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Do the medals taste good?
It's some weird tradition they've started doing that I either never noticed before or it's new. People used to bite gold coins to prove they were real gold since gold is soft enough to leave a tooth mark, but I don't know if that's related to this or what. You couldn't do that with silver or bronze.
i know china does this with gold tender, i'm not sure if this is just chinese, or if this is more global, but when doing transactions it's customary to take a nips to the gold to make sure it's solid gold all the way through so eventually it ends up with a number of little bite marks in it.
Yeah I don't know it was a tradition and though "are they making sure the IOC didn't cheap out on the gold medals?"
It started in 1991. It started because a photographer thought it would make a good photo.
https://olympic-speakers.com/news/why-do-athletes-bite-medals#:~:text=The%20successful%20World%20Championship%20winning,doing%20the%20honours%20in%20Tokyo.
That's crazy, I thought it was from the meme.
Huh. I totally don't remember seeing it before now, but I've certainly watched my share of Oylmpics since the 90s.
Memory is a weird thing.
I always associated it with Underdog (the superhero) as he bites the coins he's tipped as a shoe shine to test their authenticity, quite often with disappointing results.
I do too.
"Thank you, Shoe Shine Boy, you're humble and lovable."
"Bless you, sir."
Olympic gold medals are also all silver with a thin gold coating.
holds the most prestigious sporting events in the world
fanfare and advertising galore
too cheap to award actual gold medals
mfw 🙄
Way back in the day they used to be real gold, but, you know, real gold isn't the most sturdy thing in the world.
It's not like you're gonna trade them for their material value.
That was my whole plan, though! I was gonna get good enough at something to go get a gold medal, and then hock it for that sweet sweet cash
Best I can do is $20 and a Chipotle burrito
You could if you had a titanium grill and the enlarged jaw of someone who abuses stimulants.
Sadly, Richard Kiel is no longer with us.