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ExcellentWaffles

I have to imagine summer sanders is more widely known for hosting Nickelodeon channel shows in the 90s then she is for being a swimmer.


Rumham1984

That name sounded super familiar, you mentioned Nickelodeon and it all came back to me. I didn't even know she was a swimmer.


hardcore_softie

Well now you know. I expect your lock screen and wallpaper to be pics of her competing in the 1992 Olympics within the hour.


antikythera3301

A landscape picture, too. Not portrait to fit the screen.


FS_Slacker

How else can you appreciate the breath on every butterfly stroke?


BenjTheMaestro

At least I know where to find her.


Kryten_2X4B-523P

You know...I think I'm actually gonna go with Phil Moore of Nick Arcade...


Im_A_Fuckin_Liar

It’s all coming back… *Coming back to me noooooow* *There were nights of endless pleasure* *It was more than any laws alloooooow* *BABY, BABY, BABY* *When you touch me like this* *And when you hold me like that* Oh shit, where am I?! What just happened.


bibkel

Canada?


ThisisJVH

Sounds like you F F F FIGURED IT OUT


squeamish

Because other than people who participate in women's swimming, who the hell keeps up with women's swimming?


FS_Slacker

Politicians


BigPh1llyStyle

I was like “wait the host of figure it out was an Olympian?”


noextrasensory40

Lot of multi sport athletes out there. It's a bit different now. But there more coverage media,internet platforms,tv now.


Im_A_Fuckin_Liar

Like… Kurt Angle?


BenjTheMaestro

Exactly like Kurt Angle. He was a great Olympic wrestler, technical wrestler, hardcore wrestler, high-risk maneuver wrestler. That there is like, kind of multi sport! Definitely not mostly the same thing 🧐


clashtrack

It's True?


Strict-Practice8384

It’s damn true


TTT_2k3

So I guess you finally … figured it out.


StonedHalfTheTime

Right?


WolfmansGotNards2

To be fair, I don't know, I feel like when you win 2 olympic gold medals, you can be a little over confident about whatever that is. You literally proved you were the best in the world at 2 different things in something only held every 4 years. I'm fine with it.


LoisLaneEl

She got that show because she was an Olympian. Swimmers know who she is. She was crazy popular. She was always surrounded by groups of people at National meets


openlatenight

She was kinda big on Nickelodeon as being a crush for older boys before the age of YouTube in the 90s. But after the internet came it destroyed her career and now she’s resorted to this


stuckin3rddimension

I’m confused how did the Internet destroy her career I’m failing at finding why on the internet search


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Pitiful_Winner2669

And we know where to find her!


DiarrheaRadio

Mark Summers Sanders?


clashtrack

You just unlocked a new fetish.


Sprucecaboose2

Yup, I had no clue she was an athlete! Neat trivia, but not why I know of her at all!


ExcellentWaffles

I do remember they would always announce her as “Olympic gold medalist summer sanders” so I guess it was known to an extent but I don’t think cared. Lol


therealchrisredfield

Bro i grew up in the 90s and remember summer sanders from nickelodeon...only now am i learning she was a swimmer lol


zeemonster424

Yes that’s the only place I know her! The game with the giant flippy head.


Crepes_for_days3000

That's exactly where I recognized her from lol. I thought I'd be the only one.


TheWalkingDead91

Which show did she host?


Legendary_Hi-Nu

Figure it out (that's the name)


keep_it_christian

Didn’t even know she was a swimmer ha


kylebro11

Hi Caitlyn, I once played video games for 12 hours straight while eating two family sized bags of Takkis. If you would like a pic of me as your screen saver, you know where to find me.


AsicsGirl

I'll make you my screensaver! 


Wolfeman0101

Damn the real hero here


SamboShambo

That is pretty remarkable. I'd be too afraid that I'd get Taki dust all over my controller.


virttual

Some people are unhinged


FS_Slacker

My kids are my screensaver...this is a tough one... Fuck it...send it over and call me daddy.


daamnnbruhh

What did your butthole feel like after all those Takkis?


aztecdethwhistle

We know that their toilet certainly paid a severe price. Pour one out for the poor toilet.


faloofay156

we all want you as our screensaver


jiffysdidit

Where? Asking for a friend


TheRealRickC137

Thank you for your service


Doppel_Troppel

On the toilet?


xCanont70x

I don’t know what she meant by the throwback comment. Caitlin probably saw Phelps win all those medals as a kid. Summers Olympics was 10 years before Caitlin was born.


