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How did Ikea's Blajah became the symbol of the trans community ? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I feel stupid for asking, but how did the trans community decided that the giant shark Blajah will become their favourite plushie ?

I mean it looks awesome... but why that one ?

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[–] JasSmith@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You know the funny thing is "blahaj" directly translates to "blue shark" in Swedish.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

How efficient

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 2 points 1 year ago

Well, "blåhaj" to be precise