keyofnik: afeelingdeepinyoursoul: mingion: Does anyone realized, it’s the red circle. The red one stands for America. I think the Russians didn’t mess up, they were sending a message. “Prior to 1951, the official handbook stated that each color corresponded to a particular continent: blue for Europe, yellow for Asia, black for Africa, green for Australia and Oceania and red for America ” -Wikipedia #hello welcome to the passive aggressive games Yeah, no. The amount of personal clout Putin has put into these Olympics? What they symbolize? The eyes of the entire world were focused on that event, and within the first fifteen minutes, Russia’s opening ceremonies — their fifty billion dollar ceremonies — had the single biggest mechanical fuck up on the very image that represents these games. That image of the snowflakes opening to become the Olympic rings was supposed to be iconic. Look back at any other Olympic opening ceremony and that moment when the rings are formed is one of THE moments. It’s right up there with the torch lighting. Now that moment will have to be skipped in any stirring retrospectives because it’s fucking humiliating. Putin is DESPERATE for these games to reinvent Russia’s entire image on the world stage. All this did was confirm what everyone’s been saying: that Russia wasn’t up to the task and is painfully ill-prepared. Nobody is coding shit, nobody is sending messages. It was a practical effect that probably worked flawlessly a thousand times in practice but which failed on the day, because the universe has a sense of humour but is kind of an asshole. Plus seriously. Like the dude who was in the KGB for sixteen years and who’s been in power since 2000 is going to send a coded message crackable by a Wikipedia search.
