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Staying In Sochi Is A Hilarious Adventure in the ass.

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Marky Mark

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Rad- said:
I guess they haven't spend enough money yet considering they are now painting grass:
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Dr.Acula

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Zaph said:
Have a little read about how those low Wikipedia numbers came about.
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"Around Sochi, developers and contractors pushed to have any project, no matter how tenuous, deemed “Olympic”—such a designation would not only ensure reliable funding but also allow them to skirt existing zoning and building regulations. One owner of a local construction firm joked to me that every new toilet in town was Olympic."

Ah, that' explains it!
 
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Salmonax

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I'm for all the general hilarity, but painting patches of dead grass in the winter isn't that unusual a landscaping trick for big events.
 
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Uncle

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Number45 said:
Is this proper trolling, or is he genuinely dissing him? No idea who it is that tweeted that.
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He's a canadian snowboarder. And he doesn't seem too happy about the courses either, since in the linked article was this "Sebastien Toutant of Canada told the Olympic News Service, 'It's like jumping out of a building.'" But maybe he is just a bit more extreme.
 
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Rapstah

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"Jazyk v teste" being translated as "Language in test" is actually accurate. "Language" and "tongue" are the same word, and the prepositional case of "test" ("test") and "testo" ("dough") are identical.
 
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Dr.Acula

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DrFunk said:
The Dogs of Sochi
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I visited my cousin in Ukraine, and we were walking through a square in Chortkiv, and a dog walked up to me and I instinctively patted it as it walked by, and he freaked out, "what are you doing? Don't pet stray dogs," and he laughed, telling me he didn't want to get rabies.

As a Canadian, it wouldn't occur to me that a dog walking around in a public square with lots of people was a stray. But then I started looking around, and yup, there were a lot of strays!
 
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Dr.Acula

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Shadybiz said:
Has this been posted yet?

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/54273832/#54273832

Basically, people visiting Sochi should not use any device that has personal information on it, due to rampant hacking. I had no idea it was that bad.
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Looks like a lotta people are gonna find out about Cryptolocker.

edit: the phone hack is a little crazy, the NBC dude managed to download and install and app that just "popped up" on his device. "Warning! In Sochi, these "can-dals" you see on tables are not in fact, delicious drinks, they're DANGEROUS!"
 
GungHo

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ToxicAdam said:
Maybe I'm alone in this, but a lot of this comes across as entitled bitches whining.

Yes, poor you, you get to get paid for two weeks while you take a vacation and cover some meaningless sports. Yes, some of your hospitality will be compromised because of this massive influx of people they are not used to.
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They've had over six years and billions of dollars to gear up for this. The Olympic Committee doesn't just send you a postcard that says "see you next year". You have to actually bid for this shit, and those bid packages aren't cheap, either. I don't disagree that expectations should be managed when you're holding the Games in the BFE, but "not used to" isn't really a valid counter-argument for a long-lead time, volunteer event.

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That awkward moment when you make eye contact with the people queuing.
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GungHo said:
They've had over six years and billions of dollars to gear up for this. The Olympic Committee doesn't just send you a postcard that says "see you next year". You have to actually bid for this shit, and those bid packages aren't cheap, either. I don't disagree that expectations should be managed when you're holding the Games in the BFE, but "not used to" isn't really a valid counter-argument for a long-lead time, volunteer event.
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Haven't you ever forgot to do your homework and then rush it while the class was already in session while hoping the teacher doesn't notice? Have some empathy.
 
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Dr.Acula said:
I visited my cousin in Ukraine, and we were walking through a square in Chortkiv, and a dog walked up to me and I instinctively patted it as it walked by, and he freaked out, "what are you doing? Don't pet stray dogs," and he laughed, telling me he didn't want to get rabies.

As a Canadian, it wouldn't occur to me that a dog walking around in a public square with lots of people was a stray. But then I started looking around, and yup, there were a lot of strays!
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After living in Taiwan for four years I just assume every cat and dog I see without a leash is stray. Doesn't phase me at all now.
 
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Puppet Shadow

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I just heard on the news that one of the hotels doesn't have a lobby, so instead you have to go to the owners room (which is just a bedroom) to check in. That would be a bit weird.

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PK Strawstorm

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Can we change the title to "People who have never been in the military or have generally lived amazing lives: The Thread"?

Note: I am in the second group, although did experience group toilet adventures on Boy Scout trips to military sites.
 
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Vulcano's assistant

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Marky Mark said:
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Perfect.

And by the way, Disney had some pretty overt communist parody back in the day it seems:

“Painting the roses red, we’re painting the roses red, we cannot stop or waste a drop, so let the painting spread. We’re painting the roses red; we’re painting the roses red! Painting the roses red, a bitter tear we shed, because we know they’ll seize to grow, in fact they’ll soon be dead. Noooo! And yet we go ahead, painting the roses red, red, red, red, red, and red, red, red. Painting the roses red, we’re painting the roses red...”
 
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PK Strawstorm said:
Can we change the title to "People who have never been in the military or have generally lived amazing lives: The Thread"?

Note: I am in the second group, although did experience group toilet adventures on Boy Scout trips to military sites.
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I'd prefer the title Russia Invests 50 Billion in Revolutionary Toilet Innovations Research.
 
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RSLAEV

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The most alarming thing about this thread to me is the knowledge that there's even a 'Don't-flush-your-toilet-paper-throw-it-in-a-bin" defense force on GAF

You'd think I'd know better, but no.
 
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Magna_Mixalis

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j-wood said:
Why in God's name did we allow Russia to host these?

Just read about how hackers are having a field day with every device connecting to the internet there.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57618407-83/sochi-visitors-entering-hacking-minefield-by-firing-up-electronics/
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Imagine the chaos if they had internet-capable appliances, or god forbid, the new school Japanese washlets (toilet/bidet hybrid, god's gift to defecation).

And going back to the Shaun White thing; when even the courses are trying to kill you you know things are just going to be a guaranteed clusterfuck.

Now, how long do you think it's going to take before "Putin" becomes a viable verb?

Putin: to completely destroy and make a mockery of something, with the implications of gross incompetency and/or corruption.
 
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DrM

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Leaders of all national teams had a three hour meeting today with main organizing company and according to our team leader, complaint on complaint on more complaints.
Transportation system collapsed today and they expect it to get worse in following days.
 
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Fuzzy

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j-wood said:
I just meant we figuratively guys come on
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You're right, we should've stopped Russia from bribing the IOC in order to get the Olympics. We should've also stopped them from bribing FIFA to get the World Cup in 2018.
 
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krae_man

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Fuzzy said:
You're right, we should've stopped Russia from bribing the IOC in order to get the Olympics. We should've also stopped them from bribing FIFA to get the World Cup in 2018.
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Well Bribing is how Atlanta got 96 and Salt Lake got 2002. Shouldn't we be mad at other countries for not bribing enough?
 
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