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Olympics- Simone Biles quits and Russians win gold

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Hans Sprungfeld said:
Until I read someone using the word "withdraw," I had a sense that there was a better word but I couldn't come up with it. I think you might have benefitted by its use
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When we're no longer supposed to use words which describe the action we're in a strange place. Left, quit, exited, withdrew, departed, stopped competing, gave up, etc.

I just looked up the story and the first article which pops up is Simone Biles didn't quit. She refused. Today she stepped into a beautiful, radical, overlooked tradition: the Black Art of Escape.

The articles and tweets that pop up are that she showed what a hero she is today, she showed radical courage, she won etc. And then you have the tweet from Clay Travis.

It's really okay to say what happened, she quit. It doesn't make her a bad person, it doesn't mean she's not an incredible gymnast, and it obviously doesn't mean she should be barred from competing again. From everything I've seen she's a great person and from everything I've heard she's the best gymnast ever. She just wasn't in the right headspace and was performing poorly so she quit. She didn't feel she could compete any further and thought the team would perform better without her, it is what it is. I really hope she competes 2 days from now and wins gold.
 
EBonz30 said:
Only if you knew me- calling me a bad guy is not practical or logical to me- but to each is own. I have never called anyone a bad person or a negative name on this boneyard website.
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I try and refrain from name calling as much as possible here, but this situation is personal and I've seen all I need to see from your post to say bad guy
 
JimCtheGOAT said:
I respect her mental health and hope she is back to being her usual self. The only thing that I don’t get is why she was feeling so much pressure. I know she is the face of women’s gymnastics, almost all olympians. So I get that she is a huge name and millions of people probably look up to her.

But she’s been an Olympian before. She won 4 gold medals last time. Has a billion world championship golds. Team USA has won the team event the last two team golds and were heavy favorites this year. So She’s not trying to end some long painful losing streak for her country. Team USA wins the overall medal count every year. so I don’t see why she would be feeling this extreme pressure to deliver for her team, team USA , or the USA in general.

She’s the best of all time. she rolls out of bed and is better than everyone else half asleep. And she didn’t even need to be good for us to win gold. She even didn’t need to be average for her. She could’ve been really really bad for her standards and we would still win.

it would be like usain bolt having to run a 11 second 100m to win gold or tiger having to shoot 85 to win the Ryder cup. It’s really bizarre.
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Tiger or Usain aren't ending up paralyzed if they have a bad day in their sports.
 
EBonz30 said:
Also I am not into the name calling & slander of other people in the yard- I see us as a community & although we have different opinions on subject matters, I don’t see how it is heathy or productive- it has never been me & will never be me- never understood it- with that said we have freedom of speech so I guess it is par for the course.
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good luck with that. if you aren't totally PC you will get throttled.
 
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EBonz30 said:
Also I am not into the name calling & slander of other people in the yard- I see us as a community & although we have different opinions on subject matters, I don’t see how it is heathy or productive- it has never been me & will never be me- never understood it- with that said we have freedom of speech so I guess it is par for the course.
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Freedom of speech doesn't apply here.

Also people with offensive opinions deserve to be shouted down. You can't give them a voice or the radical becomes normalized. Fringe people (on both sides) need to be labeled and ostracized as such when their ideas hurt other people.
 
navery12 said:
I try and refrain from name calling as much as possible here, but this situation is personal and I've seen all I need to see from your post to say bad guy
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I appreciate the honesty & rawness of how you feel about me & I wouldn’t want it any other way, although I don’t agree with the sentiment. My goal in the future will be to change your perspective of how you see me into a more positive connotation. I only have respect for you & everyone on this forum. Thank you for your feedback.
 
Ok I'm watching the olympics right now and Simone Biles is out there in uniform, NBC is saying its live when I'm pressing the guide button I'm kind of confused, this can't be live I guess.
 
EBonz30 said:
I appreciate the honesty & rawness of how you feel about me & I wouldn’t want it any other way, although I don’t agree with the sentiment. My goal in the future will be to change your perspective of how you see me into a more positive connotation. I only have respect for you & everyone on this forum. Thank you for your feedback.
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I would like to hear what you have to say.
 
Scoe said:
Ok I'm watching the olympics right now and Simone Biles is out there in uniform, NBC is saying its live when I'm pressing the guide button I'm kind of confused, this can't be live I guess.
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I mean, it’s live to you I guess. Earliest she would be back to compete is Thursday (Tokyo time), if she does compete in the individual events.
 
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Ckulmer34 said:
good luck with that. if you aren't totally PC you
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husky429 said:
Freedom of speech doesn't apply here.

Also people with offensive opinions deserve to be shouted down. You can't give them a voice or the radical becomes normalized. Fringe people (on both sides) need to be labeled and ostracized as such when their ideas hurt other people.
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I have different style of how I interact with others- I only believe in interacting & treating people positively & respectfully no matter how they treat or interact with me. I am me & how someone treats me has no influence how I treat them (I do my best) otherwise I would let other people dictate my behavior & who I am.

