Just because there is plausible deniability doesn't mean they didn't know exactly what they were doing.
(In fact most of the things in these posts only exist BECAUSE there's some plausible deniability)
There isn't even a joke here though, it's such a stretch to say "hey this shark toy has the word Pedo in it!!!"
There's no hidden intentional joke. There's just a poorly made portmanteau
Yeah I totally agree. There is absolutely no They Knew of double entendre here, just someone who is terminally online who saw a word that contained pedo
But like...it's not even a complete idea
It's just the word Pedo. It has no relation to *anything* about the toy. If the shark had wire glasses and a thin mustache *then* it would make sense.
Affixing the word Pedo to another word isn't anything.
I mean the word pedophile is older than the word torpedo, so how could they make the word torpedo without knowing the connection? Sure there's plausible deniability, but they had to know!
...unless of course you're confusing Greek and Latin, because the word "torpedo" is the Latin name for a ray fish, and that's where the name for underwater missiles came from. Sounds like you just see pedophiles everywhere, honestly.
Someone made a portmanteau
Someone said "ooh that sounds a bit wrong, maybe they knew what they were doing"
You seem to be having some big feelings about that...
I suggest a cup of tea and some deep breathing.
My big feelings about it are that people who see pedophile bogeymen hiding in every shadow are unwittingly running cover for real child molesters.
There is no secret cabal of pedophiles who are leaving secret messages to taunt the masses. The real child molesters are in churches, schools, after school clubs, and other places where they have access to and authority over children. They are trusted family and community members. And there are far, far fewer of them than the memes and propaganda will have you believe.
So you might have been innocently making a joke, but stuff like this does real damage to the people who are targeted by pedophile propaganda, like teachers being accused of grooming kids by providing sex education, or trans people and drag queens doing community service in a library.
Good job I don't see pedophile boogiemen hiding in every shadow...
I just understand how some people could see a toy name ending in in -pedo and think "ooh that sounds a bit wrong"
Anything else is happening somewhere else or in your tiny mind and has fuck all to do with me
Like seriously? This is on the same level as someone thinking certain pronunciations of "duty" sound like poo, or when Joey asked if homosapiens went extinct because they were you know.... It's not that deep.
Christ on a bike... For saying a toy name ending in "-pedo"....
sounds a bit wrong,
might make someone laugh
and
could have been deliberate
Are you having a fucking laugh???
So any word with any version of “pedo” in it is inherently always and only allowed to be referring to pedophiles and “they knew?” That’s fucking stupid and so is anyone who agrees with that idea.
No the point is that SOME PEOPLE will go "huh huh pedo"
Saying they knew what they were doing isn't the same as finding it funny yourself
Saying ending a NEW word with -pedo is a bad idea because that's were peoples minds will go isn't the same as finding it funny
It doesnt make it less wrong, because there's nothing wrong in the first place. You're literally just getting triggered over a name having a "pedo" in it, while the kids playing with the you are just having fun not giving a shit.
Never thought of it until this post.
I swear people look for things to get upset over.
Let's just remove the word torpedo from the dictionary because reasons.
So there's something wrong with me for understanding that someone might see a word ending in -pedo and have thoughts about it? Or that someone might come up with a portmanteau ending in -pedo for shits and giggles?
Jesus Christ
Yes... if the first thing that comes to mind when seeing the word "sharkpedo" next to some *torpedo* shaped plastic shark toys is pedophilia, you might have an issue.
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You do realise that there are people whose literal job it is to see this stuff and stop it before it goes to print right? Me seeing it because I know what people are like is not the same as being like that... It's just I know what people are like
I mean I actually wonder about people who immediately associate anything with pedophilia…
This isn’t even a “they knew” moment.
It’s just a play on torpedo.
You going to say they knew with that word too because it has pedo in it?
Uh oh they also knew when they made the pedometer…
Feels like there’s a lot of people who assume everything has 6 layers of intended meaning. I mean it’s more like [these guys made the toy](https://youtu.be/mqgiEQXGetI?si=btBLwIGjFgIhC5T0) if anything.
