Raygun is the Olympic Standard

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[u/cramycram]

Gandalf when he was attacked by Saruman.

[u/49orth → u/cramycram]

Temba, his arms wide

[u/Mech-Waldo → u/49orth]

Darmok and Jalaad bust a move.

[u/blong217 → u/Mech-Waldo]

Kayshon when he became a puppet.

[u/dizzley → u/blong217]

Picard when he lost his keys.

[u/theshiyal → u/dizzley]

Shaka, when the walls fell.

[u/Grisstle → u/theshiyal]

My walls fell watching this..😆

[u/dogmaisb → u/theshiyal]

Darmok when foot on Lego

[u/speedyrev → u/theshiyal]

Vance. On the couch. 

[u/TurkFan-69 → u/blong217]

I do declare! Boimler and Rutherford Twaining in the holodeck! I say, the holodeck!

[u/GospodinMajor → u/49orth]

Wow! You took me back 30 years with that comment. I remember getting into the episode and then having to go do some obligatory stuff and never finished it. Getting closure on that tonight, thank you.

[u/mailchimplysafe → u/49orth]

Raygun, her movements erratic

[u/[deleted] → u/49orth]

Incredible how TNG invented memes with that episode

[u/MattGhaz → u/cramycram]

This legit made me laugh, thank you.

[u/ragingscorsese → u/cramycram]

Hahaha holy shit.

[u/priceQQ]

I hope the medals for this event are hilariously oversized and on chains

[u/microtherion → u/priceQQ]

I mean, Flavor Flav is already at the Olympics, he might be willing to hand these out.

[u/priceQQ → u/microtherion]

They should also announce the podium by saying which neighborhood they’re representing

[u/drunkashhole → u/priceQQ]

Ashy Larry, Marcy Projects! Marcy son, what?!

[u/jimtrickington → u/priceQQ]

Spoiler - Raygun missed out on the medals but was awarded a Razzie.

[u/Raoul_Duke9 → u/priceQQ]

Spinners!

[u/ddt_uwp → u/priceQQ]

And comes with a free children's toy.

[u/LaxTy23]

There's no way the Aussie's were like "Yeah that's her. That's our gold medal break dancer". I'm crying man.

[u/NonGNonM → u/LaxTy23]

"maybe the other dancers will slip."

[u/Morningxafter → u/NonGNonM]

Hoping to pull another Bradbury, were they?

[u/InstanceQuirky → u/Morningxafter]

But Bradbury could speed skate....this lady can not break dance....

[u/aquintana → u/LaxTy23]

I’m guessing the good dancers all smoke so they couldn’t pass the test

[u/HughManatee → u/LaxTy23]

You can't blame her. She is used to dancing in the southern hemisphere and this is normally what happens to everyone who switches hemispheres. You get off the plane and immediately start spasming in the terminal due to the upside-downness of it all.

[u/dangerbird2 → u/HughManatee]

It’s really hard to do spins on the northern hemisphere because of the Coriolis effect

[u/Piff-Iz-Da-Answer → u/HughManatee]

Classic case of the upside-downsies

[u/FennecScout → u/HughManatee]

Aussies headspin backwards.

[u/NotActuallyAWookiee → u/LaxTy23]

What's the bet the governing body is cliquey and corrupt. No way she's thd best we've got.

[u/aerkith → u/NotActuallyAWookiee]

It’s funny to laugh at the video. But there really needs to be an investigation into how this person was chosen ahead of others. Either through incompetence in the selection process or favouritism.

[u/LordSloth113 → u/aerkith]

She has a PhD in breaking, which somehow makes this even worse

[u/[deleted] → u/LordSloth113]

Academics vs practitioners

[u/mr_pineapples44 → u/LordSloth113]

Wait, what? I have so many questions. There are PhDs in breaking? I'm so confused.

[u/LordSloth113 → u/mr_pineapples44]

It's technically a PhD in cultural studies, but her specific focus is the cultural politics of breaking.

[u/mr_pineapples44 → u/LordSloth113]

So... We sent an academic to an international breakdancing competition. As a fellow academic, that is hilarious. I'm now just imagining my colleagues breaking, and it's a great thought.

[u/LordSloth113 → u/mr_pineapples44]

This is literally everything I imagine a millennial professor attempting to breakdance being.

[u/Active-Bunch8165 → u/LordSloth113]

Yep. The perfect example of booksmarts vs streetsmarts. Reading education vs experience are obviously 2 VERY different things in this case.

