Dr. Witherbone posted:

sochi bad

Von Sloneker posted:

Preoptopus posted:

Its a Colani design.

Toad on a Hat posted:

I always have this irrational fear that my fingers are going to be sliced off so I never go ice skating

WebDog posted:

A friend of mind got their hand run over by a skate at the local ice rink. They required microsurgery to fix a severed tendon.

abraham linksys posted:

I've never seen whatever this skiing event is before, is it just basically the super bumpy bits from motocross for 30 seconds with a backflip at the end? That owns

vvv well i'm not usually stuck in a hotel room when the olympics are on so i don't watch em often

sincx posted:

Just reading that sent shivers down my spine.

Alan Smithee posted:

It keeps playing out in my head

ZombieReagan posted:

People in D&D defend everything, surprised?

Toad on a Hat posted:

I always have this irrational fear that my fingers are going to be sliced off so I never go ice skating

bones jones posted:

Sochi Sochi panic!

(has this joke been made??????????????)

WastedJoker posted:

Is there any basis in these US claims of terrorism threats to flights to USSR or are the tubby fucks just poo poo stirring to score points against the old enemy?

WastedJoker posted:

Is there any basis in these US claims of terrorism threats to flights to USSR or are the tubby fucks just poo poo stirring to score points against the old enemy?

JGBeagle posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVyzW7KQ0eM

weakness posted:

I know you western liberal pro-gay pigs just want to rob Sochi of its glory right now but they got a few things right! Like this, the classy Sochi Cultural Center. This building is awfully nice.



Wait a second, why can I see through it a little? Oh that's a painted tarp? Well lets check it out from the other side and OH GOD

czg posted:

I want to get off COMRADE PUTINS WILD RIDE

Croccers posted:

Then I got bored and couldn't be bothered doing any more.

Zemyla posted:

Whenever people talk about terrorists from Dagestan, I keep seeing "Dogestan". The dogs are the terrorists.

Spacedad posted:

You know what Russians? Maybe you SHOULD let westerners tell you what to do rather than balk at 'western influence.' Because you're like a drunken child-beating hoarder dad who puts on his least-stained wife-beater shirt when social services comes around and throws a blanket over the pile of flammable junk in the middle of the entryway.

Spacedad posted:

You know what Russians? Maybe you SHOULD let westerners tell you what to do rather than balk at 'western influence.' Because you're like a drunken child-beating hoarder dad who puts on his least-stained wife-beater shirt when social services comes around and throws a blanket over the pile of flammable junk in the middle of the entryway.

SickZip posted:

lol

remember when we killed over 100000 people for no discernible reason beyond funneling a couple trillion to defense contractor?

the only thing to reccomend about the us over russia is that we are a terrifyingly effective vampire. we can waste that much and commit that much evil and other countries are the ones who get buried in trash and stray dogs

Croccers posted:

Australia's coverage of is shitter than the toilets in the hotels. They're banging on about how awesome Torah Bright is but psssh, actually showing it? Nah, watch some figure skating maybe if we put it up maybe later we dunno, two TV stations and 6 web streams... we're a bit packed so maybe we might show something later.
What are some streams/sites I can hit up? I want to see some of the Slopestyle.

SickZip posted:

lol

remember when we killed over 100000 people for no discernible reason beyond funneling a couple trillion to defense contractor?

the only thing to reccomend about the us over russia is that we are a terrifyingly effective vampire. we can waste that much and commit that much evil and other countries are the ones who get buried in trash and stray dogs

Spacedad posted:

Dear god. They're seriously dressing up wrecked crappy buildings so they look like actual buildings from a distance.

quote:

You know what Russians? Maybe you SHOULD let westerners tell you what to do rather than balk at 'western influence.' Because you're like a drunken child-beating hoarder dad who puts on his least-stained wife-beater shirt when social services comes around and throws a blanket over the pile of flammable junk in the middle of the entryway.

Ardennes posted:

The last time some Americans gave advice to the Russians, it didn't work out so well either and if anything paved the rise of Putin. Hopefully, they can get rid of him themselves.

Spacedad posted:

You know what Russians? Maybe you SHOULD let westerners tell you what to do rather than balk at 'western influence.' Because you're like a drunken child-beating hoarder dad who puts on his least-stained wife-beater shirt when social services comes around and throws a blanket over the pile of flammable junk in the middle of the entryway.

Forgall posted:

Noble westerners had a chance to boycott the whole thing and passed. Let's not pretend anybody with any power and money actually wants to help improve situation in Russia.

quote:

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Olympic fans of the world, where are you?

Sochi is (more or less) ready for you to come to its Winter Games. Thousands of athletes, soldiers, journalists and herds of smiley volunteers are in place, eager to help.

So far, though, it seems like the only spectators milling about are Russian.

Dina Kobolenko is waiting for you at her tourist information stand near the Sochi train station, armed with maps of this subtropical resort on the Black Sea. She says that as of two days before the Games, she'd seen only a single foreigner — a South Korean. They couldn't understand each other, though, so had to communicate in sign language.

Fears about terrorism and the hassle of reaching Sochi from points abroad may be keeping some foreigners away — and undermining Vladimir Putin's plans to transform Sochi into a magnet for international tourism.

A train traveling between Olympic sites and downtown Sochi cheerily announces to visitors in English: "We wish you a pleasant journey!" But on a recent ride, its seats were half empty. And a sweep through four train cars found ... not a single foreign fan.

Spacedad posted:

Hey, we've been mocking the idiots in our own government for very similar reasons. Hell, Bush Jr. played the 'GAYS ARE COMING FOR YOU' card as a major means of garnering support. He has a lot in common with the KGB scumfuck.

By 'western influence' I mean 'values' of the enlightenment that 'traditional russians' are trying to irrationally resist. Like freedom of speech. Or using actual working construction materials in buildings instead of stacking and plastering cinder blocks.

Spacedad posted:

Dear god. They're seriously dressing up wrecked crappy buildings so they look like actual buildings from a distance.

steinrokkan posted:

The US is a wealthy dad who keeps his parents, wife and kids locked up in a roach infested basement while he lives in a twenty bedroom mansion surrounded by a private golf course tended by unpaid trafficked foreigners.

DaveKap posted:

A pier next to the America's Cup in San Francisco half-burned down a few months before the first event started. Once reconstruction began, a giant painted-on tarp showing an outline of what the building looks like was put up. It's normal in construction zones. The only abnormality with the Russians doing it is the questionable nature of if they actually finish construction to match the painting.

Spacedad posted:

Guess what! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/sochi-olympics-spectators_n_4737469.html


Not a boycott, but all the horrible things surrounding sochi have basically produced an effect identical to a boycott.

Les Affaires posted:

Perhaps if Putin wants to turn a place like Sochi into an international tourist mecca, he should start by doing a little introspection as to why people are staying away.

A good start would be to resign, obviously.