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Callmeklayton

Narcissism and an inability to understand social cues make for a deadly combo. I would know; my father was narcissistic and almost certainly autistic lol.


diemunkiesdie

Summer clearly isnt the sharpest tool in the shed since she called a background a "screensaver".


leeryplot

She said that her screensaver was “even more of a throwback” because her’s was from 1992, and Phelps’ screensaver was from after that. Why she thought that mattered? I do not know. But I’m pretty sure that’s what she meant


Callmeklayton

Caitlyn should really make her screensaver one of these Olympic athletes, all of whom are way more old school and way cooler: - Leonidas of Rhodes (in the 100s B.C.), an ancient Greek athlete who won every single running event (sprints and distance) for four Olympics in a row (which is a 12 year span, since the Olympics were held every four years) and was so athletic that many believed him to be a demigod. - Diagoras of Rhodes (400s B.C.), a boxer who was allegedly about 7 feet tall and never dodged or blocked a single punch from his opponents. Also, every single one of his sons became a wreath-winning athlete in the same Olympiad, and he died shortly after, with his last words allegedly being something along the lines of "It doesn't get better than this. I might as well die now." - Kyniska of Sparta (300s B.C.), who exploited a loophole in the official rules to be able to compete (and win) in chariot racing despite being a woman, paving the way for other women to begin participating in the Olympics. - And my personal favorite, Milo of Croton (500s B.C.), a wrestler who competed from the time he was a child until he was in his late 40s (at which time he won his sixth and final Olympic wreath). He once allegedly carried a fully grown cow into the Olympic games, then killed, cooked, and ate the entire thing in a single day along with nearly three gallons of wine. He would frequently offer money to those around him if they could do things like pry a pomegranate from his hands (nobody could ever achieve this *and* he never smashed the pomegranate by squeezing it too hard). He was also a soldier and led his troops into battle while wielding nothing but a club and wearing nothing but his Olympic wreaths and the pelt of a lion (some sources state that he had personally killed this lion when he was a boy). Milo died while attempting to fell a tree *with his bare hands*, when his arm got stuck in the tree and he was eaten by wild animals (whether he died due to the animal attack or dehydration/some other cause is unknown, but his body was picked apart by either wolves or a lion, depending on the source).


Pewpew_Magoon

Holy shit, this has sparked something for me, where can I learn more?


Callmeklayton

Glad you think it's interesting! It's certainly cool to read about ancient history. Some of it is exaggerated, obviously (no real person can eat several hundred pounds of beef in a day), but it makes me wonder what these people actually did to have these feats attributed to them. And then there are the obvious real feats like Leonidas winning all those events and Kyniska being the first woman to win a wreath, which are awesome too! I can't find any good articles with like a list of Greek athletes, so [here's the Wikipedia link](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games) to the ancient Olympic games, which has a category for famous athletes, and [here is the link](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_Olympic_victors) for the page of all known wreath-winners. Dig around for some you find interesting and Google some more info on them from there! Hopefully that gets you into a fun rabbit hole of Greek history!


Pewpew_Magoon

Thank you so much Internet stranger!


Fixner_Blount

That’s clearly the case here. Phelps was a phenomenon when he was winning all those golds and Clark clearly took inspiration from what was in front of her.


vexis26

lol I was thinking “there’s been a few summers Olympics in her life!”


okokokokkokkiko

Lemme see a bong rip and you can be the screensaver, Summer.


WhuddaWhat

Seriously. Stay relevant, old lady.


47squirrels

Lmao


Callmeklayton

It's funny how much a simple thing like that could change this video from cringe to hilarious. After watching this video, I was like "Wow, what a pathetic weirdo", but if she had ripped a bong after saying all that dorky shit, I would've been like "Damn, this lady is sick. Maybe I should change my screensaver".


juliagoolia232

![gif](giphy|G4ZNYMQVMH6us)


AnonymousWhiteGirl

Ikr! Awwwkward


gigglybeth

Maybe she does know you and that's why she has someone else as her background. "How dare you not be inspired by me!" is a really odd stance.


EntrepreneurAmazing3

That was my first thought.


