Olympics and Paralympics

[silk zephyr]

I don’t enjoy it

[lone dove]

Just do the Beatles if you're going to do the Beatles.

Of course now we have Seven Nation Army...

not very inspired

[silk zephyr]

I do love seven nation army

Got really confused why I couldn’t really hear the music, I’d turned the volume down while I was on the phone with my mum 🤦🏻‍♀️

So he’s Russian but they got married soooo that’s less bad than usual

Oh bless her

They’re so cute

Pierogi plush!!!

[lone dove]

Tara Lipinski was like "I want a pierogi" to which the main commentator dude said he never expected to hear that from her and she had to remind him where that last name comes from

and... who doesn't want a pierogi regardless

[silk zephyr]

I’ve never had one

[wary shell]

They’re pretty good

It’s hard to get good ones here though, I’m not near Chicago.

[lone dove]

You'll rarely go wrong with a dumpling no matter where on Earth you are.

[wary shell]

Dumpling and donuts, keeps the world together.

[cosmic jasper]

i live in western pa. we love pierogi

[wary shell]

Big Air is finally happening.

[silk zephyr]

Fun orientalism

I was about to say “oh no Jai Ho ok” and there it is

The commentators are praising the “hand-ography”

[lone dove]

lol the pretzel

[cosmic jasper]

lou do you like dumpling texture and mashed potatoes?

[pastel pilot]

the Germans would pick Meatloaf

[silk zephyr]

I loved the jump right onto the beat of the song

[silk zephyr]

Gonna be honest, don’t think I’ve ever had a dumpling

I love the heart on the back of his top

That was fun

[cosmic jasper]

hmmm i’m still convinced you’d like pierogi

[pseudo steeple]

I feel like pierogi isn’t that wild if you like pastry and meat

[lone dove]

you have Chinese food around there right? I'm sure you could get wontons

or gyoza if there's a Japanese place

both incredible foods

[silk zephyr]

Oh I’ve had gyoza!

They were microwaved and had way too much green onion

[pseudo steeple]

Oh they stopped the team ski jump after the second round du to weather

[silk zephyr]

I am a slut for mashed potato

[pseudo steeple]

I was gonna say who isn’t but I’ve met people who aren’t

[silk zephyr]

A Spanish themed program that isn’t to carmen, well done

[pastel pilot]

Itsu do decent frozen gyoza and soup dumplings

[pastel pilot]

(it's me 🫣 )

[wary shell]

Ski jump is cancelled, mid round.

[silk zephyr]

I think it was Itsu that I had

I guess I found it too soggy

[wary shell]

Norway, Japan, Austria were supposed to go next.

[pseudo steeple]

I prefer fried dumplings to boiled (but I like them both)

[cosmic jasper]

oh they’re just…stopping it?

that’s wild

[wary shell]

Yeah, everyone confused, it’s the first time in the games.

This event.

[cosmic jasper]

like not a delay. not moved up tomorrow

[silk zephyr]

There’s a polish Catholic Church near my work maybe I should go there

[cosmic jasper]

just. done mid final run

[silk zephyr]

Wait what just cancelled? Did everyone get to run??

[cosmic jasper]

oh i’m sure they can hook you up

[pseudo steeple]

They did two full rounds but there was meant to be a third

But instead they just took the result after the second

[silk zephyr]

Oh well at least it wasn’t like half got to go half didn’t

[cosmic jasper]

no apparently they’re stopping it where it was halfway through round 3

[lone dove]

Let me also put in a plug for empanadas. Any kind of empanadas.

[cosmic jasper]

atleast that’s what they just said

[pseudo steeple]

Ah could be, I just saw the result discussion, but makes sense that they took that point as the final result

[silk zephyr]

But are they counting the scores from the 3rd run or just 1st and 2nd

[wary shell]

Poland may throw themselves on the ground and refuse to move

[pseudo steeple]

Just 1st and 2nd afaik?

Otherwise I don’t think it’d make sense?

German 10cm from a medal that’s gotta hurt

[cosmic jasper]

i hope they’re telling us wrong on the us side

they made it sound like they took the scores from the first half of 3

[silk zephyr]

If so that’s a slam dunk CAS case lol

[cosmic jasper]

times when gold zone is confusing

[silk zephyr]

Half a mark for using musical theatre, minus 100 for it being Ghost

[lone dove]

"please bring back labubus" is not a sentence I expected to hear on an Olympics broadcast. or at all. they went away? I'm so out of touch

[wary shell]

NBC curse strikes down gold for Eileen too. They’re so good at this.

NBC walks up to you, run the other way athletes.

Ow the lady from Finland crashed looks painful

She bounced up though

[scarlet cedar]

gutted for kirsty!!

[silk zephyr]

He’s a grumpy boy

[wary shell]

The leader is going last will she do a simple jump.

She tried.

[pseudo steeple]

Kirsty being in 4th again 💔

[silk zephyr]

Danny O’Shea is apparently maga

[cosmic jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/schmidt-typical-new-girl-gif-18731882

[pseudo steeple]

I want to say I’m surprised but I’m not

[pastel pilot]

Ellie finally landed on her feet

[wary shell]

That’s why I found him so unsettling.

I knew there was something.

[silk zephyr]

I adore their music tho

And the lift is great

[wary shell]

Put Humphries in a race car. I need to see something.

[silk zephyr]

Also he retired to coach and instead of finding a partner for her he un-retired

[cosmic jasper]

literally

[wary shell]

This is her sixth games too.

Okay Elanas turn.

[silk zephyr]

His teeth weird me out

[wary shell]

Put Elana in a race car too. She could take Graha Rahal.

[lone dove]

is there a source for that?

Google and scrolling through his social media is not turning up any evidence of maga

[wary shell]

Down to the German.

She’s wobbly

[silk zephyr]

Twitter so it must be true obv

[wary shell]

I’m going to cry for Elana

[silk zephyr]

Oh it’s coz he follows turning point USA

[lone dove]

I know he works in real estate, so it would not be surprising if he has voted Republican. but the only thing anyone ever seems to say about him is that he's a ray of sunshine

well... that is certainly sus

[cosmic jasper]

ELANA!!!

[wary shell]

I’m crying in club

[silk zephyr]

Decided to fact check because I am an investigator

Not going well for the Chinese

[cosmic jasper]

me too

[wary shell]

Kaillie didn’t share for so long

[cosmic jasper]

the kids in their little puffer jackets

[silk zephyr]

Everyone who competed in the team has been doing bad but we’re pretty removed from it now so that’s interesting

[wary shell]

Canada beating up the Swiss goalie again.

15 shots to 1 lmao

In the second too

Ellie 😭

[silk zephyr]

You need to stop

[wary shell]

Ok

[silk zephyr]

Can you tell the team to calm down

[wary shell]

They see I’m American and they go even bigger but then I tell them I am eligible now for Canadian citizenship due to new law and that only worked 10% due to Quebec.

[silk zephyr]

Beautiful!!

Oh they’re sobbing

[wary shell]

Just learned that Elana played softball at George Washington. She would play softball.

Softball got the stone faced killers.

@silk zephyr I warned you this would happen

They don’t listen to me. It makes them more upset.

They need someone from the commonwealth.

[silk zephyr]

INCREDINLE

[lone dove]

!!!!!!

[pastel pilot]

what a score

[lone dove]

I'm so happy for them 😭

[silk zephyr]

She’s so in shock bless her

I watched a behind the scenes thing from the on ice filmed and he is a former skater who built a rig to film smoothly and easily while on ice

[pseudo steeple]

I would personally be up for trying bobsled to be fair 😆

[silk zephyr]

All I can say is good on him for sponsoring these sports

[lone dove]

I'm glad Eileen Gu is competing for China again after the massive racist hate she got from white Americans during Beijing '22

but jeez that weather that delayed the big air

[wary shell]

Will Power isn’t driving he needed something else to do

[silk zephyr]

Career best performance and this is the place to do it

[wary shell]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThQKKeTG/ I love those earrings even though my ears can only handle the lightest stainless steel options.