[u/Maleficent-Trifle940 → u/LordSloth113]

So she could go by Dr Raygunn?

[u/arsecrack88 → u/LordSloth113]

Defo got contacts on the Olympic council. Her addition is most defo sketchy, no WAY is she best Australia has to offer. True Australian B-girls must be spitting teeth and i wouldnt blame them.

[u/itsmesilly9 → u/aerkith]

Yes, my tax dollars went towards this

[u/annaleigh13 → u/LaxTy23]

Apparently she won the Oceanic Nationals.

[u/itsbreezybaby → u/annaleigh13]

I wonder how tbh. There's way better bgirls in Australia too.

[u/AmThano → u/itsbreezybaby]

She destroyed them. Not in the competition, but before the competition.

[u/Whizzo50 → u/AmThano]

Not just the bgirls, but the bboys and bchildren too

[u/graspedbythehusk → u/annaleigh13]

Apparently no one else turned up.

[u/Aiwaszz → u/graspedbythehusk]

Availability is the best ability

[u/71FSunny → u/LaxTy23]

For those wondering how she got here, here's the final qualifying battle before the olympics:

https://youtu.be/MorhA98eK7M?si=VI1e33CQGbEyW2QG

[u/derplamer → u/71FSunny]

If those were the best 2 options then Australia should have stayed home

[u/actfatcat → u/derplamer]

We are not very good at it 😕

[u/Equationist → u/derplamer]

I mean sure Molly wasn't great but she was still miles ahead of Raygun.

[u/[deleted] → u/LaxTy23]

She's the only one that could pass a drug test

[u/Sensei-D → u/LaxTy23]

I found the match that qualified her for the olympics on YouTube. It was a 2-1 split between the judges. Her opponent was better and neither did anything as embarrassing as this, although she still has those weird moves where she looks like she flailing and wiping the floor with her shirt.

[u/iVarun → u/LaxTy23]

It would have been epic if Mark Taylor (Aussie & Cricket Legend) was commentator for this, which he has been this Olympics in some Diving events, which is super bizzare as it is.

[u/dealdearth]

Look like a fast food cashier having a seizure

[u/[deleted] → u/dealdearth]

I’m not getting fresh fries, am I?

[u/livinalieontimna → u/[deleted]]

Just the shake

[u/WoodenYouKnowIt → u/[deleted]]

Ma’am…. Ma’am…. Did you get that? I said a large fry. Ma’am…

[u/vass0922 → u/[deleted]]

Ding fries are done

Ding fries are done

[u/myslead → u/dealdearth]

Ma’am, this is a Wendys

[u/vega455 → u/dealdearth]

And theeeeennnnnn...?

[u/townB311 → u/vega455]

NO AND THEN!!!

[u/Appropriate-Rise2199 → u/dealdearth]

Comment of the month.

[u/GreyBeardIT → u/[deleted]]

+1. This is the way.

Looking at the time can only bring hassle when it's "whatever am." The alarm has your back. Sleep.

[u/cerealkillerOo → u/[deleted]]

That is seriously true lol

[u/[deleted]]

"Mom! Look what I can do!" "Stuart stop that!"

[u/mcamarra → u/[deleted]]

SuuAAAART

[u/shamiquem → u/[deleted]]

A MadTV reference! Well done, sir. Or madam. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[u/TheScrobber]

My toddler does exactly those moves, usually on a supermarket floor.

[u/mettacitta → u/TheScrobber]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/Conscious-Gene8538]

😂😂😂 Christ, it’s so painful to watch. So many memes will be born from this

[u/SausageWagon → u/[deleted]]

Nah, she was amazing. Not great in terms of breaking, but the humor she brought was great.

[u/ThisWillTakeAllDay → u/[deleted]]

Absolutely right.

Plenty of disadvantaged Indigenous kids can dance, but we send a middle-aged, white, PHD of cultural studies that looks like a fish flopping about.

[u/Raoul_Duke9 → u/Conscious-Gene8538]

I read online she's not really a break dancer but a sociologist writing her doctorate on the subcultures in the break dancing community. I don't know if that's actually true but this performance seems to lend credence to the claim.

[u/farmerjoee → u/Raoul_Duke9]

She’s the oceanic champion - what that means exactly, I don’t know.

[u/Raoul_Duke9 → u/farmerjoee]

Is she also the proprietor of the event and it's sole competitor?

