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It seems a bit off, but what could she possibly be talking about that happens at night in the olympic village that isn’t related to competition?
Being at the fucking Olympics? Among the very best people in your chosen area, who also recognize you as their peer and equal? Seeing people you may have admired your whole pre-adult life and now you meet them in person for the first time? I mean, I like sex as much as the next guy, but let's face it, sex is great but not that special. Incels and monks aside, almost everybody gets to do it one way or another, at one time or another. At some point, it's still great, but not a great achievement anymore. Being at Olympics would be a great achievement for anyone, and vast majority of people would never achieve it.
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My guess is being surrounded with elites in an exclusive area and being constantly reminded that "I am elite and exclusive." I have never trained for the Olympics, but I would guess there is also a high associated with being at the Olympics even when not at the village, because they have trained so hard for it for so long.
If she is referring to sex in particular, then what is it about Olympic sex in particular that makes it so much better than the sex she has (probably) been having up until then?
I think there's an argument that the incel community is not really mad about sex, because if that was the case, they would just hire prostitutes. To the extent that is true, this girl is blissful not about sex, but about status.
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Meeting new people from all around the world? Being surrounded with proof that you've achieved a goal towards which you've been working your whole life?
I was also going to guess something about beautiful architecture, under the presumption that cities would go all out to show off their artistic skills for these things... but, is it just me, or are most Olympic villages kind of ugly? De gustibus non est disputandum, I know, but the only thumbnail that really caught my eye turned out to be a building from 1881. Hosting the Olympics is famous for entailing economically crushing expenses, so maybe custom-built Olympic villages simply cut every corner they can to try to mitigate that ... but if you're going to take on decades of debt rather than just decline to host, would it be crazy to spring for some bricks and carved stone before the creditors cut you off? I guess constructions like the luge track spend more time on camera than the residences do, but at least nice residences can recoup extra expense as resale value; the luge track, not so much.
I think it's more that there's no demand for dormitory style structures in Olympic towns after the games end, so the village is temporary and is demolished. The luge track actually has more value as there aren't many of them in the world so they can use it for training and competition. I know at Whistler you can also ride a bobsled as a tourist. With how sensitive these cities have become to cost Los Angeles is famously building very little and housing the athletes inUCLA dorms I. 2028. One of the two things they have to build is a running track for the Coliseum since they removed the old one some years ago, and they're intentionally building a temporary track that they'll move to a public park afterward.
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