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[SpacePirate Ridley]

Do it on Brazil, they said. Is better than Madrid, they said.

Spoiler

this is clearly a Asterix joke, BTW

Glad Tokyo is the next one.

2004 was GOAT

I don't know about that. Beijing and London were damn good.

Barcelona 92 was amazing. The real precusor of how modern Olympics had to be done.

 

[shira]

 

[red13th]

lol Rio is such a mess, a shame really.
I remember this too:

 

[Wafflecakes]

Do it on Brazil, they said. Is better than Madrid, they said.

TBH pretty much everyone knows that Chicago had the best bid for those games bar none. Would have been a cakewalk.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Man, Paes is straight on full on PTSD. Motherfucker just lost it.

 

[sans_pants]

I think people are over reacting.

In terms of support for all sports London is and will be for a long time GOAT. The sell out level for every event is unprecedented.

Doesn't mean Rio will be a disaster. Seems like people are either getting overreacting news, biased news or just want it to fail.

The event will happen with no major hitch.

their waterways are clogged with human shit, they cant afford to pay their emergency services, and apparently their buildings are substandard


lets just pray there isnt a huge zika outbreak after this

 

[Hyun Sai]

Well, you can't say your an athlete if you can't survive life on the street !

 

[Alucrid]

the mayor can't even get pokemon there, he probably won't be able to get kangaroos

 

[DOWN]

People get mad when the developed nations host because they say the developing countries like Russia and Brazil deserve to host and gain tourism... but then bribes, abandoned facilities, and shit like this are exposed and I wonder if it's ever been this bad when a developed nation has hosted in recent history?

 

[Zemm]

How come The Olympics and World Cup are always such a disaster?

FIFA tried and succeeded in giving the world cup to countries where new stadiums and infrastructure needed to be built so they could get either themselves or their mates/people who bribe them fat construction contracts etc.

Maybe now FIFA has been shamed they can start giving the world cup to nations where football is big (lol Qatar) and can easily host (lol Qatar).

 

[andythinkpad]

People get mad when the developed nations host because they say the developing countries like Russia and Brazil deserve to host and gain tourism... but then bribes, abandoned facilities, and shit like this are exposed and I wonder if it's ever been this bad when a developed nation has hosted in recent history?

Rio don't have money to pay their police officers. And they just kicked out their president 2 months ago. It's not about developing country don't have experience to host a global event. This is about the Brazilian inefficient state machine can't handle the global recession and trying desperately to delay the social unrest until the end of Olympic.

It's actually very bad.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

lol Rio is such a mess, a shame really.
I remember this too:

OMFG is this real?

 

[Wafflecakes]

Maybe now FIFA has been shamed they can start giving the world cup to nations where football is big (lol Qatar) and can easily host (lol Qatar).

It would have been huge if they had given it to the US. They really missed an opportunity to take the sport to another level here.

Not to mention that the US has enough massive stadiums that we could probably have hosted 3 world cups simultaneously with no issues whatsoever.

 

[DOWN]

Rio don't have money to pay their police officers. And they just kicked out their president 2 months ago. It's not about developing country don't have experience to host a global event. This is about the Brazilian inefficient state machine can't handle the global recession and trying desperately to delay the social unrest until the end of Olympic.

It's actually very bad.

Sochi was shit too tho

 

[Particle Physicist]

This news happens every time. It always ends up being fine.

Does it really? I just remember Sochi having similar problems, but what I am hearing from Rio seems much worse.

 

[andythinkpad]

Sochi was shit too tho

Well winter "olympic" doesn't count. They are like hotdog contest lol.

 

[Battle Pope]

Looking for a source but ABC News Radio this morning said the Australian teams' response to the 'Kangaroo' tweet was: "We would settle for a plumber."

 

[Wafflecakes]

Does it really? I just remember Sochi having similar problems, but what I am hearing from Rio seems much worse.

Well, it remains to be seen how widespead and persistent the problems are, and how much of it is the news media trying to make headlines.

The Sochi issues were not nearly as widespead as the new media made them seem, and thus the games themselves went off without any major hitches.

Well winter "olympic" doesn't count. They are like hotdog contest lol.

Bad opinion is bad.

 

[red13th]

I think Rio is much worse than Sochi, most of the stories about Rio actually involve danger to the people in there (zika, contaminated water, cops and hospitals on strike, potential terrorism).

 

[Dryk]

Sounds like it belongs in a video game and not the Olympics

Came for this. Though, on a serious note, Australian infrastructure is great.

Not all of it

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Rio Olympics is a shitshow with poor construction and safety standards, more news as we get it.

In more positive news our spokeswoman has the best name going:

Kitty Chiller

I don't have to spell it out for you do I?

 

[KingBroly]

OMFG is this real?

