Huh really? I never knew that. I remember it from like 2010s era and I always just associated it with like… not wanting to share your gender in a fun way when asked for it in online forums. “Are you a guy?” "No, I’m actually an Apache attack helicopter ". I didn’t know it had that connotation.
why does this have 3 downvotes?
Because it is “the one joke” of transphobes
Huh really? I never knew that. I remember it from like 2010s era and I always just associated it with like… not wanting to share your gender in a fun way when asked for it in online forums. “Are you a guy?” "No, I’m actually an Apache attack helicopter ". I didn’t know it had that connotation.
The general idea is making fun of non-binary gender identities by using one that’s absolutely unreasonable.
It’s totally fine on the context of NCD imo, because aren’t we all a little Apache attack helicopter deep down inside?
It’s complicated.
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Because people crave the dopamine rush being offended.