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 ====== Potato Wank ======
-{{http://media.giphy.com/media/Ad98iIEmobBcs/giphy-facebook_s.jpg|giphy-facebook_s.jpg}}Potato wank first came up on meme with links to [[http://ifiwereloki.tumblr.com/post/33341539606/i-will-no-longer-be-calling-scott-a-potato|this Tumblr post by IfIWereLoki]], who said they would stop calling Scott from //Teen Wolf// a potato because it refers to a person with Down syndrome. The [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/42131.html?thread=192997523#t192997523|ensuing discussion]] included mention of the rather definitely ableist [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-can-count-to-potato|"I can count to potato!" meme]], as well as [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/42131.html?thread=193441171#t193441171|a Scott-stan imploring,]] //"it is rude, especially since the fans of the character have asked that the term not be used… So, this Scott fan asks that people please stop."//
+{{ :potato.jpg?200|angry cartoon potato}}Potato wank first came up on meme with links to [[http://ifiwereloki.tumblr.com/post/33341539606/i-will-no-longer-be-calling-scott-a-potato|this Tumblr post by IfIWereLoki]], who said they would stop calling Scott from //Teen Wolf// a potato because it refers to a person with Down syndrome. The [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/42131.html?thread=192997523#t192997523|ensuing discussion]] included mention of the rather definitely ableist [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-can-count-to-potato|"I can count to potato!" meme]], as well as [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/42131.html?thread=193441171#t193441171|a Scott-stan imploring,]] //"it is rude, especially since the fans of the character have asked that the term not be used… So, this Scott fan asks that people please stop."//
 The subject [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/43393.html?thread=197622145#t197622145|came up again]] about two weeks later. As the OP explained, many //Teen Wolf// fans on Tumblr
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 "I can count to potato!" was [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/43393.html?thread=197628289#t197628289|brought up again]]:
-> //That meme also seems like much more a Reddit/FB/Funnyjunk type thing; Tumblr has some intersections with those communities certainly but when someone calls so-and-so a potato/[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/38563.html?thread=173885091&|charming]] [[w/page/83868736/He's%20Charming%20Potato!|potato]] /weary potato they are not making a joke about Scott, or [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/35305.html?thread=162455017&|Channing]] [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/42131.html?thread=193106835&|Tatum]], or T.E. Lawrence, having a learning disability. Either someone's seriously confused because they've seen the ableist use of "i can count to potato lol" first and thought that's what was going on with Teen Wolf fans, or someone really hates that nickname for their own reasons and is reaching for SJW outrage.//
+> //That meme also seems like much more a Reddit/FB/Funnyjunk type thing; Tumblr has some intersections with those communities certainly but when someone calls so-and-so a potato/[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/38563.html?thread=173885091&|charming]] [[hes-charming-potato|potato]] /weary potato they are not making a joke about Scott, or [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/35305.html?thread=162455017&|Channing]] [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/42131.html?thread=193106835&|Tatum]], or T.E. Lawrence, having a learning disability. Either someone's seriously confused because they've seen the ableist use of "i can count to potato lol" first and thought that's what was going on with Teen Wolf fans, or someone really hates that nickname for their own reasons and is reaching for SJW outrage.//
 [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/43393.html?thread=197643393#t197643393|Another nonny wrote,]] //"I thought it was because Scott's face is shaped like a potato, tbh."//
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 ////
-This thread also featured [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/43393.html?thread=197642625#t197642625|a probable Poe SJW troll]] linking to essays on [[w/page/59326429/FWD|FWD]] and elsewhere about derogatory terms for lack of intelligence being "ableist" and assuming everyone on meme was white. That spawned [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/43393.html?thread=197664641#t197664641|this thread]], which is full of awesome and win.
+This thread also featured [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/43393.html?thread=197642625#t197642625|a probable Poe SJW troll]] linking to essays on [[FWD]] and elsewhere about derogatory terms for lack of intelligence being "ableist" and assuming everyone on meme was white. That spawned [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/43393.html?thread=197664641#t197664641|this thread]], which is full of awesome and win.
-Fast-forward three months. The issue [[http://fanficrants.livejournal.com/11276246.html|exploded]] on a [[FanficRants|FanficRants]] post, which was [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224514692#t224514692|dissected by Gentlefailers]]. Among the topics that came up were [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224593796#t224593796|Mr. Potato-head]], [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224556164#t224556164|diana_molloy's wank history]], [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224570244#t224570244|a nonny ironically asterisking out the word as "p%%**%%%%**%%*o,"]] an [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224600708#t224600708|attempt]] to summon [[Theo_Harrison|theo_harrison]], [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224610692#t224610692|snark about ffr]], [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224673412#t224673412|several]] [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224645764#t224645764|video]] [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224763780#t224763780|recs]], [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224530308#t224530308|this observation]]…
+Fast-forward three months. The issue [[http://fanficrants.livejournal.com/11276246.html|exploded]] on a [[FanficRants|FanficRants]] post, which was [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224514692#t224514692|dissected by Gentlefailers]]. Among the topics that came up were [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224593796#t224593796|Mr. Potato-head]], [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224556164#t224556164|diana_molloy's wank history]], [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224570244#t224570244|a nonny ironically asterisking out the word as "p%%**%%%%**%%*o,"]] an [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224600708#t224600708|attempt]] to summon [[Theo-Harrison|theo_harrison]], [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224610692#t224610692|snark about ffr]], [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224673412#t224673412|several]] [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224645764#t224645764|video]] [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224763780#t224763780|recs]], [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48772.html?thread=224530308#t224530308|this observation]]…
 > //Huh.//

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