[silk zephyr]

The Russians are gonna win this

Was that coach getting shot if he didn’t get them on the podium

That’s got to be gold for Japan

The old German coach trying to figure out how to do heart hands im dead

They’re pissed at third

[lone dove]

aw the Japanese guy is crying again

[silk zephyr]

Bless him 😭

The German man is Russian and both the Georgians are Russian

I love how much they’re congratulating each other 😭😭😭😭

Omg i didn’t realise it’s a world record score!

The Georgians are so happy too

The female commentator on my stream is crying too lol

Back to Flava Flav I adore how he specifically funds women’s teams

https://x.com/flavorflav/status/2023506202014196130?s=46&t=knwfHQnFKAGJQWQFBwUKnQ

FLAVOR FLAV (@FlavorFlav)

MY BOBSLEIGH LADIES SLEIGHED AND TAKE HOME GOLD AND BRONZE,!!! 🥇🥉

Letz GOOOOOOO Elana Taylor Meyers @eamslider24 and Kaillie Humphries,!!

Elana,,, the most decorated black winter Olympian of All time finally takes her gold,!!

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[wary shell]

Water Polo needs him every 4 years because none of the US teams are government funded and they won’t have enough sponsors so he had to find someone in the same boat for winter.

[silk zephyr]

Which is incredible for him, he’s someone who’s using his wealth correctly in my opinion

[wary shell]

Elana has one son with Down’s syndrome and one son who is deaf and she took them on the World Cup circuit for the last couple of years.

Kaillie’s son is like 15 months and been to 10 countries, he’s also the circuit.

[silk zephyr]

Wow that’s incredible

[wary shell]

Switzerland scored a goal!

[silk zephyr]

Just watched the replay of the Japanese skate and I’m crying lol

Sports are incredible

[cosmic jasper]

raising canes also sponsors the bobsled and skeleton team and i have a plush dog that contributed to the teams from them

[wary shell]

One of the skeleton athletes who didn’t make the team was talking about how much the training runs cost at Whistler, it’s insane.

[silk zephyr]

Adorable

[wary shell]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DU0fuhajiB3/ she posted these sign language videos for bobsled terms

whyisign

Part 2 of the Bobsled ASL video!
If you missed Part 1, go watch it first.

Elana Meyers Taylor, @elanameyerstaylor, is mom to Nico and Noah, who are also Deaf. Nico has Down syndrome, and they are very involved in both communities. For fun, we wanted to share some terms that come with bobsledding. We asked around in the community — many thanks...

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https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThQE3J5L/ this is me though

[silk zephyr]

lol the German woman is so excited to receive the plush

Praying for Matt’s bank account

The way they present the Samsung for the selfie is hilarious, here the magnificent Samsung flip

Matt Weston is a swiftie confirmed

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRf7Rd5T/

[wary shell]

These are professionals.

https://vxtwitter.com/nbcolympics/status/2023518249996956121

NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics)

Amber. Alysa. Isabeau.

Let @taylorswift13 introduce you to the Blade Angels: Three American showgirls on ice. #WinterOlympics

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[cosmic jasper]

she loves her olympians

[silk zephyr]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRf7j76W/

I’m so dead at how his kid absolutely rinsed him

[wary shell]

Not a gold. Denied.

[pseudo steeple]

Ah kids always keep you humble

[unique wing]

YESSSS PIEROGI

[unique wing]

Ais I am so disappointed in you

[wary shell]

I met someone allergic to all nightshades before. Tomato, potato… also tobacco.

[unique wing]

Allergies are one thing

That’s acceptable if tragic

[lone dove]

https://www.uuinstagram.com/reel/DUvzeilCZGS/

[granite idol]

I’m also team Ais, but allergies play a part in mine because any good mashed potato requires the most butter, and I am allergic to dairy (like actually allergic, not lactose) . It’s also a sensory thing and the texture never being predictable

[last pulsar]

https://bsky.app/profile/nkalamb.bsky.social/post/3mezanwqbvs2q 👏🏻👏🏻

Nathan Kalman-Lamb (@nkalamb.bsky.social)

Incredible commentary from this Swiss announcer, who accurately characterizes the Israeli team as "Self-defined zionist to the core...who posted several messages in favour of the genocide in Gaza...calling it ‘the most morally just war in history.’”

Solidarity to a real one.

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[pastel pilot]

in my defense it was served for dinner almost every day for the first 20 years of my life

[pseudo steeple]

A lot of people do say the sensory thing and I can totally understand that (plus no butter is no good either)

[silk zephyr]

Skiing delayed

Men’s quali cancelled, women’s delayed until 1:45

6 seconds into the hockey and there’s a wounded linesman

Oof to be fair that was a puck straight into his ribs that’s gotta hurt

And now a player head first into the wall

wtf

[upbeat osprey]

I love mash but I lowkey hate it when it’s too soft

Need some chunks

[oak geyser]

oh I also don’t like mashed potato

here’s the kicker, also don’t like hash browns/potato gems

[silk zephyr]

I don’t like sloppy mashed potato but I also don’t want chunks

But I am awful and use packet mash or frozen mash

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRfKMYdC/ I feel like he has enough jackets for the rest of his life

Oh and I prefer cheese mashed potatoes

[upbeat osprey]

You've lost me here

[oak geyser]

It’s the weird cubed texture inside

feels wrong

[upbeat osprey]

No that’s completely understandable. i don’t like hash brown from some places because the texture is off

Like I don’t like hash browns from Greggs, but I like the McDonald’s ones

[silk zephyr]

I don’t like some hash browns if they have too much onion

[upbeat osprey]

As long as they're crispy and salty I'm good

[cosmic jasper]

https://fixvx.com/swimswim48/status/2023612662832394628?s=46

jocelyn (swimswim4) (@swimswim48)

I’m loving that the unanimous consensus is that Ledecky would beat the shark

QRT: swimswim48
After watching the Winter Olympics, I’ve decided that swimming doesn’t have enough life or death stakes, so starting in LA28 we’re dumping a shark in the pool

vxTwitter / fixvx · Feb 17, 2026, 4:17 AM

[oak geyser]

Aussies: oh okay, so a Tuesday

[silk zephyr]

A German in the stands has his flag backwards

[sharp skiff]

happy short program day everyone

[unique wing]

Oooh that’s fair, trauma is a very good reason to not like something

[silk zephyr]

What I thought there was a day off

I’m going to ikea tonight

[sharp skiff]

Sorry to report, today’s the women’s short program day

[silk zephyr]

NO

Ugh do I cancel ikea

[unique wing]

The Olympics will be over at the end of the week, IKEA is there year round 🤷🏻‍♂️

[silk zephyr]

I want to build something tho

[sharp skiff]

could you find something else to fufill that want? legos scratch that itch for me

[pseudo steeple]

Honestly I’d really like to assemble ikea furniture as a hobby 😆

I know it’s a job but then I have to deal with people’s expectation

[silk zephyr]

I have no Lego at the moment 😭

[sharp skiff]

i 100% understand this pip, i love assembling ikea furniture

[silk zephyr]

wtf is happening to the Netherlands?!?!

