That’s fine for you to say as a viewer, but the athletes who have trained their whole lives for a shot at that medal podium probably have a different view. I love to see more diversity and more countries represented in gymnastics, but there are other ways to accomplish that without disqualifying the person who placed…

When did this rule go into place? I’m curious about how the US benefitted (genuine question, because I don’t know). Romania swept the AA podium in 2000, right? (And then the gold was taken away.) So it had to have been after that. But since 2004 the US has been so good- we’ve had top athletes win medals- Carly,…

And I learned today that Simone came in third on vault at the 2015 World Championships. So since then she had to learn a new, harder vault to equal Paseka’s difficulty and win today. She was outstanding, but she had to work up to it!

I don’t know much about the details of gymnastics scoring or its changes, but I remember this dialogue from the early 90's commentators too- Kim Zmeskal was the “power” gymnast, and Shannon Miller was the (taller, thinner) more “artistic” style gymnast that international judges apparently favored.

I really hope she wins gold on the bars final! And I hope Gabby wins silver.

Yeah, that was rough. And omg I’ve been watching on my little phone all morning, and your post just made me think to check my Amazon Fire stick. Yep, the NBC app is there too. I could’ve been watching all of this on my tv; what a dummy, ha. So thanks!!

I watched! I’m actually watching using the NBC Sports app on my phone. You can choose which event you want to watch (of course when you switch from one to another there’s a 30 second commercial every time). I followed China in group 1, then Russia in group 2. I don’t know the best way to see the stuff I missed (just…

Yes! I’m so excited too!! I want them all to do well, because it kills me when anyone falls. And I’m glad that the US, China, and Russia at least are in separate subdivisions tomorrow, so I can see them all.

I watched some of the men’s qualifications live today, and I think I’ll be watching the women’s all day tomorrow (and whatever I can watch live during the week- damn finals happening during work hours!). Obviously you can only watch one event at a time, but it’s the way to go to see your favorites before being…

I haven’t birthed any children, but I also don’t exercise so this general style is pretty appealing to me.

But like, with better sleeves? What is happening with those sleeves.

The actor totally makes a difference. How can Matthew Broderick be a creepy stalker? (I don’t know how I’d feel about it now, tbh. I haven’t watched it in years.)

I love Addicted to Love! It’s one of my favorite romantic comedies. I mean, it’s probably not a good movie, but I love it anyway.

I have Clueless, Pretty Woman, and a bunch of other old classics on VHS. I don’t think I’m ready to part with them. But also not sure if my VCR still works.

I didn’t even know what the hell side he was on from his tweets, but he retweeted Abigail too, so pretty sure he’s team Taylor. Like warning Nashville artists about other famous people, and repeating Taylor’s quoting of that “there’s a special place in hell for women who...” line in support of her. Which is dumb, but…

“Lightning strikes every time she moves. And everybody’s watching her, but she’s looking at you.” I have no doubt Taylor wrote this. About herself. She romanticizes herself from other people’s perspectives in her songs.

“In an era where former superpowers in the sport are struggling to get consistent results with this code of points” I was wondering about this last night! When I used to watch- as a tween in the 90's- it seemed like the US had a hard time keeping up with Russia, China, and Romania (what happened to Romania?!) I…

Is she saying she’s the “bad” in this situation? I mean if her problem is people responding to her comments... And isn’t it a little hypocritical considering what she was choosing to talk about? I feel like she does this too often.

I was just thinking about the future breakup songs, and realized that 1989 came out in Oct 2014, and she has released an album every other October(-ish) for the last decade. (Why do I know this.) Does that mean she has a new album coming out in 4 months? How can that be? I feel like this one is still everywhere. It’s…

I saw that clip too. She was horrified at the prospect of a stretch mark, saying it was her “greatest fear of life”. Wow, way to indirectly put down basically every woman. Real body positive. Contrast that with Chrissy Teigen who takes pictures of her “stretchies” and posts them on Instagram.

“The level in 2008 was 54 per 1,000 women and girls aged 15 to 44. By 2011, it was 45 per 1,000. Of the 6.1 million pregnancies in 2011, 2.8 million were unintended.” This makes no sense. I think it’s 54% and 45%, not 54 and 45 per 1,000.