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Chichevache posted:The Brazilian government can't afford to pay its employees, including cops and firefighters. Oh yea, I forgot about that.  Remind me again, who thought it was a good idea to have the Olympics there? When these kinds of things get decided, do they research the locations at all?
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Karma Monkey posted:Oh yea, I forgot about that. Bribes were handed out, basically. When in doubt, assume someone was paid off.
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Are the rest of the Olympic grounds done? The thing is 5 days away. Have they cleaned up their act that much?
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BallisticClipboard posted:Are the rest of the Olympic grounds done? The thing is 5 days away. Have they cleaned up their act that much? No. It is a mess and the Rio thread expects there to be a few deaths, and that isn't even counting an ISIS attack. For context, the company that was supposed to handle airport security just admitted they won't fulfill the contract, so the military police had to be mobilized to operate scanners and search people coming into the country. I'm sure the screenings will catch any potential
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Chichevache posted:No. It is a mess and the Rio thread expects there to be a few deaths, and that isn't even counting an ISIS attack. At this point I'm not sure ISIS could actually cause more deaths at the Olympics than shoddy construction, health risks and gang warfare are likely to do.
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In this clip, a nice man tries to improve a parade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47dkD1Mbwx0
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Germansimp posted:At this point I'm not sure ISIS could actually cause more deaths at the Olympics than shoddy construction, health risks and gang warfare are likely to do. I keep waiting for ISIS to circulate a video taking responsibility for the Rio Olympics.
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The issue is that most financially stable countries have figured out that the Olympics is a giant waste of time and money, leaving the bidding up to less stable countries who also generally happen to be riddled with hilarious amounts of corruption, which is why you get the shitshows we've seen with Sochi and Rio, and Beijing was real close to being the same except the Chinese government takes international face very seriously. Wondering if Tokyo and Pyeongchang will have good competent Olympics again, or will actually drop their hosting because of Rio.
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Germansimp posted:At this point I'm not sure ISIS could actually cause more deaths at the Olympics than shoddy construction, health risks and gang warfare are likely to do. The ISIS operatives will probably get mugged and beat up on the way to their mission. Subjunctive posted:I keep waiting for ISIS to circulate a video taking responsibility for the Rio Olympics. I wanna see a video of ISIS decrying the inhumane conditions in Rio. "We were gonna gently caress this poo poo up, but looks like someone beat us to it."
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radiatinglines posted:I hope all the ladies out there are taking note of these goons' usernames. They're some real nice guys. Well, I'd be more than happy to show any ladies a good time. I'm very familiar with the female form, if you catch my drift.  The joke is I'm a woman you dumb gently caress
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Roro posted:Well, I'd be more than happy to show any ladies a good time. I'm very familiar with the female form, if you catch my drift. No need to get all hysterical here, ma'am
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Wapole Languray posted:The issue is that most financially stable countries have figured out that the Olympics is a giant waste of time and money, leaving the bidding up to less stable countries who also generally happen to be riddled with hilarious amounts of corruption, which is why you get the shitshows we've seen with Sochi and Rio, and Beijing was real close to being the same except the Chinese government takes international face very seriously. Wondering if Tokyo and Pyeongchang will have good competent Olympics again, or will actually drop their hosting because of Rio. Chicago was in the bidding to host this year originally, although I'm not sure if that helps or hurts your point.
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Nitrox posted:No need to get all hysterical here, ma'am Fetch the smelling salts, we're gonna need them in a minute!
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Frabba posted:Chicago was in the bidding to host this year originally, although I'm not sure if that helps or hurts your point. I feel like the problem was that Chicago just wasn't corrupt enough for the IOC.
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I can't even imagine what would happen to all the tourists that accidentally went south of 35th street on the red line.
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The news would find a way to report shootings/killings per capita based on permanent residents instead of total curret population so local crime would appear to go down. On top of that, tourist populations would bring in a lot of money to local businesspeople.
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Gross Dude posted:Sorry, dude, but ball and chain jokes are overplayed and not funny. Hope you have some other better opinions.
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Roro posted:Fetch the smelling salts, we're gonna need them in a minute! pretty sure hysterics are treated with multiple orgasms
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I also hate Trump with every fiber of my being and I'm a pretty big guy so that's a lot of fibers. I hate Trump so much I take fiber supplements just so I have more fibers to hate him with.
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Karma Monkey posted:Oh yea, I forgot about that. When Rio made their bid the crime rate was plummeting, the Brazilian economy was stabilizing, and it was looking like Brazil was starting to do pretty well. An economy with a nice focus in oil also helped grease a few palms. Then oil poo poo the bed and now it's even worse than when they made their bid 6 years ago or whatever (among other just bad poo poo thats gone down in the last couple years)
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Jusupov posted:pretty sure hysterics are treated with multiple orgasms Oh. Well then I'll have the hysterics as well please.
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Jusupov posted:pretty sure hysterics are treated with multiple orgasms Well maybe smelling salts get me off, don't judge.
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Nitrox posted:No need to get all hysterical here, ma'am hey, that's goonslighting
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Roro posted:Well maybe smelling salts get me off, don't judge. Those are poppers, and that's perfectly normal.
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Captain Novolin posted:When Rio made their bid the crime rate was plummeting, the Brazilian economy was stabilizing, and it was looking like Brazil was starting to do pretty well. An economy with a nice focus in oil also helped grease a few palms. Then oil poo poo the bed and now it's even worse than when they made their bid 6 years ago or whatever (among other just bad poo poo thats gone down in the last couple years) All the money that should have been spent on preparing for the games went to the IOC as bribes to get the games, and then the economy thing happened, and because it's Brazil, everything was put off until the last minute, when everyone realized that there was no money. So, here we are, on the brink of what will probably be the most entertaining Olympic games ever!
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FuhrerHat posted:In this clip, a nice man tries to improve a parade: I have no idea why this gets funnier each time I see it.
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Elohssa Gib posted:I have no idea why this gets funnier each time I see it. It's the laugh at the start which sets the tone nicely I think, that slightly stupid giggle. 
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So how many days in will the Olympics be cancelled? I'm thinking 3 or 4, maybe a stadium will collapse overnight or something.
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nexus6 posted:So how many days in will the Olympics be cancelled? I'm thinking 3 or 4, maybe a stadium will collapse overnight or something. Blaming the collapse on unexpected extra weight from people actually sitting on the stands, the unpaid rescue squad looted the dying spectators before covering them over with more rubble to muffle out their cries for help.
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radiatinglines posted:I hope all the ladies out there are taking note of these goons' usernames. They're some real nice guys. You do realize not all of us in here are guys, right? They do allow women to post on the internet now.
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ratbert90 posted:Blaming the collapse on unexpected extra weight from people actually sitting on the stands, the unpaid rescue squad looted the dying spectators before covering them over with more rubble to muffle out their cries for help. Ahahaha oh dear Zamboni_Rodeo posted:You do realize not all of us in here are guys, right? They do allow women to post on the internet now. thanks obama
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Solice Kirsk posted:Nothing short of an armed revolution would cause the Olympics to be canceled or moved now. This is not as far off a possibility as you might think
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Good thing your lower back vertebrae are vestigial.
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Bip Roberts posted:Good thing your lower back vertebrae are vestigial.  Not really, unless you consider continence and, if you're male, the ability to have an erection to be things you can live without.
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