I first heard the attack helicopter joke from a trans friend who was super into military hardware and she thought it was the funniest shit ever. I didn't realize it was supposed to be transphobic for years. The way she made it sound was more like "hell yes my gender can be anything and no one can stop me!"
yeah I put it on forms all the time not in transphobic way but like "who cares !!! And if so why the hell do you wanna know?!?".
This on random stuff, for things like social or other studies where I clearly see the intent I usually put a seriously response, now on affiliate or library card why do you need that?
It took me so long to realise it was suppos!d to be a transphobic statement. I usualy seen it in games like tf2 after someone gets into a crazy spot and getting asked how they got up there.
I like this one. Because it shows us as humans, dipping our toes into something to see if it's okay and then when we figure out nobody gives a shit, then we can be ourselves.
There's a reason why people protesting something usually become it: you are what you think about.
21 Comments
ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 90 pts · 40d
I first heard the attack helicopter joke from a trans friend who was super into military hardware and she thought it was the funniest shit ever. I didn't realize it was supposed to be transphobic for years. The way she made it sound was more like "hell yes my gender can be anything and no one can stop me!"
snoons@lemmy.ca · 33 pts · 40d
"You will never be a r-"
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 23 pts · 40d
Agreed. Being an A-10 Warthog is much better
Hupf@feddit.org · 5 pts · 39d
The A10 is a AGAB passing as a plane.
ransomwarelettuce@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 40d
yeah I put it on forms all the time not in transphobic way but like "who cares !!! And if so why the hell do you wanna know?!?".
This on random stuff, for things like social or other studies where I clearly see the intent I usually put a seriously response, now on affiliate or library card why do you need that?
Turret3857@infosec.pub · 57 pts · 40d
i feel like attack helicopter in 2021 is kinda crazy. that was a 6 year old "joke" by that point.
Armand1@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 40d
Conservatives are still using it now. They are allergic to personal growth.
red_tomato@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 40d
That’s why they’re conservatives
Untamed_Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 30d
Are they conservating their uhhhh... ungrowth? yeye
Quokka@quokk.au · 34 pts · 40d
They only have the one joke afterall.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 40d
Wait until it becomes 18, then the right stops obsessing with it.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 40d
haven't told this in a while, used to be in my clipboard.
the first attack helicopter, the Bell UH-1 Iroquois, was originally designed as a medvac helicopter.
it was later given a machine gun mount and turned into an attack helicopter.
NO ONE would say, hey look at that medvac helicopter that identifies as an attack helicopter.
lefty7283@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 40d
The teenage edgelord to bisexual 20 something pipeline is real
GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 40d
Teenage edgelord to bisexual 20 something to transgender 30 something reporting for duty 🫡
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 40d
This describes like 80% of my friend group lol
msspwn@pawb.social · 17 pts · 40d
It took me so long to realise it was suppos!d to be a transphobic statement. I usualy seen it in games like tf2 after someone gets into a crazy spot and getting asked how they got up there.
IPeaceInYourFace@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 40d
I like this one. Because it shows us as humans, dipping our toes into something to see if it's okay and then when we figure out nobody gives a shit, then we can be ourselves.
There's a reason why people protesting something usually become it: you are what you think about.
GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 40d
I fucking wish
LickMySweatyTaint@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 39d
kamillz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 40d
It sure is one of the pipelines ever. But her, i got better :3
QueenHawlSera@piefed.social · 8 pts · 39d
I'm reminded of when I cut off a transphobe by saying "Yes, yes, I know, you're a fucking attack helicopter"
He then said "I wasn't going to say I was a fucking attack helicopter"
Without missing a beat I told him "Right, sorry, incel, so not a FUCKING attack helicopter"
kyoko916@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 36d
This joke gas been going for nearly a decade and still don't get how its supposed to make us feel bad or something..
Bigots use it like if it wasn't overdone to the point is not offensive anymore, just annoying and stupid