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Ned B.'s avatar

What once was sport now is spectacle. Spectacle attracts spectators. Spectators attract advertisers. Advertisers attract sponsors. The entire Olympics is so sold out now that I call it, "The Opimpics,"

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Patriot in Canada's avatar

This reminds me of the Romans throwing Christians into the ring with lions. We are close to the fall of our own empire.

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Garry Blankenship's avatar

Awesome word smithing.

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