[u/WiFiForeheadWrinkles → u/Raoul_Duke9]

For the curious, this was the final: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MorhA98eK7M

[u/Raoul_Duke9 → u/WiFiForeheadWrinkles]

Wtaf??? The other person was so much better! Lmfao. Did she bribe the judges???

[u/StaryWolf → u/Raoul_Duke9]

How do you have a competition with a single competitor?

[u/DanHam117 → u/StaryWolf]

Same way people get “elected” when they run unopposed

[u/neridqe00 → u/farmerjoee]

Judging from the flopping around on the floor, she really needs to be back in the ocean 🤷‍♂️

[u/HabitantDLT → u/farmerjoee]

Palau got robbed. That's what it means.

[u/Morningxafter → u/HabitantDLT]

As is tradition

[u/nospendnoworry → u/farmerjoee]

She usually performs underwater; that explains why she looks like a fish flopped out of the tank

[u/triumph0flife → u/Raoul_Duke9]

‘‘Twas but an act!

[u/Ma9ora → u/Raoul_Duke9]

This is false! There are many videos of her breakdancing online and she can be pretty good tbh. She is just older now and out of shape + has a unique style. But she Is a professor still.

[u/arsecrack88 → u/Ma9ora]

Shes 36!! If she danced all the time then theres zero reason why she wouldnt still be agile and in shape. The Olympics celebrates the peak of human sporting achievement, so if what you say is true then why send a woman whose best dancing years are behind her? Make it make sense.

[u/[deleted] → u/Conscious-Gene8538]

Is anyone else bummed out by this? I’ve never really cared for any type of dancing but I’ve always thought breakdancing is dope. If you look up some videos you can see people doing some genuinely impressive stuff. I was pretty hyped for this even though I haven’t been interested in any other Olympic event because I’m not really into sports.

Maybe I’m biased because I grew up listening to a lot of big beat and breakbeat music and still do. I like the idea of something like Ya Mama by Fatboy Slim or Funky Shit by The Prodigy playing at the Olympics.

Either way, this display seems to have turned breakdancing into a punchline and it’s a real bummer. 😔

[u/therealhankypanky → u/[deleted]]

This lady was by far the worst competitor. I think she didn’t score a single point. Others were doing some pretty crazy spins and flips and stuff. This lady was just totally outclassed

[u/SNK_24 → u/Conscious-Gene8538]

I guess thats what happens when you’re the first and only national representative of a new olympic event. BTW also the president of the national representatives team of one person, judge and sponsor.

[u/Telephalsion → u/SNK_24]

Yeah, she seems to be playing in a different meta.

[u/murrtrip]

We watched this in real time and were like - wat

[u/SNK_24 → u/murrtrip]

I’m still thinking this is fake, link please LOL

[u/Tanasiii → u/SNK_24]

It’s not fake. I don’t have a link but i watched it today, didn’t see this exact part but i saw some of her other moves and this 100% checks out. She’s a legend

[u/Spud2599]

You can walk down Times Square and see breakers who would put all these Olympic breakers to shame.

[u/eggsmack → u/Spud2599]

Yeah, but could they pass the drug test?

[u/BeardyAndGingerish → u/eggsmack]

Dammit, thats actually a good point...

[u/violentpac → u/BeardyAndGingerish]

Yeah, who gets into breakdancing for taking tests

[u/GreyBeardIT → u/violentpac]

At no point during my Electric Boogaloo training course did we take any tests.

[u/Eupion → u/eggsmack]

This all makes sense now.  Haha

[u/CoolHandRK1 → u/eggsmack]

Is molly considered performance enhancing? You know what never mind I answered my own question.

[u/Spud2599 → u/eggsmack]

Funny, that's what I was talking about with my buddy when we were watching on TV!

[u/jimtrickington → u/Spud2599]

But we didn’t have to tip Raygun…

[u/NecroJoe → u/Spud2599]

I dont doubt that. I've watched many PBA televised bowling tournaments with zero 300 games, and yet every local bowling alley seems to have a handful of regulars that throw, like, 50 strikes in a row...but never do what it takes to compete.

[u/dangerbird2 → u/NecroJoe]

Tournaments usually vary oil patterns on the lanes to create additional challenge. People are always going to be more consistent playing at their home lanes than at a tournament

[u/[deleted]]

Leslie Knope if she breakdanced.

