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Six days ago, tennis superstar Naomi Osaka lit the Olympic cauldron and kicked off just over two weeks of sporting excellence. Now, sports fans around the globe have been glued to their screens to support their national teams and athletes competing in the biggest event of high-level athleticism.

So amid the salty caramel popcorn, loud cheers and tears of disappointment, people are taking their emotions and laying them all out in these funny tweets that we collected below. So let’s get that Tokyo Olympics vibe up and rolling, and be sure to upvote your favorite ones!

After you’re done, I totally recommend you check out our previous post with crazy photos of Olympians and other athletes that will give you an entirely new perspective on the human body and its capabilities. No amount of respect is too much for these incredible people!

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Hermione
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5 years ago (edited)

Yep, that’s me. Minus the gold medal.

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Oh yeahhhh....this would be great!

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Japan just does everything better.

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    With so many fans not being able to attend the Olympics this year, the post-pandemic sports event seems very different from what we were used to. Just like most professional sports, Olympic events feed off crowd energy that transfers onto the screens for viewers at home.

    Commenting on the very different kind of Olympic experience this year, Rick Burton, a professor of sport management at Syracuse University and the former chief marketing officer of the US Olympic Committee for the 2008 Beijing games, called the experience “sterile.” “The sponsors are going to be thinking the ratings will be down. They’re worried they’re not going to get their money’s worth,” he added.

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    Nadia Montera
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    hahahaha

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    #5

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I'd definitely watch this. Lol

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    #6

    Air Horse 1

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    You know, transport of the horses never occurred to me.

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    Moreover, sports psychologists are now observing an Olympics without fans as a real-life science experiment. It’s thought to help researchers and clinicians to measure the impact of a crowd of fans on its players—and on spectators at home. The unprecedented times offer an entirely new glimpse into what is the social and psychological makeup of the Olympic Games and how the competing athletes are affected by it.

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    #7

    Makes Sense

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    This is utter none sense...let them wear what they want and what is comfortable! It's their skills on show not their bodies.

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    Bobert Robertson
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    It's like being Dwayne Johnson's bodyguard

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    #9

    Skateboarding

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    Juraj Janeček
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    have you seen pistol shooters?

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    Some athletes have already stressed the pressure that’s been building for not having an audience of spectators. On Tuesday, superstar gymnast Simone Biles dropped out of the women’s team event, blaming “not the right headspace” for competition. “It’s been really stressful this Olympic Games. Just as a whole, not having an audience. There are a lot of different variables going into it,’ she told the Washington Post.

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    The findings made on viewers’ engagement also show that sports without fans may be way less enjoyable. Kantar, a research firm that measures consumer enthusiasm, found that two-third of American sports spectators announced that watching sports during the pandemic was not as engaging and enjoyable. “[The Olympics] could be a little bit less engaging, a little bit less fulfilling for the viewer,” Ryan McConnell, Kantar’s senior vice president for consulting, told Quartz.

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    404 Panda Not Found
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Damn, BP's censoring has gone to (present tence cat in french)

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    #11

    ???

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Not the camera man we want, but the one we need.

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    #12

    Skateboarder From Philippines Meets Tony Hawk

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    Tequila4Two
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    This meme never gets old.

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    #13

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    Eunice Probert
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I could win the jumping to conclusions event.

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    #14

    Go Guys!

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    Francis
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    weightlifter hidilyn diaz won the first ever goldmedal for the philippines!! i literally screamed when she won :D i was so f*cking happy for her

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    Young Minami Kotaro
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Coz it would be awkward if it was...FORD

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    Never miss a story that brings joy to the world. Add us on Google

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    ggus44
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Well, it's fair for those russian athletes that don't do doping and just work hard to go to the Olympics.

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    #17

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    Otter
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Facebook is pure evil.

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    #18

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    Laura Würker
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Shiny!

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    SykesDaMan
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    never heard of*

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    Monday
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    This reminds me that it's nearly time for my annual "Blades of Glory" watch.

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    #21

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    IlovemydogShilo
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Yo me they look like they want to recruit me into Scientology.

