Just so you guys know, the show-boating chick in question is the girl in the VISA commercial. The commercial has the girl at the top of the hill looking nervous with her coach trying to encourage her. Finally the coach says, "Pretend like your Visa check card just got stolen," and then she smiles and says, "I'm good."
I really hate it in football when a team is down by like 40 points and someone on the losing team makes a tackle and gets up and starts talking trash. YOU ARE DOWN BY 40 POINTS! SHUT THE F' UP!
Ha. Ha. HA.
I cannot stand her. She's in at least 200 commercials right now. She's some sort of golden child. We're all supposed to love her. Ha.
The original poster mentioned that the woman who did win gold has a tainted win, but I don't see it that way. She stayed in the race despite being three seconds back, she raced well enough not to fall like the two behind her, and she (unlike goldielocks) kept her focus on the goal and not a spot for a highlight reel. All-around, I think she did demonstrate that she was the best in the event. It's not just about what the body does, but also the mental strength involved in performing.
Screw the showoff.
She didn't play 60 minutes and she didn't win.
Wow - hope you never make a mistake in front of someone else.Ha. Ha. HA.
I cannot stand her. She's in at least 200 commercials right now. She's some sort of golden child. We're all supposed to love her. Ha.
The original poster mentioned that the woman who did win gold has a tainted win, but I don't see it that way. She stayed in the race despite being three seconds back, she raced well enough not to fall like the two behind her, and she (unlike goldielocks) kept her focus on the goal and not a spot for a highlight reel. All-around, I think she did demonstrate that she was the best in the event. It's not just about what the body does, but also the mental strength involved in performing.
Screw the showoff.
There's a saying in football. To win you have to play 60 minutes. Not 50, not 55, not 59:45. 60 full minutes. Teams that play less than 60 minutes get beaten in the end.
She didn't play 60 minutes and she didn't win.
But I'm glad this happened. It's a perfect example of American arrogance.
Was that Italian arrogance?
Was that Italian arrogance?
Was that Italian arrogance?
Yes.
Another angle to this: Whatever happened to aiming to set new records? How the hell do you break existing records by "mosiing" to the finish line? I don't get these people...
Guess my point was: Why is it "American" arrogance instead of the action of one individual?It's not American arrogance.
Another angle to this: Whatever happened to aiming to set new records? How the hell do you break existing records by "mosiing" to the finish line? I don't get these people...That makes sense if something was constant, but cross country isn't. If the trrack was always the same then you can try to break records. But since no two tracks are the same what kind of record do you expect to be broken?
It's not American arrogance.
You didn't see any of the other snowboard cross events, have you? Almost everyone in qualifying did something on that last jump. Almost every single guy in the mens competition did something on that jump too.
Ever watch motocross, snomobile cross, bmx, etc? Almost all lead people on the last lap on the last tabletop does something. Granted, most of those the finish line in on top of the tabletop so you fly over it. But that's a big reason why the last obstacle in most of those events is a tabletop. Competitors showoff at the end to psych up the crowd.
If this mess up doing it then too bad, otherwise eh. It's the nature of those type of sports.
Me?You (plural, the other readers), not directly at you. My point was that everyone in that sport does it. She screwed up, yeah, her fault. But don't act like none of the other competitors don't. As you (singular, at saint) noted that it isn't only american.
On another note -- I've been enjoying most of the Olympics so far, but I'm sorry, and I apologize to anyone who'se offended in advance, but.... Curling just bores me to tears! I've tried, I've tried to appreciate it for what it is, but.... Snnnzzzzzzzzzz......Like golf and baseball, may be fun to play but boring to watch.
but she's still done more than most of us have ever done in our lives.
They train for years, they sacrifice God knows what to get where they are....
but she's still done more than most of us have ever done in our lives.
I guess that would depend on what one values in life and who is comparing one person's life accomplishments to another's. I don't think she should be ripped to shreds, but to be lifted above others is something I am not about to do. I personally don't know anything about her so maybe she has done something to deserve such praise but I don't think there are many people I could make such a statement for. I sure hope there is more to life than snowboarding (or any sport) to make ones mark in this world.
I mean come on, do you think she has ever built an arcade cabinet from scratch. ;)
The larger issue is that while she is an induhvidual competitor she is part of a larger Team USA to which she is accountable. She could have brought a valuable gold to Team USA and instead her idiocy brought the team a silver. She let her teammates down. That is worse than letting yourself down by a mile.
