Sexist Internet Trolls Tell This 16-Year-Old Explorer To “Go Make A Sandwich”, And Her Comeback Is Epic
16-year-old Australian skier Jade Hameister is the coolest teen. After a grueling 37-day trip through the Antarctic, she became the youngest person to complete the Polar Hat Trick, which includes traversing the North Pole, South Pole, and Greenland ice sheet. Not only that, she schooled her trolls in a way they will never forget.
A couple of years ago, Hameister gave a TEDx talk, explaining her journey towards the Polar Hat Trick and encouraging other young women to follow their dreams. And even though she had already skied to the North Pole at the time, her accomplishments didn’t stop trolls from bombarding her with sexist remarks. One of the most popular ones was “make me a sandwich.” And on January 13th this year, after her biggest life goal yet, Hameister did just that.
After the talk, Jade skied unassisted across the Greenland icecap in 2017, completing the second part of her hat trick. To reach the South Pole, she pulled a 220-pound sled for 373 miles across Antarctica.
There, she took a photo at the Ceremonial South Pole while holding a plate. “I made you a sandwich (ham & cheese),” Jade addressed the trolls. “Now ski <…> to the South Pole and you can eat it.”
“These past couple of years have been filled with crazy new experiences,” the explorer wrote. “Experiences that have transformed me and my soul. New pins on my map, new smells, new tastes, new friends, new cultures and a new mindset. I’ve pushed myself past what I once thought were my boundaries and challenged what other people once thought was possible for young women in particular.”
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16-year-old Australian skier Jade Hameister became the youngest person to complete the Polar Hat Trick
After her TEDx talk 2 years ago, she received some very nasty comments from men, telling her to “go make a sandwich”
To put them to their place, she came up with the perfect revenge plan:
“Now ski <…> to the South Pole and you can eat it”
Congratulations on being such an awesome human, Jade!
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Share on FacebookMy comment might sound sexist as well but I can't helo asking it. Why is the internet full of men who write sexist comments? Being female online, sometimes I'm not comfortable admitting that I'm a girl,, because once the internet knows I am, suddenly anything I said would be irrelevant. Then comes such comments as' you're a girl what do you know?' 'you're just jealous of her'
It's not sexist of you. The answer to your question is the same for any bullies: It's their insecurity that they try to mask by abusing others who won't be able to fight back (e.g. by never meeting them). If someone was justifiably self-confident, they wouldn't need to be so pathetic.
Load More Replies...I love TED talks but the horde of misogynistic comments that appear each time a woman is giving a talk kinda ruins the experience for me. TED is all about "ideas worth spreading". Thus, it seems like unlikely place to gather so many angry, retrograde trolls. Kudos to this girl though, she is awesome.
It was a difficult habit to break but I made myself stop reading the comments on such talks. But it also inspired me to commit to never making negative comments anywhere online. No matter how stupid or bigoted someone is I refuse to respond. I may correct obvious mistakes or misinformation but I do so politely. I only comment when I have something positive to add to the conversation.
Load More Replies...Thank goodness you didn't bother yourself with the thoughts of small minds and went right ahead, proving them wrong. :) Bonus points on enjoying a laugh at then end.
This young girl has accomplished more in 37 days than most of you "sandwich machos" will achieve in your entire lifetime, and yet she can and she had time to prepare a sandwich...
As a young teenager trying to reverse the consequences of patriarchy and toxic masculinity I think empowering women is one of the best things you can do I cringe inside everytime I see another guy randomly insulting another woman for any reason Go girls !
Those d******d mean saying that already proved that she was far better than them.
I've seen your comments quite often while reading articles on here and I always love what you write. Keep up the good work. I think you're a fantastic human being. :)
Load More Replies...These trolls will most likely never achieve anything of meaning in their own lives. She has achieved so much more than me and she's half my age. Really savage burn in the end. I hope she goes on and achieved even greater heights
What a world of cowardly, insecure bullies. It must be terrible when your only claim to fame is your (apparently teeney-tiny male reproductive organs). What a Stone Age mentality. These bottom feeders would deserve our compassion if they weren't so abhorrent. What are you afraid of and what went wrong with potty-traiining?
I heard about this before she is an amazing woman you should definitely watch the ted talk it is inspiring
Just castrate them it will be more fun. And nobody needs their demon spawns.
Is.. not I sighed... geez autocorrect is weird these days
Load More Replies...YOU ARE SO AMAZING. Congratulations on your wonderful achievements. You are an incredible and inspirational young lady who I cannot help but admire so much. I honestly hope your life is full of happiness and many more fulfilled goals and dreams. You deserve all the good things that life has to offer. WELL DONE
Her parents must be so proud of her. What an amazing young woman. I wonder what her diet was during the treks.
Wow this is amazing and can I have your sandwich? ( they don't deserve it )
An idea worth spreading in the next TED talk is that troll comments need an identifying flag so readers can scroll right past them. Mean-spirited comments are inevitable but needn't be unavoidable.
Forget that nonsense. I love to cook too much to let a woman make me a sandwich. Instead, I'd make her a sandwich and it'd be delicious.
MEN don't make comments like "go make a sandwich" to women who are accomplished or accomplishing things. Only boys do that.
Only if the commenters can ski to eat the sandwiches she made...
YouTube, Bored Panda, Facebook, real life. Men are trash everywhere.
Load More Replies...She could've put one slice of bread on the North Pole and another on the South Pole, and she could've 'I made an Earth sandwich. Do it after me!'
