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jack will miss this server

@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

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Konstantin Weddige

@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.

jack will miss this server

@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

Pixelcode πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

@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.

mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy

chaos.social/@MissInformation/

fosstodon.org/@Naich/112909187

Konstantin Weddige

@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).

Screenshot of Instagram reel, showing the following text:

52 YEAR OLD MECHANIC NO EXPENSIVE GEAR GOT INTO THE SPORT TO BLOW OFF STEAM FROM DIVORCE 

Yusuf Dikec's unorthodox approach with no special equipment, no training regimen and a wardrobe consistent in his daily jeans and a t-shirt, has baffled professional shooters. "Just shows up, throws a near-perfect round, and then asks if there's a smoking area nearby." #yusuf #Olympics #olympics2024
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