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I don't think that the otter minds being called thicc.
Who was the apology for exactly?
Apology was for people offended by an aquarium using teen slang to connect with today’s youth.
Truly a tragedy.
If only they cared that much about kids getting shot
The aquarium ?
Otters have been shooting kids
If I understand it, it ain't teen slang.
it’s not "teen slang", it’s AAVE
One is and one is not
Chloe is determined to be offended on someone else's behalf today tho
How did you gather she's offended from that single message? I don't see any words suggesting that. Perhaps you're overly defensive right now, and one might say, offended that someone sees things differently to you.
Basically the same
yea, because white teens stole it
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/12/20/abby-thicc-sea-otter-monterey-bay-aquarium-apology/2376653002/
"Digital blackface?" Get a fucking grip
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.
Honestly, it's not even sexist anymore. I've seen it used to refer to men almost as often as women.
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.
how would you be able to tell the difference in spoken language?
Cause you'd say "Thick with 3 C's"
Maybe they just realized that it was extremely cringy.
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!"
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.