Except... why is it that the Brazilian kid lives in a slum?! It would make sense if he played football, but I'm not sure volleyball is even popular in most favelas, and I don't even know why I'm taking this advert so seriously :toothless
Looney4Clooney
every olympic athlete leads a pretty ing grim life. All that ing time to run good so you can impress people that don't care any other day. I just don't understand what sort of human being it would take to encourage someone to throw their life away to get a ing medal doing something that adds no value to humanity.
RUN FAST. BRING HONOUR TO FAMILY.
OrangestO
I hadn't seen pics of these presumed practices.
:wtf:
Halcyon+On+On
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Originally posted by Meat187
Surely overambitious parents and high pressure to perform are not a purely Asian intervention.
Assuming you meant "invention", it's actually rather possible the Asians invented it:
Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
All that ing time to run good so you can impress people.
Unlike you, I'm sure impressing people is the last thing on their minds when growing up and training to be the best in their respective sports.
Looney4Clooney
go to a ballet school. You will see the same. Well maybe not so young, but young enough.But at least they do something that adds to humanity. Running fast, throwing far, dancing in the water, i mean i know it takes practice, but i can't not think why the do people care.
Halcyon+On+On
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Originally posted by Euforix
Cultural differences...
Relativism might just be the west's sickest fascination.
Looney4Clooney
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Originally posted by OrangestO
Unlike you, I'm sure impressing people is the last thing on their minds when growing up and training to be the best in their respective sports.
i was referring to the ing concept you twit. And if being validated was not so ing important, you wouldn't see so many people cry when they lose. impressing people is all they ing have. Because other than that, their life has no ing meaning what so ever. They are defined by doing that stupid task really really really ing good. A task that outside of the olympics , has less worth than a street drummer. THeir whole life's work culminates to a 30 second event. I mean that is beyond ed up. And some events, i mean how is running fast impressive ? or jumping far. Or throwing really far. Swimming fast. I"m sure it takes alot of practice, so would being able to balance a ing tv on your head. Why is that not in the olympics.
except foodball and the people that do all those flips.
Lira
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Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
go to a ballet school. You will see the same. Well maybe not so young, but young enough.But at least they do something that adds to humanity. Running fast, throwing far, dancing in the water, i mean i know it takes practice, but i can't not think why the do people care.
Really?! You can see why ballet is good but not sports!? :conf:
DJ NyX
eh. china never really gave too much of a about the idividual.
Meat187
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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Assuming you meant "invention", it's actually rather possible the Asians invented it:
Err, wut? Yeah, I meant invention, and I guess you just wanted to link that article for general interest, because paleontology has nothing to do with any of this.
Anyway, these images seem like a cheap attempt at emotional manipulation and are nothing you wouldn't find in the west as well. Also, I'm far from convinced that an education without discipline and pressure is the one way. Yeah, I said it: better a Chinese world record swimmer than a fat American kid that plays video games all day.
Looney4Clooney
ballet adds culture, running fast, i 'm really not sure what the that is adding. the olympics are entertainment. Like gladiators in rome. Ballet, as cruel as the training might be yields something artistic which will invariably be more valuable than sport. Nobody talks about a football game that happened 100 years ago. People do talk about art that happened 100 years ago. So ya, i do think it is quite different, one is art, the other is just entertainment. Humans need to get over themselves. We suck when it comes to physical activity. Pretty sure a ing bear could out run most of those runners. A cheetah, that is impressive. SOmeone riding a bike ? hard sure , iimpressive, not to me.
