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

[arista]

[Manufacturers Hasbro opt for gender-neutral brand name
Company says Mr and Mrs Potato Head characters will still exist
Hasbro created confusion on Thursday when it removed
the gender from its Mr Potato Head brand, but not from the actual toy.

The company, which has been making the
potato-shaped plastic toy for nearly 70 years,
announced Thursday morning that it was
dropping “Mr” from the brand in an effort
to make sure “all feel welcome in the Potato Head world”.
That set off a social media frenzy over the beloved toy.

Later that afternoon, Hasbro clarified in
a tweet that the Mr and Mrs Potato Head
characters will still exist, names and all,
but the branding on the box will say “Potato Head”.]


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This Woke Madness

[Niamh.]

:laugh2:

[Rob!]

I love how people have decided this is another “snowflake” issue when the truth is more likely that’s it’s cheaper to produce a nowhere near as popular as it used to be toy with no discernible features and let the kids make it either male or female with the parts.

[Smithy]

https://twitter.com/hasbro/status/1365038178814590995?s=21

Looks like you’ve posted FAKE NEWS arista

[Livia]

Now when "women" can sometimes produce sperm, and "men" sometimes can produce eggs, let's not have anything gender specific in case we insult the 0.01% of the population that this might affect.

[arista]

https://twitter.com/hasbro/status/1365038178814590995?s=21

Looks like you’ve posted FAKE NEWS arista


The heading came from the Guardian
not me.


Your thread got Deleted
Smithy King of Fake Threads

[Smithy]

What thread? The one that said (Rumour)?

As Josy said, it was valid because it was a rumour

You clearly just post whatever FAKE NEWS you see online without fact checking

[Livia]

The heading came from the Guardian
not me.


Your thread got Deleted
Smithy King of Fake Threads

It's also up on the BBC news website.

[Jake.]

...it literally says “Mr/Mrs” on the box

[Livia]

...it literally says “Mr/Mrs” on the box


https://www.todaysparent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mr-potato-head-gender-neutral-1280x720-766x431.jpg

[Jake.]

https://www.todaysparent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mr-potato-head-gender-neutral-1280x720-766x431.jpg

That’s not the same as the one posted above, and it looks like that’s a bigger/ “family” box

It’s not going to say “Mr & Mrs & Child Potato Head”

[Smithy]

...it literally says “Mr/Mrs” on the box

In 5 languages too :skull:

[Smithy]

Hablo espanol puta??

[Jake.]

In 5 languages too :skull:

More “Mr/Mrs” than ever before and people still complain!

[arista]

What thread? The one that said (Rumour)?

As Josy said, it was valid because it was a rumour

You clearly just post whatever FAKE NEWS you see online without fact checking


It's Front Page


Early on Josy, backed you thread
but after
after while
it got PADLOCKED


Bliss

[Smithy]

It's Front Page


Early on Josy, backed you thread
but after
after while
it got PADLOCKED


Bliss

Front page =/= FACT

HASBRO have said MR & MRS Potato Head are staying
FACT

FAKE NEWS THREAD
AGAIN

[hijaxers]

Mr potato head becomes a U Tuber :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Mr potato head becomes a U Tuber :laugh:

:joker:

[AnnieK]

It's Front Page


Early on Josy, backed you thread
but after
after while
it got PADLOCKED


Bliss

It got locked because of bickering, nothing to do with the thread title Arista :nono:

As well you know

[arista]

Front page =/= FACT

HASBRO have said MR & MRS Potato Head are staying
FACT

FAKE NEWS THREAD
AGAIN


https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/feb/25/mr-potato-head-no-longer-a-mister-gender-neutral

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mr-potato-head-gender-neutral-toy-b1807725.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9302995/Piers-Morgan-launches-furious-rant-Mr-Potato-Head-gender-neutral.html


https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/mr-potato-head-becomes-potato-head-after-going-gender-neutral/


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-25/mr-potato-head-goes-gender-neutral-with-retooling-by-hasbro


Its in the news today.
Smithy

[AnnieK]

All it is is a re-brand. Not sure why its even making the headlines. :shrug:

The individual toys are still Mr and Mrs - they have just a more generic brand name (which makes more sense considering there was always a mr and mrs)

[arista]

All it is is a re-brand. Not sure why its even making the headlines. :shrug:

The individual toys are still Mr and Mrs - they have just a more generic brand name (which makes more sense considering there was always a mr and mrs)


They are loving Worldwide media
going on about it.

[Samm]

Another issue that trans people literally don't care about lol and this is just used for fuel for right wingers "snowflake!!!" jibes. just stop killing trans people please.

[Niamh.]

Another issue that trans people literally don't care about lol and this is just used for fuel for right wingers "snowflake!!!" jibes. just stop killing trans people please.

Who is killing trans people though?

[Smithy]

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/feb/25/mr-potato-head-no-longer-a-mister-gender-neutral

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mr-potato-head-gender-neutral-toy-b1807725.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9302995/Piers-Morgan-launches-furious-rant-Mr-Potato-Head-gender-neutral.html


https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/mr-potato-head-becomes-potato-head-after-going-gender-neutral/


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-25/mr-potato-head-goes-gender-neutral-with-retooling-by-hasbro


Its in the news today.
Smithy

Did you even read the headlines?

LBC: Mr Potato Head isn’t going anywhere', Hasbro says after gender neutral move

Independent: Toy company also assures fans ‘Mr Potato Head isn’t going anywhere’

Guardian: Company says Mr and Mrs Potato Head characters will still exist

[Jake.]

