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Olympics or Gay Porn?
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About
“Olympics or Gay Porn?” is a photoshop meme in which screen captured images from the London 2012 Olympics are altered to look like they were taken from an adult entertainment film. The images typically include a progress bar or a lower third banner covering the athlete’s mid-section to appear as if the subject is not wearing any clothes, in similar vein to unnecessary censorship and bubbling.
Origin
On July 30th, 2012, Tumblr [1] user windshieldviper uploaded a set of screen captures from the broadcast coverage of Men's Olympic Diving events with the caption “the score bars are leaving much to the imagination." The oddly-timed photos showed several male Olympic divers standing with a scorecard banner displayed over their waists, accompanied by the me gusta reaction face (shown below). Within three days, the post received over 66,000 notes.
![c2f.jpg The score bars are leaving so much to the imagination. BAA T. DALEY/P. WATERFIELD 4 CA T. DALEY/P.WATERFIELD 229 andon 2ORE PENALTY](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/366/509/c2f.jpg)
Spread
That same day on July 30th, Tumblr[2] user jackmok65 posted a similar image in which a paused progress bar covered two divers' waists (shown below). Within three days, the post received over 100,000 notes.
![Which? 4 KNBC 9:00p Summer Olympics 7:00p 8:09p II wel](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/364/708/9e8.jpg)
On July 31st, Redditor amberrgerr submitted a Facebook screenshot featuring jackmok65's image to the /r/funny[3] subreddit in a post titled "Olympics or gay porn [fb]," receiving over 5,500 up votes and 95 comments within two days. The same day, the viral content site BuzzFeed[4] published a compilation of screen captures from men's Olympic diving with banners covering the subjects' waist.
![Cuban TOTAL 267.84 6 CUB-- ROUND 4 JA. GUERRA/ J. AGUIRRE DIFFICULTY 3.2 PENALTY 0.0 SCORE 80.64 SYNCHRONISATION 9.4册8.5 8.5 8.5 EXECUTION 8-6-9.0 9.6-귀5-7.5](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/366/437/658.jpg)
![Russians TOTAL 105.00 S ILYA ZAKHAROV/ VICTOR MINIBAEV ROUND 2DIFFICULTY 2.0 PENALTY 0.0 SCORE 52.80 EXECUTION SYNCHRONISATION 9.0 9.0铬9.0 9.g 8.6-8.5铬 8.5](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/366/440/9f4.jpg)
On August 1st, similar compilation posts featuring partially obscured images of male divers and other Olympic athletes began to emerge on various internet humor sites and forums, including a follow-up post by Buzzfeed[6], an article by the entertainment news blog Pedestrian[5], as well as a China Daily[7] forum thread titled “Olympics or gay porn?” As of August 2nd, similar images continues to spread on Tumblr[8] under the tag "#olympics or gay porn."
Various Examples
![Which? 4 KNBC 9:00p Summer Olympics 7:00p 8:09p II](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/366/423/860.jpg)
![On the borderline. te 4 KNBC 9:00p Summer Olympics 7:00p 8:09p II](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/366/420/bbb.jpg)
![0e7.jpg 4 KNBC 9:00p Summer Olympics 7:00p 8:09p II Lo](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/366/414/0e7.jpg)
![Olympics, clearly 4 KNBC Summer Olympics 7:00p 9:00p](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/366/422/99b.jpg)
![He gets off the diving board TOTAL 275.16 4 GBRANS T. DALEY/P. WATERFIELD ROUND4DIFFICULTY 3.3 PENALTY 0.0 梧8.0 SCORE 71.28 EXECUTION SYNCHRONISATION 6:6-6.0 ff 7.5 7.5 7.0 啎](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/364/714/17e.jpg)
![Yup Summer Olympics 4 KNBC 7:00p 9:00p 8:09p](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/366/426/992.jpg)
Thom Yorke Edition
Also on August 1st, Tumblr[9] user Ivanwho posted a photo of Radiohead singer Thom Yorke swimming in the ocean with a fake scorecard banner superimposed over his waist (shown below). The post received over 1,400 notes within the first 24 hours.
![63e.jpg TOTAL 302.40 6 RADIOHEAD ROUND 5 THOM YORKE DIFFICULTY 3.0 PENALTY 0.0 SCORE 69.30 EXECUTION SYNCHRONISATION](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/365/509/63e.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Tumblr – windshieldviper – the score bars are leaving much to the imagination
[3] Reddit – Olympics or gay porn
[4] BuzzFeed – Olympics Or Gay Porn?
[5] Pedestrian.tv – Play am I watching Olympics or gay Porn
[6] BuzzFeed – The Unnecessary Censorship of Men's Olympic Diving
[7] China Daily – Olympics of Gay Porn?
[8] Tumblr – #olympics or gay porn
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