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[Loud Whispers]

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But how much did it earn?

Currently -£12,000,000,000

Created thousands of jobs over several years just to construct the facilities

Paid for by the government using public sector funding, 80% of the jobs were not done by locals despite promises... "Making jobs" is no excuse to squander that amount of money.

thousands of tourists spending money at local businesses...

Tourism has gone down, small businesses in central London quiet.

It's not like they stuck the money in a rocket and shot it into the sun.

The £2 Billion profit from advertisement deals, broadcasting rights and ticket/merchandise sales is going to LOCOG. That money will then be gone, leaving a more economically desperate UK.
So yes, it is like they stuck the money in a rocket and shot it into the sun.
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[Yoink]

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2. No meta-discussion about the Olympics itself as an institution. Yes, there's plenty of room for criticism about a bunch of rich, industrialized countries holding an athletic event that their superior training programs and advanced gear allow them to run away with. However, that criticism belongs in another thread, maybe the Chill Progressive thread. Likewise for grousing about how much of a pain in the ass/waste of money the Olympics are for the UK.

[Briggsy16]

Bore off about the cash. It isn't about the cash, it's about the lasting legacy and the inspiring of a generation.

[Loud Whispers]

As much as I'd like to rant on about why I disagree, we were supposed to end the meta-discussions

[MetalSlimeHunt]

It's true, we should stop talking about the cash and start talking about how badly everyone was beaten by the USA.

[SirAaronIII]

Wow, 104 medals total? That's a lot of medals!

[RedKing]

Just now watching the closing ceremony.

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Meh:
Madness. Seemed tired and long in the tooth, felt kinda rushed.
Dread Vampire Pirate Queen Annie Lennox. And I'm a fan of Annie Lennox, but seriously what the fuck?

Good:
The hip-hop rework of the Bee Gees. Better than I anticipated.
Cover of "Wish You Were Here". One of my favorite Pink Floyd tunes, but they sang it too fast.
Fatboy Slim
Pet Shop Boys

Great:
Eric Idle doing "The Bright Side of Life" (and seeing Prince Harry singing along)
Kaiser Chiefs' cover of "My Generation". Dude actually had the energy level of Pete Townshend.
Liam Gallagher's band covering "Wonderwall"
Russell Brand doing the Willy Wonka/"I Am The Eggman" medley. He was actually a fantastic pick for that bit.
Getting Freddie Mercury to work the crowd from beyond the grave. Brought a big smile to my face.
Brian May throwing down some serious fucking chops on guitar.

EPIC:
Watching Boris Johnson rocking out to the Spice Girls. London, you must be so proud. xD

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WTF?? NBC, Y U NO SHOW MUSE? YOU FUCKWADS!! 


Grr....figured it out. NBC was too busy talking over the fucking ceremony during their act. Thought I heard Peter Gabriel at one point too. Fucking fuckity-fuck fuckers.

Now watching the Brazilian presentation.

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Neon-lit jungle tribe Green Lantern Corps, a hip-hop dwarf clad in lightbulbs, and Pele!

Yeah, Rio 2016 is going to be fun. 

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I couldn't find any channel that showed the closing ceremony. I'll watch the recording later, I suppose.

[RedKing]

I couldn't find any channel that showed the closing ceremony. I'll watch the recording later, I suppose.

 
I just finished watching it on NBC-17.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

My NBC was full of talking heads with the stadium in the background.

[RedKing]

My NBC was full of talking heads with the stadium in the background.

Your NBC sucks worse than regular NBC then. They're showing the final speeches by the bigwigs right now.

[NobodyPro]

Caught Fatboy Slim on my way in this morning. So much win.

[Urist_McDrowner]

YES! The men's basketball! Come on, Spain!

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 Wow... That was very exciting, up until the referee(is that what you call them in basketball?) started seeming to really favour USA with their decisions. Oh well. Still a great battle, right up til the end.

Meh

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We deserved to win, and we did.

[Briggsy16]

Kaiserchiefs didn't do My Geneation and it's called The Walrus Song not I am the egg man.

[Detonate]

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Exactly, they covered Pinball Wizard. I heard that the Who did perform at the end, but I missed it on the stream and my stupid NBC decided to cut out some 30 minutes for a preview of some awful new sitcom.

Also you should spoiler that, there are people who haven't watched it yet.