Mr Potato Head is no longer a mister (but still a potato)

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Manufacturers Hasbro opt for gender-neutral name as plastic toy gets modern moniker after 70 years

Hasbro created confusion on Thursday when it removed the gender from its Mr Potato Head brand, but not from the actual toy.

 

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okay but y’all know potato isn’t a gender right?

What about Mrs Potato Head? Is she called Potato Head too?

You should call him just harry

FFS

Half baked idea.

I used to enjoy reading articles from the Guardian. They once had journalists with integrity. Now it's turned into a left wing version of the daily fail. Come on folks, be better.

Don't think the misleading headline helps Guardian You're better than this

This is ridiculous

I’ve seen this headlines hundreds of times in a day. You’re being manipulated people.

😂😂

And so are all the people celebrating this nonsense.

If you see the robot you ask who made it because you know that the robot cannot make itself or exist or there and be formed by chance while if you look at the human being who is the most complex in terms of attributes do not ask who made him?say:no god but Allah who makes human.

If you need cheering up today just do a search 'potato head' on twitter there is some really funny stuff out there...... If your a monarchist potato header just search for King Edward?

Does this mean that the version my kids have is anti-woke and that I should buy a new ungendered one ?

Please. I haven't got the energy at 6.46am to hash(brown) this out in the comments. Just wondering if Hasbro are also considering dropping 'bro' from its brand name? I know someone somewhere will be bent up out of shape about it eventually.

Well I'm confused, for sure. What's the difference between the brand and the character?

Excellent, gender equality has finally been achieved. Where shall we move on next?

Is mrs potato head still mrs or is she just a potato?

It identifies as a carrot now..

Brand name changed, not the name of the products representing the character though.

Why would they fucking do that? 🤦🏻‍♂️

mostly pork flavour

This is completely ridiculous

What about Mrs potato head

Mister and miss potatoes before 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 i didn't Know that !!!

Nope. Mr and Mrs Potato are still there according to Hasbro.

Fucking hell..... Too far when yoy start messing with potato's.. Unless you are making chips

Mmmm yes time to be angry about a potato person

This is only appropriate if female potatoes are able to grow luxuriant moustaches

JFC you've slid

Did they realize how funny this headline is?

Watch the reactionary right lose their s*** over this. I mean how many more Alt-Right tears can we stand?! 🙄🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💝

Next week he'll self identify as a carrot.

The subs don't even read the articles.

'Hasbro created confusion on Thursday...' Really, did Hasbro create the confusion or did you guys create it by reporting incorrectly what they clearly said they were doing?

Misleading headline!

Bro who actually gives a fuck

this headline is a blatant lie

If im a tall male and consider myself as a short Napoleon some people would say im psycho but if im male and i consider myself as a female same people would say it’s normal ? Wtf?

All potatoes are the same on the inside

Well I'm going to make a case for other starchy carbohydrates

Why am I not shocked that the Guardian have jumped on this incorrect information prematurely..?

Hasbro Drops ‘Mr.’ From Potato Head’s Brand Name.* Fixed it for you. People are already coming on here and complaining. The headline is super misleading and it seems like it was written to cause outrage. Do better.

It's all plastic, no potato at all.

Seriously? How long before someone decides that Postman Pat should be gender neutral. After all both men and women can be called Pat.

I read this as “... no longer a minister”, briefly overjoyed that the auspol home affairs minister had been dumped.

so they think this will increase sells?

Crazy, the headlines that make you click. 😂

They actually identify as an Angiosperm Nightshade. Did you just assume they’s Genus?

He never had genitals so was never a Mr nor the other one a Mrs ..it's a potato..if you want it to have lipstick and a moustache...go for it.

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Mr. Potato Head needs to grow a pair.

Some similarities with CP-Time's Jay - One of the bests's'

would be more impressed if came out with diff versions representing all kinds of people...trans etc. Well all kinds except trump or scomo.

Thank someone I didn't know about him before.

Idiots

Good for them

good

Are they going to shave his mustaches too?

Up next: Bob the Builder announces he's pansexual and wants to be known as 'Payson'.

Pathetic.

Try stop me from calling him what I want to call him.

And still, erm, a head. So there we go.

Only he is. They’ve renamed the product line ‘Potato Head’ but the toys are still called Mr & Mrs Potato Head.

Slow news day

This is NOT NEWS.

They changed the brand name, not the name of the character! This is a deceptive headline.

You say potato...

Progrez!

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