More Olympics
So, this woman who won her Olympic qualifier, but then got canned for smoking dope? Without marijuana, she came in last. The lesson is crystal clear here, kids. Drugs make you a better athlete, but Don't Get Caught. As my old boss used to always say, "The catchin' comes afore the hangin'".
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They keep showing this commercial for the Para-Olympics which shows a blind guy running a footrace, but he (and all of the competitors) have someone running alongside them as a guide, tied wrist to wrist. This breaks my brain, in so many ways. The ability to compete seems to be tied to a requirement that you find someone faster than yourself to serve as guide. An entire field of 'Olympic competitors' have hirelings to lead them by the hand. If you're Usain Bolt, but you're blind, then if you can't find someone faster than you for a guide, you're apparently SOL, at least as far as being in the Para-Olympics is concerned.
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There's also this endearingly awkward beer commercial with Usain Bolt. A group of three friends are out jogging, rather half-heartedly, and suddenly ones says, apropos of nothing, "Hey! Let's go to a bar!". But which bar? The entire street is filled with bars. Their dilemma is solved when one notices Usain Bolt, standing stock still outside of a bar, striking a pose and rolling his eyes as he points to it. It's one of the weirdest, most disconnected commercials I've seen in some time, but I like it anyway. Usain Bolt isn't really a man whom I'd associated with drinking lots of beer, which makes it better.
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You could have lots of cruel fun managing blind athletes. Point the javelin thrower in the wrong direction, sending the crowd screaming in terror; give all of the Arab athletes Israeli flags to wave; etc. ***** Original posted at https://rain-gryphon.dreamwidth.org/231023.html
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They keep showing this commercial for the Para-Olympics which shows a blind guy running a footrace, but he (and all of the competitors) have someone running alongside them as a guide, tied wrist to wrist. This breaks my brain, in so many ways. The ability to compete seems to be tied to a requirement that you find someone faster than yourself to serve as guide. An entire field of 'Olympic competitors' have hirelings to lead them by the hand. If you're Usain Bolt, but you're blind, then if you can't find someone faster than you for a guide, you're apparently SOL, at least as far as being in the Para-Olympics is concerned.
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There's also this endearingly awkward beer commercial with Usain Bolt. A group of three friends are out jogging, rather half-heartedly, and suddenly ones says, apropos of nothing, "Hey! Let's go to a bar!". But which bar? The entire street is filled with bars. Their dilemma is solved when one notices Usain Bolt, standing stock still outside of a bar, striking a pose and rolling his eyes as he points to it. It's one of the weirdest, most disconnected commercials I've seen in some time, but I like it anyway. Usain Bolt isn't really a man whom I'd associated with drinking lots of beer, which makes it better.
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You could have lots of cruel fun managing blind athletes. Point the javelin thrower in the wrong direction, sending the crowd screaming in terror; give all of the Arab athletes Israeli flags to wave; etc. ***** Original posted at https://rain-gryphon.dreamwidth.org/231023.html