• Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineOP
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    20 days ago

    Yes. The thought process was:

    Why is there a news article about hockey players getting engaged? Did they happen to do it on the same day or something? Was it a team effort?

    Oh wait, the charge is the PWHL. Is this some weird sexist thing, focusing on women’s players marriages?

    (Click)

    Oh, that’s cute 🥰

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      20 days ago

      So it’s surprising that good news was, in fact, good news? Not trying to disparage or anything, just trying to understand the choice of meme format and the message being conveyed.

      • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineOP
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        just trying to understand the choice of meme format and the message being conveyed.

        That’s a lot more than low effort, comrade 🤭

        So it’s surprising that good news was, in fact, good news?

        Close, I think? I was doom scrolling and pessimistic about why this was newsworthy but it turned out just being cute. Two players on the same team getting engaged to different people is still joyous, but that story doesn’t come with the implied story of people achieving excellence together with their life partner.