bobsleigh events makes it way more thrilling to watch than anything in the summer olympics.
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That's not unlike criticizing some national cuisine lol. From the surface, yeah, most of them share these several characterizing aspects to them, but you'd die several times before finding an end to a discussion concerning things like pizza.
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