Olympic Frothhhh
Is that true about the medal composition? Oh man that's sad.
Here's some proper gold, the most beautiful design of them all imo
https://x.com/jaimepantss/status/1823131963550499082
The latest Raygun edit…
Yes VJ the medals lost their weight in Gold 100 years Back
2024 Paris mandated Green Games > Recycled Eiffel Tower Iron panel in each medal.
However! This needs a 'Non Toxic' anti foul Bio Rust Protection treatment.
Some smart person said they need a non toxic biofoul coating in order to 'Bite on Medals' (Damn!)
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240408-paris-olympic-medal-produ...
Note Paris will replace "Toxic Rusted Medals!" not 'Non Toxic' discoloured ones
2022 such bio processes became available & suitable for Shipping to personal keepsakes
Bronze Bio Foul agent coats & discolours the Medals & also flakes itself off but don't Chip the Medal!
Mostly noticeable on The more vulnerable Bronze metals / Medal but it's non toxic.
No! This ain't been reported in news as yet...but it will reveal itself over next weeks > or not!
Recycle mandate for Iron inlay necessitates the Non Toxic preservation but it blemishes the surface.
Tip! If ya know a Paris Bronze Medalist that is upset about the discolouration or loss of shine!
Ya could get it polished but avoid cleaning the Iron inlay as that's the reason for the anti rust treatment.
This is similar or likely the very same Edible Goop sloshed over recycled Paris Iron inlay medals.
In order to suck on them without dying or needing a Tetanus shot!
https://www.corrocoat.com/biofoul-a-heavy-duty-non-toxic-anti-foul-coating/
https://www.corrocoat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/3-05-AB-Corrocoat-B...
Could also be an expensive name for Coca Cola?
If ya get the whole medal polished then be sure to reapply anti-foul over the Eiffel Tower Iron inlay!
If not it will Rust Red Oxide or grow acidic white with Green / Pink Mould & such like an old battery.
It only needs to be treated with biofoul if ya intend to bite on it or if Kidz are about to suck on it.
Which Olympians do...so Paris needed the Bio Foul coating as a public health measure.
It's actually common sense but Media will not pick up on the Iron / Rust (vs) make a big deal outta it!
French are touchy about it as a Jewel House / Mint reputation is at stake!
Health Mandate necessitates replacing Toxic Rusted Medals but few would return a blemished one.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/olympics/aussie-cult-hero-raygun-receives-g...
I'm beginning to think it was actually genius...
& thanks tbb, didn't know that.
I also think she was creative and funny .
However , this is the Olympics and Australia should have had a serious Crack , at getting a Female breakdancer , 2 compete .
Otherwise , don't !
Raygun sounds a wonderful person , but competed like Eddy the Eel in Sydney , so far off the mark .
She must have known the judging criteria and got a ZERO !
It's like she din't start or finish , was it Dreamtime ?
The selection criteria , is different .
Unsurprising that social media came out and supported her , in a Huge way , first .
She was different !
Holler for a Marshall! Pray some dude tucked bits in to orchestrate an Artistic Swimming Medal!
Mostly coz Men were sanctioned by IOC to compete & but all Girly nations banned their Pool Boys.
Some big hairy G banging Westerly Windina blowin with Lippy ... How ya like me now!
Please someone bob for a rotten Adam's apple core from the Pop Out Pool Floor...break the internet! Now!
Where's my Shitty Bronze Medal..."I am Pool Boy hear me Roar > Too big too ignore...
Oopsie! Wotz that!...That shouldn't be there...Oh Dear I think I've chipped my Bronze medal again...
Oh the Humanity...look away Gromz!
southernraw wrote:Good on her i reckon. Amazing to see the amount of hatred people are showing online to one perdon just having a crack. Also amazingly most of these people had little to no interest in breakdancing before this but feel the need to bully her online. Lsugh, for sure, make light-hearted jokes, absolutely but the tearing strips off her as a human is fucked. Australia has become a nation of hatefilled trolls.
What i love about raygun is she did it all with a smile. I still piss myself thinking of just how funny the routine was. It should all b taken light-heartedly...unless ur an avid breakdancing fan....
Shes an Aussie icon, bringing to the world the true Aussie dag!
Yep definitely fun & different: also, it put some Australia into the routine so I'm wondering if the genius is being so different & creating something new/new fusion of dance, just go and pioneer it at the Olympics...
What an embarrassment. You can have a go at the local community event.
the thing is though...
she didn't have a crack
she knew she was out of her league, so did the most gutless thing ever, didn't even try
and stole some underprivileged kids spot in the process...
