poll: what does “thirsty” mean, on the internet?
- horny for sex55%
- horny for attention9%
- either, depending33.8%
- other (pls reply)2.3%
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Replying to @QiaochuYuan @maybegray and @anonymiserly
huh weird urbandictionary says “thirsty” has *both* meanings
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"horny for sex" feels insufficient because someone can act horny without explicitly desiring sex or a sex-like act itself
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also i feel like "sexuality horny" and "attention horny" are often unavoidably intertwined, given that a lot of sexuality is just a thinly veiled cope around peoples' desire for external validation
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okay here’s the actual question i wanted to ask: when you describe a post as a “thirst trap,” is the *poster* the one being thirsty or is the *audience* the one being thirsty? or both?
okay yeah this is what i thought “thirst trap” meant too!
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A thirst trap may catch those thirsty for sex and make them thirsty for the poster's attention
The poster of a thirst trap is trying to trap horny persons, motivation likely to be that they (poster) are craving attention or validation.