tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post5321196742307943089..comments2024-03-29T09:25:08.645-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Olympics a tedious, mystifying waste of timeNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1840518007735726312016-08-06T19:24:01.108-05:002016-08-06T19:24:01.108-05:00I'm no longer in a desirable demographic, Clar...I'm no longer in a desirable demographic, Clark. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63763479988890468102016-08-06T15:02:57.001-05:002016-08-06T15:02:57.001-05:00One thing I find unsettling about the Olympics is ...One thing I find unsettling about the Olympics is how often they're held in nations whose governments don't consider themselves accountable to their people.<br /><br />Bitter ScribeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857840826894504436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-11509501891243588572016-08-06T10:31:14.028-05:002016-08-06T10:31:14.028-05:00"today, when you can keep your cell phone and..."today, when you can keep your cell phone and your Palm Pilot jiggling on your belt and be plugged into everything all the time, maybe now we are reaching some kind of limit, some zenith of access, the moment when we realize that the next challenge for humanity is no longer faster, greater access, but to think about delegating, about culling, about triaging, about learning to ignore stuff. "<br /><br />In an alternate universe perhaps, but not in this one. I once believed we would wise up, but no more. Trump has that affect on people. I foresee a day when everyone in the world is viewing a feed of opinions and gibberish from the corners of the world, instantaneously pressing one of two buttons around the clock - one for a positive feeling, one for a negative feeling, letting the world know they exist and they are feeling. Thinking? Not so much. Twitter and it's 126 characters will be looked at as the equivalent of writing War and Peace. <br /><br />Call me a cynic but who would have considered that Twitter level discourse would be the standard for humanity? I see where it's headed. Positive. Positive. Negative. Positive, Negative. Negative. . . . Dennis Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936110563379328219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-26178416245870430852016-08-06T10:01:41.261-05:002016-08-06T10:01:41.261-05:00You are exactly the person NBC watches, but you do...You are exactly the person NBC watches, but you don't.<br />I'm guessing that NBC's market research is as faulty as its prime time scheduling is.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2461077707592051692016-08-06T08:21:03.987-05:002016-08-06T08:21:03.987-05:00The Olympics will probably be in the background of...The Olympics will probably be in the background of my day for their duration, as my husband will tune in. While they don't hold much interest for me, I can see the appeal of watching something difficult done at the highest (if not the purest) level. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.com