WARIO IS ONE THICC BIH
June 7, 2017 5:12 PM   Subscribe

Mr. Krabs is one thicc bih is just the tip of the upsettingly strange iceberg.

Maybe a primer is in order:

(a) thicc

(b) bih: a benign, non-insulting variant of "bitch"

(c) bussy: gay slang for... well, you can figure it out.

Combine these with an app that converts text to singing and random pop-culture figures, and you get:
Mr. Krabs
The Babadook
This tuna
Wario
Gay pride cat
and a whole host of others.
posted by Frobenius Twist (48 comments total) 21 users marked this as a favorite
 
I... ok. Sometimes the internet gives, and sometimes it taketh away. Other times it just gives you a migraine.
posted by Homo neanderthalensis at 5:20 PM on June 7, 2017 [9 favorites]


omfg

downloading as we speak

tumblr never change
posted by Foci for Analysis at 5:22 PM on June 7, 2017 [4 favorites]


Humor is obviously highly subjective, but these made me laugh until I cried. I don't know what that says about me.
posted by Frobenius Twist at 5:24 PM on June 7, 2017 [6 favorites]


it says ALL THE BEST THINGS about you
posted by Foci for Analysis at 5:30 PM on June 7, 2017 [7 favorites]


love you tumblr internet queers, you giveth life
posted by yueliang at 5:32 PM on June 7, 2017 [3 favorites]


The real star here is that ditty app. That shit's genius.
posted by penduluum at 5:34 PM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]


Nah I take it back, gay pride cat is killing it rn
posted by penduluum at 5:34 PM on June 7, 2017 [10 favorites]


Backpack for his applesauce
posted by gc at 5:39 PM on June 7, 2017 [7 favorites]


Not thicc but very important
posted by gc at 5:40 PM on June 7, 2017


oh my god that is gold
posted by Frobenius Twist at 5:42 PM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]


oh my god i am old
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 5:45 PM on June 7, 2017 [24 favorites]


This is the sort of thing that happens too far in the background of a cyberpunk dis/eu topia to be actually making it into the book. But it's remarkably authentic.
posted by wotsac at 5:46 PM on June 7, 2017 [12 favorites]


I AM SCREAMING AT GAY PRIDE CAT OH MY GOD HOW ARE YOU SPEAKING TO THE DARK RECESSES OF MY SOUL
posted by yueliang at 5:52 PM on June 7, 2017 [4 favorites]


y tho
posted by Fizz at 5:56 PM on June 7, 2017 [2 favorites]


I always thought "thicc" was specifically gay male slang (usually Black). It's used for women too? (And apparently anything with a booty. And fish. And...)
posted by AFABulous at 5:56 PM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]


Waussy.
posted by lkc at 5:58 PM on June 7, 2017 [6 favorites]


I find that black queer slang gets appropriated for...everything.
posted by yueliang at 6:00 PM on June 7, 2017 [11 favorites]


I started with Wario and laughed until I died
posted by DoctorFedora at 6:02 PM on June 7, 2017 [2 favorites]


I find that black queer slang gets appropriated for...everything.

How culture works:

Black women create a thing.
Gay black men appropriate it from black women.
Gay white men appropriate it from gay black men.
Straight white women appropriate it from gay white men.
Straight white men put "YAS 👑 " in a Facebook ad for Chicken McNuggets.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 6:07 PM on June 7, 2017 [106 favorites]


I look forward to the day when I will never understand anything that happens ever again, and suspect it is coming soon.
posted by Sing Or Swim at 6:17 PM on June 7, 2017 [17 favorites]


This is probably an appropriate time to point out that the Babadook is now a gay icon.
posted by daniel striped tiger at 6:23 PM on June 7, 2017 [3 favorites]


Oh. The tuna. The cat. This is so wonderful.
posted by uncleozzy at 6:35 PM on June 7, 2017


omfg

downloading as we speak

tumblr never change

posted by Foci for Analysis at 5:22 PM on June 7 [+] [!]
posted by NMcCoy at 6:40 PM on June 7, 2017 [17 favorites]


Mr. Krabs -- thicc
Wario -- thicc
that tuna -- thicc af
The Babadook -- not thicc at all; unthicc
posted by Copronymus at 7:04 PM on June 7, 2017 [3 favorites]


>The Babadook -- not thicc at all; unthicc

Babadookadonk. Your argument is invalid.
posted by Sing Or Swim at 7:06 PM on June 7, 2017 [12 favorites]


I've been on the internet a long time now, and the longer I'm on it, the less I'm surprised about what content comes out of it.

