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Liberals make Potatoes Gender Neutral

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Wasn't it Mr. Potato Head who made potatoes into a gender in the first place?

This seems about as dumb as the conservative backlash is going to be. 

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9 minutes ago, OrediggerPoke said:

Honestly, as unnecessary as I think this is...this is brilliant marketing. Mr. Potato Head or Potato Head dolls were on basically nobody's minds.  Now it is all over the news.  Have to give it to the marketers.  Brilliant. 

This. Nobody buys Mr. Potato head toys anymore. Now someone might buy them to make some dumb point. 

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8 minutes ago, OrediggerPoke said:

Honestly, as unnecessary as I think this is...this is brilliant marketing. Mr. Potato Head or Potato Head dolls were on basically nobody's minds.  Now it is all over the news.  Have to give it to the marketers.  Brilliant. 

I wonder how many people will “hate-buy” these to destroy them on social media? Reminds me of Nike signing Kaep to that apparel deal. 

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25 minutes ago, smltwnrckr said:

This. Nobody buys Mr. Potato head toys anymore. Now someone might buy them to make some dumb point. 

This isn’t true. It’s been a very steady and profitable product portfolio for Hasbro. I know this for a fact. 

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12 minutes ago, BSUTOP25 said:

This isn’t true. It’s been a very steady and profitable product portfolio for Hasbro. I know this for a fact. 

Never question a Boise dude about their potato knowledge. Plastic or other. I’d bet Soup has recently learned how to burn said plastic potato... Nose, eye glasses and little attachable feet all in one glorious toxic smoke-laden, ball of fun. 

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Guessing the Toy Story movies have kept Mr AND Mrs Potato Head relevant. 

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This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

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1 hour ago, smltwnrckr said:

Wasn't it Mr. Potato Head who made potatoes into a gender in the first place?

This seems about as dumb as the conservative backlash is going to be. 

imagine pulling for gender roles so hard that you get enraged at the suggestion that a potato isn't a man

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1 hour ago, OrediggerPoke said:

Honestly, as unnecessary as I think this is...this is brilliant marketing. Mr. Potato Head or Potato Head dolls were on basically nobody's minds.  Now it is all over the news.  Have to give it to the marketers.  Brilliant. 

No shit. I remember when Target announced it would no longer label departments based on gender. People got so upset. I told some, actually take it as a compliment. Target believes you are smart enough to know that men's underwear is not next to the rack with bras hanging on it. If you see TVs and other electronics, you don't go there looking for sweaters, right? Sometimes, they got more upset that I was reassuring them of having enough sense.

And it's a potato for f'n sakes. Yeah it's cute that there can be a Mr. & Mrs. couple, but they are potatoes.

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54 minutes ago, BSUTOP25 said:

This isn’t true. It’s been a very steady and profitable product portfolio for Hasbro. I know this for a fact. 

How much of that is Toy Story royalties and associated business?

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8 minutes ago, happycamper said:

imagine pulling for gender roles so hard that you get enraged at the suggestion that a potato isn't a man

I am paid (poorly) to imagine this sort of thing. 

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1 hour ago, SalinasSpartan said:

I wonder how many people will “hate-buy” these to destroy them on social media? Reminds me of Nike signing Kaep to that apparel deal. 

And the videos of the stupid who actually wore them while setting them on fire. Smart people for sure.

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5 minutes ago, DoubleBlueGold said:

No shit. I remember when Target announced it would label departments based on gender any more. People got so upset. I told, actually take it as a compliment. Target believes you are smart enough to know that men's underwear is not next to the rack with bras hanging on it. If you see TVs and other electronics, you don't go looking for sweaters there, right? Some times they got more upset that I was reassuring them of having enough sense.

And it's a potato for f'n sakes. Yeah it's cute that there can be a Mr. & Mrs. couple, but they are potatoes.

it's cloned anyway

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2 hours ago, bsu_alum9 said:

 

 

El oh el. Do you really need to know if a potato is a Mr. or Mrs.? :rotflmfao:

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