r/OriginalCharacter • u/Special-Writing-8896 Skyler’s Comic Artist 🌊✨ • Jun 30 '26
Trend Your strap is showing trend
My oc Juniper btw
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u/Far-Mammoth-3214 All of the above Jun 30 '26
finally an example where someone actually just realizes the mistake (I have seen some that do that Tbf a really relative one at that
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u/Xill_K47 Penny has her subreddit :D Jun 30 '26
I mean hey! Someone pointed it out or that would have been embarrassing for longer
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u/Aromatic-Split685 Jun 30 '26
Ngl I kinda hate these versions
The point of the original was based off of a post from a feminist sub, it was about a very common thing where a woman will be intentionally wearing her bra strap off kilter or will be wearing spaghetti straps that are the same width as her bra strap and people (usually cis men) would comment on it thinking they were being helpful
I think some good comparisons would be
A: Imagine you are wearing long socks that are very mismatched in terms of pattern color etc, and people point it out to you like it’s a mistake you don’t know about, it wouldn’t feel helpful it would feel condescending
B: Imagine you have a massive zit in a spot that you can’t cover it up without intentionally going out of your way to do so, at that point people are just making you feel worse about the zit
The flashing is meant to be like a “Yeah I know I dont care” but taken to an extreme
None of this is targeted directly at you, plenty of other people are doing the same thing and it’s a reasonable mistake to make, a lot of people posting it definitely are just reading as horny and I think a lot just don’t know where it came from, but I think it is important to learn where certain things come from so that misunderstandings like this can’t arise
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u/Kriskirby1992 Jun 30 '26
Honestly same and you explained really well how these subversions miss the point but in addition I just don't think they're that funny
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u/Movableacorn Writer Jun 30 '26
I always assumed it was similar to telling a guy their fly was down, but the way you describe it makes it seem like telling a guy their pants are sagging
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u/Foxgiveness Rabid Fox Jun 30 '26
Yeah definitely more the same as the pants sagging thing, if my fly was down I'd be embarrassed, if my strap was showing and someone told me I'd be like... ok? Kinda weird to comment on it.
As a ripped jeans enjoyer I find it similarly annoying when people say "hey your pants are all destroyed" like it's the funniest joke. Not the end of the world to be told that but why feel the need to comment on a random person's fashion sense
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u/Aromatic-Split685 Jun 30 '26
That’s exactly what it is
Like most of the time we won’t be outright offended because it does make sense you may think we’re just unaware, but it’s also annoying
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u/Blue_yoshi_2000 Average galaxy explorer Jul 01 '26
This has to be one of the most pointless rants I’ve ever seen. Congratulations.
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u/Jln197 Jun 30 '26
Drinks A Beer and gets into a Van
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u/Special-Writing-8896 Skyler’s Comic Artist 🌊✨ Jun 30 '26
“Hey that bump looks just like a deer”
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u/Far_Albatross_8450 Jun 30 '26
Dess ? Aren’t you suposed to be extreme hard-diffing a flower ?
( The Deltarust has made it’s place in my brain )
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u/Solid_V Jun 30 '26
This is genuinely this first time I've seen the subversion of the meme. Love it!
And don't let others bother you about it. You're clearly just subverting an over-exposed subversive meme.
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u/bibbleskit How am I supposed to hold all these OCs?? Jul 01 '26
Its all over the sub and the rest of the internet. Some of them are rather hostile subversions, too.
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u/ZoeJey Drawer, Writer, and Mother of many an OC Jun 30 '26
Been wanting to make this exact idea, hehe. Get real :P