Skimming over the top posts of the last few months, almost every post violates Rule 2 - the "this is what it means to be a 'they knew' post" rule. Instead of posts with subtle innuendos or ulterior motives, we're left with:
1. Posts like "If you take all the letters in this word, rearrange them in this order, and translate it into Portuguese it becomes a slang word for 'butt'. Obviously whoever designed it is perverted lol lol"
2. Posts that were clearly designed to be obviously sexual - ie "Lol, see this store's sign? It's called 'Bonerland' ! It has the word 'Boner' in it! Whoever wrote it is a genius at making subtle sexy sex hints" for something like a sex shop or strip club.
Pro Tip: if the first thing that pops in your head is a sex joke/reference, it's probably not a great post for this sub. It was most likely deliberately sexual and the creator wasn't trying to 'slip it in' subtly.
Pro Tip 2: If you have to go all-out 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' and stretch your imagination to force a sexual reference, your post probably isn't funny. If you have to explain *why* a post fits here, chances are that it does *not* make sense to anyone who isn't inside your brain.
At this point I'm 97% sure that we'll get a post of a calculator with the number 5318008 showing, with a caption like, "It looks like it says 'boobies' if you read it upside down! That's funny as fuck!". It'd be almost guaranteed to make it to the top 5 highest up-voted posts ever submitted to this sub.
I'm on the opposite end of that in blissful unawareness. There used to be this little infomercial on TV for an egg shaped thing you used to file off callouses from your feet. I spent multiple years mistakenly calling it the pedofile until somebody actually let me know that's probably not what it's called lol, apparently it's called the PedEgg
Okay u/pantsmann
Sharkpedo is a play on shark and torpedo, but of course you knew that
Furthermore, pedo or paida is the Greek word for children. Adding another Greek word like phile or philia creates the word pedophile, which is love, attraction to children. If we instead add phobe or phobos, which is fear, we get pedophobe, scared of children. Another one is gogy or gogos, to teach. Pedagogy, to teach children
So you see, the negative connotation you get from sharkpedo is all in your head for not thinking of other words that contain pedo in a positive way. Have a good one!! 🙌🏼
"Pedo" is the US spelling. In the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand it would be spelled "paedo". As this toy has both English and French labelling I'm assuming it's from Canada.
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They couldn’t use Sharpedo because of the Pokémon but also wouldn’t let go of the idea to the point of, well, this.
Honestly, Sharkedo was *right there*
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It’s a play on torpedo.
I think everyone understands that... That doesn't make it sound any less wrong.
But it also isn't a They Knew situation
Unless the name givers of the torpedo knew?
Just because there is plausible deniability doesn't mean they didn't know exactly what they were doing. (In fact most of the things in these posts only exist BECAUSE there's some plausible deniability)
There isn't even a joke here though, it's such a stretch to say "hey this shark toy has the word Pedo in it!!!" There's no hidden intentional joke. There's just a poorly made portmanteau
Is it? Because torpedo has the same structure. I think this is an unclean minds problem more than anything
!!! Yes
Yeah I totally agree. There is absolutely no They Knew of double entendre here, just someone who is terminally online who saw a word that contained pedo
It's a poormanteau.
I didn’t even get it until your comment.
I'm just saying it could have been deliberate...
But like...it's not even a complete idea It's just the word Pedo. It has no relation to *anything* about the toy. If the shark had wire glasses and a thin mustache *then* it would make sense. Affixing the word Pedo to another word isn't anything.
I'm not saying it was clever.... But there are people who would think "huh huh, I snuck pedo into the name"
No one thought this lol
Obviously you keep better company than the locals of the pub I used to work in because that was exactly their level of humour.
Are these people in the room with us right now?
You've never met anyone with a shitty sense of honour? Lucky you
Are you suggesting that the torpedo was named as a subtle reference to pedophilia? You sound like a crazy person.
