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Agrajag: Jan 21, 2006; gat dang thats hot

ABOUT MOTHERFUCKING TIME!

# ? Feb 19, 2014 20:08

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 09:11

Risky Bisquick: Jan 18, 2008; PLEASE LET ME WRITE YOUR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT SO I CAN FURTHER DEMONSTRATE THE CALAMITY THAT IS OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM.; Buglord

This is literally every office building in Canada right now, TV's in the lobby with 100-1000 people watching Canada.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 20:10

Agrajag: Jan 21, 2006; gat dang thats hot

jm20 posted:

This is literally every office building in Canada right now, TV's in the lobby with 100-1000 people watching Canada.

I feel sorry that they don't have internet access at their desks. :smug:

# ? Feb 19, 2014 20:11

FrozenVent: May 1, 2009; The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

jm20 posted:

This is literally every office building in Canada right now, TV's in the lobby with 100-1000 people watching Canada.

Including government buildings in Ottawa, so while everybody's in the lobby watching Canada, nobody's at their drat office, you know, running Canada.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 20:11

EvilTobaccoExec: Dec 22, 2003; Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot, so my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts!

FrozenVent posted:

Including government buildings in Ottawa, so while everybody's in the lobby watching Canada, nobody's at their drat office, you know, running Canada.

perfect time for terrorists for an independent quebec to strike

# ? Feb 19, 2014 20:13

Lobok: Jul 13, 2006; Say Watt?

When Canada finally defeats Latvia in a game of hey-come-back-here-with-that-piece-of-rubber we'll be assured of our place and importance in the world.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 20:13

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Darth123123 posted:

Ahaaaha Putin

is anyone REALLY surprised at this?

# ? Feb 19, 2014 20:14

Old Story: Jun 2, 2006; Oven Wrangler

Bascially the entire medical staff of this hospital is jammed into the cafeteria watching this on a projector. Sorry, sick people

# ? Feb 19, 2014 20:15

Agrajag: Jan 21, 2006; gat dang thats hot

57 vs 14 shots on goal, :drat:

Like I said everything quite literally stops for Olympic Hockey. :negative:

# ? Feb 19, 2014 20:16

ChairmanMeow: Mar 1, 2008; Fire up the grill everyone eats tonight!; Lipstick Apathy

US vs Canada is going to be so awesome, I worry about penguin on penguin violence but I'm stoked.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 20:24

Nenonen: Oct 22, 2009; Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

Agrajag posted:

I feel sorry that they don't have internet access at their desks.

Some companies have forbidden watching live sports feeds at desk because everyone in the organization tuning in at the same time will overload their network.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 20:24

FrozenVent: May 1, 2009; The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

Woooo.

Nenonen posted:

Some companies have forbidden watching live sports feeds at desk because everyone in the organization tuning in at the same time will overload their network.

Apparently that has been an issue for the Canadian Federal Government IT infrastructure.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 20:24

Iceache: Jul 9, 2009

Everyone in Latvia is celebrating this loss. One of our prodest moments! :smug:

# ? Feb 19, 2014 20:30

Nuclearmonkee: Jun 10, 2009

FrozenVent posted:

Woooo.

Apparently that has been an issue for the Canadian Federal Government IT infrastructure.

Surprised they didn't set up a local multicast stream inside the network.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 21:04

Come And See: Sep 15, 2008; We're all awash in a sea of blood, and the least we can do is wave to each other.

jm20 posted:

This is literally every office building in Canada right now, TV's in the lobby with 100-1000 people watching Canada.

Working in a random office tower in Calgary, I can vouche for this.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 21:05

Al Nipper: May 7, 2008; by XyloJW

Do any of the Latvians play in the pros? Because the Canadians pull 5-8 mill and I'm wondering what the plucky underdogs make in comparison.

If anything that goalie deserves all the money.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 21:06

Lobok: Jul 13, 2006; Say Watt?

t3h z0r posted:

Do any of the Latvians play in the pros? Because the Canadians pull 5-8 mill and I'm wondering what the plucky underdogs make in comparison.

If anything that goalie deserves all the money.

The Latvian goalie plays in the AHL and makes $55k a year.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 21:09

Doctor Butts: May 21, 2002

The goalie plays in the AHL.

Kaspars Daugavins played for Senators and Bruins
Girgensons plays for the Sabres
Sprukts played for the NHL a while ago, and more recently KHL
A few other guys toyed with the AHL/NHL but didn't stick.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 21:13

Iceache: Jul 9, 2009

The captain - Sandis Ozolins has played in the NHL. Even won the Stanley Cup in 1996. An old guy but with a great spirit.
Majority of the team plays in KHL.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 21:39

bring back old gbs: Feb 28, 2007; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

jm20 posted:

This is literally every office building in Canada right now, TV's in the lobby with 100-1000 people watching Canada.

geez, if they walked 200 metres to the CBC lobby they could sit on couches and watch a 100 inch screen

# ? Feb 19, 2014 21:46

Powershift: Nov 23, 2009

They said in vancouver in 2010, roughly half of the entire population of canada watched the whole game, and 26.5 million watched at least part of it

quote:

It was also the most-watched television broadcast ever in Canadian history, with an average audience of 16.6 million viewers. Nearly half of the Canadian population watched the entire game on average, while 80 percent of Canadians watched some part of the game (26.5 million). The game aired live on nine television networks in eight languages via Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium.

