if it’s the thing I’m thinking of, it’s this fucking invertible nightmare thing that’s either happy or angry, being marketed to the youths specifically as a way to indicate to your partner if you’re in a good mood or bad mood
instead of… communicating with each other
or approaching problems as a team
or asking each other for space
because nothing bestows a sense of agency, understanding, and partnership in a relationship like cranking up self-infantilization
normally I’d blame the straights but this insidious little fucker seems to go as deep as the rot
if there’s like a better raisin deeter for these to exist, I’m all ears and willing to amend my vitriol
but based on their explicitly-stated marketing and the cringe deluge of tiktokery adjacent, I loathe them and think they either streamline a fundamental societal failure or indicate an existing one. those little fuckers really blast my biscuits.
today’s sus is brought to you by miyazaki grandparent-types apparently