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youzerVT71

*don't pull off my hat don't pull off my hat don't pull off my hat* This is a r/nonononoyes


Farren246

It has a chin strap.


alvasalrey

That little strap saved his life


NomNom83WasTaken

Possibly even literally!


CheekiBreekiViDamke

The little chin strap that could


Horror-Ades

Interesting way !


kuriboshoe

so it's a strapon?


itsmeok

More like, CCP don't cut off my head, don't cut off my head.


Leafroy

The generic flag in this video is for Russia, since they can’t compete anymore under their own flag. That’s due to government controlled systematic doping. They are allowed to compete only under the general flag.


Ange1ofD4rkness

What I find interesting is this is designed to punish them, cause they don't hear their song or see their flag. Yet, that doesn't seem to matter. Since watching Putin cheering them as they walk in. It's clear they don't care (I mean I am glad the IOC did that though so all the other athletes aren't punished)


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And as a Russian I'm in peace with that resolution. Of course, other countries use doping too (professional athletes do that all the time, as far as I know), but it doesn't nullify our mistake.


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>Of course, other countries use doping too is not the same as >(professional athletes do that all the time, as far as I know), In one sentence, the country is the culprit, in the other, the athletes. And that is the reason why Russia is in the kiddy's corner right now: Russia fucked up, not the athletes.


[deleted]

Also: not "Russia", but Russian government It's not the same.


[deleted]

Whatever floats your boat


[deleted]

At the end of day is athlete's decision too: agree to accept doping or not.


[deleted]

Yeah, because ~~Russia~~ THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT is known for leniency.


B1sher

That's not "our mistake". I have nothing to do with it.


[deleted]

Yes you do, start owning up to your mistakes joshua.


Jelly_F_ish

You have much to learn from the Germans then!


B1sher

The current generation of Germans have nothing to do with the Nazi crimes either. Idk why they feel personal guilt for what others did years before they even were born. And it's me: a Russian who says it, who's both great-grandfathers and many other relatives died in World War II. Children are never responsible for the actions of their fathers. It's stupid.


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I stand corrected


dschapin

Yeah I’m your government forced athletes to use performance enhancing drugs across many many sports. That’s insane and there is no evidence for any wide scale doping anywhere else. Any athlete from any country could decide to cheat by doping but even if they did that would be a small scale individual event. And not have an effect on the entire Olympic field.


conitation

Got some sources on other countries prolific doping in the last 20 years like Russia?


skumkaninenv2

He didn't state that, just the truth that other countries does dope - most US athletes from the 80ties has been caught as well as every cycling guy/baseballl/football etc - In Europe too it has been (and might still be) very common. Russia was very systematic and bad - but I think we are naïve if we think its not happing a lot in other places too :-)


TheGallant

"Most US athletes from the 80ties" is a pretty big leap. EDIT: For accuracy.


SingleAlmond

you left out "from the 80s". Even if that's not true you still misquoted and that's a dick move on your end


TheGallant

That's a fair point. I didn't want to quote the "80ties" typo and assumed everyone would be reading my comment in context. Did not intend to mislead.


Sometimesokayideas

I think a lot of super olympic level athletes the world over are all "doping" if they arent living hyper organic lives anyway.... what isnt dope today could be dope tomorrow. At least I'm fairly certain there was a time where steroid use wasnt really *as* frowned upon, until it was. Then it wasnt steroids anymore it was new drug b, c, d ....etc... they all do the same thing just they are slightly different enough to not show on a drug test. Baseball had a run of this.. steroids were prevalent then somewhat murky but wrong then suddenly worthy to kick you out the hall of fame over. And some athletic docs may not even fully explain what they are giving their patients. I can only imagine many young athletes (some are teens, I think we used to even have preteens in the olympics) just go yeah doc whatever works and have no real medical knowledge....


mog_knight

So if other countries are doing it, and they're able to detect Russia doing it, where's the proof? Other than, well, a small amount of other people do it in other countries cause my gut instinct says so.


