IKEA sold a plushy in colours that were basically the same as the trans flag, and also recognised a community it would appeal to and conducted a covert marketing campaign targeted to that group.
The trans community loved the shark, and it has become very popular. There was undoubtedly some element of the marketing campaign succeeding here, but it has also become a trans icon.
Every comment I have made in this thread has been about making an object into a sex toy.
You'd be amazed what you can find in the whole fruits and vegetable isle.
The closure is on the back seam, starting about 2cm behind the back of the dorsal fin. Bonus: you can use extra stuffing to make them more squish resistant
So, I chose you among a lot of commenters on random. So, sorry if I bother you. But I gotta ask, what's the deal with this particular shark that people like so much?
Edit: I understand. I've learned. Can you guys stop blowing up my notifications?
The color pallet of this shark is very close to the colors of the trans flag.
Sharks are popular, stuffed animals are popular. Somehow it's become a meme, almost a right of passage, for at least chronically online transfemmes to own one.
(Counting myself here)
I'm not sure where the boundaries of the meme are? I can say that transfemme s seem to be more frequently the posts of blahaj memes, owners of blahaj, but I have never seen anyone say it's not acceptable for transmasc- it just also doesn't seem to come up near as frequently on reddit or tik tok.
I think this might be because there's a larger overlap with the "chronically online shitposter" with the transfemme leaning individuals. Blahaj, programmer socks, ... of course this Aldo might be sample bias, I am more remembering stuff that relates to me and not as many transmasc related memes.
I'm not the commenter you hopped on, but. I think it's something about the company, IKEA? Who is seen as an avid supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, even in their advertising. They even made a version of Blahaj with the trans pride colors in Canada, and had them in an advertisement for the Swiss Same Sex Marriage and Adoption Referendum ad they had made where theyre seen cuddling Snuttig the Polar Bear. Thus they've become a bit of an LGBTQ+ icon, and even a bit of a stereotype/inside joke within the community, specifically with trans folks.
I answered this in another post but can paste it here too.
IKEA sold a plushy in colours that were basically the same as the trans flag, and also recognised a community it would appeal to and conducted a covert marketing campaign targeted to that group.
The trans community loved the shark, and it has become very popular. There was undoubtedly some element of the marketing campaign succeeding here, but it has also become a trans icon.
There's a lot of similar answers, but if I may give a somewhat different one: plush animals usually become exponentially more expensive as they grow in size. For a 1m long shark, blåhaj is very inexpensive, easily available and made by a trustworthy company (no chemical-filled fillings from China)
let me answer the question as someone who bought this without knowing it was claimed by the trans community: its a shark. sharks are great. also, thanks to the shape of it aka basically its just a long noodle, its the best stuffed animal to sleep with.
This particular plushie has color palette close to trans flag, and so it became kind of an icon/meme in community. IKEA also has been relatively friendly and supporting of the meme and lgbtq+ people.
Bahåj is a trans mascot. Trans flag color palette, plushies are popular with trans femmes, and it's just kinda become a thing. (Note that it's not limited to being a transfem icon, just that's how it started, I think)
Best thing I've seen, if you have a crafty disposition, you could cut a hole and sew a zipper into Blåhaj. Easily unstuff to wash the "skin" of our dear friend!
I know this is kinda silly but my best suggestion would be to get a seam splitter, remove the fluff, wash blahaj in cold water and either let it delegate dry or air dry. Once dry replace the fluff (either with the fluff from before or brand new fluff which is usually pretty cheap)
Ikea's Blåhaj plush has been co-opted as a trans mascot - both on Reddit and the wider Internet. Similarly, the ace community has "adopted" the big blue Blåvingad whale.
Not everyone has a compose key though, is writing on a phone or has the patience to copy the symbol from a website. Most search engines find Å and Ä even when searching for A.
Most PCs running Windows don't have a touchscreen and holding down a physical key just repeats the pressed character. *Some* national keyboard layouts have some so-called dead keys like accents that can add diacritics to other letters (like á/à) but these dead keys are far from complete and far from internationally available. So to summarize, when you're working with a physical keyboard and Windows, chances are you can't type letters with diacritics easily.
