Is blahaj.zone dead?
from testing@fedia.io to fediverse@lemmy.world on 27 Nov 04:35
https://fedia.io/m/fediverse@lemmy.world/t/1481253
from testing@fedia.io to fediverse@lemmy.world on 27 Nov 04:35
https://fedia.io/m/fediverse@lemmy.world/t/1481253
not only its sharkey instance seems to be affected, but also its lemmy instance …
threaded - newest
I was getting error messages when I first saw your post and checked a few minutes ago, but it looks like it’s back online now.
No, it just smells like it.
It’s Working for me,
You mean down and the last outage was 5 days ago.
as blahaj.zone and lemmy.blahaj.zone run on different servers, and both were unreachable at the time of my op, i really meant dead, not down
I still don’t know what a blahaj is. It sounds like someone tried to ask for a blowjob, but had a stroke midword.
It’s Swedish(?) for “blue shark.” I don’t know how, or why, but Ikea started selling stuffed blue sharks and they got incredibly popular in the trans community and is like their mascot.
<img alt="" src="https://yiffit.net/pictrs/image/1432fd81-ba2c-42e1-a7db-134aa690d4db.jpeg">
Yeah it’s written Blåhaj, blue shark.
<img alt="My guess is that it's because the colors of the plushy (blue top, white bottom, rose mouth) matches the colors of the trans flag." src="https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/002/210/701/ab0.jpg">
Blahaj is a shark.
More specifically a stuffed shark plushie sold by IKEA.
The word supposedly means blue shark, or shark in Swedish, but I don’t speak the language, so take that as you will.
Also supposedly, the shark being a rather gentle pastel blue and pink, which matches the trans flag, it became a favorite symbol within segments of the trans community, a sort of mascot. While I can’t guarantee that’s why it became a symbol, it is definitely popular among the trans community. Enough so that I don’t know any trans people irl that don’t partake in the knowledge and joke of it, and we’re half a day’s drive from the nearest IKEA store.
It’s a fairly popular gift for trans folks that are coming out, or making a significant step in transition, or even just because.
Blå = blue Haj = shark
Blue shark. Also known as the great blue shark in English.
Blau Hai, blauer Hai.
Guess Haj/Hai is not that intuitive for an English speaker.
Well, it is pronounced "blow high" (or something pretty close). And to continue the fun facts, English used to have the word "haye" which is related to the Swedish word, but we stopped using it in favour of "shark". Since it sounds like a greeting (as does "high" for that matter) as well as a common feedstock for animals (hay), we'd probably use the alternative "hayefish", with or without the 'e', if we hadn't dropped it altogether.
That's what German did. They call it Haifisch.
In Dutch, “haai” (shark) sounds very similar to “hi” (the English word), same for “hooi” (hay) and “hoi” (hi). Which leads to this hilarious comic I saw once where a shark meets a bale of hay ^edit:^ ^somehow^ ^I^ ^typed^ ^bay^ ^of^ ^hale^
shark pillow from ikea. he is soft and he loves hugs
It was down for a couple hours half a day ago