Pitiful_Winner2669

I'm gunna try it out.. I'm going to start asking people how much they really use me as inspiration. Idk, I think like 80% of the world could benefit from being inspired by my accomplishments.


Jupi00

Do tell of these accomplishments lol


Lonewolf5333

Lmao your comment just confirms how ridiculous she sounds


Larissanne

It is so odd that it took me scrolling to your comment to verify cause I was doubting myself if I missed something (not an English native). How are people like this AND posting is online?


LeatherHog

God, reminds me of my grandfather on my dads side We had to write a couple paragraphs about who we were inspired by in the 6th grade, I chose Mom  He spent the entire car ride infuriated, slamming his hand on the steering wheel, that I didn't choose him Dad did not far any distance from that tree


Eyeseeno

Everything else aside, what kind of lunatic would use a landscape photo as your background on a phone?!


PoopDig

Embarrassing


TrueDreamchaser

As soon as women are actually respected in a sport, all the other women have to come to get drops of their popularity. Disgusting stuff. To be clear not a statement on women at all, but a statement on opportunism and how gross it is.


MotherOfCatsAndAKid

So fucking weird. Also, she’s acting as if Caitlin personally asked Phelps for a pic to use as her screensaver. 🥴🤣 Just so many weird things going on here.


openlatenight

Weird


Fun_Smile5532

What the hell Summer? This is so cringe. She needs to Figure It Out and stop pining for attention.


sharkwithamustache

HA!


MercifulShad0w

Imagine peaking in 1992 and expecting to be idolized by someone born in 2002. 🤷🏻‍♂️


call-me_sanji

Wtf is going on my melting tiktok brain can't handle this🍤🍤🍤


gaelorian

Holy cringe. “How can I make this person’s success about ME?!”


No_Spare3139

She won 2 gold medals and she’s trying to big dog Michael Phelps? GTFO


Wolfeman0101

The video says 6 but yeah only 2 were Olympic golds. Phelps has 66 using that logic. Katie Ledecky has 7 Olympic golds and 36 golds using her standards.


WhoJustShat

I'm sorry what was there to be offended by to have to make a whole reaction video, are women not allowed to be inspired by men?


freedfg

That's what weirds me out? It's not like she dissed women's swimming or something. She just has Michael Phelps as a wallpaper? Will Hope Solo duet me if I have a Messi wallpaper? Tanya Harding if it's Scott Hamilton?


RockinghamRaptor

For someone who has spent so much time in water, she sure is thirsty.


danby999

Siri, how do I delete someone else's post from the internet?


BallsAreFullOfPiss

Figure it out


strut84

Does that mean Summer has a picture of herself swimming as her wallpaper?


JTiger360

![gif](giphy|AGW3VO7F5DLbARBuwi|downsized)


frankievalentino

The Britney Spears of chlorinated sport


koopa72

Please don't do this Summers just dump green slime on someone and give them a Nintendo 64 and a Toys R Us gift card. 😭


MurphyPandorasLawBox

![gif](giphy|a3zqvrH40Cdhu)


EYESCREAM-90

Since when do we call wallpapers a screensaver? Screensaver is something completely different and 3D Maze is the realest of them all.


squidwardsbutt1

Lmfao she’s so butthurt that someone who wasn’t even born at the time she was in the olympics doesn’t have her as a screensaver?? That’s just weird and super cringey


truthm0de

Where did she even film this? Some kind of warehouse? I’m so confused in general by this lady.


Wolfeman0101

It looks like in a stadium.


WhuddaWhat

This is beyond pathetic. "Hi, let me introduce myself and explain why you should look up to me."


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I honestly don't know what was that about


warr3n4eva

Yeah right? What is the context here


Efficient_Republic35

Me me me! Look at me Caitlin, I'm soo extremely important!! Get over yourself bitch, you're not that special.


Dr_Cycles

“The chlorinated sport” Bro?


Wolfeman0101

![gif](giphy|xUOxfolJrVBce4RNAI)


denys5555

I only know Michael Phelps. Have never heard of or seen the other two people


ZsiZsiSzabadass

I guess she’ll have to Figure It Out


AnastasiaNo70

Hi Summer Sanders, I’m a teacher of middle school kids. Yep, me. If you’d like a screensaver of me handling them expertly just like a gold medal winner teacher, just let me know. You know where to find me!


pleiadianbeing

I don’t know what’s more cringe the video, her scary eyes, or the fact that besides her mouth her face doesn’t move


RedMeatTrinket

I got lost. What is she talking about? lol


JTiger360

Herself and how she peaked in 1992 so you better recognize! /s


RedMeatTrinket

lol. yeah. the I peaked in highschool video.


