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Wiggins isn't, but he's only one example. Think of all the underdogs from Beijing who won gold and haven't thus far been able to replicate their success at home - that swimmer in particular, I forget her name but she has a large nose, who won bronze. As for Glover and Stanning, they were not underdogs but their winning gold was not a dead cert as far as I know; this was their first Games, and on the world stage they have never won more than silver before. To say they dominated is not really true. I don't really include Daley as an underdog, just a media darling, and because of this I agree the pressure must have been unbearable. @Phelps fans: he's not really the greatest Olympian when you take into account the potential number of medals that can be won in swimming compared to other sports. It's massively over-represented at an Olympic level.

All this discussion of 9gag has reminded me how much I hate the unfunny nonsense that most memes are, be they on meme websites or those terrible YouTube memes. I say "most" because I don't want to be close-minded, but in my experience all memes are not funny.

^ I am glad the rowers finally got us a gold - hopefully this will lead to others emulating and break our inability to perform under the media pressure. These Games have proven thus far that Britain does best in underdog conditions.

Ouch - what happened? Also, Gore Vidal has died. Though he was old, it's one of those things you never really expect.

Reading more short stories by Akutagawa. Green Onions was particularly enjoyable.

9/10. To me, always associate Albel with musical stuff in OT.

Just got back from the Olympics this morning. In spite of the 5am wakeup, it was more than worth it.

These are very good. I'm slightly jealous.

That doesn't sound too bad. Poor choice of words, but little else.

I really like the sound of this guy.

My first public appearance since my untimely departure last year. No doubt after I've climbed the hierarchy of Tip.it respect again, people will look back to my debut return post in this very topic. My point was that debut and return are two distinct things, and mixing them results in an oxymoron.

Though I am worried this might be aimed at children, I am intrigued by the approach to the MMO model taken by the developers of the game, especially when compared to old-fashioned and sluggish RuneScape. http://www.glitch.com/about/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch_(video_game)

@ Hawks: I really don't see why romanticising the NHS is a bad thing. People here complain about it, but let me tell you it's far better than the Italian health service.

Very good news.

I dislike Mcartney profoundly. Like Gary Barlow, vain and self-promoting. As for the opening ceremony: I found the first 20 mins or so with the towers rising out of the ground a fitting and grandiose tribute to the greatness of Britain's contribution to the world. After that, it slowly got worse, though never awful (that dance of the 60s-90s or whatever it was did bore me), resurged for the lighting of the cauldron, and hit a real low with Mccartney. All in all, a lot more genuine than Beijing, which was just a matter of 'look how many people we can fit in one place doing the same thing' and much of which was fake. To the guy that mentioned the whole Olympic spirit: though I agree, if anyone adhered to this we'd get lots of generic opening ceremonies - I am glad Britain to chose to celebrate itself rather than some vague pseudo-philosophy about sports/humanity/peace. Just my preference.

Any particular cause?

Thank you. :)

Is it possible to stop the censor being quite so useless as in the following example: In a post, I noticed my use of the word S N I G G E R I N G was rendered as s[racist term]ing. Quite clearly there is no relationship in terms of the meaning and though synonyms can be found, I wonder if there's a way of having a more intelligent censor?

I agree. I've always liked some of the political stuff he's done in the past.

^ Might I ask what a 'debut return' is?

Romney made himself look like a twit in Britain - the Olympic inconsistency and referring to Miliband as 'Mr Leader' has aroused universal s[racist term]ing at him amongst the political-types I know. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18995166

^ I'm sure Omar or Assume or one of those has refuted that in this thread, so I don't feel the need to say much, but essentially God is a conjecture. As such, it should be treated as every other conjecture and assumed untrue until adequate proof has been delivered - I do not consider that which has been given thus far in human history convincing, and as such I do not believe in god. If I did, it would be the god envisaged by Spinoza, rather than one which one worships for presents and good favour. Thus it is possible to be 'sure' regarding God's existence, though in my opinion erring towards a belief in God is the result of conditioning rather than reasoned conclusion.

Very Good, Jeeves. As usual with Wodehouse, brilliantly funny and a delight to read.

Good God, how is this thread still going after almost three months? :shock: