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u/TheFrontierzman Aug 02 '21 edited Aug 02 '21
And another photo of her in a state of "I can't...wait...what?"
Edit: My imgur image link gave me an 18 and up warning. Probably some skin percent algorithm. A swimmer has her arms raised. It's very safe.
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u/Foulds28 Aug 02 '21
That woman's arms are wider than a sturn paddle, holy moly. I didn't realise we raised fish people in Canada.
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u/snoogenfloop Aug 02 '21
Swimmers' physiques are nuts, man.
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u/canmoose Aug 02 '21
Should see the kayakers. Absolutely ripped upper bodies
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u/snoogenfloop Aug 02 '21
The white water slalom events have been so fun to watch. And yeah crazy strong upper bodies.
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u/Deathwatch72 Aug 02 '21
I didn't know that was an event until this Olympics and it just looks insanely difficult. The upper body strength required tip tip it on a dime and fight against the current to go backward because some of the gates required entrances from specific directions is insane
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u/snoogenfloop Aug 02 '21
The pivot in the middle of a flow of water to turn around alone is amazing.
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u/ScorchedAnus Aug 02 '21
You should see thru hikers. Godlike thighs, calves, and feet. Noodle-like arms.
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u/FeetOnGrass Aug 02 '21
I donāt know, a hexagonal shape doesnāt seem very aerodynamic.
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u/snoogenfloop Aug 02 '21
Fortunately they spend most of their time competing in liquid.
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u/Requiem-7 Aug 02 '21
The movements they do swimming, and they moving large amounts of water while doing so, stimulates that muscle a lot. It has nothing to do with how hydrodynamic it is it's just that the muscle grows due to the exercise, like how cyclists have strong thigh muscles.
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u/Roflkopt3r Aug 02 '21
She doesn't T-pose through the water breasts first. Muscle mass like this doesn't increase drag much.
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u/CanadianODST2 Aug 02 '21
Due to the ice melting weāre having to adapt from ice sports to water sports.
Isnāt evolution beautiful
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u/VeggiePorkchop3 Aug 02 '21
Her name is Kylie Masse in case anyone is wondering.
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u/asdasddsdwwwww Aug 02 '21
My imgur image link gave me an 18 and up warning.
So I used to work on image site moderation teams and one of the grey areas that we didn't fuck around with is "bathing suits indoors" because the people that make these "lines" believe that there is rarely a reason to wear a bathing suit indoors that doesn't relate to sexuality.
I don't mean to say that I agree with these lines, but that is most likely why this is marked as such.
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u/Polymarchos Aug 02 '21
Theyāve heard of indoor pools right? As someone living in a landlocked region of Canada, thatās where most swimming is done
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u/ILoveRegenHealth Aug 02 '21
Is it an AI Bot that flags it, or an actual human over there flagging it?
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u/asdasddsdwwwww Aug 02 '21
I am not sure how photos were filtered to my eyes, but we would load about 30 thumbnails on a 4k monitor and unless we paused it, they were considered reviewed and accepted every 10 seconds when it would load a new batch.
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u/Sinthe741 Aug 02 '21
NGL, the face scrunch is kinda cute!
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u/TheFrontierzman Aug 02 '21
She reminds me of Velma losing her glasses during some old Scooby-Doo episodes.
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u/idreaminreel2reel Aug 02 '21 edited Aug 02 '21
She still can't see š¤£ She just clapping ..I can totally relate..
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u/LordCharco_iii Aug 02 '21
Thereās no way she wasnāt picturing that screen in her mind from when she saw it in the pool to the moment she actually found out she won gold, trying to figure out what the hell it said.
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u/Terisaki Aug 02 '21
Those delicious juicy pits thoā¦
I dunno just trying to figure out what the algorithm is looking for.
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u/white_butterfly1 Aug 02 '21
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u/DatPiff916 Aug 02 '21
That rope is crossing right where the algorithm would look for nipples, so it possibly could have read it as a naked upper body with nipples barely covered.
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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21
NSFW?!? Did the algorithm think sheās having an orgasm?
