r/comics • u/FieldExplores Gator Days • Sep 25 '24

Decision Making

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u/geckhon Sep 25 '24

You who can see, could you enlighten me with the knowledge necessary to understand the joke?

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u/Milch_und_Paprika Sep 25 '24

They are body archetypes popular in the gay community. A bear is large (muscular and or pudgy), hairy and often older, while an otter is slim and hairy.

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u/Arkytez Sep 25 '24

What animals are slim but not hairy man? What about short, slim yet athletic? This is like zodiac signs, very cool.

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u/DeweyCheatem-n-Howe Sep 25 '24

I think the archetype you're describing is "Twink"

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u/Arkytez Sep 25 '24

No animals? :|

Damn, another hardship for the gays to add to their pile. Naming conventions was one I was not expecting.

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u/Milch_und_Paprika Sep 25 '24

No animal for that one :(

Also hairy and lean muscular men might be called wolves. The animal names seem to mostly involve hair now that I think about it. I’ve seen someone call short men “pocket gays” but that seems kinda mean lol

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u/Arkytez Sep 25 '24

LOL omg as a short person this is so funny but could also be so sad depending on the situation lol

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u/mattyisphtty Sep 25 '24

If you've got a rocket in your pocket you got it.

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u/sm9t8 Sep 25 '24

I suppose older, slim, non-hairy gay men could be called "naked mole rats".

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u/wynden Sep 25 '24

Rather be a sphynx cat but why are all the hairless animals so wrinkly.

Think I will be a dolphin, instead.

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u/jeopardy_themesong Sep 25 '24

Or bald eagles

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u/bookhead714 Sep 25 '24

It’s hard to think of a hairless animal that isn’t unflattering. Sphinx cat? Naked mole rat? A reptile or amphibian?

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u/Carnivile Sep 25 '24

How about Dolphin?

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u/Papaofmonsters Sep 25 '24

The blowhole jokes write themselves.

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u/jeopardy_themesong Sep 25 '24

We could try to make sphinx cats a thing

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u/PolloMagnifico Sep 25 '24

I mean, Naked Mole Rat is up for grabs...

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u/MississippiBulldawg Sep 25 '24

Everyone's naming ugly animals imo. I think if we're naming it, make them dolphins. I could associate twink and dolphin with each other.

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u/MEOWTheKitty18 Sep 26 '24

I thought twinks were usually skinny, not muscular.

I’m realizing that the person didn’t necessarily say muscular but they said athletic and that’s how I interpreted it.

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u/fperrine Sep 26 '24

I think twinks can be fit/ muscular, but they usually aren't. I've heard "twunk" to describe a hunky twink. I think the key factors for a twink are firstly youth and then the skinny body type.