Sport Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Yeah the American who won the Bronze in the snowboard cross* seemed pretty content with it. 4th is the first loser in some Olympic events.*was a wax technician for the American team in Vancouver so to work his way up from that to medalist is impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Just being able to say that you competed in the olympics should be enough to get you a BJ.Showing a girl (or for equality's sake let's say "target") a bronze or silver medal should get you in.Pulling out a gold medal would get you at least a threesome.So that's essentially the value of medals. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMMF Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Just being able to say that you competed in the olympics should be enough to get you a BJ.Showing a girl (or for equality's sake let's say "target") a bronze or silver medal should get you in.Pulling out a gold medal would get you at least a threesome.So that's essentially the value of medals.Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I had a million dollars gold medal I could hook that up, cause chicks dig a dude with money medals. Well, not all chicks. Well the kind of chicks that'd double up on a dude like me do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Wine usually works just as well as winning a gold medal in obtaining a threesome.At least, it has for me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Some athletes have become more famous for missing the gold - or at least how they responded to missing the gold - than they might have if they'd won. On one end of the spectrum, McKayla Maroney comes to mind - the meme she started with her "not impressed" scowl lasted for months after the London Games ended. On the other end is the 1972 US men's basketball team, who boycotted the medal ceremony after the Soviet Union was given two mulligans at the end of the gold medal game to win it. Then there was Ara Abrahamian, the wrestler who thought he got screwed by a bad call in his Beijing '08 semifinal loss, so after winning the bronze, he walked out on the medal ceremony and left the medal behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nash61 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Allow me:Gold:Silver:Bronze:Fourth: On September 20, 2012 at 0:50 AM, 'CS85 said: It's like watching the hellish undead creakily shuffling their way out of the flames of a liposuction clinic dumpster fire. On February 19, 2012 at 9:30 AM, 'pianoknight said: Story B: Red Wings go undefeated and score 100 goals in every game. They also beat a team comprised of Godzilla, the ghost of Abraham Lincoln, 2 Power Rangers and Betty White. Oh, and they played in the middle of Iraq on a military base. In the sand. With no ice. Santa gave them special sand-skates that allowed them to play in shorts and t-shirts in 115 degree weather. Jesus, Zeus and Buddha watched from the sidelines and ate cotton candy. POTD 5/24/12, POTD 2/26/17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Well in hockey and other team sports, there's the mentality of losing your last game. You don't win silver, you lose gold. That leads into bronze because the bronze medalists won their last game, they won the right to bronze. Hence why the attitudes are opposites in silver and in bronze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbadefense1990 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Hockey, unlike most of the other sports, doesn't have all their medals be up for grabs at the same time. There's a game to either win and be in the Gold game or lose and be in the Bronze game. To me, it ultimately comes to the time gap between your finish and your ultimate medal fate that you contemplate feelings of anger and reject. You'll have more time being pissed off in longer-gaped events because of all the time you get contemplating what could have been had you done this or that for Gold.There'd be the most appreciation for Silver and Bronze in events where all medals are awarded at the same time (snowboarding), followed by events where athletes go one at a time and hopefuls wait to see what people after them do (skiing, bobsledding, figure skating), followed by hockey where there's a 1-2 day break between determining which medal game to go to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Think of it this way: In most cases, the sport you've been training for at least four years or more....the Olympics are the pinnacle of that sport's competition in the eyes of most fans worldwide. (Obviously, sports like hockey and tennis and basketball don't apply there.)1. If the gold medal is unattainable for you but silver and bronze isn't, would you want the silver or bronze or no medal at all?2. If gold and silver are out of reach, would you rather get the bronze or go home medal-less?That's where you measure the value of silver and bronze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Some athletes have become more famous for missing the gold - or at least how they responded to missing the gold - than they might have if they'd won. On one end of the spectrum, McKayla Maroney comes to mind - the meme she started with her "not impressed" scowl lasted for months after the London Games ended. On the other end is the 1972 US men's basketball team, who boycotted the medal ceremony after the Soviet Union was given two mulligans at the end of the gold medal game to win it. Then there was Ara Abrahamian, the wrestler who thought he got screwed by a bad call in his Beijing '08 semifinal loss, so after winning the bronze, he walked out on the medal ceremony and left the medal behind.There was also legendary Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin, who took his shoes off and straight up retired from wrestling forever after being upset in the 2000 Olympics by Rulon Gardner. He was undoubtedly the greatest wrestler in history. He had NEVER lost a match, and hadn't given up a single point in almost six years, and getting a silver medal caused him to tap out completely. He was so distraught that he lit up a cigar next to the mat and there wasn't a single person around who was brave enough to tell him to stop. BTW, how in the world is that story not a 30 for 30 yet? On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Boy Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 My Dad always taught me, if you aren't on top, you might as well be on the bottom. I wouldn't want to win silver. I wouldn't want to win bronze. It's the same as 76th to me. That's pretty messed up. Indeed, that is messed up. JRB14, I am not sure what your chosen profession is, but unless you are THE best in the world at it, your dad would consider you a loser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 My Dad always taught me, if you aren't on top, you might as well be on the bottom. I wouldn't want to win silver. I wouldn't want to win bronze. It's the same as 76th to me. That's pretty messed up. Indeed, that is messed up. JRB14, I am not sure what your chosen profession is, but unless you are THE best in the world at it, your dad would consider you a loser?I'm not sure he has a chosen profession as his member thing says that he is 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 My Dad always taught me, if you aren't on top, you might as well be on the bottom. I wouldn't want to win silver. I wouldn't want to win bronze. It's the same as 76th to me. That's pretty messed up. Indeed, that is messed up. JRB14, I am not sure what your chosen profession is, but unless you are THE best in the world at it, your dad would consider you a loser?I'm not sure he has a chosen profession as his member thing says that he is 15.I think the question should be what his dad's profession is. I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRB14 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Yeah, I'm in high school. And he wouldn't outright call me a loser, but he would say that I've lost, and I don't compete among the world's best, but football, for example, I play among the best grade 9s and 10s in all of Ontario. My team went to the conference finals and lost. In his mind, though statistically we were the best team in the conference and second best team by playoffs, he still says we had a losing season, and yes, he understands that we went (6-2) in the regular season, 8-3) total, but he calls it a losing season, we don't have a ring. I agree, to be honest, it pushes me harder not to accept silver, or finalist. But he would never call me a loser, because he works on the assembly line at Ford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Yeah, I'm in high school. And he wouldn't outright call me a loser, but he would say that I've lost, and I don't compete among the world's best, but football, for example, I play among the best grade 9s and 10s in all of Ontario. My team went to the conference finals and lost. In his mind, though statistically we were the best team in the conference and second best team by playoffs, he still says we had a losing season, and yes, he understands that we went (6-2) in the regular season, 8-3) total, but he calls it a losing season, we don't have a ring. I agree, to be honest, it pushes me harder not to accept silver, or finalist. But he would never call me a loser, because he works on the assembly line at Ford. Hey now, I would have been proud of my dad if he was an assembly line worker at Ford. I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRB14 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I'm not saying I'm not, I'm proud of my Dad, and my uncle and their father, who also work or have spent their entire lives on the assembly lines at Ford. That's the only vehicle anyone in my family will ever drive, and it's a hardworking man's job. It's something to be proud of as much as my Dad tells me different, working at Ford now and when my Dad started is different from when I would start working at Ford, if I so choose to. It's much more unstable. I'll get into mechanics or something, instead. Anyways, we're getting awfully offtopic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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