Who is killing trans people though?

At least 350 trans people were killed in 2020 alone

[Niamh.]

At least 350 trans people were killed in 2020 alone

Did you know 287 of those deaths were in South and Central America? There seems to be a huge problem over there in general with violence. Violence against women and sex workers especially is also very very high. I don't think outside of these countries there is an epidemic of trans people being murdered (which is good news)

[Smithy]

Numbers are always very sketchy when it comes to trans deaths, it’s more important to look at violence against trans people as a whole which is a much more worrying figure

[Niamh.]

Numbers are always very sketchy when it comes to trans deaths, it’s more important to look at violence against trans people as a whole which is a much more worrying figure

I don't think this is correct actually. Violence against trans people in South or Central America will probably have different factors/causes than violence against trans people in the UK or Europe in general. Like I said violence in general is a huge problem in South and Central American cities, a massive number of trans people were murdered there yes but also a massive number of women were murdered there and in both these groups of people a lot were sex workers, they're always more at risk of violence

[Smithy]

I’m talking about Globally though not just C/S America

[Niamh.]

I’m talking about Globally though not just C/S America

How many transpeople were murdered in the UK in 2020 for instance?

[Smithy]

One person is too many

The point is that articles like this push an anti trans narrative when trans people are already suffering

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/17/trans-people-twice-as-likely-to-be-victims-of-in-england-and-wales

[Niamh.]

One person is too many

The point is that articles like this push an anti trans narrative when trans people are already suffering

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/17/trans-people-twice-as-likely-to-be-victims-of-in-england-and-wales

Good job the answer is Zero then

[Jake.]

Good job the answer is Zero then

How do you know that?

It’s not just about death - violence also, and articles like this really push an anti-trans narrative

[Smithy]

Good job the answer is Zero then

Just because it hasn’t been reported doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened, like I said numbers are very sketchy when it comes to these sorts of issues :shrug:

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed to FactCheck that “it is not possible to identify transgender victims in current homicide statistics” and “the sex of a homicide victim is determined by the police force that records the crime”.

In other words, there is not yet an official, standardised method for recording the deaths of trans people across the UK. The ONS told FactCheck they are working across government to “develop clear harmonised standards” for collecting data on sex and gender.

[Niamh.]

How do you know that?

It’s not just about death - violence also, and articles like this really push an anti-trans narrative

The same way you got your figure?

I'm not getting into an argument about the article, it's a stupid article whether it's true or not. I simply wanted to know about the pretty big statement Samm made that turns out is pretty disingenuous.

[Niamh.]

Just because it hasn’t been reported doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened, like I said numbers are very sketchy when it comes to these sorts of issues :shrug:

You don't think a murder would be reported?

[Smithy]

You don't think a murder would be reported?

Did you read the quote

the sex of a homicide victim is determined by the police

[Niamh.]

Did you read the quote

So what are you saying with that quote? That you have no idea whether trans people are being murdered or not? Surely if transpeople were being murdered because they were trans people that would be a factor in the investigation and so would most definitely be reported as a trans murder?

[user104658]

The outrage about the branding change is fake and agenda driven but so are all of the bull**** agenda-driven "facts and stats" that trans rights people come out with and thgen refuse to back up "because its offensive that they should have to". It isn't offensive - be prepared to back your stats or don't post them. Or by all means post them if you want but don't be surprised if no one takes them seriously. If the stats are true you can source them. If you won't source them it's because either you can't find them, in which case they're probably made up/feelings based, OR you can't be bothered which is again fine but don't get huffy if people won't listen to your unsourced "just trust meh" claims.

[Saph]

I say just let the Potato family choose their own pronouns

[Crimson Dynamo]

I say just let the Potato family choose their own pronouns

they are bits of plastic

they are not real potato people

[Saph]

they are bits of plastic

they are not real potato people

then why is everyone so outraged

[Niamh.]

then why is everyone so outraged

Who is outraged? :laugh2:

[Crimson Dynamo]

then why is everyone so outraged

I cant think of a single person who is save Arista? :shrug:

[Niamh.]

Actually a comment on the story itself, it's actually a good change for Mrs Potato head, previously she fell under the Mr Potato head branding, now both she and her husband fall under the Potato head brand, a step forward for women's rights :laugh:

[Vicky.]

Actually a comment on the story itself, it's actually a good change for Mrs Potato head, previously she fell under the Mr Potato head branding, now both she and her husband fall under the Potato head brand, a step forward for women's rights :laugh:

:laugh:

[Tom4784]

Another non-story meant to get gullible and easily led gammon upset over issues of gender.

[Shaun]

only on TiBB could an arbitrary marketing scheme turn into a thread where moderators tell us how non-persecuted trans people are

[user104658]

only on TiBB could an arbitrary marketing scheme turn into a thread where moderators tell us how non-persecuted trans people areWhere?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Another non-story meant to get gullible and easily led gammon upset over issues of gender.

Im afraid you are quite wrong, the Editor of this newspaper thinks it IS a story and it IS worthy of the front page - as the editor of this newspaper has experience in newspapers and is the editor Id wager he is better placed to call what is and what isnt a story for his (her) readership.

If you have experience of editing a national newspaper accept my apologies.

[Jessica.]

I don't see why anyone would have an issue with them rebranding? It's a children's toy, they won't care if it doesn't have a Mr or Mrs title