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Bluenorthwest

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7. They are all a huge orgy of marketing and product placement

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2014, 10:50 AM

Feb 2014

This one has the added bigotry and oppressive legal environment added to the mix. I'm not sure why anyone who is not fully Corporate would enjoy an event that exists to sell cereal and soda while creating the next generation of 'star endorsers' of cereal and soda. Under the best circumstances, Olympics are just a long commercial.

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Even with the current Olympics being as bad as they are... [View all] Archae Feb 2014 OP

The US boycott. Javaman Feb 2014 #1

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I think this year's Olympics are fantastic. sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #3

The current Olympics have been pretty good.* FSogol Feb 2014 #4

With Sochi, the Olympics have finally slipped into utter irrelevance. Romulox Feb 2014 #5

They are all a huge orgy of marketing and product placement Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #7