Clicky: olympics

[niq]

Just curious of the theory that the Olympics are targeted towards women is true... I feel like my FB feed has many more comments from ladies than men.

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I voted that neither of us care, but then after I clicked that I don't know if it's true. He hasn't watched any of the events on TV, except for maybe turning it on as background noise. I don't know if he's following it online though.

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My H likes to watch but I couldn't care less. The only thing I have watched was the USA v. Colombia match.

[madDawg228]

My H and I watch the Olympics together. We both like watching swimming, basketball, and a variety of the other sports if the US is playing. He doesn't like watching gymnastics with me, but that's about it. We both watched Equestrian Dressage just to make fun of it (a la Stephen Colbert)

[amandasw]

Aug 1, 2012 13:09:55 GMT -5 spunbutterfly said:

I feel like the Olympics caters to people who aren't actully into sports.

LOL

kind of true - my H is SUPER into sports, but he doesn't seem to care much about the Olympics. I said both of us are the same - we don't not care, we just don't put in the effort to record it and/or watch it. Both of us sort of keep tabs on whats happening though.

[madDawg228]

Aug 1, 2012 13:09:55 GMT -5 spunbutterfly said:

I feel like the Olympics caters to people who aren't actully into sports.

I really disagree with this statement, for me the Olympics showcase athletic competitiveness, the "athletic spirit," as well as national pride. Blah, I'm feeling cheesy. But the Olympics is like watching any sports (pro or collegiate) just w/o the excessive drinking and less anger towards the other team/fans.

[amandasw]

but there's no football!



PS and the basketball is kind of a joke

[emyinpink]

DH watches with me, but only because I put it on

[niq]

Aug 1, 2012 13:14:57 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

We've both been watching, but I'm more into it than he is. And he thinks it's hilarious/ridiculous that I get all watching.

So if NBC didn't spend all of the time that they do on human interest/backstory for the athletes, would you watch less?

[jennlin]

we only watch it if it's on between turning on/off hulu. if something looks interesting, we might keep it on for a bit..but we don't follow it at all.

[BlackCanary]

We don't really care. My B/SIL watch it at night and I sometimes join them. I really only want to watch the volleyball events.

[amandasw]

Aug 1, 2012 14:00:13 GMT -5 spunbutterfly said:

Aug 1, 2012 13:27:52 GMT -5 madDawg228 said:

I really disagree with this statement, for me the Olympics showcase athletic competitiveness, the "athletic spirit," as well as national pride. Blah, I'm feeling cheesy. But the Olympics is like watching any sports (pro or collegiate) just w/o the excessive drinking and less anger towards the other team/fans.

Haha. I know there are some people who are into sports that watch it (like you), but most of the people I know who are seriously gungho into it and get really upset about 'spoilers' and have to go home to watch it or dvr it are people who don't seem to follow any other sports avidly throughout the year.

So not everyone, but I feel the majority of people who are watching the Olympics tend to be people who aren't as in to sports.

like when people get into the World Cup... same thing!

[madDawg228]

Aug 1, 2012 14:54:36 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

Mgoss: Did you see about the d/q'd badmitten players who tried to lose on purpose to easier matches? Talk about not being competitive athletes!

I hadn't! I read a couple of articles on the scandal, and I'm not that shocked. It reminded me of the Sumo Wrestling cheating that was featured in Freakanomics. Cheaters totally take away from the awesome-sauce of watching sports, poo on them :@