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You just can't make this stuff up. Not long ago I would have assumed the story was from the Onion, Babylon Bee, or some other satire site. A mister no more: Mr. Potato Head goes gender neutral
By Associated Press | February 25, 2021 at 11:30 AM CST - Updated February 25 at 11:30 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — Mr. Potato Head is no longer a mister.
Hasbro, the company that makes the potato-shaped plastic toy, is giving the spud a gender-neutral new name: Potato Head.
The change will appear on boxes this year.
Toy makers have been updating their classic brands to appeal to kids today.
Barbie has shed its blonde image and now comes in multiple skin tones and body shapes. Thomas the Tank Engine added more girl characters. And American Girl is now selling a boy doll.
Hasbro said Mr. Potato Head, which has been around for about 70 years, needed a modern makeover.
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That is some phouced up schitt....
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Just ain't Right! This country has gone to chit!
Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
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Are they going to call in LBGT? Head or just Phagg Head?
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Isn't there a "Mrs. Potato Head"??
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Isn't there a "Mrs. Potato Head"?? ......... Yes; if Mr. Potato Head wishes to identify as female. Or get a sex change operation and become the worlds first transgender potato.
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Isn't there a "Mrs. Potato Head"?? I know at one time there was, and a brother and sister potato head.
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How does it even matter his anatomy is already neutral?
I’m just glad the toy company has the pulse of the American conscience and is willing to take on today’s biggest issues.
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I dont think this is to appeal to the kids these days, it is to indoctrinate the kids these days.
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How does it even matter his anatomy is already neutral?
I’m just glad the toy company has the pulse of the American conscience and is willing to take on today’s biggest issues. Probably now will include external genitalia of both sexes to allow for play involving gender reassignment.
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He’s already a negro potato so they got that covered.
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This country is so fuqked.
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How a company thinks this is a good idea is beyond me. Do they think it will sky rocket potato head sales?
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I thought you were talking about Brian Stelter of CNN.
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Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "
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When I was a kid, you got a bunch of accessories (mustache, mouth, nose, ears, glasses, etc.) that were meant to be stuck into a real potato.
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So I'm guessing Mr. Peanut has had it. Mr. Pibb's days are numbered. Crap, I just
checked. Mr. Pibb is already toast.
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When I was a kid, you got a bunch of accessories (mustache, mouth, nose, ears, glasses, etc.) that were meant to be stuck into a real potato. Exactly - that was what made it fun. After I got done messing with it, Mom would peel up the potato with the rest of them for supper. Does anyone else remember a pot metal potato gun - pistol-shaped, stuck the tit at the muzzle into a potato to get a projectile, then pull back on the "trigger", which slid the front of the piece against the back section, creating air pressure which shot the bit of potato out of the muzzle?
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This country is so fuqked. And getting worse
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