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got my blahaj a little harness so i can take her everywhere with me 💙 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by vantablack to c/blahaj

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hell yeah

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[-] foofiepie@lemmy.world 21 points 10 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 34 points 10 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.

[-] foofiepie@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

Ah cool thanks. :) So Blahaj has been adopted and embraced. Is the name a classic IKEA thing?

[-] Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 10 months ago

Yes, just like basically everything else IKEA sells, Blåhaj it's Swedish. Means "blue shark".

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