That tune is catchy though!
posted by deezil at 7:31 PM on June 7, 2017


> How culture works: Black women create a thing. Gay black men appropriate it...

Bling bling (2004)
posted by ardgedee at 7:33 PM on June 7, 2017 [4 favorites]


Metafilter: I will never understand anything that happens ever again
posted by randomkeystrike at 8:02 PM on June 7, 2017 [5 favorites]


OMG. I saw the Babbadook one last night and after I shared it with everyone I knew and scraped myself off of the floor and collected the various internal organs I had laughed out of myself, downloaded the ditty app and have been wasting massive amounts of time making deeply stupid videos. I had no idea though that there was more to the "thicc bih" rabbit hole. But of course there is. There is always further down to go on the internet.
posted by Maaik at 8:18 PM on June 7, 2017 [4 favorites]


I just downloaded and installed the app. After you sign up and you click the + sign to add something, it says "Tell us what's THICC!"

im ded
posted by numaner at 8:55 PM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]


"thicc" is also recently enjoyed a mention from Aku. Then there's this crossover. It's all come full circle.
posted by numaner at 8:57 PM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]


I went tame, but I still felt shame.
posted by numaner at 9:24 PM on June 7, 2017


i had this pwease no steppy ditty.it stuck in my head for days
posted by fleacircus at 9:46 PM on June 7, 2017 [8 favorites]


this is delightful
posted by harriet vane at 2:29 AM on June 8, 2017 [1 favorite]


unthicc*

thinn?

*my phone autocorrect really wants this to be "unethical"
posted by nebulawindphone at 4:11 AM on June 8, 2017




Hello, the James Comey one killed me and now I am dead
posted by palomar at 5:32 AM on June 8, 2017 [3 favorites]


(Ducking in just to post this, in relation to Aku and EXTRA THICC, then letting you guys get on with the party)
posted by JHarris at 5:58 AM on June 8, 2017 [1 favorite]


jharris i cant stop laughing y u do dis
posted by numaner at 6:50 AM on June 8, 2017 [1 favorite]


I'm glad I live in a pretty well sound-proofed basement because I don't want my upstairs landlords to wonder what is happening down here.

I mean, I'm not sure but I just know I giggled a lot. This is one of those things that gets more funny the deeper you go and the more of them you watch.

Oh, Internet, never stop being weird.
posted by darksong at 7:28 AM on June 8, 2017


That's it, I quit. I am now officially too old to keep up with The Kids on the Internet. Thanks MeFi for cluing me in.
posted by Nelson at 8:31 AM on June 8, 2017 [1 favorite]


Literally dying, thank you so much for this
posted by en forme de poire at 10:37 AM on June 8, 2017


Trinity Taylor is thicc as fuh (probably not funny if you don't watch Drag Race)
posted by en forme de poire at 11:25 AM on June 8, 2017


This one really got me.
posted by wormwood23 at 12:23 PM on June 8, 2017 [9 favorites]


^ aiiieeee
posted by en forme de poire at 12:37 PM on June 8, 2017


Black women create a thing.
Gay black men appropriate it from black women.
Gay white men appropriate it from gay black men.
Straight white women appropriate it from gay white men.
Straight white men put "YAS 👑 " in a Facebook ad for Chicken McNuggets.


First step is incorrect. Pretty Much Everything We Say Comes From the World of Drag Queens. (Specifically Black drag queens)

(YASS) (Hunty and Cunty)

More Ball culture slang
(Throwing) Shade
Snatch(ed)
Bring it
Feel it
posted by AFABulous at 12:44 PM on June 8, 2017 [6 favorites]


Yeah, when I meant black queer stuff gets appropriated, I literally meant, the black queer community created this slang, not the straight black community. Thanks AFABulous for setting the record.
posted by yueliang at 12:53 PM on June 8, 2017 [2 favorites]


Elders React to "One Thicc Bih" Memes

Spoiler: They mostly hate it... until they get to make their own.
posted by Rhaomi at 11:01 AM on June 24, 2017 [1 favorite]


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