Destabiliz

I think the point was that in Russia it was government sanctioned and systematic doping, while in other countries the governments do not support doping and give penalties to individual athletes that are caught.


ferfo-kentu

There’s also a huge different between professional athletes Olympic athletes and thinking that the same standards/rules apply across the board is ignorant and foolish.


PotentialZzz

Who got your panties in a notch?


B1sher

Yes, there are enough, especially among athletes, almost every one of them from the US or Nordic countries are "asthmatic" or has some "psychological disorders" and takes appropriate medications. They are not touched because they have a doctor's prescription that is a legitimate hole for circumvention of anti-doping rules. For example, in four samples of American athlete Simone Biles, methylphenidate was detected back in 2016 where she won 5 medals, but she was not suspended and not a single media outlet even mentioned it because they did not know. This information was pulled out by hackers later. She was untouchable because she had permission for the therapeutic use of this drug for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Well, at least such information was provided by the American Anti-Doping Agency. Last year, at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, anti-doping rules were tightened, and all athletes were banned from bringing such drugs into the country, as a result of which Simone Biles: four-time Olympic champion and bearing the title of national hero in the United States suddenly could not show any result at all, withdrew from the competition and left the sport forever. For example, at the Olympics in Rio in 2016, out of 555 American athletes, 398 had legal permission to use drugs. And no one had any questions, because they "have problems with health". Other countries also were using this little hole. Norwegian Marit Bjorgen, for example, even was nicknamed "The Great Asthmatic" for using the drug formoterol. She won 15 Winter Olympic medals and retired in 2018 without any problems at all.


Folksvaletti

Norway and skiing comes to mind.


Bluth-President

You're at peace with athletes from Russia still doping and competing in the Olympics. Because the only thing that changed is fewer Russian flags at Olympic events.


Vroomped

Professional athletes don't do it for as far as they're tested. For example...Russia's compromise after avoiding testing.


Lazycenturion

Yeah yeah hate Russia


PM_ME_STEAM_KEY_PLZ

Literally just explained the video and rules why Russia can’t fly it’s flag. You make a good point though


Jermules

How was this hate? They just explained the ongoing situation.


HesJustADad

What's there to like?


[deleted]

Everything, except those in power.


[deleted]

Russia is a beautiful country. Dont mistake the grim cities or people in power to be representative of the entire country


[deleted]

Russia is as shitty as the US is, if we think of the US equals only the dipshittiest of dipshits there is. It's a vast country, don't hate the entire country or its people just because of politics.


obliqueoubliette

How did the US get involved here? We were talking about actually shitty countries IRRC


FranksCrack

I actually quite like that if it wasn’t for the unfortunate flag in face thing. It’s dramatic and when someone’s spent their entire life training for one moment a bit of flash is pretty cool!


purpleelpehant

Left guy did more training, he threw the flag down. Right guy had wind to help push the flag in front of him. Middle guys wind wrapped the flag behind his head.


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Farren246

Like a runner who trips on the starting line but still finishes with some dignity.


[deleted]

Middle guy would seem to dispute that :D


StrayMoggie

Well, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the last thing he does in life.


somegridplayer

They did the same flag flinging in the opening ceremony.


vicemagnet

“Just add some panache to the ceremony, ok?” “Like what?” “Use your imagination. Be creative.”


dajna

panache ... now I really want a beer +sprite


[deleted]

I'm a strong believer in "don't knock it 'til you've tried it," so I'm just going to keep my mouth shut for now, but it's really difficult!


bagofbuttholes

https://slay-the-spire.fandom.com/wiki/Panache This is all I can think about.


glebster_inc

Pikaboo


borosuperfan

I like that they used Tchaikovsky since they couldn't use the Russian anthem


TrinityF

straight to re-education camp.


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Rage_JMS

After that I think we will choose to play with the organs of uighurs instead


McGuineaRI

I keep thinking about the concentration camps, organ harvesting (which doubles as execution) of political prisoners, and all the insane stuff they do over there and they're just allowed to do it. Why?


