Very blessed that people want to hear me talk about design and trivia nonsense.
The mascots video just created 100k views 🙌🏻

https://youtu.be/tsH708lC6fE

Every Olympic & Paralympic Mascot

YouTube

@Graham_LRR I loved having it on in the background as I painted!

Also the Sarajevo wolf jingle will live in my head rent free forever.

@Graham_LRR SARAJEVOOOOOOOO
@kilnfiendpotter I love him more now.
Apparently it’s pronounced more like “VOOCH-ko”.

@Graham_LRR That makes sense!

Apparently Boston was in the running for the Olympics for 2024, and the city was like NOPE.

San Francisco had also been bidding on a North America spot, and JFC I'm glad it got passed over.

@Graham_LRR What are your thoughts on the logo?

( I have thoughts, but yours are more entertaining.)

@kilnfiendpotter I currently have no earthly idea what this is supposed to be.

I THINK it’s a wreath of laurels but so simplified as to be unrecognizable, rendering it utterly bland.
It’s a nice ENOUGH polygonal horseshoe, but why is that their logo?

Ultimately, not a fan.

@Graham_LRR We're on the same page. I particularly like one of the descriptions from this article: "Autobots fighting the Decepticons."

But yes, it looks like Chase bank's logo crossed with a laurel leaf meets Tron.

https://qz.com/329424/the-us-olympics-2024-bid-logo-looks-like-the-chase-banks-emblem

The US Olympics 2024 bid logo looks like the Chase Bank emblem

The US Olympics 2024 bid emblem looks dubiously like the Chase Bank logo

Quartz

@Graham_LRR also I showed #rappscallion the logo and asked what she thought.

She glanced at it, stared into my eyes and proceeded to take a very audible dump into her diaper.

@kilnfiendpotter
The "very audible" makes this so much better
@Graham_LRR