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What's up with the guy in a white t-shirt,(Olympic shooter maybe?) guy being popular in every meme on Lemmy right now? (self.outoftheloop)

submitted 5 months ago by Varyk to c/[email protected]

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I keep seeing him but can't figure out his role in the memes. Is it random like the orb thing?

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

He's the Turkish Olympic shooter and just won silver, using no special equipment, and participating in jeans and a t-shirt instead of any national garb.

And he was aiming & firing more like an executor than a precision shooter, so there were some rumors circulating that he's an ex-agent or some gangster.

In reality he seems to be a family father who got pissed during an ugly divorce and started shooting to calm his nerves or something.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He's not wearing jeans. He's wearing the official Turkish Olympic shooter uniform.

https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/urnpublicidap.orga7890124304080a48e7ee4294004d306Paris_Olympics_Shooting_55532.jpg?d=780x520

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

He still looks like a dad on a Sunday afternoon.

[–] Varyk 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Okay, cool, thanks.

This is starting to make more sense.