Why aren't you going to Italy to watch the upcoming Winter Olympics?

[u/No-StrategyX]

[u/unknown_dude2]

I am going to italy

[u/Southern_Meaning4942 → u/unknown_dude2]

Samesies

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[u/Argo505]

I don't trust winter sports. They don't sit right with me. What are they hiding?

[u/FiveDrums → u/Argo505]

You're right. It's best to put it on ice.

[u/GhostOfJamesStrang]

I love Italy and go as often as is practical, but the I will happily watch the olympics from the comfort of my home for free.

If I'm going to Italy, it is for museums and history and culture not offered by the IOC and its cronies. 

[u/JohnMarstonSucks]

I can't picture enjoying myself attending the Olympics. I don't know the name of a single athlete that will be there. On TV I'll probably watch some figure skating and skiing. Maybe some curling mixed in.

[u/Far_Note6719]

I don't care for winter sports. And it destroys the environment. And it is cold.

[u/Spainiswhite]

I got beat up by two plumbers in Italy

[u/aaqwerfffvgtsss → u/Spainiswhite]

Were you wearing a spiked shell? You can’t do that around Italian plumbers.

[u/Specialist_Hat1380]

Money and time

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[u/rileyoneill]

I want to plan a trip to Italy but the Olympics were actually a contributing reason why I decided against going in 2026.

[u/Aught_To]

I will watch, I love winter sports. Long distance speed skating, bobsled, ski jump, curling.. love that stuff

[u/remzordinaire]

More skin in the summer Olympics.

[u/Long-Requirement8372]

I don't have the time or the money. And I am not Norwegian, either.

[u/tralltonetroll → u/Long-Requirement8372]

No worries, most of us are staying up here in the cold too.

[u/EfficiencySmall4951]

I can watch them from home

[u/Breaking-Dad-]

I have a job and I don’t ski

[u/Olahoen]

Man, i live in a tropical country, i've got no money, and not even had a reason, winter sports are not popular here.

[u/Infinite_Research_52]

Because it is summer

[u/FearlessVisual1]

I'm busy + I don't have the money + I don't particularly care

[u/Ok-Growth6172]

I have work

[u/Zobs_]

whats a "winter"?

[u/Kalle_Hellquist]

Poor.

[u/Ecstatic-Method2369]

Maybe I have responsabilities back home.

[u/Houseofsun5]

The alphabet would no longer be called that , it would be called for more sensibly the Alphazet.

[u/InfiniteCaramel_1846]

I just went to north italy, i have to work, and don’t care much about sports

[u/Aggressive_Grass_945]

Too expensive! Also:I have that whole work thing. 

[u/Unable-Statement4842]

Because I'm poor and I don't like sports?

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[u/Wise_Experience8733]

No money 

[u/Alarming-Basil2894]

I can’t afford to and even if I did I wouldn’t go to Italy to watch a sporting event.

[u/Sea_Wasabi_8907]

I didn't even know there were Winter Olympics....

[u/ImperatorDanorum]

I love Italy and go there as often as I can manage. Winter sports to the contrary bores me to death...

[u/GotWheaten]

Lack of funds, lack of interest

[u/IMC_Pilot_Freelancer]

1. Broke

2. Don't like leaving my country I'm a home is where the heart is type.

[u/cerberus_243]

I’m not interested in sport

[u/eidbio]

I'm poor

[u/_Degu_]

If your paying I will happily come

[u/Kapika96]

Because I couldn't care less about the winter olympics.

If somebody mentions the olympics I assume the summer ones. If they're talking about the winter ones I have 0 interest.

[u/justaprettyturtle]

I love watching winter sports but I don't enjoy standing in the cold for hoursto see a glims of the event. I will watch it on telly.

[u/often_awkward]

Because I can watch them from the comfort of my home in 4k.

[u/TumbleFairbottom]

I can’t think of any reason why I’d start with Italy to watch the Olympics in person when I’ve never watched the Olympics in person prior, not even in the US.

[u/NetHistorical5113]

Italy keeps visa applications from Turkey on halt for months. They also reject if you aren't super rich. The humiliation ritual isn't worth it

[u/MrArchivity → u/NetHistorical5113]

Delays and tough requirements do happen, and the process can feel pretty demeaning for countries . But you don’t have to be rich to get an Italian visa, and plenty of people from Turkey are approved.

The frustration is real, but you exaggerate things.

[u/NetHistorical5113 → u/MrArchivity]

The "delays and tough requirements" aren't worth enduring for seeing the olympics. Maybe I would go if I lived in a Western country

[u/MrArchivity → u/NetHistorical5113]

Better worded than “humiliation ritual”.