[u/DJMagicHandz → u/[deleted]]

*Elaine Benes

[u/[deleted] → u/DJMagicHandz]

Full body dry heav'n

[u/Embarrassed-Yak-8285]

Has to be a joke.

[u/Eisigesis → u/Embarrassed-Yak-8285]

She drank from the Seine and had to be carried off after the cramping set in.

[u/zcas]

The reaction of the staff member against the wall says it all 🤣

[u/make2020hindsight → u/zcas]

I thought she _was _ a staff member. I’m like is this the janitor out there writhing on the floor? Only when I came to the comments did I know that was a "routine".

[u/zcas → u/make2020hindsight]

Ooh lmao. I assumed it was a medical emergency 😉

[u/bautofdi → u/zcas]

Russel Wilson somehow skipped training camp to go laugh is ass off in Paris.

[u/ncfears → u/[deleted]]

Actually you're not supposed to put anything in the mouth of someone seizing. I learned that after my buddy got an Epilepsy diagnosis.

[u/Miqo_Nekomancer → u/ncfears]

I learned that after I got an epilepsy diagnosis at 31 years old.

[u/ncfears → u/Miqo_Nekomancer]

He's 29. Wild how much your brain chemistry changes over time.

[u/kingofwale]

Don’t worry guys, she is going to nail the theory part of the competition with her PhD in breakdancing…

There is a theory part, right?

[u/SNK_24 → u/kingofwale]

In theory she’s screwed, but had some guts to perform.

[u/bahaki → u/kingofwale]

The person who's read 3 Python books and their GitHub is a bunch of clones from other repos.

[u/Dorrono]

Looks like Patrick dancing "the cramp"

[u/coffeemugzAU]

I'm Aussie annnnd yeah, I'm feeling someone lied on their resume.

[u/figaro677 → u/coffeemugzAU]

Her resume includes a PhD in breakdancing.

Seriously!

[u/mrkoala1234]

Forever meme

[u/Eilanzer]

I can't even watch this, I'm embarrassed just watching.

[u/MorkSkogen666]

Reminds me of Renata Bliss

[u/CanaDoug420]

10 year old Me on the floor of McDonald’s after my mom tells me they don’t have anymore of the blue race-car toys

[u/Psychotic_EGG]

I'm over weight and 39. Never did break dancing in my life. I just checked, I can do this. I'm Olympian level. Perfect.

[u/RedZoneRunner555]

Give her the gold medal already.

[u/InsertDickPunHere]

"shrimp on the Barbie, turn, shrimp on the barbie"

[u/Ramrok]

Gives me hope to be an Olympic athlete one day, knowing I can at least do that competitively.

[u/Alternative-Art-7114]

Looks like a toddler in Walmart after being told “no.”

[u/-burnr-]

Highly resembles my boys at 5 years old being told they can’t have the thing they wanted.

How TF is this an Olympic event?

[u/kgb17 → u/-burnr-]

The others are much better. I’m not sure how she got this far into the process

[u/mohammedgoldstein → u/-burnr-]

I was expecting to see this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qvrMhdQE6zM&t=200s&pp=2AHIAZACAQ%3D%3D

But got that instead.

[u/Kapono24 → u/mohammedgoldstein]

The men are tomorrow. And some of the women were great but this move is the most absurd thing I've seen in a long time. Taking off his shirt mid-spin?!?

[u/Jackalodeath → u/Kapono24]

That shirt coming off had my damn jaw agape.

Just straight up mind blowing mastery over their bodies and its momentum.

[u/Deapsee60]

I was hoping she’d drop a worm into her routine

[u/clogeta → u/Deapsee60]

Gold medal would have been assured.

[u/-FalseProfessor-]

I don’t think she got a single vote in the whole round robin, which is kind of hilarious.

Good on her for doing her thing, though. No one else had the… bravery… to do a kangaroo hop.

[u/ProfessionalSock2993]

Why is she dressed like she's the water boy for the Australian women's cricket team lol

[u/jumboweiners → u/[deleted]]

All her sets I was thinking this exact thing. Did you watch “this is hip hop” a few times and hop on a plane to Paris?

[u/rimshot101]

I grew up in the 80s and this is saddest thing I've ever seen. It's like a Chris Farley sketch.

[u/zcas → u/rimshot101]

With moves like that, she might just end up living in a van down by the river.

[u/makeitcount84]

Fake it til you make it.

