From graft-filled beautiful Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, comes the least eagerly awaited Olympics since the last time the Russians hosted. Really, I was genuinely surprised to find out these start this coming Friday. It feels more like an obligation at this point than a major sporting event.
Here's the mascots:
And the logo:
Both are just, well, there compared to the usual insanity in these logos and mascots.
The most potentially horrifying Olympics since 72!
I sincerely hope that isn't the case, but the grim specter of that is going to be lurking throughout the entire games.
Potential civil war to the left of me, terrorists to the right, here I am, stuck in Sochi with you~
That bear looks too much like pedobear :blink:
That bear looks too much like pedobear :blink:
Real pedobear was in competition too. But I voted for skiing dolphin.
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I really really hope nothing happens, aside from our usual olympic activities (i.e losing in every competition and making excuses later).
@Monkey:
Potential civil war to the left of me, terrorists to the right, here I am, stuck in Sochi with you~
I'm sure that Putin is Mr. Blonde here, but who is Officer Nash? Pussy Riot? Gay people in general?
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That bear looks too much like pedobear :blink:
I'm more concerned about the snow leopard carrying a garotte myself.
I like how the Russian word for mascot is "talisman".
@Toraish:
I like how the Russian word for mascot is "talisman".
16 chars of why?
There's a huge difference in meaning between the two words in most other languages, so it's somewhat amusing and interesting from a purely linguistic standpoint.
And I guess culturally too. It's so superstitious. :P
ohh I just realised what mascot is xD
Can't wait to see the introduction.
I can't wait to see the Dutch king, queen and prime minister having a good laugh with the dictators of the world. SPORTZ R IMPORTUNT
Looking forward to not watching any of this while it's happening being tape delayed and edited to death by NBC as Bob Costas provides "humorous" commentary over its mutilated remains.
Although to be fair it'll be interesting to hear whether NBC can actually make it any worse considering how great things have been going so far.
I usually like the Winter Olympics, but yeah, I'm not watching this year. I guess being gay in a country that's almost bordering to Russia makes me a bit hesitant to watch it.
I usually like the Winter Olympics, but yeah, I'm not watching this year. I guess being gay in a country that's almost bordering to Russia makes me a bit hesitant to watch it.
Afraid to watch your country lose against Canada hmmm?
I am very excited for this 
We're taking the gold this time, though. Just watch. :P
Leaving Giroux and St. Louis out is going to cost you.
Anyone else have money riding on one of the atheletes getting mugged?
@Cyan:
Anyone else have money riding on one of the atheletes getting mugged?
Well, the Austrian Olympic Committee already got an anonymous letter saying that two of their athletes will be kidnapped, so…
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@Toraish:
Well, the Austrian Olympic Committee already got an anonymous letter saying that two of their athletes will be kidnapped, so…
Sweet, that's a side bet I have running.
Wait, there's sport happening at these Olympics?
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So, hey.
Here, Sochi prides itself on their close-knit community.
Someone married their stepmom and then got murdered?
Sounds like he used a monkey paw to make a porno story come true.
Then the curse of the paw eventually killed him.
What's really bizarre about that photo is that you can clearly see that they ripped out a partition.
Imagine the guy on the right (our right) having to ask the other guy for TP.
^ I think the article later clarified (sardonically) that there were 2 partitions. So relatively less awkward, yay!
Come to think about it, isn't the toliet paper dustbin a thing in some countries? Sure the reasons are weird and all but i haven't seen any other reasons that make sense either.
That toilet thing is just the way things are in much of Europe as far as I'm aware. Greece and Cyprus were like that.
Though I thought it had something to do with a challenge in sewer infrastructure because of old buildings and ruins underground. Which should not be an issue in Russian former frontier cities that are younger than the US.
If you live in San Francisco you have more local history than the Russians do in Sochi.
