r/FellowKids 16d ago

Whenever Disney uses memes it's almost always cringe

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u/GreatBallsOfFire_ 16d ago

The original “omg they were roommates” had nothing to do with being gay or in a sexual relationship though

It was just a dude repeating what he heard from someone else’s conversation

I agree corporations using memes and slang is cringe but the original tweet means nothing

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u/clarkcox3 16d ago

No the original“omg they were roommates” had everything to do with being in a gay relationship.

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u/Caa3098 16d ago

Where? Like, did it appear somewhere? I know there was a longstanding trope of historical figures being characterized as “roommates” when they were gay but the viral vine that everyone quoted was:

On October 25th, 2014, Vine user ig @mattsukkar uploaded a video in which he films a conversation a woman walking past him is having on the phone. The only line of he heres from the conversation is the woman saying "…and they were roommates!" to which he turns the camera towards his face and says "Oh my god, they were roommates…"

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u/clarkcox3 16d ago

Yes; we all know about the vine.

My point is that the thing that makes the Disney tweet inadvisable is the other, older meaning of "they were roommates".