Mr Potato Head goes gender neutral

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https://news.yahoo.com/mister-no-more-mr-potato-163741315.html

When life is an Onion article...

[Mik]

Well, in fairness the changeover is a lot easier. Changing back, too.

[Loki]

Who buys Mr. Potato Head anymore, this could juice sales.

[jon-nyc]

It’s just the logo. They still want you to buy two. I wouldn’t be surprised if they added a non-binary model so that you could buy three.

[Copper]

Idiots

Male potatoes are different from female potatoes

The logo doesn't change that

[Catseye3]

Well, all I can say is, now that there's a Mrs. Potato Head, I feel a thousand times more liberated.

[Aqua Letifer]

It's a good change. "Female Mr. Potato Head," "Mrs. Mr. Potato Head" etc. just sounds stupid grammatically.

Which, yes, brings me to the old-timey construction of women using their husband's name socially. (e.g., "Mrs. John Doe.") First of all, that's just confusing as hell. Is John differently gendered, or simply a woman? If we're talking about Jane, then why the hell don't we use Jane's actual name?

[Loki]

I thought cross dressing Mr. Potato was a thing back in the day.

[Aqua Letifer]

@loki said in Mr Potato Head goes gender neutral:

I thought cross dressing Mr. Potato was a thing back in the day.

It was. As was using Mr. Potato Head as target practice.

Mine ate a lot of arrows to the face.

[George K]

[Catseye3]

[jon-nyc]

Lol George

[LuFins Dad]

I always suspected Pop & Fresh...

[jon-nyc]

Funny I’ve seen this posted twice - by people on each side of the embedded issues. Both seemed to see it as making fun of the other side.

[Loki]

@jon-nyc said in Mr Potato Head goes gender neutral:

Funny I’ve seen this posted twice - by people on each side of the embedded issues. Both seemed to see it as making fun of the other side.

Like I said before I think back in the day the name of the game for Mr. Potato Head was to make the funniest intersectional creation.

This is all about boosting sales.

[George K]

[George K]

[Loki]

@george-k LOL!

[Mik]

And Mr. Potato Head breaks his silence...