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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

And? What's the big deal? It looks like a cute sticker.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Astolfo is a femboy icon, and while there's nothing wrong with being a femboy, the community does skew younger. At a certain age, it gets awkward to call yourself a boy or girl, as our bodies naturally mature. It has a lot to do with the loss of youth, and the shame that comes with it.

Teachers are expected to be more "grown-up or mature," with them using cute characters coming across as out of touch. It gets awkward when teachers break that perception, like they're trying to be someone they can't.

If the teacher doesn't know who Astolfo is, they seem even more out of touch than if it's a cute girl character; a "how do you do fellow kids?" moment. If the teacher is aware and intentionally represents themselves as a femboy, it still breaks the view students have of teachers as mature. It would be abnormal instead of immoral, but that alone is risky if a conservative catches wind of it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

I'unno. Maybe the teacher saw it used somewhere, thought it was a cute sticker, and started using it for that reason.

A teacher can put a cute sticker on your test for doing well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Bro, the amount of times I've used stickers or emotes that I had no idea of their source is endless. It's a cute sticker, stop thinking about it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

what is it and where do I get it

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Damn, that's an impressive find

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

https://tenor.com/es-419/view/astolfo-neco-arc-thumbs-up-gif-5970733731864898027

Seems like you can summon this image in an app somewhere but all I could find was the image with no context

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is that a subfield of regular physics, or sex-ed?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

I'll have to ask my Jiggle Physics professor and get back to you.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

i want this to be true.

but it's probably just the TA who's using it.