I keep seeing him but can’t figure out his role in the memes. Is it random like the orb thing?

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    11 months ago

    We’re used to people who compete at world class levels having the highest tech, equipment, and perfect poise.

    This guy competed in an extremely casual way, and still won silver.

    It’s just a humorous subversion of expectations, especially compared to some of the other competitors in the same sport.

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      11 months ago

      There’s nothing wrong with his poise. He’s not wearing headgear besides his glasses, but otherwise he’s standing pretty much the same as other shooters. A lot of shooters wear eye shades or visors, but most of them stand like that. You place your off hand in your pocket, and lean back slightly to align the sights. It’s not the first time a shooter’s pose has gone viral for looking like a casual badass gangster.

      see: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vitalina-batsarashkina-olympic-shooter-one-hand-stance/

      And here are a bunch more shooters. Note how many aren’t wearing headgear or eye pieces.

      https://img.olympics.com/images/image/private/t_16-9_380/f_auto/primary/aotouao8efquumuiekw6

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        11 months ago

        It is such a perfect example of the internet that the woman in this pose is treated like a fool and the man with the exact same pose is some kind of badass.

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            During the Tokyo games in 2021, an image of the 2016 Rio games gold medal winner was posted on Twitter (erroneously being labelled as being from the Tokyo games), and she became a meme for women not knowing how to shoot because of her casual stance, and the subsequent meme for armchair experts trying to mansplain shooting to a gold medalist. At the time, it was a popular meme.

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      11 months ago

      Got it, thanks.

      I think my problem is that so many of the mews don’t even reference him being in every man, or not using specialized equipment, they just have a picture of him with no context or caption

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      11 months ago

      I find it to be an extremely stupid meme. He lost to someone using high tech shit. I don’t get why people are trying to make him into something more than he was.