This is a thread for concentrating discussion about the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. We’re not disallowing dedicated posts about the Olympics on this community, but rather, this thread is more for any thoughts and discussions on the Olympics that are too small for their own thread. If you’re lucky enough to attend the events live, we’d love to see pictures, too!

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  • Muad'Dibber
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    22 years ago

    My favorite so far has been the whining about “human-made-snow”… a new term they seem to have invented in the past few days. Eg 1, 2

    Every country using artificial snow for resorts and skiing for 50+ years 👌 . China doing the same for the winter olympics: deafening, authoritarian, but at what cost!!?!

    • @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.mlOPM
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      02 years ago

      I’ve seen people complain how energy intensive and therefore environmentally harmful it is.

      While they drive their SUVs to their oversized houses in the middle of nowhere American suburbia, presumably.