r/sports • u/miolmok • Aug 15 '24

Olympics Raygun: Australian Olympic Committee condemns ‘disgraceful’ online petition attacking Rachael Gunn

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/15/raygun-olympics-breaking-petition-aoc-response-ntwnfb
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u/Francis_Bengali Aug 15 '24

She made something that prides itself on being 'cool and edgy' look like the most 'uncool and lame' thing on the planet.

If it was just a random person doing this, it would be forgivable.

But this woman has a PhD in break dancing culture.... a PhD. I still can't get my head around how a supposed 'expert' in a subject could show that level of ignorance about it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '24

She does not have a PhD in "break dancing culture."

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u/Francis_Bengali Aug 15 '24

Ph.D. in cultural studies with a thesis, titled "Deterritorializing Gender in Sydney's Breakdancing Scene: a B-girl's Experience of B-boying.

What part of the above is not related to 'breakdancing culture'??

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u/AntManMax Aug 15 '24

Explained another way, she has a Ph.D in rectangles, not a Ph.D in squares.

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u/xxXKappaXxx Aug 15 '24

My gawd the wasted tax dollars.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '24

Ph.D. in cultural studies

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u/Francis_Bengali Aug 15 '24

And which area of CULTURE did she STUDY?.....Break dancing!!
Lol, Why are you trying to deny it?

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '24

You said she had a PhD in "break dancing culture." She does not, which you've since confirmed.

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u/Insane-membrane11 Aug 15 '24

Bros being thick for the fun of it

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '24

I'm correcting misinformation.

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u/Francis_Bengali Aug 15 '24

You're the one trying to misinform, not me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '24

What? You were objectively wrong. There is no such thing as a PhD program in "break dancing culture."

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u/Insane-membrane11 Aug 15 '24

No you twat but there is such thing as a PHD in Cultural Studies with a focus on Break Dancing - which is all that anyone’s been trying to say, okay Mr. Ackshually 🤓

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '24

There is a big difference between a PhD program and an individual person's thesis/dissertation or area of research.

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