Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler What Olympics thing are you talking about tonight?

Sorry, couldn't resist the title.

I'm bummed that Chicago didn't get the games for 2016, and I was stunned that they were dropped in the first round of voting. I can see giving the games to Rio, as it would be the first country from South America to host the Olympics.

After NYC failing to get the 2012 games, and Chicago failing to get the 2016 games, I wonder who'll try for the 2020 games? Man, that's a long way away.

I've been chatting with Facebook friends about how Americans usually expect to win everything, so I want to make clear that I'm not saying that we're entitled to this or that year's games, but it'd be good to see them over here again sometime before I'm too old to care. And Winter Olympics don't count.

You killed their server. It doesn't respond!

If that’s the same video I saw a few days back of a skier getting trapped by an avalanche... I’m not clicking :-) pretty intense video, heads up if you’re claustrophobic, heck I’m not claustrophobic and couldn’t breath watching that video.

Chicago‘16 I think was a long shot, the competition was pretty good. Sending BarakObama was a somewhat desperate move by the Chicago organizing committee IMHO .

I think it was the Penny Arcade guys who killed the server, that's where I found the link originally.

And yeah, it is that video. It didn't bother me until I read the text describing what the sounds were--his breathing, and swallowing. Then I got a little freaked out, but he was out of the snow pretty quick.

Yeah, it's the same video. Intense is a good description. Of course it makes sense when you think of it, but I really didn't realize that your body is so compressed when your under that much snow (even though it seemed to be just a few feet), that you can't move or breath much. Wow. That would be a life-changing experience for me!

Hmm, from wikipedia (it must be true!):

On July 10, 2007 it was revealed that the Canadian Olympic Committee had begun work on a potential bid for the 2020 or 2024 games for Toronto. This would be Toronto's third bid for the Summer Olympics, after unsuccessful bids for the 1996 and 2008 games.

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Maybe Axiom could land a sweet speaker deal?!

Generally, I don't support the Olympics. Too much cheating and $$ involved.

I have a love/hate relationship with the Olympics. I love watching sports, but I hate how we can magically pull money out of our asses to build infrastructure for an event and athletes (most of them) that does, nor do nothing for the betterment of society at the feet of indigents that should've been looked after first.

Hope that sentence makes sense.

You mean there are olympics in the summer?