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Olympic Games Paris 2024 - AH Thread

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    #122
    jojofizzio
    Registered Users Posts: 6,073 ✭✭✭jojofizzio


    what is the nationality of someone from Niger?

    Serious looking contingent they have..



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    #123
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,952 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    The French colours never looked better.



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    #124
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 82,681 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Hopefully there's a vuvuzela ban at the whole event so it's not unwatchable.



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    #125
    archfi
    Registered Users Posts: 5,327 ✭✭✭archfi


    A blast of Spacer!

    The issue is never the issue; the issue is always the revolution.

    The Entryism process: 1) Demand access; 2) Demand accommodation; 3) Demand a seat at the table; 4) Demand to run the table; 5) Demand to run the institution; 6) Run the institution to produce more activists and policy until they run it into the ground.



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    #126
    archfi
    Registered Users Posts: 5,327 ✭✭✭archfi


    Sound level on BBC is definitely much lower than RTE

    The issue is never the issue; the issue is always the revolution.

    The Entryism process: 1) Demand access; 2) Demand accommodation; 3) Demand a seat at the table; 4) Demand to run the table; 5) Demand to run the institution; 6) Run the institution to produce more activists and policy until they run it into the ground.



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    #127
    MrMusician18
    Registered Users Posts: 7,412 ✭✭✭MrMusician18


    Screenshot_2024-07-26-20-25-33-62_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12.jpg

    So unlucky with the weather.

    Good show otherwise. If this kind of show couldn't work in Paris, it wouldn't work anywhere.

    It is a show for TV though.



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    #128
    Expunge
    Registered Users Posts: 2,028 ✭✭✭Expunge


    Bernard Dunne is a bit negative about it all, saying the coaches of these athletes will be going crazy.

    All of them soaked in the rain and out there for hours!

    He has a point, maybe.



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    #129
    patob
    Registered Users Posts: 232 ✭✭patob


    Enjoying watching the variety of boats. Cool modern one for the Dutch.



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    #130
    martingriff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    God RTE you cut to break or the studio at crap times



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    #131
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 23,798 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430829#Comment_122430829

    Turned over for the better audio… advertisements tho, don’t get them on BBC.

    Definitely better audio quality though 😳



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    #132
    Nightwing1862
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭Nightwing1862


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430831#Comment_122430831

    How is it any different from having them standing around in an open air stadium waiting for all the other athletes to file in? A lot of the athletes competing in the next couple days will have skipped tonight anyway.



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    #133
    appledrop
    Registered Users Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭appledrop


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430831#Comment_122430831

    Ah lads are the top athletes or snowflakes, a bit of rain certainly never hurt any Irish person!



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    #134
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users Posts: 7,729 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430829#Comment_122430829

    Slowly being driven insane by a man talking in low tones about where countries' names came from and which ones are landlocked.



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    #135
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,734 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430814#Comment_122430814

    Nigerien, as opposed to Nigerian.



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    #136
    Genghis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,025 ✭✭✭Genghis


    Delete



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    #137
    jojofizzio
    Registered Users Posts: 6,073 ✭✭✭jojofizzio


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430850#Comment_122430850

    why thank you,I did wonder 👌



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    #138
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users Posts: 13,410 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    The Irish outfits created by the Sinead O'Connor wax person I presume.



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    #139
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    Screenshot_20240726_203608.jpg

    ..



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    #140
    Ohmeha
    Registered Users Posts: 1,989 ✭✭✭Ohmeha


    I'm not completely hating the ceremony as I thought I would. I give credit to the ambition and attempting something different and the organisers would have done their contingency on the percentage chance of a washout which has bit them tonight. I'm cool on the ceremony as this feels less intimate than previous opening ceremonies and more heavy towards advertising the city and it's culture more than the athletes, it's dragging on a bit more than what I recall for recent opening ceremonies

    Also looks like less athletes attending aswell maybe I'm imagining that or not? I wouldn't like to be preparing for elite Olympic competition getting soaked on a boat risking coming down with a cold two days later



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    #141
    archfi
    Registered Users Posts: 5,327 ✭✭✭archfi


    the ad breaks on RTE are waaaay too many

    The issue is never the issue; the issue is always the revolution.

    The Entryism process: 1) Demand access; 2) Demand accommodation; 3) Demand a seat at the table; 4) Demand to run the table; 5) Demand to run the institution; 6) Run the institution to produce more activists and policy until they run it into the ground.



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    #142
    appledrop
    Registered Users Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭appledrop


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430857#Comment_122430857

    I was dreading them but thankfully the boat set up hide how hideous they were😁



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    #143
    dasdog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭dasdog


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430860#Comment_122430860

    Hasn't been a single ad break on Eurosport



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    #144
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 23,798 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430860#Comment_122430860

    That one came only five minutes after the previous one too, I looked at the time I posted thinking WTF? 😂

    RTE definitely squeezing the advertisers, hope it’s not like this for the rest of the Games 😒


    EDIT: I give up, back to BBC, that’s ridiculous.



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    #145
    Downlinz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,539 ✭✭✭Downlinz


    Are they just taking the piss on RTE with the breaks? 4 minutes between breaks that time.



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    #146
    archfi
    Registered Users Posts: 5,327 ✭✭✭archfi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430864#Comment_122430864

    thanks! Completely forgot about that, have switched over plus sound level is also way better than BBC

    The issue is never the issue; the issue is always the revolution.

    The Entryism process: 1) Demand access; 2) Demand accommodation; 3) Demand a seat at the table; 4) Demand to run the table; 5) Demand to run the institution; 6) Run the institution to produce more activists and policy until they run it into the ground.



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    #147
    Nightwing1862
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭Nightwing1862


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430859#Comment_122430859

    Four years is just long enough for people to forget that the athletes parade is actually pretty tedious



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    #148
    thecretinhop
    Registered Users Posts: 6,585 ✭✭✭thecretinhop


    In fairness this is amazing



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    #149
    archfi
    Registered Users Posts: 5,327 ✭✭✭archfi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430874#Comment_122430874

    try Eurosport no ads sound high 4k 😁

    The issue is never the issue; the issue is always the revolution.

    The Entryism process: 1) Demand access; 2) Demand accommodation; 3) Demand a seat at the table; 4) Demand to run the table; 5) Demand to run the institution; 6) Run the institution to produce more activists and policy until they run it into the ground.



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    #150
    appledrop
    Registered Users Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭appledrop


    That's disgraceful RTE having ads, sure your missing the show that way. There are no breaks in the ceremony so why are RTE doing that.

    We are watching on BBC so ads not an issue.



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    #151
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,362 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    They just did their 3rd ad break in the space of about 20 minutes….. switched over to Eurosport….

    There must be a big piece coming up that they won’t be able to cut away from hence getting all the ads in early?



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