It’s so sad to think about what could’ve been but I’m also so proud of her growth, I remember how in 2020-23 she was always everyone’s “what-if” skater and she’s done amazing for herself
this past quad
reddit has always mostly consisted of people who will accept the general narrative presented to them by the respectable liberal media and then think of themselves as a counterculturally enlightened special club for it, so it makes sense really
i’m giving my official apology to alysa liu because initially i wasn’t a fan of the ‘medals don’t matter’ thing but hearing her explain it herself in these terms, yeah this makes sense. she still cares about doing well, but doesn’t judge that by the metric of medals