Gregory's Server@saltphoenix this is backwards. the photo went viral first, and then people wanted to know who was in the photo. the photo went viral because it's funny to contrast the middle-aged guy in the glasses to the younger shooters with the specialised eyewear. I don't think it's about the sporting achievements or the medals or the narrative of being an olympian over the age of 30 - I didn't know the guy's name or what medals were won until I saw your post
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 @JackEric @saltphoenix the picture went viral with the notion, that he deliberately finished second to hide the fact that he is a hitman. And there have been countless articles about him, omitting Sevval Tarhan or that it was a team event. There is really no reason to relativise the criticism, because it's clearly justified.  @weddige @saltphoenix I saw with my own eyes the picture going viral without any such narrative and without any info about how he finished, edited into memes where the various shooters are anime characters, or putting him alongside Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction meanwhile I have not seen any articles going viral  @JackEric @weddige @saltphoenix Exactly that. These are a few of the memes I saw, and none of them was about the silver medal, only about his lack of gear and his seemingly careless/casual posture and attitude. Nothing more, nothing less. https://mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy/112892828197292367 @pixelcode @JackEric @saltphoenix When someone points out a problem on social media, do you really think it's helpful to reply that you haven't experienced it yourself? With examples where the problem didn't happen? If you haven't seen posts like this, ask if someone can point you to some of them. But you are essentially questioning the existence of the problem and the experience of others. I haven't seen it on Mastodon either, but for example Instagram is full of it (see screenshot).  @JackEric @saltphoenix |
@saltphoenix if someone makes an article about the guy in the t-shirt _as a reaction_ to the photo going viral, and omits to mention Sevval Tarhan and her achievements, that's really shitty behaviour on behalf of the person who wrote the article - but nothing to do with the photo going viral on social media beforehand