How do I explain to a 10 year old kid what's a blåhaj?
I was reading by a greentext involving Blåhaj in c/4chan and my brother asked me what was one.
"Why is the shark named that?"
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I was reading by a greentext involving Blåhaj in c/4chan and my brother asked me what was one.
"Why is the shark named that?"
"It's a blue shark. Blåhaj means blue shark in Swedish."
Ya like is there some deeper meaning than stuffed ikea shark?
It has been embraced as a symbol of transgenderism. That's the only deeper connection I know of, anyway.
Blåhaj - As a cultural phenomenon
So... a shark plush transgender people like?
Well what did you think it was?
I don't know, a mascot for a specific organization?
Your original question sounds like you thought it was something unsavoury that needs some kind of child-friendly explanation so as to not traumatise the kid.
well I knew it was adopted by them but I just figured it was like a furby for one group
Not just any shark. A very cute shark!
It's a cute blue shark
"It's Swedish for blue shark."
It's really not complicated.
It's sold at IKEA which tend to name their things in Swedish on account or being a Swedish company.
Blåhaj means blue shark:
Blå - blue
Haj - shark
Swedish has compound words similar to German, so it's literally just Blueshark.
It's pronounced approximately "Bloh-hai"
Let me know if you figure out how to explain it to a 44 year old.
"A shark trans people like."