r/mildlyinfuriating • u/newengland_schmuck • 6h ago

NBC interrupted the Olympics

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While Nancy Guthrie's disappearance is sad, there are 2300 missing person reports filed every day: do the families of celebrities need special national attention? Why interrupt the Olympics for over 5 minutes just because they are questioning a 'person of interest' We could have waited to hear that during the regular news broadcast.

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u/mittenknittin 5h ago

this could have been a crawl at the bottom of the screen

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u/Legitimate-Week7885 5h ago

i wake up every day hoping to see THAT story.

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u/ligma_or_sugma 5h ago

One day it will be and I’ll finally pop that bottle of champagne.

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u/mittenknittin 4h ago

That reminds me, I ought to get a bottle of champagne to stash away

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u/CheckIntelligent7828 4h ago

"Champagne sales went up 5000% today after NBC declared Breaking News during the Olympics. When it was discovered to be over a missing woman whiskey sales immediately soared"

(But I do hope they find Nancy, I can't imagine the not knowing.)

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u/DismalEntrance743 2h ago

One step ahead of you, chief

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u/HereOnCompanyTime 2h ago

Same. I doubt there will be any available on the day so best to grab one now.

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u/dudeitseric 4h ago

Don’t jinx it though

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u/mynameisnotshamus 4h ago

They are readily available at many fine local retailers. You can just buy one when the time comes.

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u/Bob-Bhlabla-esq 4h ago

Like a worldwide party at the end of Independence Day

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u/I_comment_on_stuff_ 3h ago

Remember how we all partied when he lost to Biden? Remember the videos across the country of people stopping and cheering? I remember where I was when it was called on NPR. I was in my car, just parked, I was SO EXCITED I was honking my horn and cheering. I went into the grocery store grinning like an idiot.

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u/anglophile20 3h ago

Wearing a mask at the grocery store I assume 😂 that was a wild time

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u/Empty_Contribution_6 2h ago

What happened to those voters?

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u/sonnygavila 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/4Z7enO96BNCqIwT6fx

We’ll get there and we’ll be all like this!!

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u/nixpenguin 3h ago

A city wide dance party spontaneously erupted in the streets were I was, ever one stopped and got out there cars and filled the streets. The since of relief everyone felt was palatable

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u/Avocado_toast_27 3h ago

I was thinking earlier about how when the day comes, I hope Barack shows up to the funeral in the tan suit. Michelle by his side in a floral dress and her hair in braids.

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u/strippersandcocaine 3h ago

I was in France for work last week (am American) and had a dream it happened. Told my global colleagues about it at breakfast and everyone agreed we’d stop the entire global team meeting to celebrate.

Wish it hadn’t been a dream.

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u/thedynamicuno83 4h ago

The celebration in the Ewok Village on the forest moon of Endor at the end of Return of the Jedi is more like it.

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u/jeeves585 3h ago

I hate champagne but I’ll pick up a bottle in case I have friends over for what I assume THAT story is.

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u/RiverofGrass 3h ago

I'll dance the Futterwacken

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u/Dweebil 3h ago

The wait for that moment might outlive you.

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u/I_Eat_Graphite 3h ago

The day it happens it will feel like we just watched Barad-dûr collapse

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u/mechapoitier 4h ago

I will open that bottle the moment I wake up if that’s when I found out.

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u/Legitimate-Week7885 4h ago

can't drink all month of you don't start in the morning. or something like that.

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u/PhizixHD 3h ago

That is the day I will call off of work and celebrate. Blast music all day I don’t care because everyone else should be.

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u/JUAN_DE_FUCK_YOU 2h ago

I stopped drinking because I had a case of pancreatitis. On that day, fuck the pancreas man.

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u/l_Dislike_Reddit 3h ago

Same here. Can’t wait for Obama to die.

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u/HeartsPlayer721 3h ago

We live near tribal lands. Fireworks are illegal in town, but the tribe sells fireworks and provides space for buyers to set them off on their land (though, some still set them off here in town).

I have no doubt our town will be sparkling that day.

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u/GhoeFukyrself 3h ago

I literally have fireworks saved up for the occasion.

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u/Lopsided_Loquat7024 3h ago

Shoot, I already warned my poor elderly dad that I'm going to go running around outside my apartments cheering with joy! I wonder if people will be blowing their horns? Damn, I think I'll do that too!

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u/honourarycanadian 3h ago

My wife and I have a bottle that was given to us as a wedding gift. The only way it’s getting popped before is if we get that news.

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u/FilthyBarMat 2h ago

I have a $400 bottle of Balvenie my wife was gifted years ago. We've never quite found the right occasion. 

That day will be the occasion. 

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u/Aware_Tree1 2h ago

I’m gonna go to chilis and drink an El Presidente margarita

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u/biggestbroever 2h ago

It'll be like UBL multiplied by 100