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[heywoodu 16,004]

 

[Olympian1010 8,230]

@heywoodu I believe we have our first tropical storm in the Atlantic too. Covid + Cyclones/Hurricanes, what’s the worst that could happen?

[heywoodu 16,004]

4 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

@heywoodu I believe we have our first tropical storm in the Atlantic too.

 

Yep, although that one isn't really expected to be too much trouble. Definitely not compared to what especially Bangladesh is awaiting.

[Griff88 2,009]

39 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

@heywoodu I believe we have our first tropical storm in the Atlantic too. Covid + Cyclones/Hurricanes, what’s the worst that could happen?

 

Welp we have a COVID and dengue outbreak combi here

[Olympian1010 8,230]

I laughed out loud when I saw this:

How do you respond to these accusations @Werloc and @Bearas?

 

I fully expected to see people call out American, Russian, and Chinese fans, but Lithuania was an unexpected surprise 

[heywoodu 16,004]

3 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

I laughed out loud when I saw this:

 

 

I fully expected to see people call out American, Russian, and Chinese fans, but Lithuania was an unexpected surprise 

 

Chinese?  They just seem to 'be there', Americans seem to be the most intolerable (in literally any sport ever, one might add) since you're pretty much always expecting some brainless 'U S A! U S A! U S A!' to be droning on from the stands  

 

Anyhow, the point made in that post is absolutely excellent, about how it's sad that the Olympics (and sports in general) are more about a national pride thing ("athlete A wins and he has the same nationality in his passport as I do, wow!") instead of a thing of actually appreciating the athletes no matter their nationality.

[heywoodu 16,004]

Uh oh. Fire in a former nuclear plant in the Netherlands, which was closed in 1997 and set to be broken down and demolished in 2045. Hopefully the uranium is indeed gone  

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

Dodewaard >> Chernobyl

 

RiP

[heywoodu 16,004]

22 minutes ago, dcro said:

Dodewaard >> Chernobyl

 

RiP

 

Arnhem survived Market Garden, let's see if this proves to be their undoing.

[heywoodu 16,004]

Darya Klishina, the only Russian allowed to compete in athletics in the 2016 Olympics, said she has gotten a rather....interesting offer. An anonymous American offered her a sum of money to work as...you ain't gonna guess this....an escort  

 

"He sent the offer a few months ago in a DM on Instagram, I never expected that. I'm not someone who starts yelling then, so I kindly answered I wasn't interested. He answered by saying "Wait, don't refuse immediately, you don't know the terms yet." It was a pretty large amount of money, 180.000 euro...per month. It kinda made me wonder if I really look like someone who'd accept that."