Buzzfeed, we salute you. The intrepid editorial staff spent hours ogling and screen-grabbing footage of men’s Olympic diving competitions — and all to emphasize a highly pertinent point: Namely, that those scoreboard tickers at the bottom of the screen often make these athletes look, well, like adult film superstars.
Finally, a publication with the courage to say what the rest of us are thinking.
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Okay, maybe it’s not particularly heavy-hitting. In fact, it might not even be a particularly astute observation. But it is another opportunity to scroll through enviable male physiques crammed (allegedly) into tiny Speedos. And sometimes, that’s enough.
How about we take this to the next level?
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Stache
Steele Johnson is such a great name. So jealous.
jdboston617
Wow. Congratulations, Derek, the writing, on writing the most immature, c*ck baiting article ever written.
There must be an award for this…
Incidentally, no one thought that. No one.
They are Olympic athletes. Have some respect, if not for yourself, then, at least for them. They, unlike you, have earned it.
Masc Pride
Ohhhh, I get it. The headers make it look like they’re naked and showering together. How clever of Derek to notice this! #sarcasm
BriBri
This was probably done for the Puritanical US television viewers market.
scotshot
@jdboston617:
Thank you, Miss Priss.
Queerty is the equivalent of a tabloid newspaper. If you expect the New York Times, read the NYT.
Brian
Why does the strip along the bottom need to be so broad? Do they think viewers will freak out at seeing a man in a Speedo? How bad we’ve gotten, no doubt due to liberalism and its anti-male body ethos.
robho3
I can’t believe how stupid this is.
martinbakman
Network sports is never quite sure what to do with the male body downtown. So stupid. Bunch of homophobic closet cases.
Side note: Chen Aisen sure looks fine, especially when he smiles. Loved watching his gold medal dives.
Boudia and Steele hugging it up was fun to watch too.
JamJewel
They are doing the same thing with the wrestlers so it is not ‘unintentional!’