Definitions by The Original Agahnim
Olympic big top
The circus that is the Olympics.
People treat the Olympics like it's not a joke, or it's one of those things that is like rape that you can't joke about, when really the whole thing is one big Olympic Big Top, meant for entertainment purposes. That's why they're called the Olympic games.
Olympic big top by The Original Agahnim August 3, 2021
Undue credit
The one(s) claiming to make the familiar revolutionary is just another person/group of people that wants undue credit for making changes to something, even unwanted changes.
Undue credit by The Original Agahnim August 3, 2021
Familiar
With everything changing the way it is these days, and everyone trying to change what hasn't changed, the familiar and refusing to change is revolutionary.
The familiar is what people miss if it does change. It's easier to do what everybody else does and try to change, to change yourself, or to try and change the world around you, than it is to stand against the people trying to change it all because they see dollar signs in doing so.
Familiar by The Original Agahnim August 3, 2021
Vision
She saw dollar sign where others saw nothing, which she called vision (thinking it was somebody else's language than her own she was speaking).
Vision by The Original Agahnim August 3, 2021
Simone Biles
The gymnast alive now that could get more medals than any other male or female gymnast one day, but there's always going to be somebody trying to throw the favorite off course with setbacks, which is why it helps when the favorite stays humble enough not to buy in to everything the media tries to build them up to.
There are forces that will conspire to throw someone like Simone Biles off, as they would with other favorites. People like that dedicate every bit of energy than Olympic athletes dedicate to going for a medal to throwing the game, the race, or the event.
Simone Biles by The Original Agahnim August 3, 2021
Humility
The media hyping Simone Biles for the Tokyo games actually hurt her more than it helped her. People were aware of what she accomplished, but the media overdid it a little, and didn't allow her much room to enter the Tokyo Olympics with humility, as she did in Rio when she was not as well known. Sometimes when you go back to where you began, you don't stay lost.
Humility by The Original Agahnim August 3, 2021
Athlete
Calling athletes champions does them justice and honors them, but once people start telling them they are superhuman, or that everyone should worship them as a role model, it doesn't just fuck with their heads, but it's also bullshit. Not everybody needs to be told who their role models should be (first responders and athletes come to mind as the ones the media often picks) since not everybody dreamed of being an athlete as a kid. You have a range of things from astronaut to truck driver to ice sculptor that kids wanted to be when they grew up, and really what is true to you is what will make you happy, but it won't always make everybody else happy, and that doesn't really matter. Tough love can sometimes help somebody believe that they're as human as everyone else without giving up on themselves.
Some kids have wanted to be an athlete their entire life, and they stuck with it, which is great, but they're not above the rest of us, any more than any one of the rest of us is above them. Every kid is different, so not every kid needs the same role model in life.
Athlete by The Original Agahnim August 3, 2021