Funnily enough I have gone the other way.
Wasn't particularly bothered about them but have now been caught up in the whole thing and have ended up watching sports I usually don't even like or have never seen before. I have been watching sailing, judo, handball, volleyball, shooting, basketball, cycling, swimming and even gymnastics.
Have to say I have thoroughly enjoyed it. This is our Olympics and it is a different animal entirely I find.
Surpassed my wildest expectations.
My biggest gripe is that the BBC news bulletins and BBC News channel are almost completely filled with Olympic reports in spite of the continuous coverage on other BBC channels. What's the point of that?
Other news has been completely over-looked. There are some horric stories coming out of Syria but hey, let's talk about some geek on a pushbike! :jerkit:
It's a major sporting event that only comes round once every 4 years, you can find Syria bombing the shit out of their own people any day of the week.It's on BBC 1 for people who don't have digital TV yet I suppose. I thought it was a complete waste of money and wasn't looking forward to it at all, but now it's here, I'm watching anything and everything, I'm looking into joining a handball team which I never would have tried if I didn't random flick onto it and there's plenty of nice 'birds' to look at.
Getting SICK and TIRED of these f**kin' olympics!! Friday night. We wanna sit and relax to watch a film. Can't find a decent one! Why? Wall to wall bloody olympics! The BBC have added about 26 channels for them, so why do they fill BBC1 with them? They've been on all fookin' day and now they are showing "Olympic Highlights" till midnight! Grrrrr! Can't wait till the closing ceremony!
Once in a lifetime the Olympics are in the UK and you want to watch a film? You need to get out more.
Some people might not be interested though, I would rather choose the media that I watch. In fact most people are not "REALLY" passionate about the Olympic games. Funny how people are more than happy to all of a sudden get behind obscure sports like shot-put and ping-pong as soon as it is advertised and hyped beyond all recognition. I tend not not hop aboard the moral bandwagon.... but it is a sad state of affairs when humanity turns its back on the suffering of others for the sake of their society conditioned minds. I'm not saying don't enjoy it... just look at the wider picture once in a while.
I haven't seen any of the so called lesser sports hyped or advertised at all. People are getting behind sports like Handball, Judo and Water Polo because they've never seen them before and actually enjoy them.Some people might not be interested though, I would rather choose the media that I watch. In fact most people are not "REALLY" passionate about the Olympic games. Funny how people are more than happy to all of a sudden get behind obscure sports like shot-put and ping-pong as soon as it is advertised and hyped beyond all recognition. I tend not not hop aboard the moral bandwagon.... but it is a sad state of affairs when humanity turns its back on the suffering of others for the sake of their society conditioned minds. I'm not saying don't enjoy it... just look at the wider picture once in a while.
Don't like it? Change the channel then. Simple.
26.9million people watched the opening ceremony, that was 82% of the television viewers that night, you can't sniff at that.
Give us a break....it's the Olympics. Enjoy the spectacle that it is and take a look at those winning athletes just to see what it means.
It also has plenty of patriotism for Gb which may wake a few deadbeats up!
The BBC is the only channel that carries the Olympic coverage. At the very most, that's 40% of your channel selection if both terrestrial channels are running it together (I don't know if anyone still has only the five channels any more)
The idea that someone watching Olympic judo is somehow turning their back on real issues is desperate. What are you doing whining on the internet while homeless people are suffering?
Strange you should say that Pal. I actually volunteer for Shelter and Age UK and my local hospital. What are your contributions to life? Sitting on your arse watching inane "sports"? Wanna look around for a big hole to swallow you?
I tend not not hop aboard the moral bandwagon.... but it is a sad state of affairs when humanity turns its back on the suffering of others for the sake of their society conditioned minds. I'm not saying don't enjoy it... just look at the wider picture once in a while.
My biggest gripe is that the BBC news bulletins and BBC News channel are almost completely filled with Olympic reports in spite of the continuous coverage on other BBC channels. What's the point of that?
AJSCCFC:
You need to look at your last sentence, and then take a look at the title of the thread. It was for people who really don't give a shit about the olympics. You are the one who's needling people who are different. Just because we don't have the same inane interests as you, don't meddle with what we want say! Put your comments on a thread that actually supports the olympics! If there isn't one, I suggest you create one.
All I can say is thank fook I was one of the 18% of un-brainwashed people who don't actually give a shit about synchronised drowning, ping-pong, bmx kiddy bikes, handball, volleyball, fook-all! THEY'RE NOT SPORTS FFS!!!!!
It's 2012 though, how many people have no access to either news channels, the internet or newspapers?
Other news has been completely over-looked. There are some horric stories coming out of Syria but hey, let's talk about some geek on a pushbike! :jerkit:
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