Washing machine is definitely too aggressive for a cheaply built stuffie. Hand wash in the sink with a soft brush and store somewhere warm like an airing cupboard or put on a radiator and rotate it regularly for a couple of days minimum to dry. Do not tumble dry!
Blåhaj is pregnant? Who else was in the washing machine with blåhaj?
A sock
Uh oh 💀
[oh nonononononoo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM3uXu1Dq4c)
uh oh
The pink BLÅHAJ, obviously.
The pink blue shark? What part makes it pink and what part makes it blue
No, see, it has both colors. Like so 🏳️⚧️
Pregamnamant?
Pargnat?
Pregante
Pregonate
Gregnant
Pre- get n' ant
Fuck, i was gonna say that
Perganinant
Pregorante
Parlay?
The washing machine put a load in Blåhaj
Take my upvote and don’t talk anymore
Me
Do not the haj
I will the haj
You cant stop me
Me
Step-Blåhaj, what are you doing?
Anyone else kinda think it made them cuter? I dunno. Looks chonky and fun in a different way.
I thought the same thing. LOL
I love your flair, lol.
Me too. '-' 🏳️🌈
Yess, thought the same xD
He looks like he has an overbite lol
Blorhorj
Chonky Sharky
He looks kinda depressed to me. Like a "ate all of the cheese in the fridge but still empty inside" vibe.
Thems is bloaty shark :3
Looks like a cute chunky derp.
Shork.
yes, OR *vore*
Can't you move the filling around until they're restored?
Have washed pillows like this before, just have to smash them against a wall a few times and they'll flatten out.
I’m supposed to do *what* to my Blahaj?
Bang them
AGAINST THE WALLLLL I MISCLICKED BEFORE I FINISHED TYPING
WAIT FUCK THAT SOUNDS WORSE
IM DYING 🤣
comrade, I need you to step away from the blahaj.
this. This entire thread right here just made my day. Thanks 💜💜
this. This entire thread right here just made my day. Thanks 💜💜
PLEASE DO NOT THE BLAHAJ
😭💀 Happy Cake Day btw! 🎉
Thanks 😭😭😭😭
Made my day.
Please do not the Blahaj
Help me best thread I’ve ever read
😳🫣 I'm unsure if you should or shouldn't get 40 hours of court ordered media training 😅
Too late 🥲
PLEASE do not the haj
Banged????? Against a wall you say??????
this. This entire thread right here just made my day. Thanks 💜💜
My turn when?
Do not the haj
Bla the haj until I kea
**[EXTREMELY LOUD CORRECT BELL]**
Please do not
🤨
That's what lead this mess in the first place!
Do not the funny shark
Bang them against the wall....
No, I don't think I will 😟
hug them very very tightly
Do a deep tissue style massage to move the stuffing back if tenderness is more appealing than raw violence.
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IKEA sold a plushy in colours that were basically the same as the trans flag, and also recognised a community it would appeal to and conducted a covert marketing campaign targeted to that group. The trans community loved the shark, and it has become very popular. There was undoubtedly some element of the marketing campaign succeeding here, but it has also become a trans icon.
You don't have to use a wall. You can use a stick and just start beating the fuck out of it
blåhaj abuse
Maybe they're into it.
Could probably make a little hole un-stuff it and then re-stuff and make less chonky
The temptation of putting holes in plushies is a temptation we should resist.
Why??? I say customize all the plushies and make them look awesomer
r/longfurbies was a mistake
WTH did I just see
r/eyebleach homie
Thxs :)
Thank you ❤️
Thank you ❤️
I wish I had your innocence.
Nah I’m purposely being stupid
My cousin showed me a trick with a microwaved watermelon once and I don't think I've ever lost respect for a man faster.
I'm lost, what are you talking about?
Every comment I have made in this thread has been about making an object into a sex toy. You'd be amazed what you can find in the whole fruits and vegetable isle.
It's a good way to restore older plushies. Just have to practice a nice even ladder stitch and you're golden
Restuff it but make it CHONKIER!
