Culture A mister no more: Mr. Potato Head goes gender neutral

A mister no more: Mr. Potato Head goes gender neutral​

https://apnews.com/article/mr-potato-head-goes-gender-neutral-d3c178f2b9b0c424ed814657be41a9d8 (https://archive.vn/8K4Yu)

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.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

Does this mean Mr. Potato Head troons out in Toy Story 5?

 

[Milkis]

Very good! Now he it looks like most gender neutral people.

 

[TowinKarz]

Guess they didn't like making money either...

 

[Stoneheart]

I dont like them putting chemical in the water that turn the fuckn irish gay!

 

[kcbbq]

Women most affected.

(RIP Mrs. Potato Head)

 

[Screw Danlon]

Of all the diversity changes over the years, I genuinely find this one least irritates me - IF it means that both the classic Mr and Mrs Potatohead costuming comes in the same package.

In that case, you’re basically saving money anyway.

 

[neverendingmidi]

Of all the diversity changes over the years, I genuinely find this one least irritates me - IF it means that both the classic Mr and Mrs Potatohead costuming comes in the same package.

In that case, you’re basically saving money anyway.

Nah, they’ll have ugly neon shit in the normal package, and you’ll have to pay for extension packs for the other stuff.

 

[Ged!]

Anyone who has a take on this is awful

 

[kcbbq]

Nah, they’ll have ugly neon shit in the normal package, and you’ll have to pay for extension packs for the other stuff.

Imagine if it was randomized packs like MtG.

"Hey! A holographic set of red lips with A hole for a pope! eBay, here I come!"

 

[Chan the Wizard]

He got his spuds chopped off.
Mrs. Potato Head is reportedly inconsolable.
They say he has a 41% chance of mashing himself in the future.

 

[NerdShamer]

Does this mean Mr. Potato Head troons out in Toy Story 5?

More like that he'll become a nullo and Mrs. Potato Head will be Hir Potato Person.

 

[Banditotron]

I mean you could mix and match your mister and missus potato head parts anyways so it doesn't really matter. It a potato.

 

[BobbyBriggs69420]

"Hasbro said Mr. Potato Head, which has been around for about 70 years, needed a modern makeover."

there was already a mrs. potatohead (that the article mentions in a way that you might miss) so it wasn't like it was too male-centric, people with a memory of mrs. potatohead might just see the intentions here that making a brand new even better toy that's gender-neutral isn't what's wanted, it's not even completely about pleasing troons or twitter faggots its about agitating normal people who recognize the name from their childhood.

 

[GonnaGrill]

Get with the times old man.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

It's pretty cruel, Maa'm Tater Head will have a hard time hanging itself.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

You'll still lose all the parts you need

 

[Tookie]

Dead gay country.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

Wait, was I supposed to get a penis with my Mr Potato Head?

 

[Quixotic Man]

Without the Mr. or Mrs, "Potato Head" sounds like an insult.