This isn't a loving game.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 23:00

Agrajag: Jan 21, 2006; gat dang thats hot

GOT VIRUS FROM MP3 posted:

geez, if they walked 200 metres to the CBC lobby they could sit on couches and watch a 100 inch screen

What and miss some of the game? Watch what you say next time fella, dem's fighting words.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 23:03

FrozenVent: May 1, 2009; The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

Powershift posted:

They said in vancouver in 2010, roughly half of the entire population of canada watched the whole game, and 26.5 million watched at least part of it

This isn't a loving game.

Was that the game where the city of Winnipeg or whatever posted a graph showing that water consumption increased 20-fold between the periods as people went to piss? Or am I thinking of some other game?

Hockey isn't a game in Canada, it's serious loving business. The seriousest of business.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 23:20

Agrajag: Jan 21, 2006; gat dang thats hot

FrozenVent posted:

Hockey isn't a game in Canada, it's serious loving business. The seriousest of business.

That best not be an ironic post.

# ? Feb 19, 2014 23:22

Cthulu Carl: Apr 16, 2006

I wonder if we'll see a graph of the increase of vodka sales after Russia's loss. Or are vodka sales pretty much maxed out anyway?

# ? Feb 19, 2014 23:28

Darkman Fanpage: Jul 4, 2012

EvilTobaccoExec posted:

perfect time for terrorists for an independent quebec to strike

they're also too busy watching hockey

# ? Feb 19, 2014 23:31

FrozenVent: May 1, 2009; The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

Agrajag posted:

That best not be an ironic post.

What the gently caress do you think I am, some sort of American?

# ? Feb 19, 2014 23:37

Burt Sexual: Jan 26, 2006; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Switchblade Switcharoo

Powershift posted:

They said in vancouver in 2010, roughly half of the entire population of canada watched the whole game, and 26.5 million watched at least part of it

This isn't a loving game.

So like an episode of The Bachelor?

# ? Feb 19, 2014 23:42

turtlecrunch: May 14, 2013; Hesitation is defeat.

Was catching up on my snowboard cross and watching yellow bib here get increasingly inconsistent/wild over the hills, and then this happened :stare:

turtlecrunch fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Feb 20, 2014

# ? Feb 20, 2014 00:09

Azerban: Oct 28, 2003

FrozenVent posted:

Was that the game where the city of Winnipeg or whatever posted a graph showing that water consumption increased 20-fold between the periods as people went to piss? Or am I thinking of some other game?

Hockey isn't a game in Canada, it's serious loving business. The seriousest of business.

# ? Feb 20, 2014 00:12

Powershift: Nov 23, 2009

Darth123123 posted:

So like an episode of The Bachelor?

The most watched TV event in the US was the super bowl, and that couldn't even get 30% of the population. Even with the entire country losing it's loving mind over it for a week every year.

# ? Feb 20, 2014 00:38

etalian: Mar 20, 2006

Tomero_the_Great posted:

Working in a random office tower in Calgary, I can vouche for this.

The Hockey Song is actually Canada's national anthem.

# ? Feb 20, 2014 01:39

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

etalian posted:

The Hockey Song is actually Canada's national anthem.

for non-canadians:

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

# ? Feb 20, 2014 01:41

dud root: Mar 30, 2008

FrozenVent posted:

Was that the game where the city of Winnipeg or whatever posted a graph showing that water consumption increased 20-fold between the periods as people went to piss? Or am I thinking of some other game?

Another similar graph is power consumption during the soccer in the UK. During the breaks some 20 or 30 million people turn their kettle on at the same time.

# ? Feb 20, 2014 01:47

FrozenVent: May 1, 2009; The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

dud root posted:

Another similar graph is power consumption during the soccer in the UK. During the breaks some 20 or 30 million people turn their kettle on at the same time.

They're drinking tea during the game? What the gently caress?

All you need to do during a break in a game is piss and grab a beer from the patio, what the hell is this kettle poo poo?

# ? Feb 20, 2014 01:58

GOTTA STAY FAI: Mar 24, 2005; ~no glitter in the gutter~
~no twilight galaxy~; College Slice

dud root posted:

Another similar graph is power consumption during the soccer in the UK. During the breaks some 20 or 30 million people turn their kettle on at the same time.

Brits are weird. Why do they all want sugar-coated popcorn during a soccer game

# ? Feb 20, 2014 01:58

dud root: Mar 30, 2008

Graph at 1:39

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Quvr9VBxA

# ? Feb 20, 2014 02:39

naem: May 29, 2011

Vernii posted:

Sochi is a gift that keeps on giving.

Pussy Riot members attacked by Cossacks with whips

EDIT:

Better story at The Washington Post, which has video (video was originally posted by RT, who took it down, but The Telegraph already rehosted it).

I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THEY GOT

sunglasses, something

dramatic pause

space space space

PUSSY WHIPPED

# ? Feb 20, 2014 04:16

GOTTA STAY FAI: Mar 24, 2005; ~no glitter in the gutter~
~no twilight galaxy~; College Slice

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH

# ? Feb 20, 2014 04:29

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Mycroft Holmes: Mar 26, 2010; by Azathoth

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# ? Feb 20, 2014 04:31

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