'Summer' Olympics
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Anybody else weirded out by the fact that the Summer Olympics are actually taking place during, what is for Brazil, the winter?
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It's because of white people.
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@Haru17
I know... I guess I'm just more surprised that nobody really brought up the fact.
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There is the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. They are always named as such. The location differs every time. I think it would be more confusing if they renamed it based on the location as they could end up with 2 summer or winter in a row.
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Yeah I've always found this a little funny....but, to be fair, something like 90% of the human race lives in the northern hemisphere, so it makes sense to stick with our terminology.
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@RockDoctor said in 'Summer' Olympics:
Yeah I've always found this a little funny....but, to be fair, something like 90% of the human race lives in the northern hemisphere, so it makes sense to stick with our terminology.
Wow, I never realized that until now. If you really look, the oceans surrounding Antarctica just dwarf relatively small spans like the Northern Atlantic.
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I've always just thought of them as summer and winter sports, hence the terms.