Yup

That's in an Airport terminal

 

[Zaph]

I just really hope the overall construction is sound. Especially in stadium areas where crowds will gather.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

I hope everything goes well, because for some damn reason, I really do enjoy the Summer Olympics.

 

[Thebeardofknowledge]

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

I just really hope the overall construction is sound. Especially in stadium areas where crowds will gather.

When you read about a bike lane built over the sea as a spectacle for the Olympics and it has already collapsed killing two pedestrians it doesn't look like great news ahead. How about the New Zealand athlete already kidnapped by alleged cops/dressed as cops forcing him into large ATM withdraws after a short ride in their car. Gas leaks in rooms where the athletes will be sleeping.

I hope to be very wrong and things go smoothly.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

Just cancel this whole thing

 

[Ivan 3414]

Well winter "olympic" doesn't count. They are like hotdog contest lol.

What are you going for here

 

[oatmeal]

Seems like this happens every time.

The Beijing olympics had people worried about the air politician, accommodations were shitty. Etc.

 

[jett]

I remember the 2004 ceremony because Hurricane Charley hit and everything went out shortly into it

Well that sucks.

Excuse me? The Queen jumped out of a helicopter into the stadium.

 

[2MF]

When you read about a bike lane built over the sea as a spectacle for the Olympics and it has already collapsed killing two pedestrians it doesn't look like great news ahead. How about the New Zealand athlete already kidnapped by alleged cops/dressed as cops forcing him into large ATM withdraws after a short ride in their car. Gas leaks in rooms where the athletes will be sleeping.

I hope to be very wrong and things go smoothly.

Just wait until athletes get sick from sewage-infested lagoons with drug resistant bacteria (plenty of articles flying around about that) or there's a zika outbreak among fans returning home etc.

 

[j0hnnix]

Spent to much money on condomns forgot about plumbing repairs.

 

[Blastoise]

London had Mr. Bean & Dizzee Rascal.

 

[TheSecondSpitter]

Sydney
Salt Lake
Turin
Beijing
Vancouver
London

"Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said the [Athens] Games were " unbelievable, dream Games," ...

http://m.sfgate.com/sports/article/A-Greek-revival-Athens-defied-skepticism-by-2697625.php

 

[perfectchaos007]

I feel bad for the athletes that are going to be victim of greed and corruption.

 

[Omega Kirby]

Yes at this comment. London was overrated boring basic trash.

The olympics in general is an overrated boring basic trash.

You see a few athletes do some cool stuff then you completey forget about them and the event, after it's over.

 

[Wafflecakes]

The olympics in general is an overrated boring basic trash.

You see a few athletes do some cool stuff then you completey forget about them and the event, after it's over.

Whatever you say jackass.

Just because you are too shallow and flaky to follow the sports and athletes after the Olympics doesn't mean the rest of us are.

 

[Coriolanus]

"Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said the [Athens] Games were " unbelievable, dream Games," ...

http://m.sfgate.com/sports/article/A-Greek-revival-Athens-defied-skepticism-by-2697625.php

Title is a bit hyperbolic, but you get the gist of it.

 

[Omega Kirby]

Whatever you say jackass.

Just because you are too shallow and flaky to follow the sports and athletes after the Olympics doesn't mean the rest of us are.

Nice Ad hominem, real mature. By the way whos your favourite javelin thrower ?

 

[Wafflecakes]

Nice Ad hominem, real mature

Says the guy throwing blanket statements around left and right.

 

[Kayhan]

That is not a kangaroo.

 

[Omega Kirby]

Says the guy throwing blanket statements around left and right.

I just stated my opinion on an event. I don't go around throwing petty insults at people for having a different opinion than me, get real.

 

[Sotha_Sil]

Time to start repeating 3 summer and 3 winter locations that have already proven themselves.

 

[sturgboski]

Ok, who did Brazil miss bribing? Clearly someone missed sending a briefcase full of fancy looking money to some higher ups in Australia (great Simpsons episode by the way).

 

[spiderman123]

Cancel it and give a big fuck you to the corruption.

 

[SargerusBR]

Dont forget the giant spiders

Spoiler

/s

 

[sturgboski]

Dont forget the giant spiders

Spoiler

/s

From what I understand is every insect in Australia is the size of a small child and can kill you if you gaze upon it.

 

[BobLoblaw]

Can we please audit every single member of the IOC that voted for Rio? The bribes weren't worth this fuckery.

 

[andythinkpad]

Only thing I remember from the London ceremony was the Queen jumped out of a plane into a bunch of NHS nurses dancing with patients.

 

[Mix Master]

The olympics in general is an overrated boring basic trash.

You see a few athletes do some cool stuff then you completey forget about them and the event, after it's over.

And yet here you are, in an olympic thread.