I hate these overused terms... but times like this, there's no other way to put it...
she reeks of white middle class privelage
if she wasn't going to take it seriously, she should have given the spot to someone who would...
or more importantly, could...
She doesn't upset me that much to be honest. I tuned into Olympics to watch elite level athletes performing at maximum of their capability. And for many of them, Olympics are a platform to support their livelihood. This attitude of 'having a go' does upset me. There should be no one 'having a go' at elite level competitions. But maybe breakdancing as a whole shouldn't be there. Looks like it's dropped for 2028 and this disaster we witnessed just supports that decision.
a loada (misguided) assumptions in there southernraw...
firstly, I may never have breakdanced myself - beyond an unco. caterpillar in the dirt... but that doesn't mean I've never shown interest in it...
from the first time I saw a mate with a curious piece of cardboard in his carport circa 1980, to random performances at raves, to seeing indigenous crews have a dig...
I've been watching this shit for 40+ years...
always been interested in the graffiti / breakdance subculture thingy, ...from well before graffiti was even 'accepted'...
so there's that
the comparisons to eddie the eel, eddie the eagle, and the runner chick you mention are way off the mark, and kind of lame actually...
in all these instances, the competitors were clearly 'giving it a crack', with all they had... despite the odds against them,they gave it their all...
and much respect was given and earned
in this case, raygun decides she's not competitive, so didn't even bother to try...
the opposite of 'giving it a crack'
there's vids out there saying she's 'honoured' to represent at the olympics, and that she is 'serious' and wants to do something 'artistic' and 'original'...
then busts out the sprinkler!
about the most unoriginal un-artistic move ever...
bobs around with a bad skippy impersonation, then rolls around on the floor like a brick...
even being kind to her content, she didn't meet the dance criteria... she looked terrible...
it was so bad, it wasn't even humorous
sorry mate it was pathetic
I'm not really angry, more dismayed how she could squander such an opportunity
when I know for a fact there's literally loads of indigenous kids out there that could have represented way better
girls!
the whole thing is such an IP contorted conundrum
from her academic privelage and papers - that oozes irony in itself! ...to any criticism at all of her being labelled as 'misogynist'...
there's so much wrong here, is just wrong!
Funniest thing I found about the Olympics was Aussies getting upset and pissed off at the USA for putting themselves top of the medal board with less Golds than us but more medals. So many triggered Aussies was hilarious.
Raygun was our Eddy The Eagle or Eric The Eel. Little more than a joke.
What is interesting is the story about how breakdancing even became an Olympic sport .
mm, not a long-term olympic sport, (like surfing if tubs aren't used).
I think there may be more to it, breakers and dancers are chat-rooming about it.. my (female) dancer mate said:
"There are theories she was doing a parody of the colonisation of breakdancing. So, trying to be clever. The point either way is she used it as a vehicle for her own agenda at the expense of the ‘community’ she pretends to support...
OR she was trying to speak for the whole of breakdancing by saying it's a subjective art form and isn’t a sport and shouldn’t be in the Olympics. Either which way - she fucked it. But now she’s ‘viral’ so I think she got what she wanted - which was attention"
another quote:
"In a recent academic paper, Gunn and her co-author, Lucas Marie, argued that “breaking's institutionalization via the Olympics will place breaking more firmly within this sporting nation's hegemonic settler-colonial structures that rely upon racialized and gendered hierarchies.”
here's a raygun thesis, titled "Deterritorializing gender in Sydney's breakdancing scene; a B-girl's experience of B-boying" (requires downloading):
https://figshare.mq.edu.au/articles/thesis/Deterritorializing_gender_in_...
(anyone suddenly interested in gender-protest in olympic break-dancing could have a look at the refugee breaker Manizha Talash/ "b-girl Talash", who was disqualified after she wore a cape that said “Free Afghan Women” during her pre-qualifier battle):
Raygun needs an onlyfans account. Few of those weird/odd moves naked and she will be laughing all the way to the bank.
toledo scored though didn't he?
he participated in the sport he entered...
the disdain on the faces of rayguns competitors and judges says it all
she showed no respect
it was like walking out on a rugby field, playing soccer, getting smashed...
then we're all supposed to get behind her and support her...
because she's aussie man!
fuck that shit
she was shit
brought too much academic wank to ghetto contest
she should be 'deterritorializing' herself...
Misogyny is the defence and team Australia are sticking to that.
