What a hypocrite

Is that really being a hypocrite? I always think of a person who puts up a false front as someone who is a hypocrite. Like someone who says they are a Christian and goes to mass, but their actions & day to day life doesn't reflect that. Just because you aren't really interested in something but watch it, I don't think that makes you a hypocrite. You didn't watch the actual Olympics, just the opening which - from what I understand because I didn't watch it - isn't anywhere near the same thing. I'm not interested in the Olympics, but if someone in my house put it on and it caught my attention I would watch whatever caught my eye.

Olympic fan here, so can't relate...

I missed the opening ceremony because I have no television where I am at right now. Coming back to your question,....hmmm. I think I have been such a hypocrite at times. But most often, I try to put across my change of mind before the person has an opportunity to ask me. I've also learnt to keep my mouth shut and not voice my opinions until I am very very clear about it.

No, you're not alone in doing something like that! There's a stupid show on MTV called Jersey Shore. All I heard was bad stuff about their antics (I used to live about an hour from the taping site), so I kept telling everyone how I wouldn't watch that crap. One night, I'm watching television late and I had noticed earlier in the guide a show about my favorite band was going to be aired, so I changed channels and tried to stay up. I must have fallen asleep because I woke to sounds of screaming laughter-my introduction to the Jersey Shore. And I was strangely hooked. So yes, I SWORE I wouldn't watch, but then was on Facebook the next day, discussing the plot (or absence of one) with a friend of mine. How pathetic! And I remember when MTV stood for Music TeleVision, heck, I remember when there WAS no MTV! OMG, did we loose thirty years somewhere!

I don't see anything hypocritical about it. I don't like football but will watch the half time show of the Super Bowl if they have a good band and tape the new commercials just to get a laugh. I've watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, too, just because it's such a spectacle. We can dislike something or have no interest in it and still watch or read something associated with it. I just saw a headline about the queen parachuting into the Olympics, which I'm sure was some sort of computer graphics or an actress. That would be interesting but I wouldn't tune in just to see it. I think it kind of takes away some of the dignity of the office.

Yeah I do that at times. I missed the opening on TV but maybe I'll be able to stream and catch it somehow. I heard it was a good opening. I'll be watching quite a bit of it on TV or just have it on in the background watching our Aussies compete

Lol I certainly did not watch it because I am not interested and a lot of People have said but I would never see it again in England, well I know that but it is just not my thing so I watched a Film instead lol xxx

I find that sometimes lack of choice causes me to watch a show or program that I wouldn't necessarily watch if something more to my taste was available. And I love those moments of lack of choice because inevitably I find myself learning something new about myself and my tastes become less limited. I wouldn't call it hypocrisy either........just shortsightedness at what really can capture my imagination. I do understand what you are saying though and I am glad you saw it through. I watched the opening ceremonies and was gobsmacked at the entire production. I nearly fell over when the Queen jumped out of the helicopter. lol I found a lot of the ideas, especially the construction of the torch borrowed from Vancouver's Olympics, but then I am a proud Canadian and our venture onto Olympia was only a couple of years ago. I am not such a rabid sports fan that I watch much during the year, but come the Olympics I am glued to my tube. The entire spectacle thrills me as the true spirit of the games ensnares my mind and heart and I only surface to respond and share my enthusiasm.

hi pikey I think the opening ceremonies are always so exciting but them I am a huge Olympics fan. I think for me I used to brag no not me on using a computer, me at my age then my son gave me a computer and I found the net and boy what a hypocrite I was. I loved it, I just became addicted then found mylot years later and another addiction. lol Yes pikey I think we all have those times.

Oh no you're certainly not alone. I feel exactly the same way! Only the other day in one of my answers to your other discussion I was saying how excited I was about the torch coming, even though I wasn't into the Olympics at all. Then the opening ceremony completely blew me away and we watched it three times! And now the games have started I'm finding myself become uncharacteristically patriotic and cheering on team GB!?! (Where has the old me gone? Not sure who I am now... ) Admittedly I'm mainly watching gymnastics and swimming, but still. I'm hoping the old me comes back at some point. But in the meantime I'm enjoying the excitement of it all, and am really looking forward to the closing ceremony. Except I will be kind of sad for all the hype to finish...

I watched Olympics opening ceremony from 2am to 6 am. Though it was long time but I was charmed. The whole program me was well organized. We should not have negative thinking before it is judged. I think hypocrisy and wrong thinking is not the same.

I am not a sports fan either, except for the F1 but many argue that it is not a sport lol. The opening ceremony was just amazing and I think Britain has set the bar for all other countries. I always knew London would have been the place to be last night!

