• XIIIesq@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    It’s an allegory for any “extremely niche” interest that would have been considered super weird before these people could easily find eachother, although OP probably had furries and people like that in mind.

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        7 months ago

        Like the cheap ones you get from the supermarket that break 3 weeks or the super expensive ones with very important blue LEDs on everything?

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      7 months ago

      Yeah, I’ve mostly heard this mentioned in reference to really obscure fetishes that you’d probably never have a chance to indulge in if it weren’t for the internet.