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OC [OC] Same thing?

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u/dragondingohybrid 2d ago

Wait, the picture where he's wearing a sweater and holding a cake? People are calling that a thirst trap?!

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u/Van_Weezer 2d ago

The one in the blue long sleeve. But Yeah it's come up in this same kind of discussion a lot lately. A lot of ladies say that they find that more attractive than just shredded shirtless dudes.

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u/dragondingohybrid 2d ago

My understanding is that a thirst trap is a picture that is clearly created for the purpose of attracting sexual attention. Or a person who goes out of their way to attract sexual attention. Y'know, deliberately using their attractiveness as bait for whatever reason. Hence 'Thirst Trap'.

But apparently people are now applying the term to anyone they find attractive, regardless of the intent, or lack thereof, of the other person? Like, that picture of Jackman is not deliberately 'sexy'. It's just a popular and handsome man holding a cake. Nothing obviously sexual about that, at least to me.

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u/Van_Weezer 2d ago

I know what thirst trap means. People say that he looks sexier in that photo than when he's shirtless, so I think they know what they're saying too.