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u/eddiemon Aug 02 '21
Not wearing glasses = Not safe for work if you're a driver or operate heavy machinery
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u/pumperthruster Aug 02 '21
The full reaction is amazing: https://static.mothership.sg/1/2021/07/maggie-macneil-reac.gif
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u/Aaaandiiii Aug 02 '21
This is the real made me smile image. She sees it, can't believe it, and tries to see again.
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u/Snowbank_Lake Aug 02 '21
And the reaction of the girl next to her like āYeah, that was you. You rocked it.ā
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u/RayBerQ Aug 02 '21
It doesn't make a huge difference but I think it's quite nice that the other swimmer (Sarah Sjƶstrƶm) was the previous gold medalist in this event. Love to see sportsmanship like that - especially in individual sports.
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u/CrimsonBammer Aug 02 '21
It does make a huge difference
I love seeing people beā¦ self-aware? I mean you know that girl remembers winning gold and how she felt, now she can congratulate a colleague who is feeling the same thing.
People can be so great some times. I grew up hating people.
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u/DiscountRazor Aug 02 '21
Not only the previous gold medallist, but the world record and olympic record holder in that event too.
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u/dahabit Aug 02 '21
Does squinting help see better?
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u/Eliminatron Aug 02 '21
Yes. Itās like closing the aperture on a camera. The depth of field increases. So more things come into focus
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u/Triston-- Aug 02 '21
Yep! It's called the "pinhole effect." Basically by squinting you block out the light that isn't focused towards your eye, so things get darker, but what you see/the light show to reach your eye is focused on the retina.
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u/ndnda Aug 02 '21
You know that thing that people do to mock Asian people by pulling at the side of their eyes? Before I knew better I would do that instead of squinting because for my eyes it worked even better for seeing without my glasses. Then I learned it was a Bad Thing and only to do it if no one else was around.
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u/--God--- Aug 02 '21
Oh shit it works! I can read the microwave clock perfectly clearly from 10 ft away without my glasses (-1.25). Calibration seems to be sensitive though, gotta do it just right to hit that sweet spot of focus. My technique seems to be 3 parts pressing my finger into my temple (idk, maybe the pressure is reshaping my lens a bit) to 1 part pulling my skin backwards with same fingertip.
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u/ParsleyMan Aug 02 '21
A better way is to form a tiny square with your fingers, hold it against your eye and look through the hole. The smaller you close the hole, the clearer everything becomes.
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u/heat200 Aug 02 '21
I always do it to one eye so itās more hidden lol, but I used to do both eyes very openly as well because it would help with seeing things
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u/thisimpetus Aug 02 '21
As a Canadian, that face completely agrees with my sense of national identity.
I've always felt like we were the Snapple of nations, and it's not even occurring to you that you'd won is so on brand imo.
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u/Dobler97 Aug 02 '21
the Snapple of nations
This is the best description of Canada I've ever read. Like honestly. I like Snapple. Would I go out of my way to buy some, Nah. But I enjoy it just enough that if I could have it again, why not?
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u/WonderfulCattle6234 Aug 02 '21
Where the analogy falls flat though is Canada never ruled the world in the 90s. If you weren't drinking Snapple in the dugout in Little League then you grew up in Russia.
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u/czonkalarry Aug 02 '21
I couldnāt find the This Hour Has 22 Minutes sketch on YouTube, but it goes something like this:
ESTABLISHING SHOT: Athens 1896 An ATHLETE with a funny moustache is seen DIVING OVER THE FINISH LINE at the Olympics. A WOMAN with a Red Ensign runs over to welcome him to the end of the race.
WOMAN: Well done, Johnny! Your ran such a great marathon!
ATHLETE: Thank you so much! Did I win?
WOMAN: (hesitating) Well, no; you came in fourth.
ATHLETE: Fourth, eh? Well, thatās not bad!
WOMAN: (Still hesitant) I suppose. I would imagine that the Dominion of Canada will be quite proud of your performance.
ATHLETE: Do you really suppose so? Well, if thatās the case, letās go celebrate this achievement!
VOICE-OVER: Canadaāfinishing just out of the medals for over a hundred years. A proud part of our Canadian heritage.
