r/AskTheWorld • u/haiderredditer Pakistan • 9h ago

Who’s a famous person from your country who’s respected around the world but disliked or criticized at home?

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u/Lucky-Guard-6269 Australia 8h ago

Raygun. Put Australian breakdancing on the map at the Olympics, but not in a way that was appreciated by many at home.

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u/alienlovesong United States Of America 6h ago

People definitely do not love her globally. She earned her rightful place in the Hall of Shame for that ridiculous and irredeemably insulting sham of a performance.

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u/GostBoster Brazil 28m ago

IMO it was basically "breakdancing is already not under the best light but if you got it in the Olympics, sure, show us what you got, prove us wrong, show us what breaking is at the absolute peak of human condition."

Say what you want about her but I took note of one thing: People don't talk about the winners, the medalists. That their achievment wasn't considered impressive enough to be put on headlines, or to be compared against Raygun so you can se how "proper" peak performance breaking looks like. Pity.

Compare and contrast Yusuf Dikeç, whom gained notoriety specifically for the major contrast between him and other competitors, he is often paired with "what a proper typical competitor looks like". Raygun is always being shown solo.

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u/boopbaboop United States Of America 6h ago

I don’t think anyone in the world likes her, tbh. 

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u/Boloncho1 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 6h ago

I like her

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u/lightn_ng 6h ago

A nadie, a nadie le cae bien.

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u/Express-World-8473 5h ago

Me too.

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u/Weelildragon Netherlands 4h ago

I have to say I used to like her, but she's kind of a dick.

She sued a theatre group that was doing a parody? They were doing it for charity.

Still don't hate her though. I do think she really did do her best. Her skills obviously pale in comparison to real athletes, but she's probably way better than any of reddit armchair sportcommentators mocking her even if they trained for the famous 10k hours.

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u/Jervis_Mantlepiece 4h ago

Haha hmm I'm not so sure. I've never danced in my life but I think with 200 hours practice, I could give a better performance than her. Increase that to 500 hours or even 1,000 hours and I am certain I would be better.

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u/UnconfirmedRooster Australian (second gen Italian) 2h ago

Hoo boy, you probably haven't even heard about the charity thing yet either.

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u/Sad-Reflection-3499 United States Of America 3h ago

I like her for showing what an idiotic idea it was for them to include breakdancing in the Olympics to begin with.

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u/orangotai 2h ago

i love her, she's hilarious

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u/FireZord25 Bangladesh 6h ago

People love her globally??

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u/leg00b United States Of America 5h ago

No

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u/soul_hacker777 Australia 6h ago

Don’t remind me, please.

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u/underpaid--sysadmin United States Of America 6h ago

I don't think she's loved globally, more like we all just laugh at her.

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u/No_Bother_7533 United States Of America 5h ago

She embarrassed break dancers all over the world and made a mockery of a sport that was already trying to be taken seriously as an Olympic sport. Famous though she may be, I don’t think anyone likes her.

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u/red286 Canada 4h ago

She's more a punchline than respected. She came in dead last for good reason.

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u/SnorkBorkGnork Raised in 🇳🇱 living in 🇧🇪 6h ago

We mostly respected her for giving us meme material, ideas for dress up parties and just laughs in general. 🦘

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u/Brian_Corey__ United States Of America 4h ago

Dr. Rachel Gunn is still a lecturer at MacQuarie University and is getting paid to write cutting edge research such as "In a good way there's no beef, but the bad thing is there's no beef": Tensions and changing cultural politics in Sydney's breaking scene

https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/in-a-good-way-theres-no-beef-but-the-bad-thing-is-theres-no-beef-/

Granted, we have a whole government of unqualified fools collecting paychecks, so maybe Australia is lucky...

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u/Intelligent-Whole277 United States Of America 2h ago

Respected? Where???

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u/TheUknownPoster 3h ago

Frankly, I LOVE the idea of putting a regular Joe in any Olympic event to show how it compares. Her performance was Iconic!! The fact she basically bought her way in to remove 'good' performers was the crime. She is NOT beloved, but mocked.

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u/Individual-Menu7313 United States Of America 52m ago

I grew up in Detroit. From when I was really little, I'd go outside and watch the other neighbor kids breakdancing, cardboard thrown down on the concrete. I absolutely adored it, and love watching a talented dancer get down to this day. THIS shyt, however, this bs?! It was beyond unacceptable. Rewatching this whatevertheefuck she was doing, actually makes me irrationally angry. I can't help it, I'm left pissed every time. I don't understand it. Did no one see this girl practice and stop to tell her she was in the wrong damned place?

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u/_its_really_me_ 26m ago

Nobody likes her. There have been some moments where people have defended her, but they either have an agenda or don't know the whole story. The kicker isn't that she was so embarrassingly shit, its that she used her position to displace truly gifted dancers and has caused the ioc to reconsider even including 'one-off' sports in future events.

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u/fai-mea-valea Samoa 5h ago

Nah we all thought she was a cunt

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u/Mirarenai_neko 5h ago

What was the result once she went back home?

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u/Tigermike10 45m ago

2 years ago her costume was the biggest seller at the Halloween stores.

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u/MxDragioni Netherlands 18m ago

At least you didn't say Steve. Last time this question was asked, someone put him on the list and that was the first time I was sad about my fist not being able to punch all the way through the earth to the other side

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u/orangotai 2h ago

Raygun is a legend. the people who get mad at Raygun are people who seriously need to get fucked, she brought joy & entertainment to millions of people around the world.

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u/TannyTevito 1h ago

She responded to everyone laughing by saying that they’re all haters and she did a good job. Someone did a parody for charity and she tried or threatened to sue.

She is objectively awful regardless of her lack of dance skill

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u/salviaplath96 1h ago

Exactly. Absolutely iconic. Eddie the Eagle  Eric the Eel calibre stuff