hell yeah

  • foofiepie@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Can someone explain to a cishet old fart what the deal is with the soft toy? Don’t get me wrong they look sweet but what’s the meme I’m out of the loop on?

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        4 months ago

        I guessed that given the context. What’s the origin story of the wee fluffy shark becoming an icon?

        I’ve seen it on unixsocks before too.

        • cowboycrustation [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          4 months ago

          Basically people noticed the colors of Blahaj were similar to that of the trans flag. They’d take funny pictures of Blahaj in weird places. After the meme took off, IKEA made a couple of references and leaned into it, which made it even more of an icon.