Do you hear that? It's the sound of people being reasonable.

I like the Olympics. I really do. It's a phenomenal excuse to lay on your couch until 2am on a Tuesday and watch sports that you would otherwise be pissed off at if they were taking up valuable broadcast time any other day. Seriously, if I turned on my TV on a Saturday afternoon to watch college football and curling was on, my head would explode. But for two weeks every four years I just can't get enough of that goofy fucking sport. It's great. Women's ice hockey? Check. How flaming can Johnny Weir get before coming out of the closet? I can't wait to find out! Can I have more contempt and hatred for Bob Costas than I do right now? Abso-fucking-lutely! Last night, however, my enjoyment of the Olympics was nearly dashed.

First, I was watching snowboarding. Those hippies just iritate me. (Calm down Anonymouses. I feel perfectly justified in not liking people who don't really care if they lose and you shouldn't be back here reading my rants anyway.) Second, Shaun White's coach, well he, um, he CURSED!!! Obviously I was not concerned about the use of profanity on live TV. Frankly, I have the sense of humor of a 12 year old and think things like that are funny. What I do not find amusing, though, is when self-righteous dipshits (like the Anonymouses of the world) freak the fuck out when someone curses on TV.

I watched White clinch the gold, then I heard his coach say "fuck" and "shit." Immediately I thought, "Aww shit. Now there's going to be a fucking national freak-out over this." But much to my surprise and delightment (assuming that's a word) there was almost no mention of it today as I browse the internet and watch TV. Just as much as I get super fucking pissed off about little stupid things, I also get really happy about little stupid things too. This is one of those times. For once in this hypersensitive PC world country that we live in, everyone was able to take a step back and not try and form hands across America to save the kids from swear words. I almost don't want to talk about it. I'm afraid I'll jinx it. But know this: For at least approximately twenty one and a half hours, America was able to hold it's shit together and not freak the fuck out about two garbled words spoken at 11pm.

Bill Maher really puts it in nice perspective. (The whole thing is great but you can skip to the 4:40 mark.)