The crowd being silent is killingme they’re like wtf

[unique wing]

Aww I like the moms sitting together

The commentators said that the Americans’ smallest margin of victory on the World Cup circuit this year was two seconds

That’s bonkers

Oh god

Drama

Oh god what a collapse

Smh I’m never posting again

[lone dove]

Wouldn't be surprised if the Italians have been saving it all season for their home Olympics where the Americans have been fighting all the time

[silk zephyr]

I missed it because I had to speak to crazy lady 😭😭😭

I’ve just realised the skating starts at 5:30 too so I can’t even run out anywhere

I will just make more friendship bracelets. I’ll soon have a suitcase full for the cruise

[pseudo steeple]

The German commentary just said “that is Italy… attention … italy in first place” 💀

[silk zephyr]

See I swear the hockey commentator just said Denmark was playing Nepal

[unique wing]

Why did I get out of bed just watch the US lose twice in a row SMH

[pseudo steeple]

You’re clearly a curse

[cosmic jasper]

back to bed with you

[silk zephyr]

What time is it there

[cosmic jasper]

9:47 for sam

[last chasm]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DU1C-i9jYK8

upshottowers

He must be the busiest man at the Olympics #olympics #winterolympics #figureskating #milancortina2026

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[pseudo steeple]

I vote for everything to be called “big final” and “small final” like the snowboarding/ski cross cause this makes more sense for my brain

[silk zephyr]

The hockey commentator keeps saying this is TNT/discovery’s first Olympics but discovery literally were the broadcaster for Paris 2024

[unique wing]

It sounds so silly, I love when silly words are the accepted terms for things

[silk zephyr]

I think they mean TNT alone it’s the first time but he’s wording it very badly

[unique wing]

Like snowboarders being goofy-footed, or silly season tbh

[silk zephyr]

I love the goofy-footed as the alternate stance

[unique wing]

Toto using the term silly season in DTS has just stuck in my head forever

That was what made me be like oh this is really just what they call this thing in the sport 😂😂😂

[pastel pilot]

I love 'Kiss and Cry' being the official term for the area figure skaters & their coaches await the scores

it's so silly seeing them walking around with it on their official access lanyards

[unique wing]

Yessss this too!!

[silk zephyr]

I feel like I’m on drugs

[pseudo steeple]

Once again we just yearn for whimsy in everything

[silk zephyr]

Hockey question

Can you kick the puck

[wary shell]

Yeah

Just can’t go over boards

They’re usually clearing from the wall

[cosmic jasper]

not into the net

[last chasm]

Well, yes and no.

[cosmic jasper]

but yes

just not to score

that’s illegal

[last chasm]

You can kick it to yourself

[silk zephyr]

Well I guessed you wouldn’t want to kick it to the other team

Thank you all

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRPeNagY/

[pseudo steeple]

The tears and the hugging 😭you know they lived every second of that routine with them

[silk zephyr]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRPJWpdS/

TikTok just serving me tears today

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRPePn17/

Constantly

[silk zephyr]

Me: oh no I have to rush from work to watch the figure skating
Also me: walks ten steps from my office to the living room

Amber Glenn got a video from Madonna wtf

This is not in support of the skaters but I love the colours of the individual neutral athletes flag/uniform

[lone dove]

If Amber doesn't medal I'm calling the judges homophobic tbh 😂

[silk zephyr]

Valid

I want to know how they become individual neutral athletes. I’ve read the Wikipedia page but it doesn’t explain actually how they become it

I am again petitioning for the boot colour rule to go away

Ugh the commentators are praising petrosian way too much

[lone dove]

Counterpoint for this performance specifically, MJ is wearing (mostly) white shoes with black pants in the Billie Jean music video

but generally agree

[silk zephyr]

They’re saying it’s a shame for her not being able to compete internationally - the other skaters have found many other nationalities

[pseudo steeple]

How many German sleds are in the bobsleigh because I swear I’ve seen three in a row

[cosmic jasper]

training with eteri willingly means i will not acknowledge your existence

[last pulsar]

Apparently Germans are the goats of bobsleigh so my commentary was telling me yesterday

[silk zephyr]

They donated their old sleds to Canada iirc

[pseudo steeple]

I looked up the results from run 1 and they were 1-2-3 😆

[unique wing]

https://tenor.com/view/limitless-gif-26904001

[silk zephyr]

Aw she was cute

I’m not a fan of this costume

But she’s a cutie I love her team gb wooo

Her calf muscle is non-operational

[pseudo steeple]

Good for her

[granite idol]

They had like 4 in women’s skeleton so apparently the track sports are their thing

[silk zephyr]

She was never going to get more than that considering she physically can’t do more than a single axel or spins on a straight leg

[pseudo steeple]

Just making it to the Olympics after all that is really a humongous achievement

[silk zephyr]

Yep

So proud of her

Still don’t love her costume tho 😂

[sharp skiff]

God my coverage has so many fucking commericials this is so annoying

[silk zephyr]

Interview with Amber talking about how important it is for her to be out and representing the community at the Olympics 😭

[sharp skiff]

do we think traitors/nbc specifically cast johnny and tara because they knew this traitors season would line up with the winter Olympics?

Or am i veering into consipiracy theory territory?

[silk zephyr]

“Originally from Moscow now skating for Israel” I keep my mouth firmly closed

[cosmic jasper]

i think they’re not stupid so yes

i think they also cast donna assuming travis would make the playoffs/super bowl

it’s not a conspiracy

[sharp skiff]

lol oh true

[cosmic jasper]

it’s just good cross promotion on their part

[sharp skiff]

okay im clearly the idiot here lol

[cosmic jasper]

not an idiot

[sharp skiff]

oooo Jamaican bobsled alert

[silk zephyr]

Interesting music choice

[pseudo steeple]

I’m so sad when they fall

[silk zephyr]

She was doing well before that

They keep saying she’s 3 times national champion of Israel and I looked it up and there was 4 entries at the 2025 national championships

[sharp skiff]

i think im going to be in a job interview when all the US girlies skate 😭 😭

[pastel pilot]

Oh no 😭 but also good luck!!

[pastel pilot]

she should've skated to that robert schwartzman song 💀

[wary shell]

Plz

[silk zephyr]

The Bulgarian is a 6 time national champion im off to google

[sharp skiff]

man i dont think i love a sound more than a skate carving the ice, its so satisfying

i need skate coverage that is just that sound

no program music, just the sharp crunchies

[silk zephyr]

I can’t find it

[sharp skiff]

ooo i like this skaters outfit

such good sparkles

[silk zephyr]

I found it! 18 other competitors

I like the music too

[scarlet cedar]

seven nation army is so fun

[silk zephyr]

Commentators just said “that was fun! Thank you Julia” that’s adorable

[sharp skiff]

that was a really fun cover

[silk zephyr]

Postmodern jukebox are great

I wanted to go to their tour this year but they’re not coming very close to me and it’s mostly during my cruise

[sharp skiff]

Omg so cute her class mates watching?

[silk zephyr]

Not the biggest fan on this song

Oh they’re adorable in the k&c

[lone dove]

4'10" oh she is tiny

[sharp skiff]

the whole routine is an absolute vibe

[silk zephyr]

I hope we get an equally vibey free

I like the dress

Oh no!

[sharp skiff]

i know its figure skating time but the mens big air ski final is really fun too

[silk zephyr]

Why is that man going down backwards!

Oh he’s insane ok

[sharp skiff]

hahah

[silk zephyr]

The coach is insane too good to know

[sharp skiff]

def think you have to be a little insane the downhill sports lol

[silk zephyr]

It’s really cute that they all seem to be so excited that they didn’t die

Like they seem genuinely shocked that they’re still alive

I am loving the cuddles tho go on and hug your bro

[sharp skiff]

wowowowo lets go mac forehand, new england native!!!!

