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[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Ok now what the hell is a trad girl?

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 53 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Trad = traditional = usually code for conservative white Christian 50s gender roles, as sold to zoomers by social media influencers.

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's molded tuna, as in she used a mold to shape pureed tuna like the shape of a fish, which is what I assume was a popular dish in the 1950s when gelatin was a sign of wealth due to requiring refrigeration to set.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hi I'm new here, what's tuna?

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I can understand why he didn't want to fw it.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Don't put your dick in that.

It's what you do to musical instruments.

[–] raef@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Who didn't have a refrigerator in the '50s?

[–] sykaster 6 points 1 week ago

Chastity and decency only to the public eye, of course. In private life she should be su missive and do anything these coomers want her to.

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The neoconservative ideal of a girl that is "wife material": chaste, submissive, adhering to old-fashioned feminine canons, sexist... Summarised under the umbrella term of "trad[itional]".

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying that for me

[–] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Trad - traditional