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Personally, I looked at those balls of light and thought,Oh, nice.
In practice, these are the Sadlympics, the Ill-lympics, the 2020 (or is it 2021?)
Hence everyone soldiering on with the opening ceremony and despite everything Italics!
sometimes even conjuring magic in the process.
The Japanese flag was raised while officials looked on soberly, all of their faces shrouded in masks.
Only time and ratings will tell.
Who doesnt dream of getting to the Olympics so they can wave at a few journalists?
Go to hell, Olympics made the Olympic ad tie-ins seem a little off-putting.
Japan may not have gotten a Toyota Olympics commercial, but we crass Americans sure did!
They snapped selfies and waved at NBCs cameras.
After all the delay and anticipation, they were finally here.
Sure, maybe here felt like an ominous blank void, but its still the Olympics.
(John Legend repped the Americas, as he seemingly does in some form at every major event.)
