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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why would they apologize for that? Were people clutching their pearls?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Some people thought the aquarium was appropriating AAVE

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

How dare they express the joy that was in their hearts!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Lmao Jesus Christ

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't think "thicc" is AAVE. That is pretty much an Internet-ism as the original post says. "OH LAWD" though, yeah, is cringe.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Digital blackface smdh

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is aave?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

African-American Vocabulary English. Some people think it's racist for white people to use them because cultural appropriation, which is a term that never should've left the academic circles it originated from, as people are using it way too broadly, and as something evil and bad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Like and otter with his favourite stone