FADE TO HERITAGE MINUTE VIGNETTE.
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u/ThisOnePlaysTooMuch Aug 02 '21
As a US citizen, all I can say is that expression looks straight out of Letterkenny.
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u/Gwenhwyfar2020 Aug 02 '21
Well, I really love Snapple. And Canada has always been my favorite place to visit. I even applied to move there once but they said no because Iām just a working class Virginian. But I donāt hold it against them, I am pretty much rabble and Iād keep me out too.
Still though, now having a Snapple in the Vancouver library has just gotten onto my bucket list.
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u/Mrgndana Aug 02 '21
This is such a cute response, I hope youāre able to have a Snapple in Vancouver soon!
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u/SophiaofPrussia Aug 02 '21
YouTube just made me watch two commercials in order to watch that commercial. Fuck Google, man. Theyāve ruined the internet.
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u/Manders37 Aug 02 '21
I guffawed. There are so many pictures of me with this face as a child.
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u/internet_humor Aug 02 '21
"Dad, the sun is in my eyes"
"It's OK son, just for this one picture, ok... One.... Two....."
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u/iamnotamangosteen Aug 02 '21
This was my resting face until I got contacts because I never wanted to wear my glasses. People thought I was stuck up because when they waved to me I didnāt wave back but I just couldnāt see them. Nearsighted life
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u/Explanation-mountain Aug 02 '21
because when they waved to me I didnāt wave back but I just couldnāt see them.
I would awkwardly wave at people who were probably waving at someone else. Didn't know who they were but could just about make out the gesture they were making
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u/imwearingredsocks Aug 02 '21
Rebelled against my glasses in my early twenties. Did I start wearing them all the time so I could see? No. It was because:
I was losing too many people by me unintentionally ignoring them completely and then pulling a 180 and being happy to see them the next time I actually saw them. Was I passive aggressive? No just canāt see.
Someone said to me āoh youāre gonna have the worst wrinkles making faces like that.ā
Now I canāt imagine how I was walking around like that in a fuzzy world all the time.
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u/ChairDippedInGold Aug 02 '21
Can you buy prescription swim goggles?
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u/inbruges99 Aug 02 '21
Yeah, but if I remember correctly, in an interview she said she doesnāt need them in the pool, it was just seeing the scoreboard that was tricky.
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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21
Yes, you can. Not cheap. The lines on the bottom are usually big enough to be seen by the worst eyes but most people wear contacts so you can see with or without goggles on.
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u/gordonthegopher69 Aug 02 '21 edited Aug 02 '21
I don't advice wearing contacts to swim without goggles. They jus come out.
Also there's that parasite that lives in water and gets behind the contact and eats the eyeball.
Edit: here's a link about the parasite. Anyone who wears contacts should read it. A family member had it after storing contacts in tap water overnight, but the parasite is even found in contact lense solution, and it's not nice https://www.cdc.gov/contactlenses/parasitic-keratitis.html#:~:text=Acanthamoeba%20keratitis%2C%20or%20AK%2C%20is,celled%20living%20organism)%20called%20Acanthamoeba.
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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21
I wouldn't swim without goggles with or without contacts. It was more referring to the transition from wearing goggles to swim vs taking them out and still being able to see around the pool deck (or whether you can see that you won a gold medal) because the correction isn't part of the goggle, but it's part of your eye while the contacts are in.
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u/Good_nuff Aug 02 '21
I swam with contacts in once and they got stuck to my eyes. I do not recommend it.
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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21
They are cheap, and are good enough for swimming, easily got -8 and lenses are interchangeable so you can get replacements when old are worn. I know it, because I use them.
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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21
They are cheap, and are good enough for swimming, easily got -8 and lenses are interchangeable so you can get replacements when old are worn. I know it, because I use them. Also you should not use contacts in swimming pool as itās a vey high risk of bacterial eye infections.
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u/DualityDrn Aug 02 '21
I'd rather wear my racing goggles for a race though, prescription ones look terrible normally and aren't anywhere near as streamlined as a good pair of TYRs or Vanqs. Not sure what she's wearing in the race, looks like maybe Speed Sockets? Can't quite make it out.
