To be fair, Lochte probably doesn’t know the difference.

What in the flying fuck knuckle are you talking about? Yes. We, the collective rest of the world, thinks this makes Brazil look bad as fuck. On top of being sketchy as fuck. All the bads...also. How do you have 29 people who agree with your dumb ass take?

It’s bizarre. I just saw the tape that the judge cited as them “joking around” and not being traumatized enough to have been robbed.

Yes, we do. The Brazilian government has always had a heavy hand when dealing with these sorts of things, including the detaining of individuals either unrelated to the incident in question, or wholly innocent of wrongdoing. This is nothing new for them, but Rio now shines a spotlight on it.

Their police rob olympic swimmers at gun point, then seize the victim’s passports so they can be held until they recant their stories. Yes, Brazil looks very bad.

wait, you think Brazil is the one looking bad here? lol ok

Yes. No one else but.

Yes.

That was my thought. The favelas explode damn near every night but they’re hellbent on questioning olympic athletes?

Corrupt Latin and South American legal systems have never had qualms about locking tourists up, and then milking them dry financially while extracting a metaphorical pound of flesh. It’s going to be interesting watching that institution butt heads with an IOC that is desperately trying to have the legacy of these…

Why would the brazilian government even try to pursue this further? Frankly it just makes the country look even worse and petty IMO.

I know. I’m not famous (like super not famous) but the idea that it’s cool for a company to be like “Hey, Sehjma, thanks for ordering <potentially embarrassing thing> from us!” all over their social media is...not cool.

I agree. Also, this type of shaming is coming from a bad angle that just renders the whole thing embarrassing.

I agree. If they wanted to write and include the note to her- fine. But posting it publicly is crossing boundaries/ a bit of a violation to me. Not cool.

I’m a little surprised to be feeling so much “Nope” over this.

It’s Gold, Gold = instant classy. Trump logic is the best logic. All other metals are sad and low energy.

There is no way she’s wearing that thing. Not classy. Sad!

just remember everyone. The TSA confiscates liquids in case they are a bomb. They then throw these alleged bombs in the trash...right next to them...in the busiest part of the airport...in case they are bombs...with all the other ‘bombs’ that they confiscated. right there. If this doesn’t tell us just how idiotic our…

Good thing this didn’t happen in a place like Texas, with all those open carry assholes. There would have been real tragedy if those people were told about multiple shooters coming from different directions.

It’s not just pay (it’s mostly not pay) it’s lack of training, and high turnover. If you want effective security, you need teams that drill a great deal.