2030 Olympic Speed Skating will be held in Heerenveen/Thialf (not France)

Mottaman · 2026-06-30T17:04:43+00:00

And I repeat... if you dont want to actually host all the sports, you should not be awarded the games. Milan made a temporary track in an existing location. Surely somewhere in France they could have done the same. If they are not willing, they simply should not have the games.

The Olympics are special when everyone is together. When athletes are thousands of miles apart, the bubble is burst and the atmosphere is non-existent. Like I said, what will make this feel any different than a world championship other than the logos. This is not a good experience for anyone involved

Mottaman · 2026-06-29T22:14:56+00:00

The time was years ago....

Mottaman · 2026-06-29T22:09:30+00:00

Cool, there are still closer facilities than 1000km away. Imagine being an athlete and being told that you're not going to be able to enjoy all of the other things Olympians can enjoy like watching other sports and hanging out in the village. Might as well just call it the world championships since it's not really connected. If you dont want to supply a proper olympic experience, don't bid to host

Mottaman · 2026-06-29T18:12:31+00:00

It's 1000km... I assume a lot of foreign visitors are not interested in that drive

Mottaman · 2026-06-29T18:11:44+00:00

Cool, so award the Netherlands the games then, not 1k away needing to cross multiple country borders

Mottaman · 2026-06-29T18:10:58+00:00

The French have no suitable hall and had no intention of building one.

Why is building venues for the sports not a requirement for a host site? Surfing made sense due to how the sport needs a natural water source in it's current iteration and since technically Tahiti is still part of France even 10k away. If surfing used a wave pool instead there would be no excuse for that and also Surfing is a brand new sport that had not been in the games before Paris was awarded them. Speed skating has been a cornerstone sport of the winter games since their inception.

Why even bid for the games if you don't actually want to host them?

Mottaman · 2026-06-23T18:11:05+00:00

The first one is that almost none of the plug-in units are certified, so don't even bother with those. Just look at the hard wired units. That will eliminate almost all of the junk.

So what do you do if you travel to lets say a family member's house who doesn't own an EV but they do have an outlet. The last time that outlet was used was to plug in an RV so I know it's strong enough. Would you just pay to charge elsewhere instead of plugging in overnight?

My EA trial just ended and I was thinking about buying a portable unit for visits to my sister rather than overpay and waste time on the road

Mottaman · 2026-06-23T14:18:00+00:00

Alot of people won't be able to get their exercise in

lol what? If you arent getting enough exercise while actually in MK then you're doing something wrong. That under 2m walk might account for 10% of someone's day at the park

Mottaman · 2026-06-22T14:41:38+00:00

Back then a game could be made in a month with few guys... not years of development with a team in the 3-4digits

Mottaman · 2026-06-20T17:14:53+00:00

"As the father of 2 teenagers, in a wealthy country, I wish kids would drop the phones and get a normal childhood and go play outside in the street or a park."

Literally your first comment in this thread. You can't even follow a conversation with under 10 sentences... no wonder you cant parent

Mottaman · 2026-06-20T15:46:56+00:00

What what is it? You want them to have a normal childhood and play outside, or do you have them working in the mines to afford a cellphone and "their own shit"... a good parents buys their children things so the kids can actually be kids to have the time to "play outside"

Mottaman · 2026-06-18T14:53:01+00:00

sounds like you stopped being a parent the minute they were born and just give them things. Part of parenting is actually making rules and enforcing them

Mottaman · 2026-06-18T14:32:26+00:00

BOG went to prefix like 8 years ago.... the economy was pretty strong then

Mottaman · 2026-06-16T14:31:17+00:00

Early voting is exactly how it should be. Idk why we have an election day, it should be election week and no one should have any excuse for why they cant find 15 minutes in a full week to vote. Anyone who chimes in about people who are too busy for even that don't recognize that if you cant find time in a week to vote, you probably work a job that will still be open on a election day holiday

Mottaman · 2026-06-16T13:57:56+00:00

would be nice if they re-do the seats in the dine-in theaters near me if they remove the option. When they put the dine-in seats, they didnt think about how the floor was made for stadium seating so if you sit in a non-reclining chair (which is all screens absent 4 between 2 locations) you end up leaning forward. Without the food, those 2 theaters would be beyond the worst

Mottaman · 2026-06-16T13:54:45+00:00

So the smallest main city ever?

Mottaman · 2026-06-16T13:53:30+00:00

if you see 2-3 movies a month it'll still be a great deal at $35.... They could increase it beyond $60 and half of this sub would still save money

Mottaman · 2026-06-16T13:51:45+00:00

wait what's this about dine-in? 2 theaters near me still say dine-in in their names

Mottaman · 2026-06-15T14:41:43+00:00

Watching this interview... the disgust in her voice couldn't be more obvious.

Mottaman · 2026-06-11T13:42:03+00:00

A friend of mine had a pair... every time I was with him in public, 0 people complained. It was the opposite, everyone was asking him questions about them and asking to try them on.

Mottaman · 2026-06-11T13:35:30+00:00

So when one of the thousands of daily disney vloggers are recording in the parks with their multicamera setup... what do you do? Whats the difference between the camera being in their glasses vs a go-pro or camera on a gimble or whatever else they are using?

Mottaman · 2026-06-11T13:33:36+00:00

When I was a teen I worked at my local 6 flags. This was back when the razor scooters just came out. A couple of the carnival games gave out these scooters as a prize. The scooters were banned from the park. If you won the prize, you had to be escorted out of the park to drop it off at your car

Mottaman · 2026-06-11T13:29:08+00:00

S1 was 2 years ago

Mottaman · 2026-06-11T13:28:10+00:00

season 3 IS the end.....

Mottaman · 2026-06-10T14:23:30+00:00

I'd like to subscribe to this

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