What it feels like for a girl. ⇒
31 May 2007, early morning
MetaFilter discovers the Allison Stokke meme. The internet is a strange place.
This is a post from my link log: If you click the title of this post you will be taken the web page I am discussing.
She’s a big baby. I’d never heard of her, and I wouldn’t think twice about high school pole vaulting.
by Victor on May 31 2007, 1:52 pm #
Um, I don’t think she’s a big baby at all. I HAD heard of her and she was very widely circulated, and I think she is entirely justified in wanting to be recognized as an outstanding athlete rather than a hot piece of ass. Honestly, when I saw how she reacted to things, I regretted the extent to which I saw her as a hot piece of ass. This isn’t a girl who went seeking attention. She’s not a Paris Hilton. She’s an exceptional athlete who has worked hard to get where she is, and now the world knows her for a bunch of “pole” jokes. It sucks.
by Ben on May 31 2007, 2:21 pm #
Nothing new, I don’t think we’ve ever really agreed on any topic.
by Victor on May 31 2007, 5:23 pm #
Yeah, she has no reason to complain that a bunch of creepy dudes on the Internet are giving her an ass load of unwanted attention. Suck it up lady.
by ramanan on May 31 2007, 6:21 pm #
be careful Ram, she can probably snap you like a twig.
She should totally go on a Jay and Silent Bob style marathon where she beats the crap out of everyone who’s posted about her online, that’d be awesome.
In seriousness, she is very attractive, no doubt. But I’m gonna just say “ditto” to Ben’s post. She didn’t ask for this attention, and there’s nothing wrong with attempting to reject it.
by Dinu on June 1 2007, 2:22 am #
I was being sarcastic. Was that not clear? Damn you Internet.
by ramanan on June 1 2007, 7:41 am #
No, it wasn’t clear. This is why you need a sarcasm tag that will change text into a cursive font.
by rishi on June 1 2007, 10:32 am #
I too long for the days when pole vaulting captured the nation’s attention and was considered by some to be the “fifth major” of professional sports.
by tyler on June 1 2007, 12:39 pm #
I generally assume that your default state is sarcasm, Ram. I just wanted to point out that she looks destructively strong. I, for one, welcome our new pole vaulter overlords.
I am wondering if Victor’s post was sarcastic, but is follow-up seems to imply that it’s not. Strangely he seems to support Ben’s point implicitly. He’s never heard of high school pole vaulting, but he has now heard of her, simply because of this picture. And even if his first reaction wasn’t “Dayyum! What a fine bitty!” or something therein, it’s still attention that is garnered in a manner displeasing to her.
The metafilter post has one ridiculously good comment by a poster named Miko (I’m too lazy to link), but everyone should just go read that. It says everything that should be said about this.
by Dinu on June 1 2007, 4:16 pm #
Ok here’s the link to the uber-comment
by Dinu on June 1 2007, 4:18 pm #
That was a good comment. MetaFilter is usually such a sea of crap.
by ramanan on June 1 2007, 4:29 pm #
That was the single most insightful comment I’ve ever read on MetaFilter.
Victor and I do tend to disagree, he’s not wrong there. And it’s hard at this point not to make a snarky comment about that being because he misses the point. Because deep down, I’m all like, snark snark snark.
I stand by my point. It sucks. Miko’s MeFi comment says it all.
by Ben on June 1 2007, 9:50 pm #
My reaction comes from my perception of the person. The girl’s story hasn’t endeared her to me in anyway. She is getting unwanted internet attention, deal with it.
by Victor on June 3 2007, 2:31 pm #