[silk zephyr]

It’s actually adorable all the cuddles

[lone dove]

Not a great program unfortunately

someone should've tapped the sign

(joking, more classic rock would be great. get some Dio in here, some Queen)

[cosmic jasper]

i was laughing at terry on the us broadcast being excited for stairway

[silk zephyr]

She hasn’t qualified

[cosmic jasper]

agree

[silk zephyr]

You have no idea how much of a slut I am for czardas

[lone dove]

it's fun!

[silk zephyr]

I loved played it on viola

A lot slower than the legit version

[cosmic jasper]

she’s slaying

that was fun idc

[silk zephyr]

British commentator just said he liked it was based on “homespun Kazakhstan music”

It’s Hungarian but ok

WHAT

https://tenor.com/view/blinking-eyes-white-guy-blinking-meme-what-huh-gif-26334322

[unique wing]

They all are

[sharp skiff]

The Canadians have spent too much time around each other and their accents are returning in full force

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThCnsWPn/

[silk zephyr]

The Canadian curlers are supported by holo taco!!!

[pseudo steeple]

This is the kind of brand partnership I can get behind

[lone dove]

as a cinephile this La Strada reference I can 100% get behind

the music and the striped top

perfect nod to Fellini for an Italian Olympics

more Hans Zimmer! but The Lion King instead of Gladiator at least

[silk zephyr]

I heard lion king from my kitchen and RAN

[cosmic jasper]

lou typing in the chat as soon as the lion king music started i laughed

i said here she comes

[silk zephyr]

MY FAMILY, BUT ILL RMEMEBER MY PRIIIIIDE

OH INCREDIBLE MUSIC CHOCIE

ngl I have the biggest smile on my face rn

ON THE OARH UNWINDINGFFF

I love her outfit too

Excellent

Gold medal

Star

“Even tho the mistakes were plentiful” shut the fuck up

Oh bless her honey

[lone dove]

this is why you're not an Olympic figure skating judge

[silk zephyr]

Correct, it’s why I’m a dictator

I didn’t realise she didn’t do a triple jump so definitely not a gold lol

[lone dove]

you'd be like Disney music? PERFECT SCORE, NO NOTES, GOLD MEDAL

[silk zephyr]

Bolero? 0 marks, into the lava pit

I don’t think she’s going to qualify

She doesn’t

Bless her

[pseudo steeple]

Oh she looks devastated

[lone dove]

Celine Dion okay okay

[silk zephyr]

Kaiser has a hunger games free so I hope she qualifies just for that

I don’t love the way this skirt goes into the peach at the bottom

[pseudo steeple]

The German commentators definitely have a favourite German bobsleigh team 😆

[last chasm]

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[silk zephyr]

Omg incredible

[last chasm]

https://www.holotaco.com/products/team-homan-bundle

[pseudo steeple]

Amazing

This is what we want for women in sport

[silk zephyr]

I wish I could buy from holo taco

[pseudo steeple]

Not pretending they’re just like men

(Not that nail varnish is just for women but)

[silk zephyr]

It’s why I love elf and katherine legge

[cosmic jasper]

i will always take more celine

[pseudo steeple]

Admittedly it is good for my finances that I can’t

[silk zephyr]

Considering I pay to get my nails done it’s also good for mine lol

Awww she got a Marie

More Disney muahahaha

The way that no one has challenged petrosian yet is wild

[pseudo steeple]

Although I will admit my nail varnish collection has improved since my brother got a gf who’s very good at all the beauty things and I realised I could ask my “brother” to get me stuff like nail varnish for Christmas 😆

[silk zephyr]

“Music from Susan Boyle” lava pit

Oh it’s send in the clowns

Not exactly music from Susan Boyle then is it

[pseudo steeple]

Hard disagree

[silk zephyr]

#susanalbumparty

[pseudo steeple]

Now on a deep dive as to how the music rights work

[silk zephyr]

It’s different for the Olympics than everywhere else afaik

Hence the minions problem

[pseudo steeple]

My main conclusion so far is that it’s changed fairly recently (maybe this Olympics cycle?) and seems to be a mess to say the least

“The women have put the men to shame” but ofc women are the emotional creatures who can’t cope under pressure

[unique wing]

Amazing

[cosmic jasper]

time to lock in

[silk zephyr]

An advert during the final warm up is criminal

[lone dove]

I'm trapped in a work meeting for at least 30 minutes assuming it ends on time

[cosmic jasper]

cmon alysa!!!!!!

[silk zephyr]

Come on girl

Excellent!

[cosmic jasper]

her skating is gorgeous

[silk zephyr]

Ilia looks so happy for her

[pseudo steeple]

The commentary said effortless and that’s what it looks like to me even though it very much isn’t

[silk zephyr]

Are we playing spot the celeb or are we watching figure skating

She just looked like she was having fun

[pseudo steeple]

“I kinda liked it” hahaha

But yeah maybe that’s the zone she needed to get into

[cosmic jasper]

that’s why she skates now. she doesn’t care about the result she does it because she loves it

and im so happy for her

[silk zephyr]

Fucking good for her

[pastel pilot]

I hope someone told the tnt commentator that that's not Rihanna 💀

[silk zephyr]

Ngl I have no idea who it was

[pseudo steeple]

She looks so happy and I love it

[silk zephyr]

A career best

[scarlet cedar]

a quirky choice of music

[pseudo steeple]

That didn’t feel like a compliment

In the commentary

[scarlet cedar]

i agree 😭

[silk zephyr]

The arena dj is loving imagine dragons

I didn’t love the music I don’t think it worked

The necklace is wow

[cosmic jasper]

she’s such a fun performer to watch tho

[lone dove]

so much Orientalism

[scarlet cedar]

i thought it was fun, its nice to switch up from yet another concerto

[lone dove]

I have it muted for my meeting but saw the graphic. please stopppp

[cosmic jasper]

like i have to ask how are we still doing it it is 2026……

[silk zephyr]

White girl with a bindi time

[pseudo steeple]

“Loving the gestures to reflect the Indian style” 🫠

[scarlet cedar]

you’ll be absolutely gobsmacked to know shes russian

[cosmic jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/sarcastic-kirk-gif-20910726

[sharp skiff]

Okay finally home post interview, did I miss anything important?

[silk zephyr]

Alyssa was amazing

[cosmic jasper]

ailish everytime a georgian skater is on the ice “fun fact time”

[silk zephyr]

I saw a comment on Reddit saying that it’s actually good that the Russians are winning medals for Georgia because it’s making Georgia more known as an independent country

Idk whether I agree

[scarlet cedar]

the georgians, the kazakhstani’s, we even had a russian for poland earlier

[cosmic jasper]

ok she can sit in 4th place

[sharp skiff]

Uh oh lol, I turn it on and the first thing I see if a white girl in a bindi…….that’s a choice

[silk zephyr]

Come on Kaori

[silk zephyr]

And Israel!

I’m already crying at Kaori

[lone dove]

she's so magical

[silk zephyr]

It helps that I adore the music

She’s someone else that just looks so happy

[pastel pilot]

such a perfect song choice for her last competition 🥺

[silk zephyr]

Oh she should be so proud of that

They better fucking invite her to the gala no matter how she does

[pseudo steeple]

All this pressure and look how well they’re doing. So proud (not that I have any right to be)

[scarlet cedar]

a russian-israeli, what a combination

the robert shwartzmann of figure skating

[silk zephyr]

Bobby Schwarzy core

Same brain

They’re saying she seems at peace and I fully agree

The pairs cheering for her 🥹

Ok it’s fine it’s fine there’s still the free

[lone dove]

AMBERRRRR

[silk zephyr]

Incredible costume

Much better than the French Madonna costume

[granite idol]

The necklace, the lace, the color, it’s amazing

[cosmic jasper]

let’s go amber!!!

