Loved it.
It’s the only two minutes of the Olympics I watched. You’ll be hard pressed to find a version of it on YouTube that doesn’t have a huge, bouncing watermark or breaks halfway through to ask you to subscribe to their channel. People obviously trying to glom onto this silly cow’s fifteen minutes. And the official Olympic channel doesn’t feature it for some reason (snicker).
I’m sure most people would argue that break-dancing shouldn’t be in the Olympics, but it isn’t the silliest Olympic sport. And if you watched clips from the proper entrants (which I did trying to find our friend Raygun), it’s kind of mesmerizing and athletic as hell.
Here’s a guy who takes it seriously and tries to explain why she was so awful. If you care. Just a small rabbit hole I fell down this afternoon.
A rare hot Summer’s day here and I’m trying not to move too much.
Posted: August 12th, 2024 under personal.
Comments: 9
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Comment from Uncle Al
Time: August 12, 2024, 7:50 pm
The way things are going, I fully expect that eventually there will be Olympic shagging competition. In order to accommodate all 57 sex “identities” that means 1,625 divisions. That’ll take a loooooong time to pull off (sorry). Streaming revenue should be massive.
Comment from Deborah HH
Time: August 12, 2024, 10:28 pm
Someone owes an apology to those East German women.
Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: August 13, 2024, 1:59 am
I’d say some things, but it might result in my extradition for saying some things.
Sure, maybe a free trip to London, but ya know, probably not the best hotels for that visit.
Turns out woke Wendysaurus was proving something to…us Patriarchs. Since I didn’t watch a single minute of the Woklympics she’s going to have to try something else to make whatever point she was trying to make.
Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: August 13, 2024, 2:14 am
Ho!y crap!
I just realized she thought she was auditioning for
The Gong Show
Comment from Some Vegetable
Time: August 13, 2024, 1:33 pm
I find the inclusion of break dancing in the “Olympics” both informative and amusing.
First, I am certain that its inclusion was to make the Olympics “more inclusive” and “representative” and that this decision was made by a group of old white europeans sitting in leather chairs in an exclusive club in Zurich.
All of them would be placidly certain that this is what black urban youth do on weekends, after work.
However, break dancing was a “Thing” in the 1980’s; some 50 years ago. It’s about as relevant to today’s youth as wearing an onion in your belt.
This is proven by the fact that the competition was won by an awkward white girl dressed in the height of 80’s fashion: ball cap, sweat suit, and white sneakers. She’s a veritable parody….
Comment from ExpressoBold Pureblood
Time: August 13, 2024, 6:14 pm
How mean !!!!!!!!!
Comment from Mark Matis
Time: August 13, 2024, 6:39 pm
Come on now, Some Vegetable. How dare you use “black urban youth” and “work” in the same sentence!
Comment from Anonymous
Time: August 13, 2024, 9:36 pm
Some Vegetable:
However, break dancing was a “Thing” in the 1980’s; some 50 years ago.
So was skateboarding. But the town I live in just built a skateboarding park which is heavily used by youngsters.
This era is very peculiar in the array of pop-culture “things” which have persisted.
Breakdancing is one such – YouTube has lots of recent breaking videos with millions of views.
Comment from Some Vegetable
Time: August 16, 2024, 1:23 am
You lose:
“Breakdancing is not included in the 2028 LA Olympics, most likely due to the limited number of sports that can be accommodated.
While Breaking has a dedicated fanbase, its overall popularity compared to more traditional Olympic sports might be one of the reasons for its exclusion.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-breakdancing-removed-la-olympics-014911467.html
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