July 19, 2020, 01:39 AM
IKEA shark plushie Blåhaj -- pronounced as "Blaha" -- is a creature that has come to embody existential crisis.
Its look of perpetual woe, despite having a full set of sharp teeth, plus the fact that it is mass-manufactured by a furniture chain store for no other reason than maximising profits, has ensured its entry into the annals of popular culture via memes.
These contrasting features of looking menacing and/or dead inside with mouth agape, probably ultimately did one of this plushie sharks in as it underwent some tender cosmetic surgery.
Mouth sewed shut
An elderly granny in Hong Kong took to sewing its jaws shut to make it look more acquiescent -- and like a granny.
阿嬤看見小鯊魚有牙太兇，給封上了 pic.twitter.com/eYRbGkoRab
— 茶茶 (@yeevovIIIII) March 18, 2020
The tweet read: "Granny saw the shark having teeth looking really fierce, stitched them up."
In response, a tweet reply said the shark now looks like a granny too:
In a different life, this would be how the shark plushie would have spent its time:
หวานกว่ากูอี๊กกก pic.twitter.com/QiOSAhjWYq
— THMS- (@thamenat) December 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/tiredezra/status/1190986198615019522
I don’t know who hid sharks all over this Ikea. But please know that i utterly enjoyed trying to find them all. pic.twitter.com/Wepunnq2FX
— Cassandra Jean (@CassandraJP) November 21, 2019
i wish i could be half as cool as ikea shark pic.twitter.com/dNzO3YsV2F
— AKY @35%nibo (@aky_niboshi) November 12, 2019
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