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GIF of the breakdancing lady at the olympics with the caption "Me explaining mass spectrometry"

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (28 children)

Not pointed at you OP, but it kind of pisses me off how this lady got more attention than the actual breakers and medalists the Olympics.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (9 children)

I had a whole argument with a bud about her PhD in breakdancing.

My take was that she pushed breakdancing into the human consciousness significantly more than anyone in history ever has so she deserves that PhD, very few people know the name of the person who won the gold but a ton more remember raygun or at the very least 'that breakdancing lady'. Regardless of how skillfull she actually is. Also, iirc she was actually a classical dance teacher at that school and this was just in response to the Olympics adding breakdancing, I watched an interview where she said something along the lines of 'I didn't even care for breakdancing'.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

My take was that she pushed breakdancing into the human consciousness significantly more than anyone in history ever has

Interesting thought exercise, but a WILD take. Notoriety shouldn't be considered the same as actual accomplishment. Otherwise, John Wayne Gacy should be considered the best clown of all time.

Phil Kim/Phil Wizard (the gold medalist) is a pretty accomplished breaker/bboy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Otherwise, John Wayne Gacy should be considered the best clown of all time.

And that is a WILD comparison!

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