small brain: the olympics are about sports! regular brain: the olympics are about putting nationalism aside to celebrate human achievement! galaxy brain: the olympics are about satisfying our desires for big nationalistic pageants in a mostly harmless way! exploding universe buddha fireworks chakra brain: the olympics are a modern potlach ceremony, in the "destruction of wealth for prestige" sense, because of what a shitshow it is for whatever city hosts them
underwhelmedandoverstimulated:
the olympics are about logo design!
I want to return to the idea of the Olympics replacing war please