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BumRushDaShow

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27. Wow. A generation gap in here

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sat Jul 28, 2012, 10:14 AM

Jul 2012

I saw some psyched up athletes who finally get to have their time in the sun. Most have struggled raising money for training and travel and juggling work, school, and families. I loved their excitement and desire to "capture the moment". For a couple weeks, they are looking forward to putting the nastiness of politics and world rancor aside and just compete on their own physical and mental merits.

As it is, if it weren't for their documentation of the "moment", surely their government mouth-pieces would fill in the blanks with bullshit and propaganda - just like the NBC gasbags tried to do. I want to see what THEY saw. Not what Vieira, Costas, and Lauer INSIST that they saw.

Let 'em be!

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Do people realize how dumb they look holding their phones up [View all] NightWatcher Jul 2012 OP

I completely agree IndyPragmatist123 Jul 2012 #1

I saw a couple of athletes filming with their iPads. onehandle Jul 2012 #2

'Typed on my iPad in bed.' freshwest Jul 2012 #5

The device-wielding American team won the gold for self-absorption BeyondGeography Jul 2012 #3

Yes! I hope this trend gets old real fast. chollybocker Jul 2012 #4

I don't worry about what other people are doing with their phones... Scootaloo Jul 2012 #6

Exactly what I was thinking. randome Jul 2012 #17

I only worry when they are operating a motor vehicle. GoCubsGo Jul 2012 #29

This is exactly what I think whenever Jamaal510 Jul 2012 #7

Don't you know it's not "real" unless it's on a screen? Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #8

sadly true. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #11

Stupid is as stupid does. 4lbs Jul 2012 #9

95 percent of them nichomachus Jul 2012 #23

Grandma won't settle for tape delay Brother Buzz Jul 2012 #10

Egocentric's R Us TeamPooka Jul 2012 #12

Agree completely! It's a ceremony. A CEREMONY! Bonobo Jul 2012 #13

They did look silly. rad51 Jul 2012 #14

wasn't Kobe Bryant doing it ? JI7 Jul 2012 #16

anyone know if they were given to them free and the company asked them to do that ? JI7 Jul 2012 #15

Technolgy is moving so rapidly that stuff like this is going to be the norm. joshcryer Jul 2012 #18

Just plug into the Matrix... rfranklin Jul 2012 #24

It's their time to remember - who cares what YOU think about appearances? Baclava Jul 2012 #19

No kidding. Robb Jul 2012 #26

Exactly. xmas74 Jul 2012 #33

Had I been the queen, I'd have forbidden it... Phentex Jul 2012 #20

At least we have to watch flashes going off less often. alphafemale Jul 2012 #21

Have you ever read "Shooting An Elephant" by George Orwell? Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #22

I guess I don't see the harm in it. MineralMan Jul 2012 #25

Wow. A generation gap in here BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #27

+1! n/t Spazito Jul 2012 #28

No generation gap. charlyvi Jul 2012 #32

Almost as dumb as the ones tripping down the sidewalk in a crowd RKP5637 Jul 2012 #30

If I was in that parade, I'd have video camera in one hand William Seger Jul 2012 #31

Hmmm, I'm not sure ... noamnety Jul 2012 #34

Doesn't bother me in the least proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #35

They should have shelled out the extra money for the new Eyephone. progressoid Jul 2012 #36

They looked like they were having a blast!! Control-Z Jul 2012 #37

If it were cameras instead of phones, no one would have batted an eye RayOfHope Jul 2012 #38