Nah its mainly because of 4chan. Traps are another word for hermaphrodites. So it comes up in situations where someone posts what seems to be a picture of a hot girl but shes really got a penis. Trap.
It’s a shame that a slang-term for hermaphrodites is being used in such negative humor. Smacks of homophobia to me. I’m not saying anyone is or is not gay. Trans-gendered people are too often associated with homophobia.
Some of that hasn’t come out quite right.
I’m trying to stand up against the de-humanization of transgendered (gay, straight or indifferent, for that matter) people—simply because ‘they’ may be different or we don’t understand them.
I will get off my soapbox now. Thank you for your brief attention. Remember ‘people’ may come in more shapes and sizes than exist in your philosophy.
My friends and I were quoting it in back in high school, when the internet was just a bunch of academics. Of course, we also the types who played the Star Wars role-playing game during lunch period, so it probably was 4chan that made it popular.
Wow.. I just realized that I said “Captain Ackbar” instead of “Admiral Ackbar.” That was a slip—we used to call my uncle “Captain Akbar” (his name was Akbar and he was a Captain). You can see a picture of him here: http://www.historyofpia.com/legends11.htm
Heh… that was funny…. “Captain Ackbar…” ha ha ha… its a trap!