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"In the Ekaterininsky Kvartal hotel, the elevator is broken and the stairway is unlit, with stairs of varying and unpredictable heights."
What the fuck lol.
Croatia has the nastiest toilets.
The bathrooms in Greece were fine, except for the "occasionally a small scorpion might come in the window while you're doing your business" thing.
@Monkey:
"In the Ekaterininsky Kvartal hotel, the elevator is broken and the stairway is unlit, with stairs of varying and unpredictable heights."
What the fuck lol.
Sounds like the setup for a horror movie.
Complicating things since 2009.
Croatia had these toilets that were basically showers stalls with a hole in the ground that opens when you flush. But because that means there's no specific place to piss everyone just pissed on the wall. Because that's more fun.
Also, you had to take a shit while standing. :/
In Ibiza, a lot of toilets in restaurants had windows where you could just casually look in.
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European campings are like a gross cultural hodgepodge.
If the opening ceremonies don't show falling Tetris pieces, I'm gonna call foul!
It's supposed to say "assorted".
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Haha well honestly I don't see that as the WORST. Unless there is someone staying directly above him >_>
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Well, wood costs money. How do you expect contractors to earn a living if they have to pay for materials?
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everybody sent to hotel mario
I think this is exactly what everyone expected when Russia was put in charge of the Olympics and held it somewhere that wasn't St. Petersburg or Moscow.
Sooo, I am a russian person, and I will be looking forward to my country shitting itself before the whole world. thats the only reason I will be watching it on tv (Thanks, but no thanks, not going to travel to Sochi for this one,) SO MUCH MONEY went into this thing only to get into the pockets of the greedy beurocrats. screw this. Not excited one bit. probably going to watch One piece instead. peace out -__-
Sooo, I am a russian person, and I will be looking forward to my country shitting itself before the whole world. thats the only reason I will be watching it on tv (Thanks, but no thanks, not going to travel to Sochi for this one,) SO MUCH MONEY went into this thing only to get into the pockets of the greedy beurocrats. screw this. Not excited one bit. probably going to watch One piece instead. peace out -__-
You sound almost surprised -__-
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Also, I found out that volunteers will not get any money. Good thing I didnt sign up for this.
At least APEC was nearby.
Also, I found out that volunteers will not get any money.
I'm confused by this. Does 'volunteers' not mean the same thing to you as it does to me?
@Panda:
I'm confused by this. Does 'volunteers' not mean the same thing to you as it does to me?
Well, our volunteers usually work for money. Or free food. It depends on what you actually do there, but it pays well (unless you are a translator, like me. Only food then). Last time, when we worked at event, my friend raised enough to pay for her trip to Israel.
@Panda:
I'm confused by this. Does 'volunteers' not mean the same thing to you as it does to me?
Volunteers in the States are a completely separate species from the volunteers of the rest of the world. Your entire system is practically built in a way that makes people volunteer for free to get CV markings for employers and colleges that require extra-curricular activities, whereas over in most European countries you wouldn't usually get any volunteers if you didn't compensate for their work somehow. Usually it's movie tickets or free food or small amounts of money in addition to the nice experience you have.
Some employers over here may even look down on people who do a lot of volunteering because it's an unwritten rule of sorts that everyone knows their own value. If you do a lot of things for free, it goes to show that you don't value your own work so much that you'd demand pay, and those kind of people might have other unpredictable negative qualities.
Toothpaste bombs? New threats daily.
An audience?
Yes, an audience.
Complicating things since 2009.
Your Bees. They come in the Honey, ya?
I love watching the rest of the world waking up to the reality that is modern day Russia. There's something beautiful about how these Olympics might just shatter the megalomaniac, egoistic image that Russia has of itself as a superpower in a world where even some of the formerly worst developing countries are overtaking them in almost every respect.
Maybe the people at large will finally realize just how backwards and idiotic that idea is and start demanding for more focus in domestic affairs.
Even these olympics is kinda mocking us…
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