[sharp skiff]

COME ON AMBER

[silk zephyr]

YES AMBER

[sharp skiff]

She looks locked the fuck in

[silk zephyr]

Again she looks calm though

[cosmic jasper]

YESSSS

[sharp skiff]

YES YES

I’m like already crying lol

[cosmic jasper]

tara sounds giddy

[silk zephyr]

Is this the deadpool version of like a prayer lmao

[sharp skiff]

I’m too emotional for this today

[pastel pilot]

Omg

[silk zephyr]

Double loop

No

[sharp skiff]

NOO

[scarlet cedar]

oh nooooo

[cosmic jasper]

shittt

[wary shell]

Tara sounded like she fell to the ground.

[silk zephyr]

Funny to see us all at a different delay

It would’ve been better if she had

[scarlet cedar]

oh thats so costly

[silk zephyr]

If you do the triple and fall you get a mark deduction, if you do a double it doesn’t get counted

[cosmic jasper]

crazy she got the triple axel perfect and that’s where she lost out

[silk zephyr]

Hi Ilia

[scarlet cedar]

shes like the third or fourth to do it too

[silk zephyr]

Oh amber

[lone dove]

oh she's heartbroken

[sharp skiff]

Damn

[pseudo steeple]

Oh this is horrible

[silk zephyr]

Oh bless your her cotton socks

Cut the crying stop it

[cosmic jasper]

i’m so sad for her god

[silk zephyr]

As in cut the sound not her stop crying

She can get all her emotions out

The problem is that everyone else has been so excellent

Which is obviously brilliant but unlike the men its sudden death

Oh bless her

[pseudo steeple]

Yeah the smallest of margins

[silk zephyr]

Someone get her a plushie to cuddle stat

[scarlet cedar]

12th!!

ouchie

[silk zephyr]

At least she qualified

She won’t medal unless everyone dies on Friday

[sharp skiff]

[pseudo steeple]

Thanks for that insight max

[cosmic jasper]

this is so sad

fuck

[silk zephyr]

My name is actually Will Buxton

Oh and now some excellent music after the heartbreak this is emotional whiplash

[scarlet cedar]

at least her and ilia can console each other? 😭😭

with their team gold medals around their necks

[pseudo steeple]

I love sport in those moments when you see life dreams being achieved but then you have these moments

[cosmic jasper]

i think the podium could be a japanese sweep

[lone dove]

they can both come back stronger in 2030

[scarlet cedar]

go win a world champs besties

[cosmic jasper]

and knowing them? they will

[silk zephyr]

Do we think amber will be back in 4 years? She’d be 30

[unique wing]

Yes

[silk zephyr]

Unless she switched nationalities to somewhere like Ireland who would like any skater

[cosmic jasper]

i think there’s unfortunately too much depth in us women’s

[silk zephyr]

This is very fun

[sharp skiff]

This is a really fun routine

I’m love this song

[silk zephyr]

I love her dress too, the illusion of fringe with the crystals

[pseudo steeple]

I’m glad I don’t think I could have taken a sad ballad

[scarlet cedar]

we can find amber another country, for sure

[silk zephyr]

She can come to the UK for sure

[scarlet cedar]

our citizenship is far too hard

georgia seems easy…

[sharp skiff]

Okay hairography!!!!

[silk zephyr]

Oh they’ll give it away if they think she might get us a medal

[cosmic jasper]

how’s georgia on lgbt inclusivity though

[scarlet cedar]

no comment

[silk zephyr]

A no good very bad day

[cosmic jasper]

well

[silk zephyr]

Oh the feathers are so cute

[pseudo steeple]

Yeah they manage it for the us track and field athletes

[scarlet cedar]

well i mean america isnt good either

[cosmic jasper]

just as i thought

[silk zephyr]

Friday is going to be hell

[cosmic jasper]

i mean for now we have marriage equality still

[silk zephyr]

Friday

Not Friday

When is it

[cosmic jasper]

thursday

right?

[silk zephyr]

Thursday yes

[scarlet cedar]

yes Thursday

[silk zephyr]

I have no idea what day of the week it is

[cosmic jasper]

i’m so incredibly bummed out now

[silk zephyr]

She’ll bring it on Thursday

[cosmic jasper]

goddamn the american bleach blondes killing my week

maybe it’s the bleach that got to them

[sharp skiff]

Feels like all the air has been removed from my tires

[silk zephyr]

That final group is going to be hell

[cosmic jasper]

hold on i think i solved it

[silk zephyr]

Alysa did so well though!!

[pseudo steeple]

I don’t have any particular allegiance or prior knowledge but I hate seeing people so heartbroken

[sharp skiff]

I need to watch her routine!!!

[silk zephyr]

Amber finished 13th overall

Kaiser got through so we’re having the hunger games free!

[unique wing]

the way she was SOBBING coming off the ice

[silk zephyr]

Part of me loves that Kristen competed but I also feel like maybe her spot should have gone to someone else because there was no way she could be competitive

[cosmic jasper]

i just adore alysa

[pseudo steeple]

She won the UK nationals though or was that pre injury?

[silk zephyr]

Pre injury iirc

[pseudo steeple]

Makes sense

[silk zephyr]

Oh no it was post

[unique wing]

It's only the top 12 that skate again?

[silk zephyr]

Our senior level skaters at the moment are so shit

[silk zephyr]

24 I think

But our juniors are looking promising apparently! 2030 we’re coming

Yes 24 out of 29 qualified @unique wing

[unique wing]

Excellent thank you for confirming

[silk zephyr]

Right well that was bloody emotional. Crying of joy for Kaori and sadness for Amber.

[cosmic jasper]

https://x.com/mariapotternut/status/2023861827596415378?s=46

Maria ⏳⛸ (@MariaPotterNut)

I still find it absolute bs that the women are given an invalid element if they do a double instead of a triple for the single jump. Men arent forced to do a quad for it and have wiggle room for unders and pops! It may not be many points but still give it points!!!!

X · Feb 17, 2026, 8:47 PM

this again

[silk zephyr]

It’s urging them to do a dodgy triple that they then injure themselves on

[pseudo steeple]

What’s the argument behind it? Just that it should be a required element?

[cosmic jasper]

that you should get less points like the men do instead of absolutely no points

[sharp skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/im-waiting-daffy-duck-impatient-gif-16985061

Just sitting here waiting for the replay of part two of the short to be added to peacock

[pseudo steeple]

No I mean for it being zero points in the first place

Cause I agree that seems crazy

[wary shell]

Ilia one with the ice

New move.

[lone dove]

He doesn't know what to do with that phase of water. Only solid.

[wary shell]

Give him hockey stick

He shouldn’t have kicked the ball int SJ Sharkies head. Could have helped him here

https://tenor.com/view/san-jose-sharks'-sharkie-birthday-party-will-smith-hockey-macklin-celebrini-bijbolsson-gif-15019641957711564129

[cosmic jasper]

https://x.com/rozzheeg/status/2023879439592071365?s=46

rozz (@rozzheeg)

take all of Amber Glenn’s pain, triple it, and give it to the evil French ice dancers

X · Feb 17, 2026, 9:57 PM

[sharp skiff]

Finally the replay is up

Wowowowowo Alysa killed that

That was so beautiful, I love the way she skates so much

[wary shell]

Why does he end up in random trios

[cosmic jasper]

the kind of friend group work will have you end up in

the bedazzled headsets are taking me out

[unique wing]

Omg I didn’t catch that, thank you for pointing that out

[wary shell]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThX815pS/

[lone dove]

I feel you Tara wash day is a hassle, dry shampoo was invented for a reason. Of course I'm not on television...

also Tara why are you holding multiple instant hand warmers indoors it can't be that cold in there

[wary shell]

It’s also bad luck today, on the new year

[wary shell]

How does one get that job.

slaps maple tree now here’s a guy tree

[wary shell]

Important update, peak winter Olympian name

[raw vapor]

https://x.com/alvinfoo/status/2023955713760850190

Alvin Foo (@alvinfoo)

You got to give lots of credit to Eileen Gu for responding brilliantly back to the reporter with great confidence.