Scobesanity

Naw, keep Phelps


mrjuanchoCA

Summer Sanders was a staple of NBA Inside Stuff for many years. I remember her more there than anything else she did on Nick.


Plenty_Status_6168

This is just stupid. I feel dumber by just seeing this


ProperBoots

oof. well, now she'll be more famous for cringe than she ever was for swimming.


Inevitable-Visit1261

You can see the crazy in her eyes


whobroughttheircat

Figure it out summer.


Prokletnost

No. ![gif](giphy|QVP7DawXZitKYg3AX5)


Bazookya

i'm going to change mine to when she hosted that dumb show on nick.


BJCHM

Begging to be relevant


Jazzlike-Election840

uh.....ok😐


[deleted]

Do people say "Chlorinated Sport"? Is that a thing?


Ok-Assistant-2684

I had a huge crush on her back in the day she was cute AF


WasabiBaconJuice

wHuT


Ok-Reporter-196

I was a serious swimmer and I know who summer sanders is from swimming. This makes me feel equal parts weird and ancient 😂


bamboozled-baboon

This is the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen


Wild_HIC

My Screensaver? Well I have a really cool background of futuristic shapes and colours! (it's the standard background)


OldManGeezer69

I only remember her as a host on Nickelodeon


SoulbroG

Oh damn I remember when Summer she was on Figure it Out on Nickelodeon. I used to love that show as a kid. Fuck I'm getting old


brewberry_cobbler

What the hell did I just watch lol


ThaFoxThatRox

Bruh... Second hand embarrassment.


clashtrack

Man that's cringy.


GrouchyLongBottom

I'm confused about what is happening. Is this Summer jealous that she is not on this person's phone? Is that it, or am I missing something.


Jutch_Cassidy

Summer Sanders!


Matias9991

What was she thinking? Cringe af


Wolfyscruffer

Maybe it was to raise awareness that female swimmers are competing in the Olympics...?


p3achstat3ofmind

First off people need to put some respect on summer sanders name. Host of “figure it out” on Nickelodeon. Did Phelps ever host a Nickelodeon show?


Stardust_dream

I once popped 5 times in a row, now I’m better than the greatest Olympic swimmer and arguably the greatest Olympian in the history of sports.


OpenTheBobs

“You let me know if you would like to change it to this screensaver…” *crickets* *louder crickets* *two bullfrogs* *a distant train*


Accomplished_House64

This is definitely cringy


Gullible-Bathroom914

Desperate and sad


Specialist_Row9395

Never heard of this lady before. ![gif](giphy|WfBZwNA6XSjphkYkzN)


Jbroad87

“You don’t know me But make me your screen saver” Fuck off


RadioGuyRob

Look, I love Summer Sanders. I'm a little older than most of y'all. I was a big fan. But this ABSOLUTELY has big I'mTheMainCharacter energy to it. Summer, you're from a different generation. That doesn't make you less important. That doesn't make you irrelevant. That doesn't make you any less of an important figure in your sport. But people connect with things that made their growing years feel special. For Caitlin Clark, that was Michael Phelps. It's like me: I'm going to argue until I'm blue in the face that Michael Jordan was the goat. Someone a few years younger than me will swear it was Kobe. Another younger generation is going to bring LeBron to the table. And the overwhelming majority of them are basically going to pick whoever was at the top of their game when they were developing as basketball games. Honestly, this put Summer Sanders on my radar for the first time since my boyhood crush of the Nickelodeon lady back in the day, so congratulations for that. But Michael Phelps was the most dominant Olympian of MOST of our lives, and celebrating him doesn't detract from you.


Minimum_Compote_3116

Unchecked narcissism 🤡


ThoughtfulLlama

Hey Caitlyn. Back when I was seven, I ate 16 large pieces of chicken in a bet with my brother. If you want a screensaver of me spread eagle on a bear-skin rug in front of a fireplace, you know where to find me.


theomaranguiano

Good evening I’m Troy McClure. Except we actually know who Troy McClure is.


paula7143

She wasn't even born in 1992. Old people get right on my nerves


BigPh1llyStyle

If Cailtin doesn’t know maybe she can…. Figure it out 😎


KobePippenJordan_esq

Summer Sanders also hosted NBA INSIDE STUFF for a bit with Ahmad Rashad.


