'Since bisexuality is such a big tent, we're seeing kind of like this very particular bisexual subculture spring through the internet,' said Pappalardo. A 'bi chair' was even designed by a Brazilian artist and then actually made by a father from Iowa. It's a great example of something that started off as a joke, then went viral to the point of it now being a part of this culture of silly inside jokes and shared history among a growing bisexual community. That one specific video is one of several. The hashtag #bisexual has more than 16 billion views on TikTok, more than 11 million posts on Instagram - and one video on YouTube titled 'How Bisexuals Sit' has more than 800,000 views. Pappalardo credits Reductress' bisexual contributors for the site's most popular posts about bisexuality, and they note that several other memes are born out of social media. 'You know, it's just these little things, and really just pointing out the nuances of identity that are fun and relatable, and let people laugh at themselves and their own culture.' 'Clearly, the fundamental nature of bisexuality is cuffed jeans and a beanie,' said Sarah Pappalardo, co-founder and editor of the satirical news site Reductress. To be bisexual is to be attracted to multiple types of people - men, women and nonbinary folks.īut if you explore enough bisexual spaces online, being bi also jokingly means ordering your coffee with oat milk, wearing combat boots and denim jackets and for some reason not being able to sit in a chair.

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