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Bolt
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Higher. Faster. Stronger.

It's the better of the two Olympics. And it starts this week. Let's goooooo!!!!

2/2/2026 2:35:26 PM

justinh524
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Basketball is a winter sport and should be in the winter olympics (or hockey should be in the summer olympics so as to not interfere with the professional season, like with the olympics and professional basketball.)

I will die on this hill.

2/2/2026 2:39:37 PM

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Interesting - never thought of it like that but I think that because basketball is that it's a sport that is played in room temperature conditions and there is no need for snow nor ice so that's why it's in the Summer Olympics.

2/2/2026 2:43:29 PM

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Basketball was explicitly invented as a winter sport as a way to exercise when going outside was unpleasant. It has for the entirety of its existence been a sport played in winter. There is nothing about any of the skating sports that requires winter anymore so than basketball since they are all held indoors in climate controlled arenas.

This isn't the ICE OLYMPICS

2/2/2026 2:49:43 PM

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basketball season is fall through winter. Summer is always off season.

being an indoor sport does not mean it is a summer sport.

2/2/2026 2:51:03 PM

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Quote :
"This isn't the ICE OLYMPICS"


literally all of the sports are done on ice or snow

2/2/2026 2:51:30 PM

justinh524
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Ok then call it the ice or snow olympics.

Quote :
"basketball season is fall through winter. Summer is always off season.

being an indoor sport does not mean it is a summer sport."


Hockey and basketball have the exact same seasons! They should be in the same olympics!

2/2/2026 3:08:45 PM

Bolt
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Basketball was also invented by a Canadian, Dr. James Naismith, so yeah - there might be something to Justin's train of thought...i'mma gonna dial up Samaranch and get this done

2/2/2026 3:31:50 PM

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I mean I agree that there should be indoor sports at least

would be good for television ratings, and for bored sports watchers

2/2/2026 4:09:26 PM

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us-hospitality-space-changes-name-ice-house-winter-house-following-protests-2026-02-02/

2/2/2026 4:14:54 PM

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^^ they have indoor sports in the winter Olympics

figure skating, hockey, curling, etc.

[Edited on February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM. Reason : bewp]

2/2/2026 4:15:49 PM

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I hope Canada cleans our (Doomsday) clock.

And I know Norway is gonna regulate, like they do.

And China is going to win all the dumb crap no one cares about, but rack up a lot of medals.

2/2/2026 4:55:00 PM

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Quote :
"basketball season is fall through winter spring. Summer is always off season."

2/2/2026 5:46:31 PM

justinh524
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Bring back ski ballet

2/2/2026 6:25:39 PM

fatcatt316
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Olympic level snowball fight

2/2/2026 6:51:47 PM

Bolt
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have y'all seen the ad where Tate McRae is promoting Team USA despite being a Canadian

2/4/2026 10:02:32 PM

The Coz
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I have not. Have you seen the ad where her waist is Photoshopped to non-human proportions?

2/4/2026 10:16:50 PM

Bolt
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hmm the pixels look fine

2/5/2026 7:37:12 AM

afripino
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fine af

2/5/2026 11:08:15 AM

justinh524
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I don't know who Tate McRae is

2/5/2026 11:24:22 AM

HaLo
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USA Mixed Doubles Curling starts with 2 wins

2/5/2026 12:54:44 PM

The Coz
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Your pixels are fine. . .

2/5/2026 1:54:59 PM

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https://torontolife.com/city/canadian-tate-mcraes-team-usa-olympics-ad-is-treason/

2/5/2026 3:44:02 PM

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https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/winter-olympics-penis-injections-concern/

2/6/2026 8:23:03 AM

Bullet
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Cardiac Pack Legend Terry Gannon will host the opening ceremonies today/tonight.

2/6/2026 9:21:59 AM

justinh524
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^^ do you think the female ski jumpers are getting labia injections to gain an unfair advantage?

2/6/2026 10:24:04 AM

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well what do you expect from someone named tate mcrae

2/6/2026 3:20:33 PM

The Coz
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Scottish potatoes?

2/6/2026 8:32:32 PM

dropdeadkate
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that high note was painful to listen to

2/6/2026 8:35:39 PM

StTexan
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I'd have to say she weighs less now

2/6/2026 10:52:58 PM

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Is there any reason to watch any of this? The sports suck compared to the Summer Olympics, so are there any human interest stories worth anything? I guess it'd be cool to beat Russia or Canada in some events, but other than that...

