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Sochi Olympics going all wrong

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Japaneezy
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Have you guys seen the last ring not even opening in the opening ceremony? I mean cmon, Russia!

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http://www.itv.com/news/2014-02-07/shaky-start-to-sochi-games-as-olympic-ring-fails-to-open/
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FUUUCK
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What happened to the zorb!??!?!!??
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Drail
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they gone died.
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crab_pretzel
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I heard BP paid for that to happen

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Phil-X-
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Not sure if ignorant or just retarded.
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123ski
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what does the archaic cold-war terminology have to do with anything?
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Drail
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neither, but you're welcome to your opinion.


Russia's been that weird country for a long time. Like that friend or relative you feel you're obligated to invite to your wedding, but you know they're going to be 'that guy' and talk over the speeches, get really drunk and start crashing around. It's not that they are embarrassing so much as they just aren't like the rest of the group.

It's easy to poke fun at the unknown. It's even easier to be scared of, and hate the unknown, but THAT would be ignorant. Accepting of other cultures is challenging for a lot of people, and Russian culture is not only very different from the majority of western cultures, but they also put themselves out there while doing it (unlike most other very different cultures in the world who keep to themselves and stay out of the spotlight).

If you can't see the joke that is Russian culture, you take yourself way too seriously. Besides, I really don't think Russia is paying attention to what western media is saying about them. If I were to try to take anything real about Russian culture from how they portray themselves to the world is that they truly don't give a fuck.

Does America pay attention to what Russian media says about them?

Russia is full of crazy drunks who have no care for safety.

North Korea is... well no one knows.

America is a police state that uses the word 'freedom' to control.

France is a push over

Canada is... I guess I can't really say because I'm from here - what is the joke for Canada? we're a bunch of red necks?

Australia is full of the offspring of convicts who claim to speak 'english'.

Every country is a 'joke', some are just easier to poke at than others, and I've always looked at Russia as the easiest to poke.
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Phil-X-
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do you know what the classification of 1st 2nd and 3rd world countries is?

Cold war era-

First World: United States, United Kingdom and their allies.

Second World: Soviet Union, China, and their allies.

Third World: neutral and non-aligned countries.



Has NOTHING to do with quality of life or economy
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PacificRimJob
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If you think Russia has a lot of jokes, you have no idea what level the USA is on...

We are "fat, uneducated, transparent, war mongering, and completely full of ourselves."

I mean, in South Korea, they probably believe all think we speak like the Terrans from Starcraft.
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lineskier10
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maybe during the cold war that was the classifications but not anymore bud
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Olimar
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I thought bp went under didnt they??
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Drail
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I guess, as a Canadian who lives beside and spent a bit of time down in America, I don't consider you guys at the same level as Russia for jokes. Either that, or I just consider drunken disregard for safety funnier than a fat police state.


Getting off topic here, but maybe we should shift our thinking and start a trend of making Scandinavian countries the butt of nationality jokes. Being all better than the rest of us. Who do they think they are?
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PacificRimJob
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Go to the UK or Aus. They love shitting on us yanks.
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Phil-X-
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the terms are from cold war, time wont change that.. The classifications have just become bastardizations of their original meanings
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Drail
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Who's America making fun of?
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AT-AT
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America is this the best country on numerous stand points. Largest gdp Most productive workers And still the leaders in innovation
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Antwoin_Richards
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lol
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AT-AT
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All true facts. Siemans is moving jobs to the us because of its more productive labor, along with cheaper raw materials
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Mag
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Shut it Sean you fat bastard, sue me.
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Drail
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you're missing the point.

Of course that point has nothing to do with the OP, which is based off over reacting media bullshit to begin with, so it's all irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

If anyone is taking anything in this thread to heart, you need to re-evaluate where you put your priorities.
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.MASSHOLE.
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Nah, more that you are America's hat, you only care about hockey, and you guys say "eh" a lot.

Could be worse though. You could be Mexico.
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AGOF
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hahahaha
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pow_pow~
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all true facts? your gdp is nowhere near the top. not even in the top 10. keep thinking that buddy. yep and your production jobs are going great!! in china!!!
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feihlination
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you can post those online pics all you want.

a guy from my hometown is in sochi and he certainly isnt staying in a 9$ hotel and he posts all the same stuff about his hotel.




yeah, so thats the problem with the olympics in the first place. building so much infrastructure where you really have to think about what you will use it for after the event.

thats why i dont like giving such big events to non-industrialized or small cities. cities like munich have the infrastructure in place and can "use" the olympic village as a new suburb.

sochi/russia promised that all of these hotels, no matter who owns them, will be ready. they knew it will cost a shitload of money. so now youre backing that horseshit promise and the implicit corruption?
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Mr.Huck
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My buddy and I were jokingly predicting this yesterday. Can't believe it would happen this quick.

Man Responsible For Olympic Ring Mishap Found Dead In Sochi

"Although his body was badly mangled and the wounds were consistent with a struggle, so far officials say they don't suspect foul play."

Full article:

http://dailycurrant.com/2014/02/08/man-responsible-for-olympic-ring-mishap-found-dead-in-sochi/
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saskskier
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Check your sources before posting stuff. As already pointed out in another thread, that article is from a satire website. No one is dead.
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.MASSHOLE.
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I hope you dont believe this...Maybe my sarcasm meter is broken
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123ski
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Why don't you tell me the name of the hotel/hostel your neighbor is at and I'll tell you how much of an idiot he was for booking it...
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OCM
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Actually yes, the US does have the largest GDP in the world, unless you count the EU which is just slightly larger.
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123ski
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I think the argument here is that some are referring to GDP & GDP (PPP) while others are referring to GDP Per Capita and GDP (PPP) Per Capita.

In pure GDP/GDP PPP the United States is by far the highest, but as soon as you include the /per capita information though, then the United States would rank somewhere in the 6th-15th range. (depending on the valuation technique).

GDP/GDP PPP PER CAPITA is often used as a proxy for Standard of Living (so that means there are 5-14 countries in the world with a higher Standard of Living than the United States (if you accept this measurement as a proxy for Standard of Living.

On the other hand GPD/GDP PPP measures the health of the entire country's economy as a whole.

So - while the United States might have the highest GDP/GDP PPP - once you roughly allocate that economy to the number of people in the country, then there are definitely countries with more earnings per person.
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Mr.Huck
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Sorry. Saw it on my facebook feed this morning. Whoever posted it didn't realize it was fake.

Anyway, it wouldn't have surprised me at all if it was real. I think that guy's life expectancy dropped significantly when that snowflake didn't turn into a ring. If this was real, the only thing that would have surprised me is that they didn't wait until after the Olympics so that it wouldn't receive much publicity.
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elinde
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Dude.... yeah Sochi is a fancy tourist destination but the mountain is quite far from Sochi. It's a tourist destination. Also, did you read that Australian's blog about the conditions? I'm sorry, but his story doesn't exactly fit your defense of Sochi. I mean I hardly give a fuck, but to say things went according to plan is just a lie.
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Japaneezy
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I guess sochi isn't all too bad if I look into the past olympics... There is no such thing as a prefect Olympic games.
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123ski
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2 of the hotels I referenced were at the mountian itself ... The Australian was provided a room as part of his employment, why would he expect it to be nice?
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