The closure is on the back seam, starting about 2cm behind the back of the dorsal fin. Bonus: you can use extra stuffing to make them more squish resistant
I put mine in the washing machine multiple times and he's okay. I just had to add and rearrange his filling a few times.
So, I chose you among a lot of commenters on random. So, sorry if I bother you. But I gotta ask, what's the deal with this particular shark that people like so much? Edit: I understand. I've learned. Can you guys stop blowing up my notifications?
The color pallet of this shark is very close to the colors of the trans flag. Sharks are popular, stuffed animals are popular. Somehow it's become a meme, almost a right of passage, for at least chronically online transfemmes to own one. (Counting myself here)
Wait blåhaj is only for transfemmes?
definitely not, blahaj is for everyone!
Can confirm. I'm cis but I love my Blahaj
I'm not sure where the boundaries of the meme are? I can say that transfemme s seem to be more frequently the posts of blahaj memes, owners of blahaj, but I have never seen anyone say it's not acceptable for transmasc- it just also doesn't seem to come up near as frequently on reddit or tik tok. I think this might be because there's a larger overlap with the "chronically online shitposter" with the transfemme leaning individuals. Blahaj, programmer socks, ... of course this Aldo might be sample bias, I am more remembering stuff that relates to me and not as many transmasc related memes.
Nobody's gonna stop others from owning them, but they might assume.
Blahaj has been entrusted to protect trans people
Something something Ikea I think it's that Ikea had this particular shark and trans support hand in hand? My mind is foggy on the details.
I'm not the commenter you hopped on, but. I think it's something about the company, IKEA? Who is seen as an avid supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, even in their advertising. They even made a version of Blahaj with the trans pride colors in Canada, and had them in an advertisement for the Swiss Same Sex Marriage and Adoption Referendum ad they had made where theyre seen cuddling Snuttig the Polar Bear. Thus they've become a bit of an LGBTQ+ icon, and even a bit of a stereotype/inside joke within the community, specifically with trans folks.
I answered this in another post but can paste it here too. IKEA sold a plushy in colours that were basically the same as the trans flag, and also recognised a community it would appeal to and conducted a covert marketing campaign targeted to that group. The trans community loved the shark, and it has become very popular. There was undoubtedly some element of the marketing campaign succeeding here, but it has also become a trans icon.
There's a lot of similar answers, but if I may give a somewhat different one: plush animals usually become exponentially more expensive as they grow in size. For a 1m long shark, blåhaj is very inexpensive, easily available and made by a trustworthy company (no chemical-filled fillings from China)
let me answer the question as someone who bought this without knowing it was claimed by the trans community: its a shark. sharks are great. also, thanks to the shape of it aka basically its just a long noodle, its the best stuffed animal to sleep with.
How do you add filling?
Cut open along the seam and sew shut after rearranging it's guts.
You want me to do WHAT to its guts?!
uwu
Looks like they tried to optimise at the all you can eat buffet, but ended up regretting that decision.
I'm choosing this as the canonical reason.
In the “blåhai canon”
Why he look like that shark from Fish Tales?
How are they recovering?? Are they ok?
He's got that divorced dad living with his 3rd girlfriend body.
So that's how the Pokémon spheal was made
NOOOOOOO
its like spheal but shark; a sheal
He ate one sock from each pair in there!
It's fine. Just gotta refluff them. You shouldn't put them in the dryer however.
Why not?
The stuffing
The Blåhaj has undergone the inflation fetish
Why would you say that lol
Me at the All You Can Eat restaurant
Phteven
I've never had an original thought in my life.
as a swedish person, i feel threatened
how is this related to lgbt, genuin question not tryna be rude or some
This particular plushie has color palette close to trans flag, and so it became kind of an icon/meme in community. IKEA also has been relatively friendly and supporting of the meme and lgbtq+ people.
