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Roberta Stack's avatar

I had to fast forward most of the opening ceremony. It was too weird for this 71 year old. Call me old fashioned but I liked the older way of the opening ceremony, simple and about the athletes. And why were they focusing on the Hollywood celebrities. Who cares that they are there? Not I…..

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Tim Pallies's avatar

I'm not sure "old fashioned" is it. I'd be more inclined to say you're a rational, thinking, human being.

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Ree T.'s avatar

I talk about this a lot with my adult children. I am in my 50s and I remember when sport was simple and about the game at hand. The Super Bowl hype is now a week long affair, the drafts are now a Prime time spectacle etc etc. Our society is rampant with narcissism and debauchery. It’s all so depressing.

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Elsie E Connelly's avatar

I'm 81 and pissed off.

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