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[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"So, all her life, everyone knows she swims, she medals.
Suddenly, now she's Black. No one knew. She's a swimmer - now she's Black.
What's next, a biologist? Sure.
Nevermind the media and her crowds..."

-- #maga

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

...I think she's track and field, not swimming, but I honestly can't tell if that's part of the MAGA impersonation.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

track AND field? pick one! are you track, are you field? nobody knows! i saw a photo of her literally on the field just 4 years ago. she didn't say she was track in that photo. she was on a field. now all of a sudden she became a track... person.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

That's the problem with young people these days. They think they can pick and change their play surface at any time, so you don't know who's track, who's field, who's pitch, or anything.

And then they come at you with this "and". bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"I hope I get this research position, I hear competition is fierce but my advisor recommended me!"

The competition:

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Double Masters, gold Olympic medal, and probably younger than me to boot.

I'm not envious, you're envious!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Excellent non-use of "jealous" 👌

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can she like chill, I'm trying to underachieve over here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Bro, she makes it easier to underachieve! Like what if you accidentally get a degree or gold medal in the Olympics? Now you can look at her and still get a dose of some sweet sweet imposter syndrome.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Haha I guess that's true.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That's SuperHero material right there!! I hope she takes a break now and again, too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Give the rest of us a chance to catch up.

We won’t, but the gesture would be nice.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Then shes doing cutting edge research into treating Alzheimer's and she falls into a vat of formula and shot by a ray gun to turn into...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

OldTimerz! All the powers of an Olympic genius with the respected presence and not-giving-a-damn of an old woman!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Well she should, there’s no real career in being an ex-Olympic athlete unless you win a big contract or get a line of kit with your name on it. Many medals end up for sale because the athlete needs money, or because they’ve passed away and the family can’t decide what to do with it. Having a “what do I do after being an athlete?” plan is pretty important.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Is that her on both pictures?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Must be the lighting and angle then because I could npt see it at first

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Worth a double take for sure. I think it has more to do with the transition from young adulthood to being a grown woman, with access to one of the best athletic training programs in the world, and probably an image/style consultant with an eye towards parlaying the Olympics participation into a lucrative career.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Mods plz remove this post, it makes me feel insecure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

radio Olympics?

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