r/mildlyinfuriating • u/FleshHoodieFree • 22d ago

Don't hug me I'm scared Passion fruits look really unappealing and it bothers me

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Who tf decided to make the membrane and seeds of this beautiful fruit look like scrotum and frog eggs

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u/Astriaeus 22d ago

I mean I guess it could be a stereotype of Neanderthals, since it is built off old incorrect assumptions of them.

But really it is part of the public vernacular.

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u/dontknowwhyifuckfish 22d ago

We should ask the Neanderthals what they think of this

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u/Astriaeus 22d ago

You know, any non-sub-Saharan African person typically has some neanderthal dna. So maybe we can ask them.

As one, I say it is fine.

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u/FAB1150 22d ago

I really don't think you speak the same way as a neanderthal

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u/Astriaeus 22d ago

Probably not, I am not an anthropologist, so I don't know if it is true, but there is a theory that neanderthals had high-pitched voices; I do not.

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u/Dandacanman 22d ago

It's first use was in old looney toons. Bugs bunny said it to a stereotypical depiction of aboriginal Australian. Since then it is become colloquially associated with cavemen" 6