OT 2021 Olympics in Jeopardy

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Which Olympics do you prefer?

  • Summer

    Votes: 38 80.9%

  • Winter

    Votes: 9 19.1%
  • Total voters
    47
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story...-nba-finals-players-sticking-tokyo-commitment

Even though these three guys have to be warn thin, they're also in game shape and won't be playing a ton of minutes because the minutes get spread out and there are eight less of them. Interesting that Dame wasn't quoted in the article, it makes me think that he will avoid doing too many interviews with all of the chaos surrounding our team right now but I could be wrong and he could just make sure everything he talks about is team USA related.
 
US teenager Nikhil Kumar kicked ass against Mongolia's players for a USA table tennis win today! Love seeing us bring it in ping pong...the kid screams like Monica Seles after each point he wins...he's all rock and roll! I'm a big fan of the sport!
 
crandc said:
We should have a general Olympics thread. Thriller softball game. Japan led 1-0 and hat no hitter going through five innings. US managed to scratch out tying run in the sixth mainly by hustling to break up double play. Then a player who had gone 1 for 12 hit a walkoff home run for US, their first homer of the Olympics.
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The extra innings rules are crazy? Starting with a runner on second. Makes for an exciting end.
 
As if we aren’t dealing with enough shit over here right now, they are saying a typhoon is headed our way tomorrow sometime I guess. We just had warnings on the loud speakers…..
 
THE HCP said:
As if we aren’t dealing with enough shit over here right now, they are saying a typhoon is headed our way tomorrow sometime I guess. We just had warnings on the loud speakers…..
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Hunker down & be safe Bro. The Japanese have some of the Best Emergency Services in the world.
 
THE HCP said:
As if we aren’t dealing with enough shit over here right now, they are saying a typhoon is headed our way tomorrow sometime I guess. We just had warnings on the loud speakers…..
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That was in the news two days ago. Then again, you probably can't read or understand the news there. :) Tokyo OC should design some typhoon pictograms to act out.
 
THE HCP said:
As if we aren’t dealing with enough shit over here right now, they are saying a typhoon is headed our way tomorrow sometime I guess. We just had warnings on the loud speakers…..
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THE HCP said:
Day 15 in the books! Working everyday can wear ya out, but this has been a blast. These people and culture here are amazing!

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Something special about Pacific island people....they learn to coexist without so much social aggression. The worst thing you can do in Japan is make someone feel bad about themselves...lose face. Here it's what folks do for breakfast. I drove Japanese students on a tour once a week around the Big Island of Hawaii when I was teaching at the Japanese college in Hilo...never had one problem...one incident or heard any students argue.....wish my Jr High students in Hilo were that easy to be around
 
riverman said:
Something special about Pacific island people....they learn to coexist without so much social aggression. The worst thing you can do in Japan is make someone feel bad about themselves...lose face. Here it's what folks do for breakfast.
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I'm not so sure that Japan doesn't have social aggression. Their history is ripe with it.
 
julius said:
I'm not so sure that Japan doesn't have social aggression. Their history is ripe with it.
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Of course their samarai culture and warlord history was tribal and could be aggressive just like Medieval Europe but since WWII they are an extremely peaceful people other than the Yakuza organized crime segment of society...all in all it's really safe to walk around Japan late at night most everywhere....can't say that about Oakland...They are an extremely paternal society...but young Japanese are bucking that trend more and more
 
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julius said:
I'm not so sure that Japan doesn't have social aggression. Their history is ripe with it.
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you won't ever see Karens flip out in a store over mask rules...you'll never see road rage there or much bullying or social confrontation. there's really no comparison between living in Japan and living in America...lot of roid rage like behavior here...seems a lot of people who've only lived here can't see it for what it is more often than not...it's become the norm unfortunately
 
riverman said:
you won't ever see Karens flip out in a store over mask rules...you'll never see road rage there or much bullying or social confrontation. there's really no comparison between living in Japan and living in America...lot of roid rage like behavior here...seems a lot of people who've only lived here can't see it for what it is more often than not...it's become the norm unfortunately
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I'd also say that Japan has a history of being very aggressive against foreigners (not arguing the validity of it). My sister stayed in Japan for a year, and she was treated with much disrespect.
 
julius said:


I'd also say that Japan has a history of being very aggressive against foreigners (not arguing the validity of it). My sister stayed in Japan for a year, and she was treated with much disrespect.
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was not my experience at all....I've spent a lot of time there...had a Japanese girlfriend, etc...over half my life on Pacific islands from Hawaii to Japan Okinawa and mostly Taiwan..there's a marked difference in aggression from here..sorry your sister had a bad experience...I don't know of anyone else who felt that way and I have friends that still live there ..some for decades now...Japan like anywhere has mentally ill people..bipolar people...my take is on their society as a whole and not their nut job criminals that pop up now and then...Japanese inflicted deaths are almost always suicides...usually for academic or business failures.
 
julius said:


I'd also say that Japan has a history of being very aggressive against foreigners (not arguing the validity of it). My sister stayed in Japan for a year, and she was treated with much disrespect.
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Sure, you can find assholes everywhere, but there are absolutely more in America. I see it on the streets, the grocery store, the malls, schools, games, and even at tourist attractions. Pathetic really.
 
tykendo said:
Sure, you can find assholes everywhere, but there are absolutely more in America. I see it on the streets, the grocery store, the malls, schools, games, and even at tourist attractions. Pathetic really.
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I didn't say there weren't more here. Just was saying it's not like it's not also over there.
 
you won't see young Japanese thugs beating up old white women because they are white in Japan....you see thugs in America beating up 70 year old asians for no reason..
 
Go Team USA! HCP...glad to see you having a great experience over there....!
 
riverman said:
you won't see young Japanese thugs beating up old white women because they are white in Japan....you see thugs in America beating up 70 year old asians for no reason..
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Not defending it by any means, but there's a huge difference between Asian and Western countries that doesn't get much mention: immigration. Everyone flocks west. Asian countries are significantly more homogeneous, which eliminates a lot of the social unrest. For example, you could easily say the same of China [as of Japan] for the most part, but look at their treatment of ethnic minorities.
 
handiman said:
Not defending it by any means, but there's a huge difference between Asian and Western countries that doesn't get much mention: immigration. Everyone flocks west. Asian countries are significantly more homogeneous, which eliminates a lot of the social unrest. For example, you could easily say the same of China [as of Japan] for the most part, but look at their treatment of ethnic minorities.
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Japan and Taiwan are democracies...China just invaded northern india, conquered Tibet back in the day and is far from a democracy...not really a fair comparison although asian public life is generally more peaceful than western culture..native americans can talk about what happens when Europeans flock to the new world....our own history of slavery and genocide amongst the natives hardly withstands scrutiny
 
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