• @cosmicrookie
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        929 days ago

        Thanks! Sounds like an overreaction doesn’t it?

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

          • @cosmicrookie
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            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
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              227 days 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
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                Uuuhhh… nothing better than a wrongful assumption and prejudism

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

            • flicker
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              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.

          • @suction
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            227 days ago

            Nice story but the reaction is to something else off camera

      • @AA5B
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        Thanks, I didn’t even notice same gender, and just assumed it was a breach of courtesy or something to not just stand there