No Pikey, I'm there with you, but I don't see it as being hypocritical. I watched the opening ceremony for the same reason I watched the Jubilee celebrations, even though I have no time for most members of the Royal Family. I wanted to see history being made. I tuned into the Jubilee celebrations expecting to be irritated and disappointed, and instead I was captivated, and so glad that I'd been drawn into it all. I felt the same last night, and I enjoyed it all so much that I watched BBC News for an hour after it finished, just to relive the good bits and listen to the reactions, so I could convince myself that it really was as good as I thought it was. It was a wonderful spectacle which celebrated Britain and its Britishness. I thought the Queen parachuting in and Mr Bean being conducted by Sir Simon Rattle was nothing short of genius. It could have backfired, but it didn't. I loved it, and if they bring out a DVD of it, I'll probably buy it - that's how sad I am!

Well, the opening ceremony is not really sport, so you can be excused for watching that and it is much more entertaining than watching hours of swimming or equestrian! It is more of an entertainment spectacular. You would pay big dollars to go along and see a show like that, so why not watch it on TV for free. I think the only Olympic sport that I find really fascinating is the diving. It just amazes me how people can do that many twists and turns and still hit the water with very little splash. I was a hypocrite recently when the family wanted to watch the reality TV show Masterchef. Now, I am not into cooking, reality TV or even too much TV for that matter. So in the beginning it was "nope, I am not watching, I have no interest in that garbage" but I started watching a night here and there to be part of the family, instead of being online by myself while everyone else got into the show. Then I started getting into it as I became familiar with the contestants and the format. It was the first time that we had watched the series even though it was the fourth year it had been on. In the end I actually looked forward to it every night!

You are certainly not alone in that. Personally, I do my best to avoid such things and have, so far, succeeded in not watching anything Olympics-related other than if it has been on the News. However, I know of at least one other person who has been complaining about the Olympics and watching it anyway. Although, I don't know if she has been watching it because her husband wanted to or just because there is nothing else on telly at the moment. Possibly even because she is the kind of person who, when complaining, likes to have a good insight into what she's complaining about! I remember a few years ago. Well, I was at college for the first time and it was a world cup football year. That would make it 1998. I recall almost everyone from college wanting to watch the football in the pub. I didn't. Someone asked me if I was coming with them. I said no and said that I thought the other person didn't like football, the response was "but it's the world cup". So I pointed out that it is still football. It's all the same. The thing I don't understand is why everything has to be focused on Olympics. It's a bunch of sports in which most people would never be interested in the rest of the time but because it has the "Olympics" label, it's suddenly everyone's favourite thing. My Mum also pointed out to me that the Olympics are being sponsored by Coca-Cola and McDonalds. It's hardly an advert for "Britishness"!

No, you're not the only one. But I must confess I was not all that impressed with the opening ceremonies. The beginning was awesome but the rest I was pretty disappointed with. I can pick out bits and pieces that I liked but not a lot. If David Beckham had carried the torch for the last leg that would have saved it. But I think London is beautiful and its people friendly and whatnot. That's from spending one day in London when I was sixteen. This would have been the perfect year to get my full two weeks in. How's the traffic by the way. Lots of foreigners?

Oh, so if I change my mind about something, I'm a hypocrite? I don't think so. I don't think you are either. Generally, I have no time for watching sports on TV yet I will leave the station unchanged and listen to the golf or the tennis while I type away on my laptop and even show interest and actually watch sometimes for a few seconds. No one is more surprised than I my friend but I don't think it makes me a hypocrite..

Watching the opening ceremony isn't the same as watching sport. You were watching a choreographed performance which is like watching Britain's Got Talent, except better. But, I didn't even watch that because I have no interest in any of it, other than I like that so many different countries can get together peacefully every four years.

I am also one of those kinds of hypocrites. I really am not interested in the Olympics in general. However, there have been some years where I have watched it with enthusiasm, because I have liked the athletes that are participating, even though I might not normally be interested in watching their sports. I think that there are certain people that bring a spark to things that they do ... perhaps because they excel at it or possibly it is just something in their personality that shines through ... and they are more interesting to watch than the "normal" athlete.

hi dear P1ke you are not alone in this. I really dont bother about the Olympics and didnt watch any of it not even the opening ceremony. But I have not been a fan of soccer at all so far. Moving to this part of Germany where I am now has changed things a little. I am still not watching soccer on TV but recently I bought me a case for my mobile phone with BVB09, the German Champion, on it...... LOL......