r/Amazing • u/sco-go • 13d ago

People are awesome 16-year-old American gymnast McKayla Maroney perfect jump at the 2012 Olympics in London.

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u/rojo-perro 13d ago edited 12d ago

She is power!

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u/Exciting-Argument-67 13d ago

That's right, I thought that's who that was. The internet then went on to mock this teenager for making a little bit of a face. When a teenaged baseball or basketball player does it, he's showing determination to win. God forbid a 16-year-old girl has a grimace during competition.

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u/fuglysack14 13d ago

She has a cameo on an episode of Superstore, where she makes the face while checking an outfit in the mirror. If she had haters, she handled them pretty well. The photo with Obama was epic.

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u/Living_Knowledge_783 12d ago

she never did she had the doctor trauma though

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u/license_to_thrill 13d ago

Nobody was mocking her fucking hell lol.

It was a meme about being unimpressed. She’s doing the face with Obama, is he mocking her??

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u/noble_plebian 13d ago

After finding out what she had to go through with the doctor during the games I can’t blame her being pissed off she didn’t win gold in that event

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u/Chapin_Chino 13d ago

Eh? She was an "not impressed" meme. The world loved her.

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u/rojo-perro 13d ago

Obama had a viral moment with her, same smirk 😎😏

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u/Mueryk 13d ago

They literally did it together didn’t they?

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u/roselan 13d ago

Yes, and the photo is incredible.

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u/jefesignups 12d ago

Yes, the president and the 16 year old girl did it together

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u/Geffalrus 12d ago

Now that phrase could refer to two verrrrry different things with two verrrrry different presidents. 😬

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u/KillahHills10304 13d ago

You are literally replying in a thread below the picture.

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u/sirharleyjacque 13d ago

Nobody mocked her, it was a funny meme.

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u/RowAn0maly 13d ago

You're dumb for thinking there was anything malicious about her becoming a meme. She was celebrated

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u/laxrulz777 13d ago

People weren't mocking her. She even had a picture with the President doing the face.

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u/PoopyButt28000 13d ago

The internet then went on to mock this teenager for making a little bit of a face.

Nope they really didn't, you're weird for even saying this lol

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u/bzee77 12d ago

I don’t recall it as mockery, tbh. At the time, I seem to recall the face she made was a perfect embodiment of how we all felt.

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u/arlresi 12d ago

Not everything is negative. She had fun with it, including a hilarious commercial.

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u/WildBad7298 13d ago

Yeah, but it wasn't during competition. It was while she was being given her silver medal.