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Post by Cyno on Feb 25, 2021 19:51:36 GMT -5
So basically, people misinterpreted Hasbro changing the general brand of the toy to "Potato Head" without changing the names of the individual Mr. Potato Head and Mrs. Potato Heads toys as some sort of culture war flashpoint.
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Post by Ash Kingston on Feb 25, 2021 19:56:22 GMT -5
So basically, people misinterpreted Hasbro changing the general brand of the toy to "Potato Head" without changing the names of the individual Mr. Potato Head and Mrs. Potato Heads toys as some sort of culture war flashpoint. As is tradition.
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Post by wildojinx on Feb 25, 2021 19:59:41 GMT -5
Potato Head sounds like a second-tier Fat Wreck Chords band from the 90s.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2021 19:59:47 GMT -5
It'll never cease to amaze me how often trying to be more inclusive causes people to be outraged. If someone wants to create Enby Potato Head & Their Lesbian Partner, what's wrong with that?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2021 20:16:01 GMT -5
You see we need to go back to the good old days where real men uses real potato for their Mr. Potato Head instead of that sissy plastic crap
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 25, 2021 21:25:11 GMT -5
Legitimately question how much Potato Head and similar toys kids even play with anymore. Even say like action figures seem way more geared toward collectors. Kids play with video games, phones etc now.
All that said, this seems like something no one was asking for that at the same time is just sort of a benign gesture anyway.
The usual suspects and grifters will make noise about this and give Hasbro PR with their fake outrage and then it'll go quiet.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball☝🏻 on Feb 25, 2021 21:55:22 GMT -5
We’ve gotta be close to running out of things in the world now...
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Feb 25, 2021 22:28:28 GMT -5
You see we need to go back to the good old days where real men uses real potato for their Mr. Potato Head instead of that sissy plastic crap Could be worse, we could use actual tomatoes instead. Mr. Tomato Head might be kinda messy, but that's only 'cause he's ripe.
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Post by Heartbreaker on Feb 25, 2021 22:36:53 GMT -5
Gotta love outrage culture. Getting angry over something that doesn't affect you (a children's toy) and not even bothering to read the whole story.
People just love being angry today, don't they? What a miserable way to live your life, implying you'll even have a long one because you're constantly mad over a changing world.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 25, 2021 22:39:38 GMT -5
Yay, culture war shit!
Always love hearing from the sad and lonely f***ups who want to tell us how the current generation's doing life wrong.
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Post by "Cane Dewey" Johnson on Feb 25, 2021 22:59:16 GMT -5
I still have hope for Dr. Potato Head.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 25, 2021 23:00:44 GMT -5
I still have hope for Dr. Potato Head. Dude, if he doesn't put the work into his dissertation, it's never gonna happen.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 25, 2021 23:23:50 GMT -5
Legitimately question how much Potato Head and similar toys kids even play with anymore. Even say like action figures seem way more geared toward collectors. Kids play with video games, phones etc now. All that said, this seems like something no one was asking for that at the same time is just sort of a benign gesture anyway. The usual suspects and grifters will make noise about this and give Hasbro PR with their fake outrage and then it'll go quiet. Toys aimed at younger kids like Potato Head usually is still get played with. I mean not that Potato Head hasn't gotten on the collector craze too.
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Post by Perd on Feb 26, 2021 0:13:29 GMT -5
How about we make a change that allows to keep the original spirit of ghe toy, while aso leaving open the possibility for self discovery and call it “Mr. Potato Head?”.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Feb 26, 2021 0:20:22 GMT -5
The only reason big companies do this is to deflect from the real issues. Glad this was a non-story. Now Hasbro can focus on paying its staff a living wage, perhaps ...
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Post by xCompackx on Feb 26, 2021 1:13:07 GMT -5
I'll say to this what I say to every other move like it; any effort to further erode these weird as shit social stigmas against doing things you're not "supposed" to do because of your gender is a good thing and I happily support it.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Feb 26, 2021 10:12:51 GMT -5
Alright, standard reminder that no LGBT people actually asked for this, and none of us actually care, the only people offended are the ones screeching about SJWs.
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Post by DoubleDare on Feb 26, 2021 11:33:48 GMT -5
I think the individual ones, should still have Mr & Mrs in the main logo. The family pack, yea that makes sense it would just be Potatohead.
Honestly the company should've just put these out without an announcement, it comes off like they want brownie points for doing this. Me, I'm in my 30s so I could care less as why would I be buying this product (I don't have a kid either)
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Post by Cyno on Feb 26, 2021 13:03:52 GMT -5
I think the individual ones, should still have Mr & Mrs in the main logo. The family pack, yea that makes sense it would just be Potatohead. Honestly the company should've just put these out without an announcement, it comes off like they want brownie points for doing this. Me, I'm in my 30s so I could care less as why would I be buying this product (I don't have a kid either) That's exactly what's happening, though.
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Post by pinja on Feb 26, 2021 13:13:00 GMT -5
In kindergarten we handcrafted potato kings. There were no potato queens, just kings. I guess it was a convenient way to symbolically overcome the patriarchy by throwing it into boiling hot water and eating it. Are Potato Heads the loyal subjects of the potato king? And how do they make out with each other? 8(
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