The Olympics Which I'm Not Watching

I'm not a big fan of sport, whether it's watching people play or playing myself. I know the Olympics are on, but I actually haven't sat down and watched a single event yet. Our massive TV in the lounge is broken, and Dad is too lazy--- oh sorry, too "busy" to find the warranty paper. If I recall correctly, he paid an extra hundred to extend the warranty for an extra year when we bought the TV. Gawd.

So I guess what I'm saying is I have no idea wtf is happening in the Olympics. All my sources of news come from the internet... and I can only hope it's reliable. I read about how that Chinese girl (Shiwen Ye) smashed a record, and was accused of cheating afterwards.

...because there's a correlation between one person breaking records and another drowning

My parents were enraged, and Dad started talking about how every other race was racist, in a racist way. Oh the irony. Personally I thought it was a bit harsh to accuse her of taking drugs when there's no evidence... and saying that "she's Chinese and the Chinese use advanced drugs but they'll show up 10-20 years later"...

Man I wish there was a way for us to round up all the stupid people in this world and wipe them out. Kill it before it spawns! (Wow, I sound like Hitler)

Then there are all these people yapping on about how the Australian team was disappointing and hardly had any gold medals... Even though I understand the concept of patriotism, I still can't understand why anyone is upset over that... Sure it's like your country is losing in sport... but so what? At least we're not like, a poverty stricken 3rd world country. Eh, I'm probably missing the point. I guess it's reasonable to feel disappointment, but I still don't see the need for causing such a large commotion over it.

The worst part of the Olympic news I'm receiving? It seems that almost every place is making a meme about some Australian weightlifter who didn't shave her armpit. The meme was funny while it lasted, but then the comments disgusted me. Like, this woman made it into the Olympics, and all people care about is how she has hairy armpits. I know shaving is generally expected of females... but that's no reason to insult someone.

*sigh*

I remember being excited about the Olympics, when I was younger. Now that I've grown older... all I see is how the Olympics brings out the worst in everyone.