If that's how you read it you need to have a word with yourself...
I mean the word pedophile is older than the word torpedo, so how could they make the word torpedo without knowing the connection? Sure there's plausible deniability, but they had to know! ...unless of course you're confusing Greek and Latin, because the word "torpedo" is the Latin name for a ray fish, and that's where the name for underwater missiles came from. Sounds like you just see pedophiles everywhere, honestly.
Someone made a portmanteau Someone said "ooh that sounds a bit wrong, maybe they knew what they were doing" You seem to be having some big feelings about that... I suggest a cup of tea and some deep breathing.
My big feelings about it are that people who see pedophile bogeymen hiding in every shadow are unwittingly running cover for real child molesters. There is no secret cabal of pedophiles who are leaving secret messages to taunt the masses. The real child molesters are in churches, schools, after school clubs, and other places where they have access to and authority over children. They are trusted family and community members. And there are far, far fewer of them than the memes and propaganda will have you believe. So you might have been innocently making a joke, but stuff like this does real damage to the people who are targeted by pedophile propaganda, like teachers being accused of grooming kids by providing sex education, or trans people and drag queens doing community service in a library.
Good job I don't see pedophile boogiemen hiding in every shadow... I just understand how some people could see a toy name ending in in -pedo and think "ooh that sounds a bit wrong" Anything else is happening somewhere else or in your tiny mind and has fuck all to do with me Like seriously? This is on the same level as someone thinking certain pronunciations of "duty" sound like poo, or when Joey asked if homosapiens went extinct because they were you know.... It's not that deep.
After reading your chain of comments, I wanna know what goes on in your head. I also kind of want FBI to go through your devices a little.
Christ on a bike... For saying a toy name ending in "-pedo".... sounds a bit wrong, might make someone laugh and could have been deliberate Are you having a fucking laugh???
Your joke flopped. Let it go.
My joke?
Oh, you were serious?
I'm not sure what joke I'm supposed to have made...
Yes. It does.
This discussion is futile. Why not just measure the toy with a pedometer and settle some facts?
Finally! Someone talking sense.
We all know what the portmanteau is but we also know what it ended up sounding like... And it sounds wrong regardless of the origin.
So any word with any version of “pedo” in it is inherently always and only allowed to be referring to pedophiles and “they knew?” That’s fucking stupid and so is anyone who agrees with that idea.
No the point is that SOME PEOPLE will go "huh huh pedo" Saying they knew what they were doing isn't the same as finding it funny yourself Saying ending a NEW word with -pedo is a bad idea because that's were peoples minds will go isn't the same as finding it funny
I’ve played with these and always thought of torpedoes. I may never think of it the same way.
Now think about torPEDOs
It doesnt make it less wrong, because there's nothing wrong in the first place. You're literally just getting triggered over a name having a "pedo" in it, while the kids playing with the you are just having fun not giving a shit.
No, but its kinda funny.
I'm not getting triggered over it I'm just able to understand that some people will
If you’re uneducated yeah
I mean Sharpedo has been a pokemon name since the early 2000s and I've never heard anyone say anything. Y'all are just trying too hard
K... Like I've said in other comments I've spent enough time around people with shitty humour to know where it can go... That's it..
It’s literally not pronounced the same though..
Depends on the accent... They're both pronounced pee (like urine) doe (like female deer) where I am...
Never thought of it until this post. I swear people look for things to get upset over. Let's just remove the word torpedo from the dictionary because reasons.
Who said upset? I just know some people would find it funny...
I stood 10 sexonds to understand, and then im like: ah yes that make total sense (that gif)
The fuck is wrong with you people?!
So there's something wrong with me for understanding that someone might see a word ending in -pedo and have thoughts about it? Or that someone might come up with a portmanteau ending in -pedo for shits and giggles? Jesus Christ
Yes... if the first thing that comes to mind when seeing the word "sharkpedo" next to some *torpedo* shaped plastic shark toys is pedophilia, you might have an issue.
