Editing Potato (section)

==As A Meme==
* Potato Song: In the Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers movie Samwise Gamgee explains to Gollum how you can “boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew” after claiming all he needs is a “few good taters” while Gollum rejects his idea in favor of eating fish raw. This marks the first known cinematic depiction of the cultural conflict between the River Hobbits and the more common Hobbits. This exchange was the inspiration for a famous techno remix on YTMND. Watch it [https://youtu.be/qrQVFZx7XX4 here]. 
* Death Of Fantasy: In the context of humor, potatoes are apparently the difference between fantasy and fantastic science fiction. This meme persisted on /tg/ for some time, with spoiler tags often being used when not simply the OP idea of the thread in the first place. Whether as magical relics, the creations of a mad wizard, a Pandora’s Box from bored gods, or something Eldritch, the potato discovery is of great importance. While posted constantly in its heyday in a way similar to [["Excuse Me" Guy]], it never earned the same amount of Skub and had a far shorter lifespan. The image accompanying these threads was usually from the ending of the anime Spice And Wolf where a merchant and his goddess partner obtaining a potato in a box heralds the end of gods and the rise of man. 
* Potato Battery: If your computer is underpowered or if your aim is shitty. It's referred to being "potato" (or toaster). This variation comes from the fact, with a small enough light bulb and a large enough potato. One could use the potato to power a bulb. 
* During the wars of butthurt between [[Warhammer Fantasy]] and [[Age of Sigmar]], or at least mostly the trolls who took advantage of tension between people who were mutually exclusive fans of them, a term popped up, "Potato Sack". The general idea is that the models of Warhammer Fantasy look like the stereotype of those living in poverty in the 20th century who would use scraps of burlap, easily obtained from bags that things like potatoes or scrap metal would be sold in, for clothing. It refers to the more ground-level peasant common troops seen in almost every army of Warhammer Fantasy (Elves don't count) compared to the armies made exclusively of walking demigods being far more common in Age Of Sigmar. Used in reference to either, it aggrandizes Age Of Sigmar design while degrading the Warhammer Fantasy design. Thanks to overuse Warhammer Fantasy fans quickly began to use it as a sign of pride, rendering it a dead meme (as far as its original intent). It is worth noting that burlap wouldn't have existed in the era that Warhammer Fantasy is supposed to represent, although AoS is a bit too [[Spelljammer]] to know for sure it doesn't exist there. 

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