She looked him in the eye said that was a "ridiculous perspective" without any hesitation or fear. 😁

▶ Play video

X · Feb 18, 2026, 3:00 AM

More athletes should laugh at dumb questions

[silk zephyr]

The interviewer asking Alysa Liu about her hair I was like babes really that’s what we’re focusing on

[lone dove]

YES Mikaela you absolute icon!!!

[cosmic jasper]

the dog needed to go outside and i was too nervous didshe do it

[lone dove]

by a massive 1.5 seconds

[wary shell]

The men did what - they had a 50 year drought and now have two silvers. Seems fake.

[lone dove]

Men? Not disappointing us in international sport? Definitely seems fake.

[wary shell]

Exactly.

https://vxtwitter.com/thildakm/status/2024045521447309613

mathilda (@thildakm)

i hope he wins

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Feb 18, 2026, 8:57 AM

Wants to participate.

Whose dog got out

Just learning there was a relationship breakup between players on the two teams in the women’s hockey gold medal game. (Again I feel).

[wary shell]

Why was there a seat from a car there

[lone dove]

It's not even branded. What am I supposed to buy on the basis of Mikaela sitting in one of the seats if I don't know what car it is 🤪

[wary shell]

The US and Snowboard team has used this picture multiple times today. It’s feeling like a bit.

New meme for you all

Thank you figure skating twitter. Terrifying place. Only stayed for the memes.

[unique wing]

@fleet thicket

[fleet thicket]

Hi I just found out this existed

[silk zephyr]

Welcome!

[fleet thicket]

Is anybody else watching biathlon? I’m obsessed it’s the f1 of Olympics

Please someone talk to me about it

[silk zephyr]

I have been! But just the women

[lone dove]

The French women continue to make me suffer in biathlon

[fleet thicket]

I have watched both men’s and women’s but I prefer the women’s

[cosmic jasper]

during the day unless it’s a hockey game or figure skating i watch whatever gold zone makes me watch

[fleet thicket]

Do you want them to win more or less?

[lone dove]

I'm Norwegian, if there's cross-country skis on your feet and your flag doesn't have a Nordic cross or the stars & stripes I'm against you

[silk zephyr]

Less

Everyone hates the French here except me

[fleet thicket]

Got it. I don’t even remember if there are US women competing. I know the US men’s relay team did relatively well yesterday

[silk zephyr]

I have to be uber French to make up for everyone else

Also welcome to the chat where I mainly ramble to myself 😂

[lone dove]

Look I like many things about France I just don't support them in sport

[fleet thicket]

I have been rooting for the French women mostly so I’m with you for this

[silk zephyr]

Croissants help

[pseudo steeple]

My order is roughly: GB, Germany, anyone queer (providing they’re a decent human being), someone with a really good emotionally compelling story, the commonwealth, every other country except obvious horrendous ones, the French, obviously horrendous ones

[silk zephyr]

Mine is mostly just hoping everyone does well

Oh and loving it when people call a spade a spade about the athletes from Russia who have switched nationality

[pseudo steeple]

I like many French people but I also do not feel bad because every French person I’ve met dislikes the English more than I dislike them (as do the Italians apparently)

[fleet thicket]

GB is not very good at biathlon

[silk zephyr]

The male skating AIN who got invited to the gala, his gala routine is him either in a military costume or a transformer in Russian flag colours lol

[fleet thicket]

I think they have fielded some individual athletes but have not had relay teams

[pseudo steeple]

Although to be fair the French people I meet are quite often confused and think I’m Scottish and then i get solidarity I don’t deserve but

[silk zephyr]

I mean it doesn’t help that we don’t have snow or guns

[pseudo steeple]

I remember they had to change the law in London 2012 to allow the guns in for the shooting events

[silk zephyr]

Thing is I know quite a few people with guns but they’re all farmers who would not ski in a tight lil uniform

[pastel pilot]

French women are (mostly) exempt from my disdain

[silk zephyr]

Yeah I must admit I’m rooting for women over all

[pseudo steeple]

I love when I have multiviewer on and 3/4 are women’s events. I haven’t had a 4/4 yet tho

[fleet thicket]

This makes me think of hot fuzz. “Everyone and their mum has a gun in the country” “oh yeah who?” “Farmers” “and who else?” “Farmers’ mums”

[cosmic jasper]

https://fixvx.com/nbcolympics/status/2024128835906830571?s=46

NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics)

Hilary Knight and Brittany Bowe: A #WinterOlympics love story. ❤️🥹

(via IG/hilaryknight)

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Feb 18, 2026, 2:28 PM

[unique wing]

I dunno, she looks awfully bundled up, I’d believe she’s that cold

[lone dove]

Sure but those are for stuffing in your mittens when it's subzero, they get HOT when you shake them up

[cosmic jasper]

oh my

[pseudo steeple]

Oh I though they were asking when did the Czech Republic become Czechia but no, it’s a whole new level of dumb

[silk zephyr]

1993

For the record

[unique wing]

Lies and slander

[lone dove]

And people think Americans are unique in not knowing basic geography.

[silk zephyr]

I mean the person who started the thread is American so you only gain back half a mark for the geographically challenged Aussie

[lone dove]

Why I said unique 😂

[silk zephyr]

Apparently she was born after 1992 too so it’s not like she would have ever been taught that czechoslovakia was a country

[lone dove]

I mean. Who knows what she was taught.

Public education is so deliberately underfunded maybe she did have outdated textbooks.

More important to make sure there's no scary ideas about people different than you being human or the bible not being literally true in every detail.

[cosmic jasper]

yeah she would have

i was

and i was born in 98

[silk zephyr]

But it didn’t exist then so why would they say, this is a current country

I understand learning the historical context considering everything but like this is baffling me

[lone dove]

But fair, easy for me to say. I was very annoyed when my globe became wildly outdated over and over again between 1989-1993.

[cosmic jasper]

because i was infact taught world history

[silk zephyr]

That’s my point it was history

Not a current active country

Which she thought it was

I understand not knowing Czechia because even the Czech people I know are like lol no

[pastel pilot]

does she still call Istanbul Constantinople

[silk zephyr]

Constantinople is a better name can’t lie

[silk zephyr]

One of my favourite kind of video is the TikTok’s of the guy who dates globes it’s incredible

[pseudo steeple]

I was not taught a lot of this in school really (most of what I knew I learned outside of school) but then I started meeting people from these countries and had to educate myself in order to not continuously embarrass myself 🙈

[unique wing]

I’m the opposite, I love an outdated map/globe 😂

[unique wing]

…don’t tell me this, I don’t need to be active on TikTok actually watching things 😭😭😭

[silk zephyr]

He hasn’t come up on my fyp in like a year don’t worry

[pseudo steeple]

A fun lunch game with my former colleagues was looking at old maps/globes and working out which year it was from. But we were nowhere near as good at the TikTok globe ma

[unique wing]

Oh whew

[lone dove]

Yeah they're just not claiming to be Romans anymore.