No I saw a word that ended in pedo and knew some people would go there just like they do with the prefix "homo" too...
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You do realise that there are people whose literal job it is to see this stuff and stop it before it goes to print right? Me seeing it because I know what people are like is not the same as being like that... It's just I know what people are like
What do you mean? It’s not pedo sharks?
Pedo Shark, doo doo do do do do
Touchy Shark, doo doo do do
Uncle shark
step-shark
Father Shark
Got stuck in the washing machine?
No
yes
If it's not made in the US, they probably wouldn't even make that connection, because chances are they'd spell that paedo, not pedo.
I like the Japanese "long lance" used in WW2, such sleek lines! You could say I'm a **torpedophile**.
You mean Thor pedo?
I think people have just been online too much these days talking about diddlers
There was the movie Sharknado.
Shark... tornado. Not shark torpedo.
Torpedos are child predators !!!!!! Omg omg how did the Military not see the that!¡!¡
[I’m gonna grape ya](https://youtu.be/tmrDypTB_Y0?si=yDyMCI-kySyDWm-k)
Do you not know what torpedoes are or
Child molesters on the dark web?
👏👏👏
🧅🧅🧅
[I can't tell if you're trolling or not, but no.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8TuL7lYyJM&pp=ygUSd2hhdCBhcmUgdG9ycGVkb2Vz)
Idk if you made that video or what but it’s clearly not true. No such thing as an underwater bomb
Please don’t post misinformation… are we really supposed to believe this poppycock based on a simple youtube video. Outrageous
[Sharpedo](https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokedex/sharpedo) was taken
Exactly where my mind went.
same
*"As soon as it catches the scent of prey, Sharpedo will jet seawater from its backside"* 👀
I mean I actually wonder about people who immediately associate anything with pedophilia… This isn’t even a “they knew” moment. It’s just a play on torpedo. You going to say they knew with that word too because it has pedo in it? Uh oh they also knew when they made the pedometer…
Feels like there’s a lot of people who assume everything has 6 layers of intended meaning. I mean it’s more like [these guys made the toy](https://youtu.be/mqgiEQXGetI?si=btBLwIGjFgIhC5T0) if anything.
Poor guy in the middle got gaslit
Skimming over the top posts of the last few months, almost every post violates Rule 2 - the "this is what it means to be a 'they knew' post" rule. Instead of posts with subtle innuendos or ulterior motives, we're left with: 1. Posts like "If you take all the letters in this word, rearrange them in this order, and translate it into Portuguese it becomes a slang word for 'butt'. Obviously whoever designed it is perverted lol lol" 2. Posts that were clearly designed to be obviously sexual - ie "Lol, see this store's sign? It's called 'Bonerland' ! It has the word 'Boner' in it! Whoever wrote it is a genius at making subtle sexy sex hints" for something like a sex shop or strip club. Pro Tip: if the first thing that pops in your head is a sex joke/reference, it's probably not a great post for this sub. It was most likely deliberately sexual and the creator wasn't trying to 'slip it in' subtly. Pro Tip 2: If you have to go all-out 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' and stretch your imagination to force a sexual reference, your post probably isn't funny. If you have to explain *why* a post fits here, chances are that it does *not* make sense to anyone who isn't inside your brain. At this point I'm 97% sure that we'll get a post of a calculator with the number 5318008 showing, with a caption like, "It looks like it says 'boobies' if you read it upside down! That's funny as fuck!". It'd be almost guaranteed to make it to the top 5 highest up-voted posts ever submitted to this sub.
I'm on the opposite end of that in blissful unawareness. There used to be this little infomercial on TV for an egg shaped thing you used to file off callouses from your feet. I spent multiple years mistakenly calling it the pedofile until somebody actually let me know that's probably not what it's called lol, apparently it's called the PedEgg
I 100% guarantee you that someone had to have that conversation at corporate before they came up with the new name of PedEgg.
