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Disappointing but less disappointing than Pavorati and his orchestra mining their performance.
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"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Yes, Pavorati mining his performance would be confusing.It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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Well, China has no record of press freedom. It's even stated in the Constitution that the press and media serve the people, but they do so by serving the government (who allegedly serve the people directly).
So to a Western viewpoint, it's deceptive and rightly so, given the West's robust tradition of a free fourth estate. But to the Chinese it's not a big deal."lol internet" ~ AAHZComment
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More entertaining than his singing, in fact.Originally posted by rah
Yes, Pavorati mining his performance would be confusing."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
Well, China has no record of press freedom. It's even stated in the Constitution that the press and media serve the people, but they do so by serving the government (who allegedly serve the people directly).
So to a Western viewpoint, it's deceptive and rightly so, given the West's robust tradition of a free fourth estate. But to the Chinese it's not a big deal.Today, China's Internet web forums lit up with anger.
"This is really the number one scandal of the Olympics and it will certainly shock the entire the world," said one outraged netizen with the name of Hu Zibo, on webforum tieba.Baidu.com this morning.
"The truth is this: It's just so sick," Hu wrote.
Chinese bloggers and commentators blamed organizers for manipulating the girls.
One blogger on China's Sina.com, Jiang Jiang, angrily wrote, "It's unfair that these two little girls should have to pay for adults' stupidity.""The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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What, "boogaty-boogaty-boo!"?Originally posted by Asher
The best part of the NBC coverage so far was watching the men's road race (cycling). They had a British commentator who was trying to explain the concept of racing bicycles to obviously perplexed Americans. He resorted to a NASCAR analogy.
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Summer Olympics in Bejing makes SOB.
Hardiharhar.
Spec.-Never argue with an idiot; He will bring you down to his level and beat you with experience.Comment
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we're #1
according to nbc:-pComment
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I feel sorry for London. The won't have anywhere near the money for a show to equal what China did. No matter how good they do, it's going to appear second or third class.
Hopefully If Chicago gets 2016 that the comparison will be more to what London did, and not China.It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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If you were free to pick between 1 gold medal or two bronze medal, what will you take?Originally posted by Zero
we're #1
according to nbcblehComment
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As read on wiki:
Psychological study
In 1995, a study was carried out by social psychologists Victoria Medvec, Scott Madey and Thomas Gilovich on the effects of counterfactual thinking on the Olympics. The study showed that athletes who won the bronze medal were significantly happier with their winning than those athletes who won the silver medal. The silver medalists were more frustrated because they had missed the gold medal, while the bronze medalists were simply happy to have received any honors at all (instead of a fourth place) [1]. This is more pronounced in knockout competitions, such as the FIFA World Cup, where the bronze medals are achieved by winning a playoff, whereas silver medals are awarded after a defeat in the final.blehComment
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AsteriskOriginally posted by Zero
we're #1
according to nbc
USA is first in raw numbers of medals, 22 to China's 20.
China is first in golds, 13 to US' 7.
Most American outlets are reporting the former.
Most Chinese outlets are reporting the latter."lol internet" ~ AAHZComment
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We're tied for 47th, right after Togo.Originally posted by Zero
we're #1
according to nbc"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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I don't understand why they made the switch on the young girls. It's weird.
I thought the actual singer was plenty cute enough.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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NBC's listingAttached Files"lol internet" ~ AAHZComment
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