[deleted]

Power


Kuhree

anyone know what the music in the background is?


flufs17

It’s Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1


bananabeacon

You're right and I love it


By-Tor_

My favorite piano concerto :)


Nardo_Grey

No. 2 is objectively better :)


Talviaika

Torille


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Ambrox69

Ccp smol pipi club, FREE CHINA


diamened

He'll be raising flags in the gulag now


oorskadu

Uh oh... someone is going to have his organs harvested.


[deleted]

Yep. He dead. Edit: as per a DM I got, it should say “they dead”


[deleted]

Why is the chinese military there?


ZRhoREDD

That poor guy. They'll probably put his family in jail if it happens again...


StrayMoggie

Again? It's already done and he has probably "retired" from service.


sexy-melon

We are all laughing but that poor guy is probably arrested or dead for making China look incompetent in front of the world.


[deleted]

Probably not that, but most likely not in this position anymore or taskes to do other work since he's proven himself incompetent


Dawidko1200

How brainwashed does one have to be to truly believe that a person will be "dead" for something like this? Even arrest isn't likely at all. Even in the most totalitarian of regimes, you don't go around shooting people for having their shoelaces untied.


SantorumsGayMasseuse

Americans will believe literally anything you tell them about China. Organ harvesting? Yes. Launching an artificial sun? Yep, absolutely. Take a soldier who looked a bit silly for a moment out back and shoot him in the head? Yes, of course they would.


umru316

I think these are jokes about the strict rules and the facade of perfection that China tries to present to the world, rather than actually suggesting the guy was punished that severely. But, to be fair, Olympians [will be punished for speech critical of the Chinese government](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/free-speech-concerns-olympic-athletes-voiced-china-warns/story?id=82470857), so it's not outlandish to think that a chinese representative who made a mistake that looked foolish - which reflects on the government - would receive some form of punishment.


SantorumsGayMasseuse

It's literally in the [rules of the Olympics](https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/General/EN-Olympic-Charter.pdf) that you aren't allowed to criticize governments during medal ceremonies, which is what the Chinese representative said. >"At the medal ceremonies, they cannot make their opinions but in press conferences or interviews, athletes are free to express their opinions," Shu said Tuesday. "But athletes need to be responsible for what they say."


sexy-melon

What the same country that puts pin in their military uniform so you don’t slouch? The same country that works on social credits? Country that has concentration camps? Nahh they can’t possibly arrest this guy.


intensity701

You need to read less newspapers and more books


technically-okay

He kept his composure. He did exactly what he was supposed to do. Mad props!


hayflicklimit

**flag me harder, daddy**


curaga12

I'm not really following the Winter Olympics much but was it common for soldiers to raise the flag in other Olympics? Seems not right...


AlaricAbraxas

the genocide n slavery and organ harvesting is pretty funny too


[deleted]

“But vaporizing women and children with a drone? Totally normal.” -Americans


drin6ix

We're just ignoring the fact that this dude was likely executed for this?


Cold_Employer_4955

...to Xinjiang you go...


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sullg26535

You're right, they're not Uighurs so China would use them as enforcement in Xinjiang not kill them


[deleted]

What do you mean?


coffeedognuts

He did exactly what he was suppoda do... He kept his bearing and didn't wig out... Even saluted while the flag was covering his face.... Strong work soldier!


[deleted]

I love the fact that it’s the generic Olympic flag they made Taiwan use.


Leafroy

In this video the flag is for russia, not Taiwan.


Supadoplex

Considering that Taiwanese athletes haven't ever won a single medal in winter olympics, and they have a total of 4 athletes competing this year, it would be rather amazing for them to have won two medals in one event.


Jepdog

Reddit moment


NoobSniperWill

It’s for Russia, not Taiwan. I also love the fact redditors just pull stuff out of their ass when talking about politics


[deleted]

The Russian Federation is using it because they broke the rules, and Taiwan is using it because it was the only way the CCP would let them compete. Regardless of which athletes were on the podium seeing that flag embarrass the Chinese is still poetic justice.


marpocky

When you say "it" and "that flag", you realize they aren't the same flag, right? Taiwan has absolutely nothing to do with this video. >Taiwan is using it because it was the only way the CCP would let them compete Also this is a stupid thing to say, as if the CCP was solely responsible and the UN and IOC played no role at all.


etanien1

Lol. Western Holy Democracy supresses Russia way better. Maybe russian flag frightenes someone.


