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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 157 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I don't think that the otter minds being called thicc.

Who was the apology for exactly?

[–] [email protected] 128 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Apology was for people offended by an aquarium using teen slang to connect with today’s youth.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 6 months ago

Truly a tragedy.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Teen slang? Thicc has been around online since around 2010, and IRL for even longer. That means anyone who was a teen when it became popularized is pushing 30 now.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If I understand it, it ain't teen slang.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Not anymore

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If only they cared that much about kids getting shot

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The aquarium ?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

Otters have been shooting kids

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

it’s not "teen slang", it’s AAVE

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

One is and one is not

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Basically the same

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

yea, because white teens stole it

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 77 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"Digital blackface?" Get a fucking grip

[–] [email protected] 56 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Honestly, it's not even sexist anymore. I've seen it used to refer to men almost as often as women.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

how would you be able to tell the difference in spoken language?

[–] stonerboner 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You can absolutely tell the difference because “thicc” comes with gesticulations indicating the outer bounds of the x-axis of the subject’s frame

[–] stonerboner 1 points 6 months ago

Furthermore, additional C’s and/or spaces between each letter requires the gesticulations to include the outer bounds of the Y-axis

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Cause you'd say "Thick with 3 C's"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

God dammit earth

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Maybe they just realized that it was extremely cringy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

That makes it fun