In reality she was just crap at break dancing.
Utube comment :
Instead of Anna Mears gas lighting
Australians by telling us RayGun was the best choice, she should share exactly how RayGun manipulated the qualifying event which took registrations online through Raygun's own organisation Ausbreakers.
She should also tell Australia that the other 15 competitors at this qualifier were Raygun's own students and that the secretary of Ausbreakers was on the judging panel. Dancesport Australia, a ballroom and Latin dancing organisation was partnered. So it's fair to say that other Australian B Girls didn't even know there was a qualifier.
They have taken the piss.
udo wrote:Utube comment :
Instead of Anna Mears gas lighting
Australians by telling us RayGun was the best choice, she should share exactly how RayGun manipulated the qualifying event which took registrations online through Raygun's own organisation Ausbreakers.
She should also tell Australia that the other 15 competitors at this qualifier were Raygun's own students and that the secretary of Ausbreakers was on the judging panel. Dancesport Australia, a ballroom and Latin dancing organisation was partnered. So it's fair to say that other Australian B Girls didn't even know there was a qualifier.They have taken the piss.
That is interesting. More to come no doubt. However, this is pure Olympic stuff, not quite at the FIFA level yet.
Roadkill wrote:Misogyny is the defence and team Australia are sticking to that.
In reality she was just crap at break dancing.
sad and pathetic
especially when many can see there are any number of chicks who could've done better...
;)
https://m.
anna meares...
also sad and pathetic
purely coincidental she's so passionate about this and throwing dumb mindless tropes around...
and also works at same uni...
"‘A disgrace’
However, fellow academic Professor Megan Davis hit out at Gunn and claimed her chief objective in going to Paris was for “subsidised academic study”.
Prof Davis is a key figure in the Uluru Statement from the Heart which proposed the Voice to parliament which was defeated in a referendum last year. She is also a pro vice chancellor of the University of New South Wales and commissioner on the Australian Rugby League Commission, which administers NRL.
“Getting zero points on purpose in three rounds for an academic study subsidised by the taxpayer both at a university and Olympic level isn’t funny and isn’t ‘having a go’,” Prof Davis said on social media.
“(It’s) disrespectful to other competitors.
“I’m glad most Aussies aren’t buying the Kool-Aid”."
https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/zero-on-purpose-wild-raygun-accus...
Kool Aid...
I find it interesting how much the machine has gone all in constructing this '...very aussie, just having a dig...' narrative...
and, not least the misogynist bit...
found it interesting the ABC felt the need this morning to announce the 'raygun' wasn't on the plane with the other athletes...
avoiding a PR disaster?
seems not all are drinking the kool aid...
sypkan wrote:toledo scored though didn't he?
he participated in the sport he entered...
the disdain on the faces of rayguns competitors and judges says it all
she showed no respect
it was like walking out on a rugby field, playing soccer, getting smashed...
then we're all supposed to get behind her and support her...
because she's aussie man!
fuck that shit
she was shit
brought too much academic wank to ghetto contest
she should be 'deterritorializing' herself...
You could argue Toledo showed no respect by being a massive soft cock, again, while the Brazilians who missed out on a spot would have gone for it.
I’d say ol Ray guns breaking career has finished after that. She was fucking horrendous!
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sypkan wrote:I've been watching this shit for 40+ years...
always been interested in the graffiti / breakdance subculture thingy, ...from well before graffiti was even 'accepted'...
so there's that!
Okay here's a test on how cool you really were?
Did you get the Graffiti stickers with bubble gum from the corner shop in the early to mid 80s?
I even got the first graffiti book Subway art, still have it and another that came out in the 80s Spray can art.
Thinking back mum was pretty cool buying the books for me, especially after being brought home by the railway cops at maybe 9 years old for tagging under a bridge, she was surprisingly cool even about that, she just liked the art side of things and encouraged it.
My tag was Zygo :D
I’m certainly not angry. Slightly bemused, and actually a bit sad for those who probably would have given it a decent shot, If afforded the opportunity.
It’s been a while since I have laughed as hard as I did watching it for the first time, then watching all of the memes, videos, sound edits etc.
Yes, there’s been a lot of nastiness online too. That’s unnecessary and inexcusable.
But are we supposed to just not talk about it, given all the questions about how it came to be?
It’s the lack of transparency in the ‘qualification’ process, the husband judge / coach, the lack of humility / self-awareness / humour in the execution and aftermath, and probably the hypocrisy of the position of deconstructing the patriarchy and settler colonial paradigm through…. appropriation and (if taking the piss) disrespect for an urban art form pioneered by the disadvantaged. From a position of absolute privilege, mind you.