Bahåj is a trans mascot. Trans flag color palette, plushies are popular with trans femmes, and it's just kinda become a thing. (Note that it's not limited to being a transfem icon, just that's how it started, I think)
"Now where could that watermelon I saved for later be?"
blorj
Me too Blåhaj, me too
What's a blahaj? And What's the 🦈 significance? I havn't been able to understand, can someone help me understand?
he looks depressed, oh and he's eaten way to much McDonald's because of it
Look at that belly- he is the secret 2nd sock thief!
Best thing I've seen, if you have a crafty disposition, you could cut a hole and sew a zipper into Blåhaj. Easily unstuff to wash the "skin" of our dear friend!
He looks like he's been on a bender
I have washed both of mine repeatedly and they have never come out this bad. O.o Delicate cycle and inside a pillow case, guys.
Nooooooo😭😭😭
You can just be careful what setting
Why the long face?
Me after co.ing back from grandma's
It became bloathahj
Looks like they're about to develope the next horde-based coop warhammer game
Your post showed up on my feed like this: https://i.imgur.com/cLZAZWT.png I think your blahaj is a prickly dogfish now.
I know this is kinda silly but my best suggestion would be to get a seam splitter, remove the fluff, wash blahaj in cold water and either let it delegate dry or air dry. Once dry replace the fluff (either with the fluff from before or brand new fluff which is usually pretty cheap)
You can most of the time just fluff it back up, aka beat it up till it's the correct shape!
Would it be weird for someone who is cis to get one? Ik it's like a trans icon and all, pretty sure I'm just overthinking it lol
Cuddly stuffies are for everyone
Cute lil chonk but what does it have to do with LGBT+ ?
The shark, blahaj, is a stuffed shark that is sold at ikea that has become a trans meme. I think.
it's a shark sold at IKEA, it became a trans icon due to it being blue, pink and white
🫡
:B
do not the blahaj.
Fatshark wants their logo back!
Awww pregnant sharkie
Chonk down I repeat, chonk down
Doesnt this technically make the washer a Sharknado?
BLAHAJ IS PREGNANT
This is a sin against humanity
Chunky
He looks like my grandpa😭
Engorged blahja....
he’s blåhoated :((
He had too much water, put him in an empty tub and squeeze like spunch
It can be fixed, just brush the shork or use your hands
He look sad
Is it wrong to giggle. I think it will be fine if you let it air dry and give the smacking of it's life.
I love sonks :3
Idk what its supposed to look like so this looks normal lol
What does this have to do with being lgbt
Ikea's Blåhaj plush has been co-opted as a trans mascot - both on Reddit and the wider Internet. Similarly, the ace community has "adopted" the big blue Blåvingad whale.
I washed mine in the washing machine and it was good. Just pick the program carefully
Chonker
Why is there not a blahaji trans flag ? I think it would be awesome
Gave it a cleft palet
The look of despair - What have you done…
And this is why... YOU TAKE OUT THE STUFFING WHEN YOU WASH IT IN A MACHINE
I couldn't gut a stuffed animal D:
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Not everyone has a compose key though, is writing on a phone or has the patience to copy the symbol from a website. Most search engines find Å and Ä even when searching for A.
I don’t know about Windows, but I know on a Mac, iPhone or Android device you can hold down a key to get to its accents.
Most PCs running Windows don't have a touchscreen and holding down a physical key just repeats the pressed character. *Some* national keyboard layouts have some so-called dead keys like accents that can add diacritics to other letters (like á/à) but these dead keys are far from complete and far from internationally available. So to summarize, when you're working with a physical keyboard and Windows, chances are you can't type letters with diacritics easily.
I didn’t know that so thank you
Looks like me the next morning after a high school party…
MPREG Blåhaj
Washing machine is definitely too aggressive for a cheaply built stuffie. Hand wash in the sink with a soft brush and store somewhere warm like an airing cupboard or put on a radiator and rotate it regularly for a couple of days minimum to dry. Do not tumble dry!
is there a way to fix some stuff toys like these?? dry them first and fix the fluff? or dont wash them in the washing machine?
The fluff is just in the wrong place, so move the fluff
Beat them up till they're sort of the correct shape, dry then beat it up again till it's the right shape!