[silk zephyr]

It’s like hmmm this globe still has x country which means it must be from before y year but it does have a country so it must be from after b year and he just narrows down the time frame and there was one where it got down to like 6 month time frame

[unique wing]

https://replogleglobes.com/app/uploads/2018/11/How-old-is-your-globe.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOoqNYTXkzQ6XNTQWdz7oawg8Lt0PyNAUzzlrixwA9PfkihlmZi4a

There is a globe manufacturer that has a PDF that lists all the changes to date your globe

Which I know because I am a geography autist

[cosmic jasper]

oh my

[silk zephyr]

Oh that’s incredible

[unique wing]

I know this because I was told I couldn’t get more globes unless they were really special, cause globes are significantly harder to store than maps 😂

[silk zephyr]

Im tiptoeing back towards my royalty special interest

[fleet thicket]

I used to work for a lady who sold globes for a living and she had basically memorized every country change so she could date a globe. Very quickly.

And the best part is I am super bad at geography

Probably partly in an American education system way but also in a I just can’t picture things in my head way

[silk zephyr]

Best winner

[wary shell]

Dogs name is Nazgul.

[silk zephyr]

Awwww what a good boy

[pastel pilot]

lol tying back into the above geography /history conversation he's a czechoslovakian wolfdog

a breed I hadn't heard of

[unique wing]

I’m really glad that wolfdog is a breed cause I was really like are we all sure this is a pet dog and not a wolf 😂

[pastel pilot]

that was my first reaction too

[fleet thicket]

Can you imagine you’re out putting up lost dog posters and then this????

[wary shell]

I thought it was a wolf until I saw it try to smell one of the racers and wag its tail

[silk zephyr]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRPhfr9m/

[last pulsar]

Stupid Czechoslovakian wolf dog

(Affectionately)

[wary shell]

But how is Yugoslavia involved here. /jk

[sharp skiff]

The Canada Czechia game is quite good so far

Pastrank is so fun to watch when I don’t have to be rooting against him

[lone dove]

All the talk about this Canadian team being maybe the best ever and look at this

[cosmic jasper]

THEY MURDERED SIDNEY

i was in a fucking meeting

[lone dove]

yeah

[cosmic jasper]

and my phone starts blowing up with notifications

at this point i think we have to start assuming mcdavid is a jinx

and not as good in clutch games as people want to believe

[sharp skiff]

I wonder what Jon coppers stress levels are according to his oura ring

Wow tied with three min to go this is electric

[wary shell]

There’s going to be a war declaration

[unique wing]

I have three extremely pro-Canada friends who are SWEATING this game, it’s been fun (to not be that invested)

[cosmic jasper]

sorry i’m a mcdavid hater

[wary shell]

Can’t imagine why

[unique wing]

That was clear, don’t worry 😂

[sharp skiff]

Being a Crosby lover and a Mcdavid hater is pretty funny considering how similar they of players they are

[cosmic jasper]

i have fascinating takes on mcdavids personality

i could get into it but unfortunately i do not care enough to

[sharp skiff]

What personality?

Wow Mitch marner did something!!!!

[cosmic jasper]

well exactly

he’s a horrendous ambassador for the sport and i would love if the nhl stopped shoving him down my throat 🫶

[wary shell]

I’m too busy hating Vegas and SoCal teams to think about players in Alberta

[last chasm]

DID WE TALK ABOUT THIS YET?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DU5rM4XDORz

hilaryknight

Olympics brought us together.
This one made us forever

Likes

42590

Instagram

[wary shell]

Yes

[cosmic jasper]

never too busy for me to hate

[last chasm]

AAAAAAAA

I'm taking a mental health day and been secluded and just saw it. I'm so happy

[wary shell]

I’m booing

[unique wing]

My hockey bestie lives in Edmonton and is a diehard oilers fan so he’s one of the people I actually remember 😂

[cosmic jasper]

rough couple of years for him

[wary shell]

https://tenor.com/view/richard-simmons-shocked-omg-drama-clutch-pearls-gif-23576881

[silk zephyr]

Im having wifi issues with my tv and cant watch anything

[wary shell]

It’s an emergency

[lone dove]

omg

Switzerland-Finland also going into OT with the Finns tying it up less than 2 minutes to go in the 3rd

[wary shell]

Every video they post I do lose it, now they gave him a chyron. My dog is going to be so jealous.

[scarlet cedar]

guys tomorrow marks the start of the ski mountaineering and i am HYPED

[cosmic jasper]

ski mo

[scarlet cedar]

saw it described as a 100m sprint, an f1 pitstop and ski cross all mixed together

[pseudo steeple]

My family are visiting from tomorrow and it’s gonna interfere with my Olympics watching schedule 😆

[last pulsar]

What could possibly go wrong!

[scarlet cedar]

hopefully EVERYTHING

[cosmic jasper]

tell them to get comfy on the couch

[wary shell]

Ski mo is giving back country skiers were feeling left out.

[oak geyser]

https://www.uuinstagram.com/p/DU6Qf3vke3a/

[sharp skiff]

lol wow that’s an insane miss from the refs

[wary shell]

All that red and white confused them

[scarlet cedar]

so much refereeing/judging drama

[sharp skiff]

I can’t remember if Olympics rules are the same, but also kind of shocking that cooper didn’t challenge that goal

[wary shell]

I think for this IIHF rules are the same

[unique wing]

How rude

[silk zephyr]

I don’t understand how they are allowed to play in such similar colours

In like every other sport you have to be very different colours

In rugby we even make people change colours if it would affect colourblind people

[lone dove]

GOOOOOOOOOAL

[wary shell]

Sorry how tall is Apolo

[unique wing]

Omg

[lone dove]

lmfao

[unique wing]

This is my favorite thing to come out of the Olympics now

[lone dove]

does being short help or hinder you in speed skating I wonder

less drag I suppose

[wary shell]

I think in short track being short is good but regular track talk people like the Dutch

[wary shell]

I love the base of that meme

[unique wing]

It’s one of my favorites and I use it all the time

[wary shell]

Hit da bricks

[unique wing]

So updating it for the Olympian who simply hit da bricks is so good

[lone dove]

the organist is having the time of his life and I love this for him

[cosmic jasper]

if it sucks hit da bricks

[sharp skiff]

Omg

I’m gagged

https://tenor.com/view/swedish-noise-chef-muppet-gif-142814838960745991

Damn sad for the Swedes low key wanted the Americans to loose cause fuck all those maga fucks on the US team

A sick goal from Hughes though

[wary shell]

Goalies should have fought off the ice if they else at the same minute

[wary shell]

They would be really sad if they could read this

Was it sudden death OT?

I forget their rules.

[pseudo steeple]

Someone needs to make a version of this for f1

(Does Britain have speed skaters?)

[wary shell]

Not orange enough

[cosmic jasper]

yeah

[lone dove]

I don't know the politics of any of the US men's hockey players and I'm not looking into it.

I work with a lot of Canadians so either they will be Canadian apologizing or I will be Minnesota Nice apologizing after each of the women's & men's gold medal matches.

[wary shell]

It’s hockey and men’s hockey to me.

Also, there was some discussion about the impact of the PWHL in one Olympic cycle on the team.

Before the women had to go Europe orpractice with a mens team somewhere and now they’re being paid state side.

[lone dove]

I'm not like into hockey outside of the Olympics but going to hockey games is just a social thing people do here to the level that baseball is everywhere. I do want to go to a Frost game sometime I just need to find the right people to go with.

[wary shell]

The NHL is a cesspool that somehow makes baseball look leftist is the short of it.

[sharp skiff]

It is not great, I mean it’s a bunch of white rich men who grew up in rich white households. I specifically despise the tkachuk brothers

[wary shell]

I refuse to learn their last name.

It’s Them™️

[sharp skiff]

The NHL is also abysmal when it comes to anything but supporting straight white man.

