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Post from r/NoStupidQuestions, u/MCthugpocketwatch:
what does doomed yowie mean?
i was talking with my buddy over face time infront of my teenager daughter and her friend, and when we were talking her friend said “doomed yowie” to her and giggled. what does that mean?
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Reply by u/maybetransmaybenot3:
I understand the meaning and sentiment behind what they’re implying. They’re being cheeky but not mean.
You are a man it seems? Your daughter’s dad? And you have a buddy that you like and treasure. Your daughter’s friend is making a joke that there is love between you and your buddy but it will never work out between you… it will never become real romantic healthy love. It’s a popular sentiment online to refer to many things being “doomed love between boys (yaoi, pronounced “yow-ee”) and “doomed love between girls (yuri, pronounced “yu-ree”), about especially absurd things, such as the twin towers being doomed yuri because they were built together, but never touching, and only touched for the first time as they were dying from the plane impacts. And their proximity to each other is what brought upon their mutual annihilation… what is what it means to be doomed.
Found in this BlueSky thread.
I often see reductionist takes of love between guys like this and it’s been annoying me. It’s an eradication of brotherly love imo. I get that people don’t want to appear gay so they don’t express or develop love between their bros to the extent that it’s possible, but that doesn’t mean that any expression is then a romantic expression.
Yes I get this is a kid saying it in the post, also a a joke, and it’s very possible that every example I’ve seen online is also from kids, but it’s been irksome. Go hug your bro and tell em you love them, it’s okay to do.