The pointless endeavor of comparing different tragedies or histories of oppression to one another by attempting to quantify the suffering and/or injustice of each, so as to determine which tragedy was more tragic, or which oppressed peoples were more unjustly oppressed.
Jamie: Did you heard about the bombing in Boston?
Frank: The Arab world suffers violence like this every day as a result of US foreign policy.
Jamie: ...let's not play the Suffering Olympics.
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Alan: The fight for LGBT rights is this generation's great civil rights movement.
Rob: Their is no comparison between the struggles African-Americans faced and the struggle of the LGBT community.
Allison: Neither compare to the struggle women have faced.
Alan: Do we really need to play the Suffering Olympics?
Frank: The Arab world suffers violence like this every day as a result of US foreign policy.
Jamie: ...let's not play the Suffering Olympics.
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Alan: The fight for LGBT rights is this generation's great civil rights movement.
Rob: Their is no comparison between the struggles African-Americans faced and the struggle of the LGBT community.
Allison: Neither compare to the struggle women have faced.
Alan: Do we really need to play the Suffering Olympics?
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n: Someone who makes everyday tasks an olympic event. They are extremely competitive and will do anything for victory. They tend to exaggerate their motions to portray their complete dedication to staple activities.
Matt - "Hey did you ever notice how Greg will sprint up the stairs or see how many papers he can staple a minute."
Jimmy - "Yeah I have, he's just an everyday olympian."
Jimmy - "Yeah I have, he's just an everyday olympian."
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Get the Olympic toke mug.The feeling of sadness, melancholy, and despair after the Olympics are over. Sometimes resulting with laying around all day moping in your house, or watching video highlights of the Olympics to cheer yourself up.
Dude: I'm gonna be so bummed after the closing ceremonies, watching the last 50k cross country ski race broke my little heart.
Brah: Yeah, I am definitely going to experience post Olympic depression when they are over. I will probably sulk and and mope for a week. Maybe I'll watch some curling highlights to brighten my mood.....
Brah: Yeah, I am definitely going to experience post Olympic depression when they are over. I will probably sulk and and mope for a week. Maybe I'll watch some curling highlights to brighten my mood.....
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Get the sochi olympics 2003 mug.n. Any participant in an olympic event that obviously isn't a real sport, eg. ice-curling, luge, modern pentathalon. Often these people are smokers, out of shape, and Canadian.
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Hey! Hand me a Snickers bar! It's kind of boring out here on the curling rink. But at least I'm living the dream.
Here you go, eh, my olympic "athlete".
You didn't put air quotes around "athlete" did you?
Here you go, eh, my olympic "athlete".
You didn't put air quotes around "athlete" did you?
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