With that said, If I believe moving forward they will cause harm to my loved ones or myself I will end the relationship.

I really enjoy & admire what this forum has built & how the community has grown & I love listening to other peoples perspectives & really just communicating & going back & forth with how others feel & how each of us see subject matters. I think this forum has helped me grow as a person & have a better overall understanding of so many different topics & subject matters. As I said previously I don’t believe the name calling is constructive or productive & I chose not to join- but again that is my opinion & I respect & understand what you said above.
 
I have no issue with this young woman and her decisions and I’m in awe of her talent and courage.

But the day I saw that she was sporting GOAT outfits I felt a pang like it was Bad Idea Jeans.

To me, that only adds to the pressure and it’s going to be that much harder to keep living up to that no matter who you are.

There is no better competitive position than being underestimated.
 
UCDaveD said:
I mean, it’s live to you I guess. Earliest she would be back to compete is Thursday (Tokyo time), if she does compete in the individual events.
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Ok its from yesterday, I didnt realize that Biles actually gave it a go, you gotta respect that and she was honest with her teammates. NBC coverage sucks btw, if its not live dont say it is.
 
Good for her. Her making that choice to step down on the biggest stage to highlight mental health and prompt discussions on it is very brave. She knew she’d get pushback from all of the mouth breathers out there. Imagine being actually mad about this - my god get over yourself. Mental health issues are real. She’s a hero in my book.
 
John said:
Tiger or Usain aren't ending up paralyzed if they have a bad day in their sports.
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She’s had that risk at every event she’s ever been in and dominated. Every practice even. She’s taken on that risk literally thousands of times. Why now? Makes no sense.
 
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Watching it now she was there btw essentially being a coach to her teammates, media made it seem like she just quit and left, I have to believe she had an injury. I always gotta see it before forming my opinion from own opinion, rather then jumping the gun on media click bate.
 
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Dove said:
That word "quits" is the root of the post. The root grew the indictment.
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dayyyyummmm. u win the thread there, shakespeare. tight, concise, loaded with meaning, and less words than it took me to write this.
 
Scoe said:
Watching it now she was there btw essentially being a coach to her teammates, media made it seem like she just quit and left, I have to believe she had an injury. I always gotta see it before forming my opinion from the media.
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You might want to consume so different media.
 
Scoe said:
Watching it now she was there btw essentially being a coach to her teammates, media made it seem like she just quit and left, I have to believe she had an injury. I always gotta see it before forming my opinion from the media.
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Huh? She didn’t have an injury. There’s no speculation. I didn’t see any media that said she quit and left. I saw titles of threads that made it seem like that but I didn’t see any coverage that said she left.
 
People acting like she just was like, "Nah, I'm good." Chick trains harder and longer than you've ever trained for anything in your life just for that moment. Maybe recognize that something must've been really really wrong, whether you can see it or not, for her to make that decision.
 
krinklecut said:
Huh? She didn’t have an injury. There’s no speculation. I didn’t see any media that said she quit and left. I saw titles of threads that made it seem like that but I didn’t see any coverage that said she left.
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Im watching it and it really does look like she was hurt, maybe mentally not there, regardless she was their with her teammates. I didnt click on anything btw so I just took the news headlines as if she had just quit and didnt participate, making her decision sound worse then it was thats media click bate for ya though.
 
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mustafa said:
You've shown yourself to be the stupid one. You someone who just makes excuses for people.
You either Do or you DON'T. She plain wasn't feelin' it and just Quit.
Nasser stuff didn't affect her last Olympics, World championships , qualifying. It all came to a head right now in CRUNCH TIME.
Girl Quit and he will and should affect her payday. Same as if she did do well, then it would also affect her payday, this time positively.
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You poor thing; you can’t even write
 
superjohn said:
You might want to consume so different media.
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You might wanna spell the word "some" correctly. My point was the media headlines made it sound worse then it actually was. Her being there with her team makes me respect her decision more.
 
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I have a family member with mental health issues, so I am trying to be sympathetic here, but am at a loss to understand why her mental issues caused her to quit on the team, but leave open participating in the individual events. In my value system, the team always comes first.
 
Scoe said:
You might wanna spell the word "some" correctly. My point was the media made it sound worse then it actually was. Her being there with her team makes me respect her decision more.
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Lol you got the idea that she left Tokyo in your head for some reason and are blaming the media even after saying you didn’t read anything
 
Scoe said:
You might wanna spell the word "some" correctly. My point was the media made it sound worse then it actually was. Her being there with her team makes me respect her decision more.
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What media? I read a bunch of stories on it and they all explained exactly what happened.
 
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