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• absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Don’t be.

  I who don’t care for sport at all, am now aware more about breaking then I would be; I saw some other matches 100% because of her actions. I would not have bothered otherwise.

  She brings more interest to the sport; I only saw three events, the rock climbing (I climb); some of the kayak (kayak cross is awesome) and some of the breaking.

  So there you have it; of the very small amount of the Olympics I watched, breaking was part of it.

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• Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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’.

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  • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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. Notoriet 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.

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    • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I agree that notoriety shouldn’t necessarily be considered the same as accomplishment but here we are lul. I’m willing to bet she’s inadvertently pushed breakdancing people to greater hights inspite of/to spite her lul. Yea Phil is great.

      Reminds me of poreotix in ABDC. Except they were good lul.

      What’s your take on the judges not awarding points for originality? I’m not saying her moves were good but they were definitely original. Some of her moves nobody else did at the Olympics at all. I would have guessed she should at least get a couple of points for that, it honestly made me lose respect for those judges.

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      • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No, I think the score of 0 is fair, because imo her Olympics performance was straight up trolling. If you watch any of her previous performances (like her Olympic qualifiers) she’s actually pretty decent. Comparing those to what she did at the Olympics honestly felt like BM to the entire artform.

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    • GraniteM@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In 1971, Rep. Tom Moore, Jr. of Waco, Texas sponsored a resolution commending Albert de Salvo for his unselfish service to “his county, his state and his community.” That resolution read, in part:

      This compassionate gentleman’s dedication and devotion to his work has enabled the weak and the lonely throughout the nation to achieve and maintain a new degree of concern for their future. He has been officially recognized by the state of Massachusetts for his noted activities and unconventional techniques involving population control and applied psychology.

      Albert DeSalvo had another claim to fame.

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    • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨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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• Dkarma@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Absurdity sells.

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• Shard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What pisses me off is the break dancing is considered an Olympic sport.

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  • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Eh, painting and chess used to be Olympic sports. Shooting/air rifle still is. Break dancing requires more physicality than all of those.

    I don’t particularly care about gatekeeping what activities that are added/subtracted to the Olympics, as long as it’s competitive and entertaining to watch.

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Shooting/air rifle still is.

      What’s wrong with that lmao

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      • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Nothing, that’s what I’m trying to say. All the “sports” I listed have some sort of skill expression that can be judged. Why is break dancing less worthy? Should skateboarding also not have been included? Why is making a horse hop around to music considered a “real sport”?

        It’s all arbitrary.

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      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        With the amount of physical activity needed, it can hardly be seen as a sport, let alone an Olympic one.

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  • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why do you care?

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    • Shard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It exemplifies everything wrong with the modern corrupt Olympics committee.

      Pandering to whoever can bribe them the most and threatening those who won’t cosy up to them, even long established sports that have been in the Olympics since the Greeks.

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      • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        fair enough!

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  • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why?

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    • Shard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is everything wrong with the Olympic committee.

      They will put the games in whichever country bribes them most and they will put any “sports” in so long as they a wined and dined.

      They will happily threaten sports that have been in the games since the greeks and bend and twist them till they’re unrecognizable.

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• AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t care about the Olympics, and many people are the same. So funny shit like this is the only redeeming thing.

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• Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Aussie Aussie Aussie!

  Seriously though she’s shocking. Going into the Olympics with no one but herself and her message in mind

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  • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I respect it. We think of the Olympics as this Grand international unity thing, but it’s not. It’s a for profit entertainment company

    It’s not the best in the world, it’s hundreds of feeder organizations that submitted the paperwork, and the people they chose to select

    No one had submitted paperwork for Australian breakdancing… So she and her husband did

    It’s art - intentional or not. Skilled or not (it was not). I don’t even know what county won breakdancing… But that couple made an impact on the world, undoubtedly. I could do some of her moves and anyone would instantly recognize it

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• BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Which just shows how stupid the whole circus is.

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