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    Eunice Probert
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I want to see the egg and spoon race at the next olympics.

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    #23

    Expectations vs. Reality

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    lara
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    The EASIER the Olympians make it look, the HARDER IT ACTUALLY IS. My absolute favorite sport in gymnastics is the "rings." OHMYGAWD, it looks "so easy" and actually it is hell on your body.

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    #24

    Better Than Nothing, Am I Right?

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I don't even think we've got any medals this year yet.

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    #25

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Exactly! It means so much more.

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I also fall over putting my socks on.

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    Kaspar Kristiansen
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    Pierce Morgan, is that you?

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    lara
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Oh, oh, will they have waxed and unwaxed categories?

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    athornedrose
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    same

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    .

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    Bobert Robertson
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I see 2-oh-2-oh-nay

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    #31

    Ya

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    Francis
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    me while watching diving: "oh s**t that was a huge splash! that won't be a medal for them!" - it's the only thing i know: big splash = bad rating

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    #32

    Toss Your Medal To The Athletes ~

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Nice!

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    #33

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    SykesDaMan
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    They look nice and comfortable! :)

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    #34

    Watching Olympics Is Hard

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    Young Minami Kotaro
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Me too..

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    Suutashi
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    XD That's Yoshi- P, Masayoshi Soken and Koji Fox from Final Fantasy XIV. It took me a moment to realise who they were.

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    Young Minami Kotaro
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Hah hahh!

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    #37

    Just Saying, Someone Being The Best By A Wide Margin Is No Reason To Handicap Them

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    Monika Rhodes
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Pretty sure that's not why she left...

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    Zophra
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    ...while eating chips with a cat on my lap also judging the competitors.

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    #39

    Cat Olympics? This Mfer Spittin Tho

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    He deserves all the medals!

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    Leo Domitrix
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Coolest thing I did at 13 was a trick on a bike that later caused me severe pain (when I landed) and would have made Tony Hawk laugh, b/c he could do it on a skateboard. So, yeah, no coolness whatsoever.

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    #41

    Simone Biles

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    Joanna Carmel
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I hope it came up in the exit interview.

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    lara
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Yes, yes you do. If you haven't then you don't have a clue as to what is going on, in fact, you really need to go to the library and watch all the earlier ones, though you are going to have a little trouble finding the Grecian Olympics for 400 BC.

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    Japan With The Home Field Advantage

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    Monday
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    "The olympics are temporary, waifus are eternal" - that athlete probably

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    MAL
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I've been in this conversation.

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    #45

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    Bacony Cakes
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Dandy Doritus?

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    #46

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    It's just the natural thing to do..."oh look a photographer...what should I do....oh no I'm panicking....*bite*"

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    #47

    Me During The Olympics

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Keyboard warriors and couch potato's are always the ones criticising other people.

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    Skateboarding Finally Made It To The Olympics Let's Go

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    シ *’-BLOODLUST-‘* シ
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I agree tho

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    Bobert Robertson
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    I would dress like ryan lochte just to see him lose miserably

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    #50

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    elSti
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    She was second, and now she can do it for real after time trial

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Ah yes, the yoghurt lid Olympics.

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    #52

    You Win Some You Lose Some

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I think FIFA can also give then some competition in this category.

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    #53

    Hey! Tokyo Olympics...i Fixed Your Twitter Account! You're Welcome!

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    Gin. No tonic
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Because most countries don't accept Taiwan as a country. Doing so would greatly damage their relationship with China. I.e. Taiwan is officially a part of China. But putting a Chinese flag next to Taiwanese athlete's name would insult Taiwan. So no flag is better than an international scandal or worse, a war because of Twitter post.

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    timothy green
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    ASSHAT

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    Bobert Robertson
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    that's a sweet canyon bike

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    #56

    My Favorite Pic From The Olympics So Far.  

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    fire bug
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    download-6...66b94c.jpg download-6102ccb66b94c.jpg

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    #57

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    Jen Nichol
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Is this Haikyu? XD

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    Tanja J
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Go, Slovenia!

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    beastmachine.
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Nice, reminds me of my political sciences class

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