• yesman@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    This is America. You need corporate sponsors, rich benefactors, or wealthy parents to get to the Olympics. Athletic talent is essential, but not sufficient.

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      3 months ago

      That why Snoop was hanging around the skateboard street comp with his shitty little electric hand fan? (We have the same one.)

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        3 months ago

        Maybe? But I kinda feel like at this point Snoop just wanders around doing whatever the fuck Snoop feels like doing

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          3 months ago

          And smoking weed wherever tf he wants, wherever he wants, and gets paid for it. Dudes got things figured as far as I can figure.

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        3 months ago

        Snoop is basically the human interest story reporter for NBC this year. He was in the stands watching the women’s gymnastics qualifiers with one of the team member’s family on Sunday.