8.09.2012

From the Desk of the Editor in Chief: Olympic Edition

8/09/2012  Editor in Chief  

Like much of the developed world I've been sacrificing sleep to watch the Summer Olympic games at night well past my bedtime.  I find the production quality better than ever for this game.  The between event vignettes about the athletes, the fancy lane assignment graphics for swimming and running, the seemingly infallible Bob Costas; throw it all in the pot and you end up with Olympic worth coverage.

There have been a few items I want to call out here because I find them particularly interesting.  First up is this collection of synchronized swimmers faces from buzzfeed.com.

Insert phallus here
Photo: buzzfeed.com
As you can see, the faces are quite freakish, If you don't believe me, check a ton more of them out here.

I've got some other items of note for you including some controversial moments after the jump!




There are really too many interesting things to list here, so in random order here is what I think you should know about.

Serena Williams does a victory Crip Walk

After Serena Williams won an individual gold, she broke out in spontaneous dance much to the delight of her sister and family. It didn't take long for the pile on to begin, many people in the media started criticizing her for it.  Apparently doing that dance is the equivalent of throwing up a gang sign and sends the wrong message to children.  When I first saw it I thought she was just happy.  The dance is recognizable enough that Snoop Lion (formerly known as Snoop Dogg) sent her a tweet! "Shot out to Serena williams. C walking at the Olympics Cpt style hahahahah! Go girl. "



Korean Fencer gets screwed the wrong way
This one is a little more serious.  South Korean fencer Shin A Lam was leading the defending champion Britta Heidemann by a single point with one second left in the match.  All she had to do was remain untouched for 1 second and she'd win, sounds easy enough right? Luck was not on Lam's side when the 15 year old working the timer forgot to start it when the match resumed, giving Britta Heidemann plenty of time to score a point and win the match!
I don't have the heart to poke any fun at this one
Olympic officials have dismissed the claim that the time keeper was a 15 year old volunteer and have been saying the timer was "stuck."  I applaud them for trying to protect the minor from Korean Rage, but whomever made the questionable decision to put such a person in charge of a critical piece of the match is who should bear the brunt of the public outcry.
Inconsolable
US Rower is well hung
I have a new hobby, posting on T's facebook wall.  I know he enjoy hot dudes and cock, and he happens to have a legion of loyal followers who consistently reinforce my posting of hot man meat there.  Below is my best picture to date, a US rowing team accepting their bronze medals.   The dude 2nd from the left is Henrik Rummel (even his name makes him sound well hung) standing there smug for good reason.  Zoom in and get a good look.  Homophobes skip this section because it will only leave you angry and aggravated.
"This is me and I swear it's not erect!
 I don't know why it ended up in that position but there you go."

"These little nappy headed hoes need a perminator" - Nicki Minaj
Lastly I leave you with another US Olympian, Gabby Douglas.  She won gold in the all around gymnastics competition which immediate set off every brotha and sista with a twitter account.  You'd think they were reveling in the fact African Americans continue to dominate in any sport not involving water, but no there was a matter much more pressing....
Gabby's Hair
Photo: sarcasmsociety.com
Yes, her hair was what many chose to recognize first before even getting around to the gold medal performance.  Not being black and growing up around very little racial diversity I don't have a lot of first hand empathy to add to this.  I do have a couple of black friends and that is enough to know that black hair isn't a laughing matter.   Once on another teawithlemon.com post, Marja (half black by association) commented on some rough looking hair once and was immediately pounced on by T's outspoken Jamaican friend C.J. in the comments section (she posted as Weave Believer) with "Don't go there girl, DON'T GO THERE!" as if Marja had no right to comment.  That was enough for me to know that this is a topic I have no business commenting on... so I'll let the picture above (poached from sarcasmsociety.com) do the talking.     I will say, I thought nothing about her hair until Marja alerted me to the controversy.

Douglas should have simply said "This is me... I don't know how it ended up in that position, but there you go!"

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