# Hilarious photos of Gymnast's giving everyone the stink eye. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 7, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756 "2012-08-07T16:58:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/1 "2012-08-07T16:58:11Z")
Geez, this girl can turn on the bitch face in an instant. I feel for her future hubby. He will learn those looks all too well. 😃 Love the commentary added by pranksters. > **[The internet falls for McKayla: Memes of top gymnast whose dramatic topple on...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2184688/London-Olympics-The-hilarious-memes-gymnast-McKayla-Maroney.html)** > > The facial expressions of McKayla Maroney are the subject of a series of new internet memes chronicling the gymnast's journey in the London games. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/2 "2012-08-07T18:56:30Z")
It’s “gymnasts,” not “Gymnast’s.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/3 "2012-08-07T20:34:29Z")
Wow, the rest of her performance must have been damned good, to get silver even with a flubbed landing like that. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/4 "2012-08-07T20:41:49Z")
Poor kid! To have come that far and have something like that happen. I’d be pretty pissed off too if something like that ever happened to me! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/5 "2012-08-07T20:43:27Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > It’s “gymnasts,” not “Gymnast’s.” Actually, the usage here is correct. The “giving” is being attributed to her, calling for use of the possessive “-'s.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/6 "2012-08-07T20:59:54Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Actually, the usage here is correct. The “giving” is being attributed to her, calling for use of the possessive “-'s.” Correct, but unusual. It’s more appropriate to drop the 's entirely so it’s just ‘photo of gymnast giving everyone the stink eye’. Punctuation aside, she’s definitely annoyed, but it’s debatable whether she’s annoyed with the judges and the medal, or with herself for making one single mistake that probably cost her the gold. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/7 "2012-08-07T21:19:05Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Actually, the usage here is correct. The “giving” is being attributed to her, calling for use of the possessive “-'s.” D’oh! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/8 "2012-08-07T21:27:19Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Correct, but unusual. It’s more appropriate to drop the 's entirely so it’s just ‘photo of gymnast giving everyone the stink eye’. I’d say it’s more a matter of style, but that’s just my opinion as an editor and EFL teacher. 😉 I gotta say, I don’t find much that’s funny about this. The poor kid is only 16 and was probably heartbroken when she wound up with silver. She should be commended for making it to the Olympics at all! To paraphrase Lisa Simpson\*, the Germans have a word for finding humor in the misfortunes of others. It’s called _Schadenfreude._ \*Somehow very appropriate here. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/9 "2012-08-07T21:34:25Z")
Personally I’m inclined to give a 16-year old kid a break when she misses out on a gold medal because she failed to stick a landing on a vault she’d no doubt practiced thousands of times before. Of course she was angry and disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/10 "2012-08-07T21:53:15Z")
That podium face might just be her trying not to cry. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/11 "2012-08-07T21:56:49Z")
She’s 16. Show me a 16 year old who ISN’T dramatic…and I’ll check for vital signs. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/12 "2012-08-07T22:20:00Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > Personally I’m inclined to give a 16-year old kid a break when she misses out on a gold medal because she failed to stick a landing on a vault she’d no doubt practiced thousands of times before. Of course she was angry and disappointed. The picture of her at the medal/award ceremony makes it look like she’s giving the stink eye at the gold medal winner, though. Go ahead and be mad at yourself, but be gracious at the others’ victory. It’s not sanction worthy, or nuthin’. Being the (minor) butt of photo-captioning humor is sufficient. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/13 "2012-08-07T22:42:47Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > The picture of her at the medal/award ceremony makes it look like she’s giving the stink eye at the gold medal winner, though. > > Go ahead and be mad at yourself, but be gracious at the others’ victory. > > It’s not sanction worthy, or nuthin’. Being the (minor) butt of photo-captioning humor is sufficient. 🙂 Yeah, this [pretty blatant hug rejection](http://youtu.be/DgPdfPQDLYU) reinforces that view of it. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/14 "2012-08-07T22:47:24Z")
I agree. She was trying to be gracious and polite. But her face and body language gave away what she was really thinking. A little photo-captioning humor is ok. Six months from now she’ll be laughing too at her facial grimaces. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/15 "2012-08-08T00:19:47Z")
As an aside, is it realistic to expect that she’ll be a contender again in 2016, or is 20 now considered over-the-hill for gymnasts? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/16 "2012-08-08T00:27:25Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > As an aside, is it realistic to expect that she’ll be a contender again in 2016, or is 20 now considered over-the-hill for gymnasts? The gymnast that went before her was 41 years old. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/17 "2012-08-08T00:49:17Z")
Shoot 60 frames a second of high def close-up images of anyone, anywhere. Go through them one by one and you’ll find some where they look serene, angry, deep in thought, drunk, friendly, evil, guilty, happy, sad, superficial, jealous. A good actor or model knows how to control their facial expressions to reduce the number of potential bad photos, but that takes training. Are athletes now expected to be actors too? It sounds like she acted graciously; it seems unfair to judge her on a few choice images. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/18 "2012-08-08T03:18:46Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Yeah, this [pretty blatant hug rejection](http://youtu.be/DgPdfPQDLYU) reinforces that view of it. Christ, she’s a child. There are 30-year olds playing pro sports for years who are worse losers. ---
**Author:** ![Shooby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Shooby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shooby)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/19 "2012-08-08T07:02:03Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Christ, she’s a child. There are 30-year olds playing pro sports for years who are worse losers. Hug rejection was somewhat unsportsmanlike, but at least she wasn’t [threatening to shove a baton down somebody’s throat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE6Z5Q2tOk4)! ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756/20 "2012-08-08T15:27:17Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Christ, she’s a child. There are 30-year olds playing pro sports for years who are worse losers. So post pictures of them, and we’ll give them snark, too. _shrug_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-photos-of-gymnasts-giving-everyone-the-stink-eye/630756.md?page=2)