South Korea’s record-breaking Olympic shooter -Kim Yeji.

  • BossDj@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    I’m not the one making the comparison. This post is… It names her in the description. I’m not talking about other posts. I’m talking about this one.

    I’m saying the post could have been “this bad ass from Turkey came with no specialized gear and took home silver!” Or even “vs All the other teams decked out in gear!” Not singling out “South Korea sent this knitted out player” when she was wearing what the vast majority were.

    She and her partner also won gold and silver. There was a more positive way to make them both sound awesome, not making him sound like he’s better than her by comparison because he does it without gear

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      4 months ago

      I talked about the other posts to provide context. These are not unknown people and she is not the only one who gets compared to the turkish shooter.

      The poster likely chose the korean shooter as counterpart, because she already garnered attention beforehand for her aesthetic. She is already relatively famous, so I don’t think it is surprising if somebody chose (and named) her over other, less known athletes. The poster also described her as “record-breaking” in the description, so I do not think it was the intention to make her look bad.