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[–] 67 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (11 children)

I’d rather watch 48 types of sliding than three types of jumping and twenty types of running.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Don't forget a dozen types of throwing!

    And maybe a couple types of lifting?

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    think I would classify all kinds of throwing under lifting

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  • [–] 38 points 9 months ago (12 children)

    Hey some of that sliding involves guns.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (6 children)
  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    I don't think the US is doing very hot in biathlon

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    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 :)

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Are you implying that all sports can be made better by adding some pew pew’s? You may have a point.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I mean, if they had to hit a target going off one of those slolum jumps...

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  • [–] 24 points 9 months ago (14 children)

    To me the Winter Olympics is all about curling. Slide those rocks!

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 9 months ago (13 children)

    Trivia time: in what country did curling originate?

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    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.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    Well, it’s no fun if you look it up!

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    it wasn't fun indeed.

    i linked it for those who wouldn't even look it up.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I did not have fun reading it. Thanks for ruining my day.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    I did not have fun reading it. Thanks for ruining my day.

    if reading that ruined your day, i feel like it might be fun to read about your day. What did you do today? (or what did the day do to you?)

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    I was having a great day, the sun was shining, I felt great and was about to find a cure against cancer. While I was at 95% of making a break through I thought why not have a well deserved little break. So there was me sitting outside in the sun, having a cup of freshly pressed orange juice I read this story. It was a sharp and fast drive to rock bottom. After crippling depression has rendered me unable to keep up further with the daily struggles of life, my wife decided to leave me. My 3 children looked me straight into the eyes and told me that I have failed them, not only as a father but as a human. My neighbour started clapping. After I got a notice on Teams that I was layed off as a direct consequence, I was just unable to continue my work on the cancer antidote. It was then that my landlord had informed me that I have another 5 minutes to clear out the apartment, after that the utility guys are coming, exchanging the lock and throwing everything away they still find.

    I was sitting outside in the snow that started to turn into mud while it rained. I called my parents in hope that I could maybe get some shelter there, but unfortunately they both died from severe disgrace after I explained them what happened.

    This good damn story, why did I read it, I should've known better, I should have seen how awful fucking long it was going to be to tell a simple joke with endless of unnecessary details. Who is the real victim in this story? Is it the dog? The car owner? Or is it the reader that wasted his time at best and got kicked into a spiral of misery at worst.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    You got me! Without looking it up, I'd guess... Norway?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    That would be incorrect.

    Tap for answerIt is Scotland

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Oh ho! All the great sports get invented there!

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Lindsey Vonn is going to slide a very high speeds with one titanium knee and a torn ACL on the other...at 41. Absolute insanity.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    And another knee injury just a few days ago. News said she was airlifted out during a practice. Wants still to go to opening ceremonies.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Yes, that's the torn ACL I just mentioned. She's racing with it fully torn.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago* (4 children)

    They absolutely should make winter versions of summer sports. Like Ice Basketball.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Too much gymnastics vs Too much ice skating. Show me skeleton, luge, and hockey!

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    Doing a backflip: enthusiastic applause

    Doing a backflip on ice skates: eye-rolls, bored face, getting up to leave

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    The potential danger in the bobsleigh events makes it way more thrilling to watch than anything in the summer olympics.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    I watch Skeleton for 2 reasons:

    1. Those dudes are hot and those suits hide nothing. (Stupid_Sexy_Flanders.gif)

    2. I hope one day to see a man flung out of a corner into the crowd at 150kph.

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    [–] 7 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    One has hockey, so one is objectively better.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Summer has field hockey, sure, but that's just a variant. Only one has hockey.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Field hockey?? You mean hockey? Of which ice hockey is a variant?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    Arguing with a Canadian about hockey isn't going to get either of us anywhere.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    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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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I really thought it said Special Olympics instead of Summer

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Not only is it SNL, its the weekend update without Norm

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