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Re:Is the Attack Helicopter Dead? by metaphor on Monday October 07, 2024 @08:52PM (#41772740)
Wiki entry[1] and archived short story[2] for anyone else reading the parent's remark and wondering how does one coherently map attack helicopters to gender identity meme.

Wow, now I can't unsee it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Sexually_Identify_as_an_Atta...

[2] https://archive.ph/20200101232918/http://clarkesworldmagazin...

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Re:Is the Attack Helicopter Dead? by JumpCrisscross on Monday October 07, 2024 @11:11PM (#41773505)
I did not know it was based on a short story!
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Re:Is the Attack Helicopter Dead? by dragonwriter on Monday October 07, 2024 @11:18PM (#41773536)
It wasn't based on the short story, the short story is a piece of trans literature that took the transphobic meme (which was around first) and turned it into a powerful work of art (for which fhe creator was literally hounded out of public exposure and into a major mental health crisis largely because of people's kneejerk reaction judging the work by its title.
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