Comment on THICC
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I don’t think that the otter minds being called thicc.
Who was the apology for exactly?
bstix@feddit.dk 1 month ago
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
“Digital blackface?” Get a fucking grip
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The term, originally spelled “thick,” dates back to the 90s and was used in black culture in reference to women, Dictionary.com says.
Can we stop this “black culture” bull shit too? At this point, it’s just American culture. Why are we segregatting a questionably sexist term now?
Stop categorizing every little thing as “black” or “white”. An american started the term for a specific purpose, and Americans still use it today with a broader application.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Fucking right? I grew up in schools where urban vernacular was very popular, so it’s interwoven into my casual speech. But SJW’s would have you believe I’m culturally appropriating lingo because of the color of my skin, despite the fact that it’s part of my upbringing. So much of modern anti-racism is just moar racism.
Jolteon@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Honestly, it’s not even sexist anymore. I’ve seen it used to refer to men almost as often as women.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
How about “thick” and “thicc” being 2 separate terms and having different origins?
Why should they relate? I’ve only ever heard “thicc” being used on the internet.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 month ago
God dammit earth
mobius_slip@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Maybe they just realized that it was extremely cringy.
Swallowtail@beehaw.org 1 month ago
The rapid-fire memes and acknowledgment of them being memes made it cringe, IMO. If they’d just dialed it back and said something like this I think it would have been fine:
“Here’s our beautiful thicc girl, Abby! She loves to eat fish and swim with her friends. Come see her at our aquarium any time!”
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
exactly, i’d have gone with just posting a cute image of the otter and the text “chomnkey floofer 🙏”, but i guess they have too many old people who would just think they’re having a stroke or something.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 month ago
That makes it fun
superduperpirate@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Apology was for people offended by an aquarium using teen slang to connect with today’s youth.
nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 1 month ago
Truly a tragedy.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Teen slang? Thicc has been around since around 2010. That means anyone who was a teen when it originated is pushing 30 now.
QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
If only they cared that much about kids getting shot
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 month ago
The aquarium ?
Numenor@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Otters have been shooting kids
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Lmao
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If I understand it, it ain’t teen slang.
yeather@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Not anymore
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
it’s not “teen slang”, it’s AAVE
stoly@lemmy.world 1 month ago
One is and one is not
Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Chloe is determined to be offended on someone else’s behalf today tho
RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Basically the same
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
yea, because white teens stole it