In this life, there are mysteries; phenomena we’ll never be able to fully grasp or understand. For example, we don’t know quite what it is we find so endearing about this photograph of Greg Louganis and Tom Daley.
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Perhaps it’s something to do with the affectionate gaze in each other’s eyes, or maybe there’s something oddly ineffable in the subtext — one generation handing the proverbial Olympic torch down to another; something like that.
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Anyway, once you take a look, and after you’re finished gutturally sobbing, perhaps you can explain why this image has somehow succeeded in awakening our craven brittle hearts, and made us feel something we suspect is akin to natural human emotion.
Blackceo
Nice pic but not sobbing. Love me some Greg Louganis though. He was my first ever crush as a kid growing up in the 80s.
DDstar1me
RESPECT…..(In my best Jamaican accent)
No
“…we don’t know quite what it is we find so endearing about this photograph of Greg Louganis and Tom Daley.”
Let me guess: Because without a daily mention or photo of Tom Daley, Queerty would simply cease to exist.
Dave Downunder
Ummmm I think Queerty over sold this pic. It is a great pic of two attractive men who have both achieved excellence in their chosen sport but I’m not sobbing over it. I hope they enjoyed meeting each other. They must a lot in common.
Kangol
Sobbing? Huh? Great to see Greg Louganis, though. The other is a Queerty fave, so if he makes you guys “gutturally [sob],” uh, whatever floats your boat.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Is Tom’s hair thinning!?!! Tick tock… twink o’clock countdown to DLB’ ETD
Billy Budd
They are both gay, they are both Olympians, they are both champions, they are both cute. They are both bottoms too! LOL
BriBri
Number one, they’re not gazing into each others eyes. Are you blind or just stupid?
Brian
It looks like a mature, experienced male guiding a shy young man through the pitfalls of life.
Karlis
I, too, think it’s a perfectly nice picture, but I feel compelled to point out (because I’m that way) that it should be “A quick pic with Tom Daley and me,” not Tom Daley and I.
DMRX
@BriBri: Or can you not read? The article said nothing about them gazing into each other’s eyes.
strix1
…”gaze IN each other’s eyes…” thanks DMRX – that said, I was not moved…it was just a pic of two Olympic divers…love them both – the video that surfaced of them diving together, that was moving (IMO).