NO! STOP IT RIGHT NOW. Sugar does not go in pasta sauce.

Why don’t we all grow up and stop using the phrase “Most Women” as if there’s only two groups--the yeas and the nays. You have no idea how “Most Women” feel.

No, I don’t think they do innumerable (effective) focus groups. The very fact that they can’t attract a male audience to watch sports suggests that they’re not doing it right. They have managed to create a product that people who watch sports pretty much actively avoid. Every single business and industry in this…

People are emotional, you idiot. Except for the sociopaths among us.

Same. I’m obsessed with women’s gymnastics and am pissed I will have to go out of my way to avoid the Internet Sunday to avoid spoilers for the qualifications. I want to see the “journey” whatever the fuck that means, but I want to see their scores as they compete!

Seems to me they euthanized the wrong goddamn animal >:(

I think they were expecting a good movie. No one would care about the violence, racism, or sexism if they were in service of a good movie. When they’re not, they stand out as being juvenile and shitty, just like the rest of the movie.

Have you not noticed DC trying to sell it as a comedy?

... what if he was, though, because they’re all grim and boring as fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

You forgot “dullest” in your description of the characters. And the actors playing them.

Kitchen sink: [falls off, shatters]

I’d say this is a shit show, but the aquatic events haven’t started yet.

Rio is in the same hemisphere so the water drains the same as in Australia.

I have a feeling NBC is not going to report on the problems very much. They want shiny, happy, uplifting stories.

That was a fake security guy. Obv they had permission to be up there. wow. you’re why people think reality tv is real.

I don’t really care about the biographical sketches either, but that’s primarily because they’re sappy and overly sentimental. I hate being emotionally manipulated, and that’s primarily the tone that the profiles take.

Well, I think this is more ad-driven than anything else - NBC paid eleventy bajillion dollars for the Olympic rights and they're going to wring every penny out of their coverage - but speaking on a more general level, their Olympic coverage is trash and has been for some time now.

Counterpoint: NO.

NBC’s hyper-jingoism and constant “US as the underdog” coverage (even though we are the favorite in 70% of the events) makes me actively root against the US in every event.

Hopefully, they will show at least some of the cool stuff that won’t make prime time NBC on their various cable channels. I also despise their coverage mostly for the stuff that they think is so appealing. I really don’t give a fuck about somebody’s “journey”. I want to see them being excellent at what they are…