Aquarium Fat-Shames One Of Their Otters, Gets Instantly Murdered By Words
Bringing up someone’s weight is rarely a good idea. And sure enough, not everyone appreciated when the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California recently tweeted a photo of its otter, describing it as “thicc.”
The animal in question, Abby is an 11-year-old sea otter, one of five at the facility who serve as surrogate moms to orphaned otter pups. Abby weights 46 pounds, which is one pound over the average weight of an adult female otter.
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Some people started criticizing the tweet for its “appropriative language,” saying the nonprofit was inappropriately borrowing it from African American Vernacular English (AAVE) while also comparing black women to animals.
@IBJIYONGI later also added this: “I’m certain that @MontereyAq didn’t realize that they were basically comparing Black women to animals by using AAVE developed to talk about Black women’s bodies to describe an animal. But that’s pretty bad, MBA.”
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Eventually, the aquarium released a four-part apology tweet
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And while some people appreciated the apology
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Most thought the otter tweet was funny and there was no need to apologize
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Hoomans are otterly ridiculous
I'm offended
Your offense offends me.
I am offended by your offense of his offence
LOL
I'm offended that your offense offended others. Dah daah DAAAAH!
I'm offended that you're offended by their offense that offended others. you can clap now
Damn. Soon we won't even be able to breathe without someone getting offended. The tweet was FUNNY. Stop poking shit all the time.
I agree completely. In this modern age apparently everything is "offensive". Soon we can't even walk without someone being "offended". Makes me wonder what will happen to society as a whole in the next 10 years.
Walking is offensive because some people can't walk.... this is truly getting ridiculous... I think one of the Twats said something like they were using "digital appropriation" or something made up like that. We are truly failing as a species
I completely agree, once I was telling my friend about how when I was younger I wanted to join a game with these girls. They didn't let me join in because I wasn't white, when I told the teachers about it they didn't care. My friend told me I was being RACIST for saying that a group of white girls wouldn't let me play a game. Saying someone is white when they are white isn't racist. Not allowing someone to join a game because of their skin color is.
"Soon we can't even walk without someone being "offended". In America black people are often reported by racists and stopped by the police for Walking While Black. Things are worse than you expected.
By breathing you're using up oxygen and producing carbon dioxide. How dare you!!!!!! You're making climate change even worse!! I'm offended and demand you to stop and issue a public apology ASAP or I'm gonna dox you and swat you and destroy your life!1!!!! *harumph* 🤬😠 😉😂
Well IM offended that you are offended because it makes me being offended seem less important so I want an apology right now and I want you to publicly tell everyone you were wrong and that I'm more offended than you!!!!!
Please no! I really need my job!
I am sincerely sorry that I offended you and I will never ever breathe again * proceeds to start choking and slowly dies in a corner*
BREATHE!!!!!! That is offensive because...it's appropriating people who need air to live and you should be ashamed of yourself!!!
IKR
You know, breathing expels carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, causing global warming. therefore, you breathing is causing global warming. I'm now amused.
Calling an otter thicc is the same as calling black women otters??? Wtf
if a term is common outside of ebonics/aave then it should lose said connection. meaning if a term becomes common it should lose connection to the folks who started it. Thicc isnt just a black language word anymore. now it is non-exclusive. that should remove any one group from feelings of butthurt.
Sometimes the outrage over "things that might be racist" is waaay more racist than the original thing.
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I think you mean African American (even if they were born in Cleveland)
Not all black people come from Africa you know.
Hoomans are otterly ridiculous
I'm offended
Your offense offends me.
I am offended by your offense of his offence
LOL
I'm offended that your offense offended others. Dah daah DAAAAH!
I'm offended that you're offended by their offense that offended others. you can clap now
Damn. Soon we won't even be able to breathe without someone getting offended. The tweet was FUNNY. Stop poking shit all the time.
I agree completely. In this modern age apparently everything is "offensive". Soon we can't even walk without someone being "offended". Makes me wonder what will happen to society as a whole in the next 10 years.
Walking is offensive because some people can't walk.... this is truly getting ridiculous... I think one of the Twats said something like they were using "digital appropriation" or something made up like that. We are truly failing as a species
I completely agree, once I was telling my friend about how when I was younger I wanted to join a game with these girls. They didn't let me join in because I wasn't white, when I told the teachers about it they didn't care. My friend told me I was being RACIST for saying that a group of white girls wouldn't let me play a game. Saying someone is white when they are white isn't racist. Not allowing someone to join a game because of their skin color is.
"Soon we can't even walk without someone being "offended". In America black people are often reported by racists and stopped by the police for Walking While Black. Things are worse than you expected.
By breathing you're using up oxygen and producing carbon dioxide. How dare you!!!!!! You're making climate change even worse!! I'm offended and demand you to stop and issue a public apology ASAP or I'm gonna dox you and swat you and destroy your life!1!!!! *harumph* 🤬😠 😉😂
Well IM offended that you are offended because it makes me being offended seem less important so I want an apology right now and I want you to publicly tell everyone you were wrong and that I'm more offended than you!!!!!
Please no! I really need my job!
I am sincerely sorry that I offended you and I will never ever breathe again * proceeds to start choking and slowly dies in a corner*
BREATHE!!!!!! That is offensive because...it's appropriating people who need air to live and you should be ashamed of yourself!!!
IKR
You know, breathing expels carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, causing global warming. therefore, you breathing is causing global warming. I'm now amused.
Calling an otter thicc is the same as calling black women otters??? Wtf
if a term is common outside of ebonics/aave then it should lose said connection. meaning if a term becomes common it should lose connection to the folks who started it. Thicc isnt just a black language word anymore. now it is non-exclusive. that should remove any one group from feelings of butthurt.
Sometimes the outrage over "things that might be racist" is waaay more racist than the original thing.
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I think you mean African American (even if they were born in Cleveland)
Not all black people come from Africa you know.