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Boomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren't Real (futurism.com)
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[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Kinda wishin I knew what a thirst trap was..

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Good-looking person, usually dressed and/or posing provocatively. Often includes engagement-bait-type caption.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A thirst trap is specifically attraction as bait

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Thanks, Ive literally never heard this term till today

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Someone is "thirsty" for sex. A woman (or a broad approximation there of) exploits that thirst, hence "trap".

The "woman" is the thirst trap. Woman is in quotes, because it's almost always not a woman, but a bot, or one of many accounts run by scammers.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago

A sexually suggestive picture

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where lions ambush gazelles when they go to the water hole

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Where lions ambush gazelles when they go to the water hole

Ah, see this is the explanation I needed