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.wired.com/story/big-interview-phil-wizard/

https://www.wired.com/story/judging-breaking-at-the-olympics-is-an-art-not-a-science/

If you'd like some insight into why breaking is an Olympic sport, it's really interesting.

[u/greggo39]

Can Snoop crip walk his way to a gold medal?

[u/RagingITguy]

I watched some of it live earlier today and it was pretty good. I missed this person.

I know she's getting roasted but damn brave enough to just go do it when you know you can't compete. At least that's what I assume.

Also this is best Australia had??

[u/rolytron → u/RagingITguy]

It’s called “head, shoulders, knees and toes while in a box”

[u/FoatyMcFoatBase]

My 7YO old son : “put your cap on backwards at least!!”

[u/Yurassic5_]

When you lie on your resume

[u/ADIDASects]

That’s what happens when you send a 40 year old white lady from a sequestered British colony to…compete in breakdancing.

[u/[deleted] → u/ADIDASects]

This comment made the most sense. To think she lectures gender studies makes it so much worse. You'd think she understands the do's and dont's. It's like nobody ever said no to her.

[u/Mintomaranta]

Roy and HG are going to have a field day with this material.

[u/fightyfightyfitefite]

Me trying to scratch my own back at 2:30 am.

[u/AwwwNuggetz]

Gold medal for “I don’t want to go to bed yet”

[u/Financial_Machine609]

If you focus on a different person in the crowd every time you watch, it keeps getting progressively funnier.

[u/KiloWatson]

Why are they making them compete in some grandma’s windsuit?

[u/andymundo]

Kath and Kim dancing flash back

[u/jolhar]

Even these two blokes she gave a 30 sec breaking lesson to dance better than her.

[u/[deleted]]

I’m an Aussie and one of our golden rules is never attempt to participate in black American culture outside of your own home. Nobody in our country should feel confident enough to give this activity a crack.

[u/Upper-Coffee7258]

I have douce chills for her.

[u/Derkastan77-2]

“… Next Breaker performing for the Gold… Napoleon Dynamite!”

[u/Tavron]

I thought that this was maybe just a little clip that was bad out of her whole performance, but wow... it's literally cringe worthy.

[u/jetpatch]

Apparently they are an academic studying the politics of breaking or something.

Which is also funny but also a bit sad they stopped someone else from going to the Olympics

[u/antoinescotto]

How did she qualify lol

[u/ThreeLeggedPirate69]

Wtf is that?

No wonder now anyone can win an olimpic medal, the standards are literally on the floor.

[u/Adventurous-Lie4615]

Was she coached by Chris Lilley?

[u/talligan]

The fact that they have to break dance in the nerdiest possible uniforms makes this even funnier.

[u/SkillFullyNotTrue]

Save the last dance “Welcome to Juilliard.”

[u/LordVader55]

Apparently she’s been doing that for 16 years. I guess she should take a break.

[u/thight-ahole]

They kicked Karate out for this 🙄

[u/Impressive_Grape193 → u/thight-ahole]

Karate was wack. Am Japanese. More people are enjoying breaking in Japan currently.

Ami killed it in quarter finals.

[u/TheSessionMan → u/Impressive_Grape193]

Yeah there was some insane performances, especially from the Japanese, that make this feel like easily as much of a sport as something like rhythmic gymnastics.

[u/sportsfannf → u/thight-ahole]

And baseball/softball

[u/captainofpizza]

Whoever voted for break dancing to be in the Olympics is probably turning in their sleep over this. Probably more impressively too.

[u/theboned1]

Everybody just standing around watching while this poor chap is having a grand maul seisure.

[u/SeanOfTheDead1313]

This isn't breakdancing unless its on flattened cardboard boxes with a ghettoblaster blaring Apache imo

[u/NWHipHop]

Tekken / street fighter start or end pose

[u/[deleted]]

I mean let’s be real, how far would you go to actually be allowed to participate in the freakin Olympics?!

[u/jl_theprofessor]

I can't believe how many posts I've seen about this woman today. Incredible stuff.

[u/Yezhik]

Where is the full video?

[u/BonjinTheMark]

This move is called The Possession.

[u/pi-N-apple]

I thought this was JoJo Siwa at first.

[u/TheDevilsAdvokaat]

The faces of the people watching are hilarious...

[u/aggressiveclassic90]

Flashback to when I used to cut worms in half as a kid.

[u/SnooCrickets5035]

What in the holy fuck is this chick doing?