If You Don’t Like the Olympics, You’re Really Boring

Megs
ILLUMINATION
Published in
2 min readJul 28, 2024
Photo by Nil Castellví on Unsplash

France’s opening ceremony this year might have just been the coolest thing I’ve ever seen on TV, even with the Minions there.

This bad boy dates back to Ancient Greece and there’s a good reason it’s been going for so long. And I’ll tell you what, it was way more fun to watch than the Superbowl.

Let’s go over it-

A knight in shining armor racing across the water on a robotic horse, Celine Dion, a light show on the Eiffel Tower, an Assassin’s Creed protagonist holding the torch and doing Parkour across actual Parisian rooftops, a metal concert on the walls of Marie Antoinette’s prison including tons of fire and a decapitated model of the woman herself, giant heads in the Seine river, a runway fashion show, Dionysus, Serena Williams, Snoop Dogg, Lady Gaga, LeBron James, and a ton of other cool people, including- YES, including Illumination’s Minions.

That’s probably not even all!

Let’s just say it was a wild ride, and it was far better than the other opening ceremonies I’ve seen.

I had a lot of fun watching it, and I hope that they continue wild tactics like this in the future for the next opening ceremonies.

We’re going to Las Vegas for the next Summer Olympics, right? I’m sure the USA will have a great time being extra, because it’s basically our job. The next Winter Olympics is in Italy, and I’m sure that’ll be just as much a sight to see as well.

For now though, let’s see what France has to offer going forward!

And if you’ve got complaints about the Olympics? You probably just hate having fun.

Sure, it’s reasonable to say Sports Are Boring, but c’mon… Seeing the very best at sports in the entire world??? I think it’s pretty fun to watch at least.

Sure, Sure, Sure, I’m sure there’s something valid to complain about considering it’s popularity, but isn’t there with everything?

Everything on earth has nuances you can’t be free of, so slow down and enjoy something for five minutes instead of living in doomed pity all the time.

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