Saw someone, somewhere, described it as the most middle-class white woman thing ever. But the funniest pile-ons / pisstakes online have been from other women. So spare me the misogyny speeches.
Just have some humility. “Hey, I saw that I wasn’t really up to the standard of the other breakers so I tried something left field - I guess it wasn’t great - but I hope I gave everyone a laugh. And congrats to the amazing competitors”
I’m not embarrassed for Australia. Who cares? Clearly not Raygun…
a whole loada (misguided) assumptions there...
again...
I love the abc
probably have it running in the background 8 hours a day, in one form or another...
I hate how misrepresentative it can be at times. and how it seems to have lost any sense of humour, and semblance of self awareness...
but it's still very good
labor party: would vote them over liberals every time! ...but never feel the need to anymore... so many better alternatives now...
like the ABC... I only hate how misrepresentative they also have become...
universities: loved my time at uni (sort of)... like you tried to explain to indod (unsuccessfully) ...they teach you how to learn, more so than any perceived importance of course content...
but the post modernist indoctrination clap trap that now makes up the vast majority of 'arts' content, is simply dangerous, and frankly... bullshit...
sciences, and other courses... are solid as... (excluding the dumbing down to cater for dumb rich kids)
don't mistake overt criticism for 'hate'
reluctant to use the term, after the rants and spiels I read here the other day...
my 'hate' you perceive, is probably only for the woke-ification of all three of the above...
it's gotten ridiculous
and cheap...
I'm old school, a 'battle of ideas' guy...
over dogma
post modernisation is pure religious dogma
manipulated religious dogma
which brings me back to raygun...
I find it interesting the people I generally follow on SM, that are always mindlessly pushing the woke barrow...
are all on board, vehemently defending raygun
whereas I take a very identity politics driven 'woke' view...
thinking it is an absolute disgrace this middle class white woman of privelage... edged out some marginalised 'person of colour' minority... probably indigenous... who has lived the life... and would have clearly done a better job...
I worked with indigenous kids, seem them dance, traditional and otherwise...
they move!
like liquid...
she's a fucking brick!
a white middle class woman brick!
who talks the talk... but appears to be totally unaware of her own predicament, privelage, and even papers...
^^^ what etarip said!!!
but especially this...
"...described it as the most middle-class white woman thing ever."
but you woke on dude...
Well, it's all over bar the shouting and further post-doctoral research, all I know is I've now seen footage of the Sprinkler in an Olympic setting, the world truly is amazing.
Well there’s that, and you can bet that in bars and nightclubs all over the world there will be tipsy punters recreating all those moves… and probably arguing their case with over-zealous bouncers. “But, I'm an athlete, this is Olympic grade breakdancing!”
velocityjohnno wrote:Well, it's all over bar the shouting and further post-doctoral research, all I know is I've now seen footage of the Sprinkler in an Olympic setting, the world truly is amazing.
hahaha, think you just won the internet today, VJ. have a sticker: https://www.facebook.com/100063222068854/posts/667065519999365/
haha I've got more:
(from someone who was bad at sport and needed a surfboard)
VJ have you 3D printed our Leash Bars yet ?
;-]
Designed my own fin systems plugs udo, can carve out of perspex of which I have some lying around, to give a bit of forward and back movement to FCS1...
but I've been too busy with this, gold medal for understanding qualifying rules
The Conchords are on board.
Actually... speaking of Eddie the Eagle style sports efforts, I have a question for you all,
Some years ago a mate suggested that if you can fund it, you can do the QS. He was thinking, in his 40s, of just doing the tour, having a great old time and partying, traveling the world, getting beaten in heats and getting to surf with not many out, and generally having a blast. It was an intoxicating idea.
Is it possible to Eddie the Eagle the QS?
basesix wrote:velocityjohnno wrote:Well, it's all over bar the shouting and further post-doctoral research, all I know is I've now seen footage of the Sprinkler in an Olympic setting, the world truly is amazing.
hahaha, think you just won the internet today, VJ. have a sticker: https://www.facebook.com/100063222068854/posts/667065519999365/
Ha ha cool they were the ones, i think i even have a timber pencil case somewhere with them on it.
Less than a week out. Bring the froth. Carn the Irakanjis. Carn the Aussies in all fields. I have EE for a sly gold
To get the ball rolling.....THE world record gold from the great Thorpedo, Sydney, 2000.