The Olympics is the biggest sports day in the world and being both Greek and English you would think I would be all over it like white on rice; but I’m not. Honestly I couldn’t give a fart in a bath tub about it. I am not one of those people who will say the money could have been spent more wisely or the legacy of the games is usually debt and sports facilities one uses. I am a simple man some might say stupid but they are mean, I simply hate the fact that television, Twitter and Facebook have turned in 24/7 sports broadcasters. Take rowing for example; I don’t know anyone who would actively go out of their way to watch it at any other time. “Yes, let’s get some beers in and watch the rowing league game” In my scenario there are leagues in rowing. To be honest I have no idea how rowing works and you might say that the Olympics gives me a chance to learn about a sport but frankly it’s just useless information sitting in my brain till a time it chooses to turn into a tumour and kill me; I’m not a doctor but I am pretty sure that’s how it works.
You could be forgiven for thinking I am just shitting on the games because I am not a sports minded kind of guy, but you are wrong I follow some sports to an almost sickening standard. Ok I watch football and MMA and get all the gossip but I don’t know them inside out, I am not one of those people, times and dates of past achievements aren’t my dag. Maybe a history degree was a bad choice. I just think it’s an excuse for people to be nationalistic and prideful which are meaningless things to me, yay a person I have never met won at a sport I have never tried but because he is from my nation I get to be boastful. You don’t; so please stop, go back to posting pictures of the meals you have made or a quote that inspires you because I have made an active choice not to watch the games, most for the companies sponsoring it are known killers and the people taking part are so alien to my way of thinking that I might as well be from a different planet.
I guess all I have to say is there must be something going on in your life that is more pertinent to those whom follow or friend you on your social networking site of choice than the achievements of other people. I want my social network back!
