Call me un-Canadian.
Call me a grinch.
Call me whatever fun curse word you're currently favoring these days.
The Olympics are a joke to me.
Don't get me wrong - I'll watch some stuff here and there, but as a whole, I just don't get it.
Actually, I think the problem is that when I look at the Olympics, I basically see the same things that take place throughout the sporting year.
With the exception of hockey, why all of a sudden are Canadians (or people of any country) glued to their televisions to see how a skier they've never cared about before makes out in the Giant Slalom?
Newsflash: they've always been Canadian, they've always competed for Canada against skiers from other nations, and the races have been held on Canadian soil countless times each year. Nothing has changed...
I love my country a great deal - though some will surely argue that point after reading this - but the two weeks of faux-patriotism and nationalism makes me want to vomit. Hockey is the only "event" that comes to mind where things are different at the Olympics, and so suddenly having a vested interest in how Canada does makes sense to me.
Everything else? The same.
It's not like Jeremy Wotherspoon will leave Vancouver, rejoin the Amsterdam Ice Bandits of the International Speed Skating Association and help them defeat their arch-rivals from Belgium.
But it's "The Olympics" and everyone is supposed to be super-excited and wear overly expensive Canada gear that can only be purchased with VISA, the Official Card of the 2010 Olympic Games (or cash), and be deeply tied to how Jeff Pain and Jon Montgomery do in Men's Skeleton.
Call me whatever you will - unpatriotic, buzzkill, douche, whatever - but be sure to actually call me in a month's time too...
I'll be looking for updates on how your favorite skier or figure skating is doing in regular competition and laughing every time someone says, "Who?" once the Olympic glow washes away.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Time for the Oly... Oh Wait... I Don't Care
Posted by E. Spencer Kyte at 3:38 AM
Labels: Canada, Sports, Stupid People, Winter Olympics
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Holy shit. I'm the only commenter on this page who isn't some automated piece of shit!
I think the big thing with the Olympiucs, Spence, is that we get to see all these sports that we don't normally. I mean really, when was the last time you were able to say "nahh i'm not going out tonight, i gotta catch the speedskating" outside of the olympics?
Though I agree, the hockey is the only sport that matters :P
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