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

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/blahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

blahaj is trans icon

[–] foofiepie@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 years ago

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