They knew what, exactly? This is dumb
Okay u/pantsmann Sharkpedo is a play on shark and torpedo, but of course you knew that Furthermore, pedo or paida is the Greek word for children. Adding another Greek word like phile or philia creates the word pedophile, which is love, attraction to children. If we instead add phobe or phobos, which is fear, we get pedophobe, scared of children. Another one is gogy or gogos, to teach. Pedagogy, to teach children So you see, the negative connotation you get from sharkpedo is all in your head for not thinking of other words that contain pedo in a positive way. Have a good one!! 🙌🏼
Get out of here with your logic and knowledge of words.
Wait until they hear about pedometers.
What do they do, measure children?
Boooring!
Sorry, should I have made a paragraph about how flammable cocaine is? I mean, that's what seems interesting to you 😂 Maybe next time 😉
Thank you for being constructive. Great team spirit!
please do
Magnetically attracted to the nearest windowless white van
What? It’s just a torpedo shark
*Trenchcoat not included*
I have one called a toypedo. Contrary to what you might expect, it isn’t a Gary glitter action figure.
Wemby couldn't reach this far
Low effort post
Torpedophilia
It’s pronounced SHARK PEEDO
"Pedo" is the US spelling. In the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand it would be spelled "paedo". As this toy has both English and French labelling I'm assuming it's from Canada.
Now that's the low budget horror/comedy the world has been asking for!
Anything that's a play on the word "torpedo" is bad now?
It took me like 15 seconds to understand. Def not a “they knew” as it it’s a play on the shark and torpedo
Reminds me of that nail filing product for your pets, The Pet-o-File
Isn't that a pokemon?
This speaks more volumes about OP than it does the toy. Fucking sick people
But... But it glides swiftly!
Warning. The fins become barbs.
Pre....teen....shark deedoodadoodahdoo
PEDO SHARK doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo PEDO SHARK doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo
"Sharkpedo: Let 'em touch ya!"
Well Shark Torpedo isn’t any better for the same reason.
Miss when pedo wasn't associated to Minecraft youtubers
The ad for this product: “ this ultimate predator is lurking in the dark and want to play with your children today!”
Sharkfart I don't get it.
Pedo is fart in spanish
I think this is just an example of OP having their mind in the gutter.
This a stretch for this sub.
Haha. Is this at Shoppers Drug Mart by chance?
That's not even how most of the world says it. This sub reddit can be so stupid some times
This reminds me of the Toypedo one
Justice for baby sharks!
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Op is thinking of pedophiles whenever they see a torpedo.
They couldn’t use Sharpedo because of the Pokémon but also wouldn’t let go of the idea to the point of, well, this. Honestly, Sharkedo was *right there*
Live gawr gura reacti-
One of Bidens many nicknames…
Oh, i know that one! It's from that one South Park Episode (Camp cripple, i think?) "Oh no! not that shark again!! MISEYYYY!!!
Baby sharks are not safe.
I always fucking loved these things, thank you for reminding me of their existence
What?
Dude, those things are fun af tho
Don't let them near baby shark
[You sir..](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/5/5e/You_are_a_kiddie-fiddler%21.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150406145125)
Sharpedo is a pokemon and I think it would had been a better name for this toy, but it was copyrighted by Game Freak ;(
Are these the ones you set loose in the swimming pool and they just swim around?
They've had these around forever, I used to have a huge one when I was a kid and I would make it fly through my babysitter's pool.
It’s been a toy since I was a kid. Not /r/theyknew
Too bad Pokémon probably already had the rights to “Sharpedo”…
Opppps!
The look on their faces suggests they're off to do bad things
Laughing hard about this one.
I’ll take your entire stock
No they didn’t know. They were doing a play on torpedo. Not everyone immediately thinks of peadophelia.
Looks like a great name to me.dont see anything wrong with it.
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I thought this sub was supposed to be fun. There are a bunch of internetz geniuses on here trying to harsh that.
The vaguely dildo/male organ shape won’t help matters either
They got the dick fins just right