She'll have a very profitable future in glasses commercials if she wants!
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u/BaLance_95 Aug 02 '21
I mean, they should be affordable enough for someone the country sponsors for the Olympics. It could easily be written off as a necessary expense. Maybe it has a tiny effect on her speed?
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u/laserhan123 Aug 02 '21
Personally, at least in my swimming days, prescription goggles weren't designed for performance, they were designed for seeing. You want the performance one's when you are racing at the Olympics.
Everyone just got the $5 Swedish goggles back then anyway.
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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21
This was my experience too which I guess is why I considered them not cheap/not worth the expense. But I was also swimming 15 years ago so things may have changed.
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u/MEGLO_ Aug 02 '21
I was actually just about to order some new goggles. Considered getting prescription ones because I donāt have my contacts right now. I found that itās not as expensive as I remember (last goggles I bought were over eight years ago)
You can order a prescription single goggle/lens per which prescription you have in each respective eye and then basically have a pair of goggles that suits your eye needs. Itās like ~13$ per goggle/lens. The nose bridge and straps are super cheap too.
I remember my mom getting me a few pairs of prescription goggles over a decade ago when I was growing up and I thought remembered them to be more expensive honestly
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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21
Right...I think it was when they were brand new or not well known enough but I literally couldn't see the blue line on the bottom of the pool or the cross at the end so I begged for birthdays/christmas to get those goggles but my parents were hesitant because my eyes kept getting worse each check up. So we opted for regular contacts so I could use them all the time and adjust as my prescription changed.
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u/MEGLO_ Aug 02 '21
Contacts are a lifesaver for me. I was so happy to have them finally because I remember swimming with my prescription goggles but then youād need to either put your goggles on to see anything outside of the pool or have your glasses handy. in between races isnāt too much of an issue necessarily because thereās downtime. But right before/after is annoying because you are too busy doing other shit to grab your actual glasses and yeah.
My eyes are really bad though and I just remember feeling so goofy taking them off my head after a race and then putting them loosely over my eyes to see the damn scoreboard.
Literally always making the same exact face as the Canadian swimmer in this post.
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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21
Right! I was very glad to get lasik a couple years ago and it was a game changer! My husband still can't understand that I'll hit myself in the face trying to push up glasses that aren't there anymore or assume I'm going to have to squint or not be able to see certain things because I lived 2/3 of my life not being able to see clearly and needing glasses/contacts or struggling so now, it's hard to wrap my head around actually being able to see without assistance.
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u/Corgi-butts Aug 02 '21
I got script ones being nearsighted. I can't swim but worked a treat for when the bushfires were tearing me up and for chopping onions.
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u/alderfig Aug 02 '21
You can buy prescription. Each major swim brand has their prescription goggle line (Speedo, TYR, Arena, etc). I used to buy the Speedo Vanquisher all the time with the smoked lens and used them for practice mostly. During meets I would use daily contacts and throw them out after because of bacterial concerns.
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u/shaodyn Aug 02 '21
I also can't see shit without my glasses. I'm so blind that stuff starts getting blurry slightly past arm's reach.
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u/KeybladeMasterAqua Aug 02 '21
Just past my noseā¦.I canāt see shit
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u/RichKix_TheBard Aug 02 '21
But at least you can smell it
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u/KeybladeMasterAqua Aug 02 '21
True. My husband canāt. He lost his sense of smell as a kid, and he canāt see red or green. So he sees shapes. I see colors and I smell for him.
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u/RichKix_TheBard Aug 02 '21
The sub name is mademesmile, not mademecry... and you have me doing both of those. Thatās so beautiful. I hope you two are very happy :)
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u/ILoveDogs171717 Aug 02 '21
Iām so blind that stuff starts to get blurry about six inches past my nose :(
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u/SamCarter_SGC Aug 02 '21
Used to love swimming until I had to get glasses.
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u/Silber4 Aug 02 '21
Used to love swiming until I had to get glasses and got severe ear inflammation.
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u/thelostcow Aug 02 '21
As someone who is nearsighted, I just want to say that representation matters!
