Rio Olympics disaster watch

[Derwood]

omg i just happened to glance at the tv and the leader in the womens cycling event just had the scariest wipeout ive seen

My hey say she's ok, but i saw it live and my first reaction was broken collar bone and broken teeth at the very least

 

what

 

It's well established I can't type on my phone worth a crap

[Omar]

I can watch and enjoy almost any olympic sport, summer and winter.

 

but gynmastics. man that sport is painful to watch any enjoy.

[Butterscup]

wrong gymnastics is great

[jersey cubs fan]

wrong gymnastics is great

[WrigleyField 22]

It was still formative sports years for me, but 1996 Atlanta Gymnastics team competition got me liking gymnastics.

[Derwood]

I like gymnastics because they do things I couldn't do even if you plugged me into the Matrix and Joey Pants downloaded the skills into my brain

[ConstableRabbit]

TIL there are people who don't enjoy watching Olympic gymnastics.

[woodchip2153]

I like gymnastics because they do things I couldn't do even if you plugged me into the Matrix and Joey Pants downloaded the skills into my brain

 

Yea, jorts aren't very good athletic attire

[Derwood]

I like gymnastics because they do things I couldn't do even if you plugged me into the Matrix and Joey Pants downloaded the skills into my brain

 

Yea, jorts aren't very good athletic attire

 

[weis21]

you know the early 90's agassi pic may not be your best comeback there.

[weis21]

and my apologies, the wrestling guy either but that would seem to be self explained.

[Derwood]

and my apologies, the wrestling guy either but that would seem to be self explained.

 

Well my "I don't wear jorts" comeback hasn't worked, so might as well roll with it now

[Sammy Sofa]

Rocket, time to confess if Mrs. Rocket actually wrote one of these:

 

http://deadspin.com/dead-letters-the-horse-people-are-furious-1784987429

 

Last week, I wrote a blog trashing the presence of horse sports at the Olympics. My point was that they should get these [expletive] horses out of my face, because the Olympics are for humans. I watched a bunch of horse sports during the first weekend of the Olympics, and they were even more boring than I thought they would be.

 

This did not sit well with the Horse People, a small but incredibly vocal group. I’ve never received as much feedback on anything I’ve ever written. Most people who reached out called me out for my ignorance, which is indisputable, because horse sports are dumb and why would I ever want to know anything about them. Additionally, many invited me to suit up and try dressage, which is almost certainly a trap. Almost all of them came from someone who was stroking a horse in their avatar.

 

These are their letters. Some of them have been edited for brevity, because good lord, the Horse People write long emails.

[minnesotacubsfan]

you know the early 90's agassi pic may not be your best comeback there.

 

 

You are wrong

[Banedon]

Rocket, time to confess if Mrs. Rocket actually wrote one of these:

 

http://deadspin.com/dead-letters-the-horse-people-are-furious-1784987429

 

Last week, I wrote a blog trashing the presence of horse sports at the Olympics. My point was that they should get these [expletive] horses out of my face, because the Olympics are for humans. I watched a bunch of horse sports during the first weekend of the Olympics, and they were even more boring than I thought they would be.

 

This did not sit well with the Horse People, a small but incredibly vocal group. I’ve never received as much feedback on anything I’ve ever written. Most people who reached out called me out for my ignorance, which is indisputable, because horse sports are dumb and why would I ever want to know anything about them. Additionally, many invited me to suit up and try dressage, which is almost certainly a trap. Almost all of them came from someone who was stroking a horse in their avatar.

 

These are their letters. Some of them have been edited for brevity, because good lord, the Horse People write long emails.

 

Ugh, I'm too busy at work this morning to give this it's due attention. That should be a very entertaining read later though.

[Banedon]

That did not disappoint. Horse people are crazy.

[Sammy Sofa]

I think it's a safe bet they were all dressed like this:

 

[rocket]

Rocket, time to confess if Mrs. Rocket actually wrote one of these:

 

http://deadspin.com/dead-letters-the-horse-people-are-furious-1784987429

 

Last week, I wrote a blog trashing the presence of horse sports at the Olympics. My point was that they should get these [expletive] horses out of my face, because the Olympics are for humans. I watched a bunch of horse sports during the first weekend of the Olympics, and they were even more boring than I thought they would be.

 

This did not sit well with the Horse People, a small but incredibly vocal group. I’ve never received as much feedback on anything I’ve ever written. Most people who reached out called me out for my ignorance, which is indisputable, because horse sports are dumb and why would I ever want to know anything about them. Additionally, many invited me to suit up and try dressage, which is almost certainly a trap. Almost all of them came from someone who was stroking a horse in their avatar.

 

These are their letters. Some of them have been edited for brevity, because good lord, the Horse People write long emails.

 

nope, but she was offended when I showed the article to her.

[rocket]

conversation this morning:

 

her: hey tonight after dinner i'm gonna watch the equestrian stuff on the dvr

me: umm but the actual fun sports are on tonight like gymnastics and phelps swimming

her: ::looks up divorce attorneys::

[Sammy Sofa]

Rocket, time to confess if Mrs. Rocket actually wrote one of these:

 

http://deadspin.com/dead-letters-the-horse-people-are-furious-1784987429

 

Last week, I wrote a blog trashing the presence of horse sports at the Olympics. My point was that they should get these [expletive] horses out of my face, because the Olympics are for humans. I watched a bunch of horse sports during the first weekend of the Olympics, and they were even more boring than I thought they would be.

 

This did not sit well with the Horse People, a small but incredibly vocal group. I’ve never received as much feedback on anything I’ve ever written. Most people who reached out called me out for my ignorance, which is indisputable, because horse sports are dumb and why would I ever want to know anything about them. Additionally, many invited me to suit up and try dressage, which is almost certainly a trap. Almost all of them came from someone who was stroking a horse in their avatar.

 

These are their letters. Some of them have been edited for brevity, because good lord, the Horse People write long emails.

 

nope, but she was offended when I showed the article to her.

 

Yeah, I showed it to a friend of mine who is similarly, uh, horse-defensive and now I don't think she'll be talking to me for a while. All I did was say it was funny, dammit.

[rocket]

they're odd. i'll admit that it's a very tough skill to learn and master, and these riders are supremely talented at what they do. but i won't officially call it a sport, and they don't like that lol.

[Sammy Sofa]

Man, I don't even go that far; it's a totally legit thing, but it's weird/dumb to have animal competitions in the Olympics.

[bukie]

Man, I don't even go that far; it's a totally legit thing, but it's weird/dumb to have animal competitions in the Olympics.

I mean, to me, dressage is like making an Olympic version of the Westminster dog show.

[jersey cubs fan]

but baseball is too limited of a sport to be included every 4 years

[Sammy Sofa]

Baseball in the Olympics sucks because it's in the summer amd it would horsefeathers with real baseball if we wanted the actual good players to play. Add it to the Winter Olympics and play it indoors and I'm on board.