They have no domestic violence policy

[cosmic jasper]

i mean let’s not pretend like they’re unique in that regard

[sharp skiff]

And they banned pride jerseys and pride tape (they walked the pride tape back but still)

[cosmic jasper]

the nfl finds every way to put abusers back into playing as soon as they can

[sharp skiff]

Which is especially ironic considering how hard they have been trying to ride the heated rivalry coattails

[sharp skiff]

Actually they are

While minimally harsh in the NFL, NBA and MLB, they all have established domestic violence policies

The NHL can’t even bother

[last chasm]

I love being at my barcade and watching Women's Curling

[cosmic jasper]

he would be from johnstown

that sounds about right

[clever void]

"Dad... I want to be... a COBBLER."
"I HAVE NO SON."

[wary shell]

One of the US aerial skiers is named Winter. From Oklahoma.

[lone dove]

Winter and Breezy. Feels like a strategy.

[wary shell]

Breezy was a nickname name change like Miley Cyrus

[lone dove]

Lindsey Vonn's dog died too the day after her crash??? gah 😭

[wary shell]

He had lung cancer 😭

[lone dove]

I don't know how she's in such positive spirits at all in her latest status updates. She has such a well of inner strength. I would be lost

I'm sure she does have excellent sports psychology/mental healthcare as well

but good lord

[cosmic jasper]

i was just saying i really bet she has a solid therapist in her life

because my god

[unique wing]

Oh I’m so glad you got here, I was going to share this cause I watched the aerials after the live stuff was over

[wary shell]

https://tenor.com/view/flip-somersault-aerial-flip-midair-faceplant-gif-14223276

[wary shell]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThXK1L9f/

He’s everywhere.

[sharp skiff]

Have we figured out why the downhill skiers sit in that like gaming chair when they are in first?

[wary shell]

It was a seat from a car, it had a seatbelt buckle and the bar to slide it… and no I need to figure it out.

[sharp skiff]

According to Reddit on the World Cup circuit, it’s usually a sponsored chair by Audi so it’s an advertisement and it’s also a heated chair so the first place skier stays warm and it keeps them in one place so they can get reaction shots

I’m annoyed lol, I thought it’d have a fun story behind it

[wary shell]

For an advertisement there’s no branding on it

[sharp skiff]

Maybes that’s just cause it’s the Olympics. I know they are so insane about sponsors. But they just keep the tradition going at this point?

[scarlet cedar]

yeah we had a guy make a final, cause chaos and finish last

[silk zephyr]

They legally can’t at the Olympics unless it’s an official Olympic sponsor

I fixed my tv I uninstalled discovery+ and reinstalled it lol

4 men’s sports send help

It’s very snowy at the ski jump

[silk zephyr]

Im watching the skimo this is wild

[pseudo steeple]

Haven’t seen anything yrt but I can tell from the equipment it’s gonna be wild

[silk zephyr]

Apparently they’re slipping on the steps because they’re not used to it being wooden

[pseudo steeple]

I’d need more time than they had here just to do all the ski on and offs

[silk zephyr]

Someone is sobbing

[pseudo steeple]

Oh no she’s so upset.

[silk zephyr]

She’s saying it wasn’t her fault bless her

Lmao the coaches doing a lil stompy stomp on the stairs

[last pulsar]

I thought she’d injured herself the amount she was crying!

[silk zephyr]

I feel sorry for the camera operator who runs up that first part of the hill with them

[last pulsar]

The BBC interrupting their Olympic coverage to tell me (ex) Prince Andrew has been arrested 💀

[silk zephyr]

Incredible

[lone dove]

...I was not expecting ski mountaineering to have stairs

mountains don't usually have those, I'm fairly certain

[last pulsar]

Yeh the stairs were a bit of a disappointment

[silk zephyr]

Theyre usually snow stairs I think

It makes sense to have a foot section but it’s still weird

[lone dove]

no US or Norway so I'm team 🇩🇪 here

she's not had a great start so far though

France too good again

lol she can't believe it

[unique wing]

We’re simply running out of sports. I looked at the schedule today before going to sleep and there are just only like six things happening today

and at reasonable intervals so there isn’t even that much overlap

Two Spanish, two Swiss, an AIN, and a French, who do I root for

[lone dove]

OK Sweden, time to win this bronze for women's hockey

[granite idol]

Gold zone currently has 4/4 women’s events (3 of them are curling but still)

[pseudo steeple]

Haha I’m at Frankfurt airport and I keep seeing returning athletes and their coaches. I thought they were just enthusiastic fans at first 😂 can confirm that the team D kit does look quite cool in real life

[silk zephyr]

So cool!

[lone dove]

Watching curling & hearing the Swiss German. It truly is the Danish of German.

[sharp skiff]

i tuned into the ski mountaineering this morning, what a niche sport lol

[last chasm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1192203937332347021/1339423826773151835/makesweet-fzattf.gif

[lone dove]

Jeez that curling match was too close

[sharp skiff]

For the LOTR And hockey fans in the chat lol

[silk zephyr]

40 minutes

[granite idol]

Gold zone is recapping the women’s short programs and showing Amber’s again because they want me to cry

[cosmic jasper]

literally 3rd time i’ve had to see it

stop making me suffer

[silk zephyr]

10 minutes!

Im doing my pre-race warm up, wee, drink, craft

Because you all need to know my bladder situation lol

[lone dove]

Amber is so ripped

[silk zephyr]

Gala skaters so far

Looks like Russian transformer isn’t actually going to be there

[lone dove]

Women's hockey gold medal game about to start too, this is going to be a fun hour

[silk zephyr]

Not enjoying this music

[silk zephyr]

Come on Canada 😉

How do they decide who serves the penalty for too many players on ice?

[wary shell]

Ladies you know how to count

[wary shell]

I think someone is sacrificed

[lone dove]

Oh they remembered it's 5 on 5 after getting blasted for letting the Czechs do what they wanted

[last chasm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1192203937332347021/1339423826773151835/makesweet-fzattf.gif

[last chasm]

It's whoever was last on the ice to trigger that penalty

[wary shell]

Aerin think of the salad you’ll get

[silk zephyr]

Makes sense

Oh my god she won every year because there was FOUR COMPETITORS SHUT UP

The failed jump came up as red and changed to yellow, interesting

[last chasm]

I'm watching at my desk and I'm trying not to yell

I'm in the office lol

[lone dove]

The last World Cup we were in the office during one of the USWNT games and booked a room with a TV to have a "meeting" during that time

I think the other people on the floor could tell from our yelling though 😂

[silk zephyr]

I hope this isn’t about to become another fall night

[granite idol]

I’m the only one other than the legal clerks in the office and I know they won’t judge me if I start yelling but they may be concerned lol

[silk zephyr]

She did well to get that back together

Awww her sister making her laugh, she needed rhat

[last chasm]

https://tenor.com/view/shoresy-for-what-gif-25904335

[silk zephyr]

This is a great music choice

[last chasm]

WHERE THE FUCK WAS THE HOLDING

I love how Lou is commenting on ice skating and I'm screaming about hockey

[lone dove]

whew

stress levels get a break now 😅

and starting the 2nd with the power play, come on we can do it!

[silk zephyr]

Ugh moulin rouge again

[sharp skiff]

ughhhhhh ive been in and out of work meetings all day and am just getting to watch the gammmeeeeee

did anything important happen in the first period?

[last chasm]

USA starts the 2nd with a power play

[pseudo steeple]

My favourite game is to read this channel and guess the sport

[last chasm]

About even on shots on net can 8 to us 6.

0-0

[sharp skiff]

amaze, thanks for the update

[silk zephyr]

Hi emotional support pierogi 🥹

[last chasm]

This is the first time this whole Olympics that USA didn't score in the first

[silk zephyr]

Once again I say woo Canada

[lone dove]

wboo

[silk zephyr]

Hi Amber!!

[pastel pilot]

they're being so ageist about a 28 year old

[sharp skiff]

Is Poulin playing?