"Off to a good start. Good height. Wow, look at him spin through the air. That's amazing. I don't understand why everyone is making such a big deal about this dive it looks fi-OH! OH S--T! OUCH."
That was basically our inner monologue when we first watched the video that's spreading over the Internet like the pink hue that surely spread over these two divers' backs after their dives at the Southeast Asian Games in Singapore. Their initial dives look solid...it's the landing in the water that really gets 'em.
21-year-old John Elmerson Fabriga and 17-year-old John David Pahoyo botched their dives so spectacularly that even they couldn't help but laugh at themselves. But at the same time, they are incredible athletes who are competing at a level that most of us will never experience, so we can't really mock them as much as we can just applaud their ability to shake off the fail.
"I even laughed at myself after I did this dive," Pahoyo wrote in the comments under the video posted on Facebook, which has racked up almost 2 million views. "I am still proud because not all of us has the privilege to represent our own country to such a big sporting event like this. And by the way can I ask all of you if you can still smile after getting embarrassed in front of thousands of people?"
You are damn right, Pahoyo. Most us would not come up for air ever again after that dive due to embarrassment, but you clearly owned that stunt like a boss. All the applause emojis to you both!