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u/Bryn79 Aug 02 '21
Nearsighted Olympics!
Hurdles ā no corrective lenses ā¦ competitors get a bus pass and the first one to get the right bus at the right time to the right place wins Gold! Everyone else gets an Uber home.
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u/DARyMPlI Aug 02 '21
This was literally my face looking at all those suspect prints on the WMP placement.
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u/quaybored Aug 02 '21
Can someone please post a pic of what she normally looks like
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u/McDuchess Aug 02 '21
Here you go. And she has a good attitude about the meme.
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u/FearingPerception Aug 02 '21
shes a teenager still??? oh my god
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u/Haunted86 Aug 02 '21
Bruh, there are 14 year olds winning gold medals at the olympics. It's wild
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u/blackbeltbap Aug 02 '21
The gold and silver in Women's Skateboarding Street were both 13. Younger competitors have been doing really well in skateboarding recently.
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u/sometimesimscared28 Aug 02 '21
She isn't, google says she is 21
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u/roostersmoothie Aug 02 '21
The article says 19. Dont know what to believe
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u/pandbandjam Aug 02 '21
Sheās 21, born in 2000, she won her first big medal at 19 and the article explains that weirdly
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u/TheMexicanJuan Aug 02 '21
There is a trick I do in those situations. I roll my fist to make a āpin holeā and look through it. The hole concentrates light in a smaller area which helps sharpening image.
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u/TheGirlWithTheCurl Aug 02 '21
Oh my god it works.
I thought for sure you were trolling but tried it anyway.
Good to know!
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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21
I can almost guarantee that this picture will become a meme in five years.
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u/MEGLO_ Aug 02 '21
I can guarantee it will become a meme right now. Itās too good not to be
If it doesnāt right quick, Iāll make it happen.
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u/BeautifulType Aug 02 '21
Itās been posted a dozen times already. OP won the lottery since not every thread got 45k upvotes
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u/digger310 Aug 02 '21 edited Aug 02 '21
I feel her pain. I might have needed a spotter to point which direction the water was when I was on the start podium
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u/Mikeko28 Aug 02 '21
Could you imagine asking one of the other swimmers to read it for you? It would sound like super passive aggressive gloating.
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u/timmense Aug 02 '21
Mac neil: hey Iām near sighted and canāt read the board. Can you tell me where I came?
Swimmer: 1st with 52.35
Mac Neil: my ears are blocked. Could you repeat that?
Swimmer: 1ST WITH 52.35
Mac Neil: Really?! Is that a new record?
Swimmer: YES
Mac Neil: thanks! You did great
Swimmer: I came dead last
Mac Neil: I meant reading the board for me
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u/EchoPrince Aug 02 '21
Swimmer from other country: How is she so good????
Canadian swimmer: idk where the fuck i'm going, but i'm going foward and hope for the best.
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u/redbadger91 Aug 02 '21
She looks like Bobby Draper being confronted with Alex acting in some stupid way.
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u/T_raltixx Aug 02 '21
I was stunned when I discovered prescription lens goggles were a thing.
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u/Rickyspanish33 Aug 02 '21
Wouldn't the goggles be prescription? It's like my grandma saying she only needs glasses to drive but then can't see the the TV without them
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u/gordonthegopher69 Aug 02 '21
No she doesn't need to use prescription goggles because she doesn't really need to see far away while swimming
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u/New-Respond-5002 Aug 02 '21
Me, in the middle of the night, trying to read my alarm clock over on my dresser, to see if I have time to go back to sleep.
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u/Hojbjerg1882 Aug 02 '21
Her face is every picture of me in middle school even though I'm wearing glasses because I was never wearing the right prescription.
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u/MEmeZy123 Aug 02 '21
Lmao I feel this so bad I couldnāt see anything with the goggles and it sucked ;(
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u/Take_Some_Soma Aug 02 '21
Should try wearing contacts. Especially if youāre wearing goggles in the pool.
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u/Wild-Kitchen Aug 02 '21
Me trying to read the size 0 font on the packet for ingredients i might be allergic too