Needles & Grooves

oh and to piggyback, there are events i'd rather watch over swimming too if i watched any of them

I have Comcast and could literally stream any event and watch it whenever… That being said it’s almost a paralysis of choices. I usually just end up watching Rich Eisen do his hour long Sportcenter-esque highlight show Tokyo Gold on repeat for like 3 hours every morning.

I felt that way about table tennis when I was younger, but I have become enamored with the skill and technique behind it as an adult.

@gouis swimming is pretty white but any sport that features horses and and like 75% of the Winter Olympics is objectively whiter

@Rip_City I feel ya on that. I think it's one of those things we play as a game growing up so we don't look at it as an elite thing until you see someone who truly excels at it and then it is mesmerizing

The best things I’ve seen this Olympics thus far was the entire town of Seward Alaska lose their collective shit when that 17 year old won gold and the entire country of Fiji lose their collective shit when their Rugby team beat the All Blacks to win the gold.

Last night I fueled up on IPA and watched badminton with the sound off and King Crimson playing. Medal!

I like because it’s quick and provides an exciting finish, leaving at least 1 other person in disappointment. Yes, this is a sex joke.

I won't watch those really long races, but regular length events and relays are pretty exciting, IMO. I always find myself leaning towards the finish line to help. I do find the male swimmers on Team USA always have a cockiness that inches close to NFL wide receiver territory, which is funny to me. Not saying they aren't great at what they do, but, c'mon.

This post really blew up. Do you have a SoundCloud @gouis ?

I think this became the de facto Olympics thread.

The 1500m race had a commercial break in the middle of it. Capitalism ain’t got time for your long ass race.

@TenderLovingKiller® When the games first started I checked the Miscellaneous thread a few times thinking that there’d be one.

@Melt Face Molly Drop - I read today that the New Zealand coverage took an ad break during the minute silence for the Covid dead during the opening ceremony, so capitalism really doesn’t care about anything!

This just appeared in my Twitter timeline….weird

@wokeupnew, Lee Kiefer got the US their first ever gold in foil this year!

Try sitting through an entire weekend of swim meets, sitting on hard bleachers and sleeping poorly in hotel rooms.

Be grateful for your graphics-enhanced, multi-camera angle heats.

I went to a high school swim meet once and it was humid AF inside. 3/10 would not attend again.

I contend that water polo is the single most athletic sport in existence.

How do you feel about Golf