• cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Its interesting. After some looking around and linked posts, this is not entirely true or at least confirmed.

    Chen picked up Chang in a bridal carry for a photo after they receiving their gold medals, which led many netizens to joke that Chang and Chen are in a romantic relationship

    Is the ‘bridal carry’ what the american diver next to them is surprised at? Seems like an overreaction to me if its only that

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      3 months ago

      That’s a totally believable action if you just saw someone doing something you perceived as romantic, and you didn’t know they were together, and also you’re a big fan of them so you like that they’re together.

      That’s exactly the face I’d make I’d I realized two people I liked were a happy couple.

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        3 months ago

        I am just surprised that lifting someone, especially for a celebration pose, means that they are romantically involved

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          It’s the type of lift. Culturally, in the US, that’s called the bridal carry because that’s how a groom will carry a bride into their home after marriage.