2024 Paris Olympics

[Scoop Snoop]

That no one would watch.

Let them play with the big guys as long as the big guys can dunk the shrimpy players. Hopefully, they wouldn't get stuck in the net. It would mess up the flow of the game. 

[MuggsyB]

Doesn't Fisher-Price make equipment for the muggsy's of the world?

Further evidence of the ubiquitous discrimination of our smaller citizens.  I'm 5'4 and proud of our tremendous diminutive athletes.

[tower912]

That would be Jockey.

[The Sultan]

Further evidence of the ubiquitous discrimination of our smaller citizens.  I'm 5'4 and proud of our tremendous diminutive athletes.

Agreed. I like midget bowling.

[MU82]

Michael Phelps has genetic advantages that make him a faster swimmer than normal guys.
LeBron James has genetic advantages that make him better at basketball than normal guys.
Serena Williams has genetic advantages that make her a better tennis player than normal women.
Erling Haaland has genetic advantages that make him a better soccer player than normal guys.

The best athletes have always had innate advantages. That includes fighters. It's a big part of what makes them great.
Why is this suddenly a problem for these two athletes?

You know why. To quote one of our resident tooth-yankers:

Fear and control, fear and control.

[warriorchick]

I get tired of watching some of the events after a while, but women's gymnastics is not one of them. Did you see how high Simone got on her floor exercise during the team competition?

It's even more impressive to watch live,  She is 4'7" and can literally get 12 feet in the air.

[MuggsyB]

Agreed. I like midget bowling.

Imagine if another group of people suffered this fking bcrap? I thought your political party is all about inclusion?  What about our dwarf population which is significantt?  I've said it many times:  Jonathan Swift had foresight despite his satirical bent.  One of these days the entire diminutive population (worldwide) will unite!!!  You will see a force that would make the great Simo Hayha proud!  No longer will there be anxiety about needing a 45 inch vert (plus hangtime) to piss in a public urinal.  It's time to punch back and own the future for the sub 5'9 world.

[MuggsyB]

It's even more impressive to watch live,  She is 4'7" and can literally get 12 feet in the air.

Damn fking straight!!!

[MU82]

Senator JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, is drawing renewed scrutiny over his past remarks that the American gymnast Simone Biles, who won another Olympic all-around gold medal on Thursday, showed weakness when she withdrew from the previous Games because of a mental health issue.

Mr. Vance, during an appearance on Fox News in 2021, questioned why Ms. Biles was receiving acclaim for stepping away from the competition at the Tokyo games.

"I think it reflects pretty poorly on our sort of therapeutic society that we try to praise people, not for moments of strength, not for moments of heroism, but for their weakest moments," Mr. Vance, who was running for the Senate, said at the time.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/us/politics/jd-vance-simone-biles.html?

[The Sultan]

Imagine if another group of people suffered this fking bcrap? I thought your political party is all about inclusion?  What about our dwarf population which is significantt?  I've said it many times:  Jonathan Swift had foresight despite his satirical bent.  One of these days the entire diminutive population (worldwide) will unite!!!  You will see a force that would make the great Simo Hayha proud!  No longer will there be anxiety about needing a 45 inch vert (plus hangtime) to piss in a public urinal.  It's time to punch back and own the future for the sub 5'9 world.

We all know how that would go.

[MuggsyB]

We all know how that would go.

The strongest pound for pound species is the mantis shrimp. 

[wadesworld]

Biles is amazing and what gymnasts can do is crazy. But we do realize that there's spring to the floor, right? They aren't doing that on a basketball floor.

[MuggsyB]

Biles is amazing and what gymnasts can do is crazy. But we do realize that there's spring to the floor, right? They aren't doing that on a basketball floor.

Let's see Lebron try to do Biles' floor exercise routine.

[MU1in77]

Senator JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, is drawing renewed scrutiny over his past remarks that the American gymnast Simone Biles, who won another Olympic all-around gold medal on Thursday, showed weakness when she withdrew from the previous Games because of a mental health issue.

Mr. Vance, during an appearance on Fox News in 2021, questioned why Ms. Biles was receiving acclaim for stepping away from the competition at the Tokyo games.
82 - why do you have to make this political????

"I think it reflects pretty poorly on our sort of therapeutic society that we try to praise people, not for moments of strength, not for moments of heroism, but for their weakest moments," Mr. Vance, who was running for the Senate, said at the time.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/us/politics/jd-vance-simone-biles.html?

[warriorchick]

Biles is amazing and what gymnasts can do is crazy. But we do realize that there's spring to the floor, right? They aren't doing that on a basketball floor.

It's equivalent to Shaq getting 18 feet in the air.  Can he do that, even with a springy floor?

[The Sultan]

It's equivalent to Shaq getting 18 feet in the air.  Can he do that, even with a springy floor?

How did you calculate this "equivalent?"

[rocket surgeon]

Senator JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, is drawing renewed scrutiny over his past remarks that the American gymnast Simone Biles, who won another Olympic all-around gold medal on Thursday, showed weakness when she withdrew from the previous Games because of a mental health issue.

Mr. Vance, during an appearance on Fox News in 2021, questioned why Ms. Biles was receiving acclaim for stepping away from the competition at the Tokyo games.

"I think it reflects pretty poorly on our sort of therapeutic society that we try to praise people, not for moments of strength, not for moments of heroism, but for their weakest moments," Mr. Vance, who was running for the Senate, said at the time.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/us/politics/jd-vance-simone-biles.html?

  you just can't help yourself

  you know how many people just changed their votes because you "enlightened" them of this?


                        NONE,   ZIP-ZERO-NADA

but you are willing to risk your scoop legacy over chit comments such as this? 


I just mention ice cream or flavor of the day and Sally gets a runny diaper

[Not all scoop users are created equal apparently]

"Scoop legacy"

[warriorchick]

How did you calculate this "equivalent?"

Simone is jumping over 2 1/2 times her height.

[The Sultan]

Simone is jumping over 2 1/2 times her height.

Not sure that's how jumping works. But OK.

[warriorchick]

Not sure that's how jumping works. But OK.

What would be the equivalent?  The air she gets?  Can Shaq get seven feet of air on a springy floor?

[MuggsyB]

Simone is jumping over 2 1/2 times her height.

Do we actually know how much "spring" the average person would get?  I can't imagine it's all that much relatively speaking.  It's definitely not a foot. 

[The Sultan]

What would be the equivalent?  The air she gets?  Can Shaq get seven feet of air on a springy floor?

Yes and no.

[MU82]

  you just can't help yourself

  you know how many people just changed their votes because you "enlightened" them of this?


                        NONE,   ZIP-ZERO-NADA

but you are willing to risk your scoop legacy over chit comments such as this? 


I just mention ice cream or flavor of the day and Sally gets a runny diaper

So we'll mark you down as "I want my leaders to chastise those who seek help with their mental health."

Thanks, as always, for your unique perspective.

[MuggsyB]

Simone Biles has a better chance of doing a 360 Tomahawk dunk than any NBA player in  the history of the league could do what I just saw on the balance beam.