It amazes me how many people have never travelled more than 100 miles from where they were born and don't have any ambition to do so.
It amazes me how many people have never travelled more than 100 miles from where they were born and don't have any ambition to do so.
Different strokes for different folks. Some people find a lifetime of purpose only miles from where they were born, some need to get away to feel some since of accomplishment, I think it has little to do with ambition though.
I guess the bottom line is "anything worth doing, it's worth doing right." Bricklayer, Physician or Olympic Athlete all can have quiet fullfilling and purposefull lives. But to compare ones accomplishments to another is an injustice. Some people value money, some fame, some family, some religion, some ...
... think that was the point I was trying to make, but missed apparently :)
On another note -- I've been enjoying most of the Olympics so far, but I'm sorry, and I apologize to anyone who'se offended in advance, but.... Curling just bores me to tears! I've tried, I've tried to appreciate it for what it is, but.... Snnnzzzzzzzzzz......
No, he did miss his point, actually. It came off that the only way to live life is to be out there doing large things.
Of course, I've known several Olympic athletes and I would definitely say that they are NOT living life. They live a deprived, sheltered, shut in life of complete devotion to their sport. There is a single mindedness to their sport that often goes so far as to deprive them of regular development of biological functions (e.g. female gymnasts often don't get their cycle until they are late teens or even in their 20s).
Sure, they are accomplishing something highly visible but it can be credibly argued that it is at the cost of a life, not in the service of one.
I would so kick back with some beers on a frozen lake, cut a hole in it, and try to slide rocks into the hole.
Anyway this is straying from the original thread.
Well, for Mark, that place is a very dark and chocolate place. He has his own version of that Place Of Which We Dare Not Speak.
You can't drill a hole in a lake after a few beers. You might fall in. Safety, man.
You can't drill a hole in a lake after a few beers. You might fall in. Safety, man.
Even moreso, what about that jagenheimer Shani Davis who waited until FOUR HOURS before the USA team event to tell the coach he wasn't gonna race, and THEN basically state "there is no Shani in team....I made myself who I am so screw you all".
Anyone besides me want to charge that asshat for all the money that gets invested in these athletes - money that most certainly COULD have gone to someone else, but was SHARED with Shani? That guy, in my book, was a first-class tool, and if you DIDN'T see the itnerview, you've simply GOT to find video of it. I've never seen a bigger asshat in an interview after winning a gold medal. I don't hope he gets hurt, but I'm damn sure rooting against him to get anything except a mouthful of anal vapors from the other guy on the ice who's kicking his ass.
I guess you could say I don't like the guy :P
[You would be surprised how many beers you can ingest and still safely drill a hole in the ice on a lake.
So who's the bigger disappointment now? Bode, or USA hockey??Bode
USA Hockey, is like USA Soccer, Americans don't care and aren't disappointed.
Go to a Philly game sometime and tell me Americans don't care about hockey.
Hey man, we're a quality town. I wonder how many other football stadiums have their own courtroom? ;)
If I were Lindsay Jacobellis I would not be able to look another US Olympian in the eye. Her arrogance cost her teammates a gold medal.
I've never seen a bigger asshat in an interview after winning a gold medal. I don't hope he gets hurt, but I'm damn sure rooting against him to get anything except a mouthful of anal vapors from the other guy on the ice who's kicking his ass.
I guess you could say I don't like the guy :P
How do you fall asleep in the middle of a race?
8<... leaving her team-mates to haul her insomniac arse across the line for her. her team unsurprisingly really were not impressed and many didnt talk to her after that...
Curling just bores me to tears! I've tried, I've tried to appreciate it for what it is, but.... Snnnzzzzzzzzzz......
8<... leaving her team-mates to haul her insomniac arse across the line for her. her team unsurprisingly really were not impressed and many didnt talk to her after that...
Insomniacs CAN'T sleep. Narcoleptics are the ones who constantly fall asleep.
While its true they are all representing the United States at the Olympics as a "team" lets be honest, the skiers and skaters are not really a TEAM in the true sense of the word. How can they be, they're all trying to win the same prize in an individual sport.
While its true they are all representing the United States at the Olympics as a "team" lets be honest, the skiers and skaters are not really a TEAM in the true sense of the word. How can they be, they're all trying to win the same prize in an individual sport.
Easy. They are mostly funded by grants from the USOC and the US Gov't and private companies donating to the US Olympic Team. That makes them stakeholders in the team concept no matter what their event.