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[SATIRE] Highlights of the Olympics, by someone who for sure watched the Olympics

Illustration by Ash Maloney.

MATTHEW BAUM

Scallion Editor

Since the Olympics ended last week a few weeks ago, there has been loads of information to dissect and break down. Luckily, I am someone who for sure, absolutely paid attention to the sports events that went down. 

  1. Some guy smashed his balls on one of the slalom poles for skiing. 
  2. There was a figure skater from one of those European countries who did some really impressive spins. They just kept going! It was wild! The audience was up in arms! 
  3. Shawn White is still a skateboarding legend, and he holds the weight of the pride of all of the United States for his gnar shreds up on the fresh powder. 
  4. There were some very nice fireworks, I guess. Lots of fireworks on that first night there. 
  5. My dad said the curling was really intense this year. I couldn’t tell you whether or not that’s true. The whole sport is a convoluted rock-and-broom mess. It’s the game of apathetic dads everywhere. 
  6. Some idiot dumbass idiot hurt himself when he was sliding down the luge ramp. Rookie mistake, honestly. I would never have screwed the pooch so bad if I was there. Lame sauce. I’m telling you, I could do that! It’s just sliding down a hill! Easy-peasy.
  7. Everyone was really uncomfortable with the Russian competitors, and I don’t want to say it was for good reason, buuuuuuut….
  8. Did I mention the slalom thing? I saw the video on Facebook, and Jeez Louise, it was terrifying. Poor guy. He really hollered when he got walloped. 
  9. My buddy Brian saw me writing this and said, “Wait, the Olympics ended?” which I thought was pretty funny. 
  10. The Batman movie came out, and I’ve heard very good things. It’s not really related to the Olympics, but whatever. 
  11. Turns out the slalom guy was from like seven years ago. But you didn’t even know. You didn’t watch the Olympics, I could have said anything, and you would have eaten it all up. I have a hard enough time bringing you content, and I can not be expected to be spot-on with all my facts! I’m an editor, damn it, not a historian! 
  12. Canada’s women’s hockey team brought home the gold, beating out the United States and Finland teams. 

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