Just trying to wrap my head around how the comment section here some how found a way to add Trump to the conversation. It really is sad that so many of us have differing opinions, and yet we can't take a breath and write a statement without having to write curse words or directly attack others. Kinda sucks. We could actually have pretty good discussions from the breadth of people I have come to know comment here. Instead we always fall in to the same old trap of calling names, mentioning Trump, insulting someone's intelligence etc. It's kind of pathetic. Not only that it seems to be what people do when they converse on the internet. If this how you folks actually act in person I would hate to have to deal with you on a daily basis.
Normally I hate these "Someone said something mean to this person and their response was epic" posts but this one was actually pretty funny. Well played. As for the commenters though: take your virtue signalling recreational outrage elsewhere. B***h b***h b***h, stop making this about you.
Do you call yourself Gourd because your body is shaped like one? Or just your face is? Don't get bent out of shape, I might be joking.
Load More Replies...If that's your picture Luis, you are so handsome, to bad you're a jerk
Load More Replies...Admit it, you were one of those limp-d***s on TED.
Load More Replies...My comment might sound sexist as well but I can't helo asking it. Why is the internet full of men who write sexist comments? Being female online, sometimes I'm not comfortable admitting that I'm a girl,, because once the internet knows I am, suddenly anything I said would be irrelevant. Then comes such comments as' you're a girl what do you know?' 'you're just jealous of her'
It's not sexist of you. The answer to your question is the same for any bullies: It's their insecurity that they try to mask by abusing others who won't be able to fight back (e.g. by never meeting them). If someone was justifiably self-confident, they wouldn't need to be so pathetic.
Load More Replies...I love TED talks but the horde of misogynistic comments that appear each time a woman is giving a talk kinda ruins the experience for me. TED is all about "ideas worth spreading". Thus, it seems like unlikely place to gather so many angry, retrograde trolls. Kudos to this girl though, she is awesome.
It was a difficult habit to break but I made myself stop reading the comments on such talks. But it also inspired me to commit to never making negative comments anywhere online. No matter how stupid or bigoted someone is I refuse to respond. I may correct obvious mistakes or misinformation but I do so politely. I only comment when I have something positive to add to the conversation.
Load More Replies...Thank goodness you didn't bother yourself with the thoughts of small minds and went right ahead, proving them wrong. :) Bonus points on enjoying a laugh at then end.
This young girl has accomplished more in 37 days than most of you "sandwich machos" will achieve in your entire lifetime, and yet she can and she had time to prepare a sandwich...
As a young teenager trying to reverse the consequences of patriarchy and toxic masculinity I think empowering women is one of the best things you can do I cringe inside everytime I see another guy randomly insulting another woman for any reason Go girls !
Those d******d mean saying that already proved that she was far better than them.
I've seen your comments quite often while reading articles on here and I always love what you write. Keep up the good work. I think you're a fantastic human being. :)
Load More Replies...These trolls will most likely never achieve anything of meaning in their own lives. She has achieved so much more than me and she's half my age. Really savage burn in the end. I hope she goes on and achieved even greater heights
What a world of cowardly, insecure bullies. It must be terrible when your only claim to fame is your (apparently teeney-tiny male reproductive organs). What a Stone Age mentality. These bottom feeders would deserve our compassion if they weren't so abhorrent. What are you afraid of and what went wrong with potty-traiining?
I heard about this before she is an amazing woman you should definitely watch the ted talk it is inspiring
Just castrate them it will be more fun. And nobody needs their demon spawns.
Is.. not I sighed... geez autocorrect is weird these days
Load More Replies...YOU ARE SO AMAZING. Congratulations on your wonderful achievements. You are an incredible and inspirational young lady who I cannot help but admire so much. I honestly hope your life is full of happiness and many more fulfilled goals and dreams. You deserve all the good things that life has to offer. WELL DONE
Her parents must be so proud of her. What an amazing young woman. I wonder what her diet was during the treks.
Wow this is amazing and can I have your sandwich? ( they don't deserve it )
An idea worth spreading in the next TED talk is that troll comments need an identifying flag so readers can scroll right past them. Mean-spirited comments are inevitable but needn't be unavoidable.
Forget that nonsense. I love to cook too much to let a woman make me a sandwich. Instead, I'd make her a sandwich and it'd be delicious.
MEN don't make comments like "go make a sandwich" to women who are accomplished or accomplishing things. Only boys do that.
Only if the commenters can ski to eat the sandwiches she made...
YouTube, Bored Panda, Facebook, real life. Men are trash everywhere.
Load More Replies...She could've put one slice of bread on the North Pole and another on the South Pole, and she could've 'I made an Earth sandwich. Do it after me!'
Just trying to wrap my head around how the comment section here some how found a way to add Trump to the conversation. It really is sad that so many of us have differing opinions, and yet we can't take a breath and write a statement without having to write curse words or directly attack others. Kinda sucks. We could actually have pretty good discussions from the breadth of people I have come to know comment here. Instead we always fall in to the same old trap of calling names, mentioning Trump, insulting someone's intelligence etc. It's kind of pathetic. Not only that it seems to be what people do when they converse on the internet. If this how you folks actually act in person I would hate to have to deal with you on a daily basis.
Normally I hate these "Someone said something mean to this person and their response was epic" posts but this one was actually pretty funny. Well played. As for the commenters though: take your virtue signalling recreational outrage elsewhere. B***h b***h b***h, stop making this about you.
Do you call yourself Gourd because your body is shaped like one? Or just your face is? Don't get bent out of shape, I might be joking.
Load More Replies...If that's your picture Luis, you are so handsome, to bad you're a jerk
Load More Replies...Admit it, you were one of those limp-d***s on TED.
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