2/7/2026 11:03:05 PM

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Lindsey Vonn is skiing with a freshly torn ACL, so you could watch that i guess.

I enjoy most of the winter olympics sports more than summer tbh. Skiing > running. Hockey > basketball. Figure skating = gymnastics, but i don't care about either of those.

I do have to hand it to the summer games though, handball is pretty fuckin great. I would argue that handball > curling

2/7/2026 11:14:21 PM

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Lindsey Vonn WAS skiing with a freshly torn ACL. . .

2/8/2026 8:56:06 AM

justinh524
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Lol

2/8/2026 10:43:23 AM

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USA makes the playoffs in Mixed Doubles curling. Semis tomorrow at noon

[Edited on February 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM. Reason : Z]

2/8/2026 4:21:47 PM

Bolt
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usa v italy is tied in the 6th end

down to the wire. 8 ends only in mixed doubles remember!

2/9/2026 1:11:11 PM

HaLo
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USA pulls it off after the Italian woman makes a half shot with her last leaving the USA team a relatively straightforward shot to win.

USA plays for gold at noon tomorrow!!

2/9/2026 5:07:01 PM

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Congratulations to the French ice dancing pair on their gold medal, although I'm not sure how someone who is from canada and has previously represented both Canada and Denmark in international competitions (including Canada in the last Olympics) is a french athlete but ok.

I guess it's because her former partner (and still boyfriend) is banned from competition because of rape allegations and her new partner is actually french. Seems kinda against the olympic spirit but whatever you gotta do to win baby!!!

[Edited on February 11, 2026 at 5:11 PM. Reason : Ugh]

2/11/2026 5:10:41 PM

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I was in Milan about 3 days before start of Olympics. I got in and out of Linate airport which is the second largest airport of Milan. I barely saw any banners, fanfare, booths, etc., in the airport or along the highways coming out of the airport. Forget grandeur, it felt like they were totally unprepared. Pack's ball games give a way better vibe. If it was in Asia, the whole city would have been dressed up like a bride.

2/11/2026 5:16:00 PM

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2/11/2026 7:40:45 PM

The Coz
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Good video. Not from the Olympics. No Olympic symbols at all. It's from 2022, but it IS from Italy.

2/11/2026 7:55:28 PM

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2/11/2026 8:46:26 PM

The Coz
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Better than a completely fake AI slop video.

2/12/2026 7:03:42 AM

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Curling is so amazing. How do they have so much concentration that they're able to slide that rock over the ice and get it to stop exactly where they want it to? It seems like every now and then they'd scre-up and completely wiff a slide, but it never seems to happen. And seems like occastionally the scrubbers would hit the stone with their stick or step on it, or another stone, or fall, but I don't think i've ever seen that happen either.

2/12/2026 10:12:59 AM

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Cheap Temu medals are breaking. Also, they're supposed to have a built in break away mechanism between the medal and ribbon. Do we have a precedent where a previous medal winner died because their ribbon didn't tear away from their medal and they were strangulated? This world gets softer every day!

2/12/2026 12:32:40 PM

Bolt
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love to see Canada dropping F-bombs in curling

2/14/2026 5:28:40 PM

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That Kazak guy killed it in figure skating. I felt bad for Ilia, crazy amount of pressure and expectations

2/15/2026 12:19:37 PM

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Quote :
"^^ they have indoor sports in the winter Olympics"


I meant indoor sports not using ice

man I kind of hate using the word ice now

thanks ICE

2/15/2026 12:27:50 PM

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also it makes me a bit sad how much Queen fell off with their hits in the 80s

I mean it's 100000000 times better than I'll ever do at anything, but the 80s stupid cheap synth sound ruined a lot of good 60s/especially 70s bands

there are obviously a lot of 80s bangers, but most of them were not from bands who continued from the 70s, unfortunately

inb4 the coz brings up some internet-coined term for how people say older music is better

2/15/2026 12:34:10 PM

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and to clarify, I know "Don't Stop Me Now" doesn't qualify

just making a generic, falsifiable statement

2/15/2026 12:35:06 PM

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