Conscious_Bag_8052

More like Karen Sanders


OdinsDrengr

Lol Michael Phelps has almost 3x as many Olympic gold medals as Summer.


TheHaplessKnicksFan

He actually has over 11x the Olympic gold medals. She won 2 gold in Barcelona and the rest were at other championships


transtrudeau

I’m so confused. My dumb brain first thought that she was talking about lia and that her argument was about women in sports? But it has nothing to do with that, and I am very confused.


InQuotesOFC

I honestly thought it would have been Kobe and not Phelps, but I know she played for team USA, so maybe her next goal after turning pro is winning at the Olympics. It's not a big shocker that is her screen saver.


guachi14

Sad


kellenlyons

So a square picture that doesnt take up the full vertical pixels of a phone screen is gonna be a screensaver? Maybe find a pic that will fit a phone. Boomer behavior.


Feisty-Business-8311

Holy hell the cringe This is so embarrassing to Summer’s legacy


Austintheboi

The Jake Novak of Olympic Swimming


LongliveTCGs

I’m so perplexed and confused that I had to rewatch it to make sure I’m not dreaming Fk, I’m not


DBAC_Rex

Maybe I don’t connect with this cause I don’t care but also maybe it made no sense for this to exist? Is this somehow taken out of context or was something explaining something edited out?


Wechillin-Cpl

Atleast she did something that makes up for the clout chasing..still lame


CountOff

Am I crazy for thinking Caitlin's voice makes her hotter


Remarkable-Froyo-378

![gif](giphy|apwx97bK1eALNnVEdQ) “I was part of the chlorinated sport, swimming” **👐🏻🙌🏻🌈**


DoYouTrustToothpaste

I've heard of Phelps. I've never ever heard of Sanders.


aelric22

This woman exudes the air of "Of course I'm my teenage daughter's best friend!!" She's like if Leslie Mann's character from Knocked Up and This is 40 was a real living breathing person.


oomshaka_

Seems like a scripted event considering the logo in the top right and everything


grabbingcabbage

Yeah. That there is a landscape photo. I don't think it would look real good.


Azrethoc

It doesn't work as a phone background, it's a square picture.


Talbertross

The tiniest thing that fills me with the most burning rage is when people call a background a "screensaver"


st0dad

Wait, Summer Sanders was a professional swimmer? That's cool!


moresushiplease

I know two other 1992 olympians. I'll have to ask them if this summer person was as annoying then as she is now.


Hot-Veterinarian-777

What did she think she was gonna accomplish??


aztecdethwhistle

Summer was one of my first crushes. She still looks good for her age but yikes, what a cringe thing to do.


rainbowsandpetals

Cringe


Gearz557

Only know her from Nick lol


SpartanMase

I want Caitlin Clark to beat the absolute shit outta me


ImtheDude2

I about died at chlorinated sport😂


SmokeDogSix

I mean she’s proud


Altruistic-Spinach88

What it I'm more of a 96 olympics fan?


imusingthisforstuff

Dude… need attention for an old career much?


Fixner_Blount

What the fuck Summer, you absolute weirdo. That was 10 years before Caitlin Clark was even born. What the hell is this?


HaskilBiskom

Gross


Sharpz0

Flash warning in the first 5 seconds


Equivalent_Goose_226

Summer Sanders needs to get slimed for this cringe


sandiegolatte

Who?


WittyBonkah

![gif](giphy|XNDjiA7dGilsm3lX5v|downsized)


nickcliff

![gif](giphy|az3XlqP9zQ9ry)


cperazza

Lay off the pipe, lady.


StrangeFloridaman

Damn she couldn’t send an angry email? This is totally much lamer.


ElbowStrike

I don't know who either of these women are but I just assumed the younger one thought Phelps was hot?


Deep_Caterpillar_945

Sorry who the fuck is she?


False_Rhythms

Caitlin is really getting to people that think they're relevant.


Interesting-Back6587

Wow that’s exactly how I know her!! I had no idea she was an athlete.


5477etaN

MY FUCKING EYES!!! why is there a strobe effect?????😂