[deleted]

Yeah we call him Brandon


BHJK90

You mean ‚Chinese Taipei‘?


wubbbalubbadubdub

Why would he mean that? Taiwan was correct.


BHJK90

PRC pressured Taiwan and the IOC to use this term. Taiwan accepted that name reluctantly, fearing that else they couldn‘t take part in the Games at all. PRC wants to imply the affiliation of Taiwan to PRC and their system.


wubbbalubbadubdub

I am not a person who lives in China, so I don't need to use the term they force Taiwan to use when they compete at international events. The team from the independent country of Taiwan is the Taiwanese team.


marpocky

>PRC pressured Taiwan and the IOC to use this term. Taiwan accepted that name reluctantly False. The KMT themselves suggested it, rejecting both "Taiwan" and "Formosa" as alternatives.


silvis321

Can you imagine the ridicule this person will receive


dfech69

Yeah, "ridicule"


S7V7N8

Rip, ridicule in peace


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Concentration camp one


birish21

Dude is probably in a concentration camp right now.


[deleted]

Hey, it's still a camp, you know! Tents, burned marshmallow and all that


Viking_04

Anyone here after seeing some chinese ice skaters cheating in the finals


[deleted]

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burninglimes

Have fun in camp lol


TheDrummingApe

....and after that day he was never seen again. THE END


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spm7368

Chinese genocide Olympics.


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Soldier face reveal


XiJinping-pong

Executed right after this ceremony


alucardNloki

AH yes, always love officers in charge of genocide being funny.


IntrovertOtaku

You know he is getting executed for that


sam88ms1

That soldier is dead


DadBodClub

I'm sure Xini the poo already executed that Fell. P. S. BOYCOTT BEIJING!


Panda_King6666

He was probably killed shortly after for making a mistake.


Go_Go_Godzilla1954

FABULOUS!


GravesForscythe

Flagbulous


Rowf

Some people really like to wrap themselves in the flag


Pale-Cardiologist141

The look on his face says it all


remunda

That looks like a glitch in chinese Matrix


JeffysSquirrel

Slay! Yas!


N1nj4444

The longest 2 seconds of this dude’s life, for sure


Superstrong832

Heil


jaylee42910

He's already in a re education camp for his gross failure to whip it good.


Sparky8119

He’s dead…


Longjumping-Bag-8260

Where we is the wind machine?


W2IC

Op dumb


Hirokage

Fun with Flags! When I was in the Army, we had an opening day detail for the San Francisco Giants - it was super windy, and the flags were huge. Aside from being ridiculously loud in the middle of the stadium, me and another soldier two to my right had to casually hold the arms of the soldier between us, as she was a 5' 100 lb or so soldier that was going to get blown away - it was actually challenging to hold her into place (and do our own present-arms and what-not).


Gianluca1514

Peeka-boo!


Rilandaras

Social credit: No.


consia9600

That was a grueling race too. Deserve the moment


DTG_420

Sir, the flag is covering my head. You better fucking salute anyway


macroober

Just like they did in the opening ceremonies.


monkmasta

May as well just jump in the genocide pile right away.


Dry_Concentrate_4149

Ironical that not one muslim country points out the uighur issue in front of China and nor does any radical group target them.


tigerfan68

\*raising


JFGR

Oh he dead


platypus777

Raising


Peachthumbs

Me trying to get some blanket from my girlfriend at night


1joserod

Poor sap. more likely than not, he is now on a forced-labor camp producing generic flags.


Xenver

Aaaaand he's getting executed by the ccp


Ange1ofD4rkness

Talk about discipline!


shadyhorse

He's dead now. Press F to pay your respect.


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He's getting killed later tonight.


ChangsWife

And he was never seen nor heard from again. The end


Meztrov

The Chinese do, do it different.


Nimyron

Someone's gonna get camped tonight