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Most popular pictures of the Olympics (files.catbox.moe)

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[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago

What's the story behind this one?

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago

Not sure if actually dating or not, but at least joked about the being a couple - https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/china/article/3272185/chinese-olympic-gold-medal-winners-pose-sparks-social-media-jokes-about-relationship

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Thanks! Sounds like an overreaction doesn't it?

[-] suction@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

They’re reacting to something else off camera. We’ve been though this, even on this site, a few times now

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Any information on what they are reacting to? Its actually the question that i am asking. When i asked it 2 days ago it did not seem like this had been answered.

Sorry to waste your allocated words for the day on this though.

[-] suction@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I don’t know. But I can imagine a lot of reaction-worthy things happening in a stadium at the Olympics. Or maybe they’re just American then all bets are off. You guys start screaming when a new marvel movie is announced.

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Uuuhhh.. nothing better than a wrongful assumption and prejudism

[-] Krzd@lemmy.world 37 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They're a ~~lesbian couple~~ from China where LGBTQ people aren't exactly accepted or welcomed by society.

EDIT: Done some research and I couldn't find them confirming being romantically involved, however there's a different image where Chang (the one being carried) makes a heart shape with her arm, so who knows really ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

Its interesting. After some looking around and linked posts, this is not entirely true or at least confirmed.

Chen picked up Chang in a bridal carry for a photo after they receiving their gold medals, which led many netizens to joke that Chang and Chen are in a romantic relationship

Is the 'bridal carry' what the american diver next to them is surprised at? Seems like an overreaction to me if its only that

[-] flicker@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

That's a totally believable action if you just saw someone doing something you perceived as romantic, and you didn't know they were together, and also you're a big fan of them so you like that they're together.

That's exactly the face I'd make I'd I realized two people I liked were a happy couple.

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I am just surprised that lifting someone, especially for a celebration pose, means that they are romantically involved

[-] flicker@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

It's the type of lift. Culturally, in the US, that's called the bridal carry because that's how a groom will carry a bride into their home after marriage.