• @voracitude
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    837 months ago

    The wicker conch was there when I was a kid, 100%, but maybe it was regional?

    Or maybe they realised getting rid of the conch would save them a million dollars in printing costs over five years (or whatever) and quietly removed it?

    • karashta
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      917 months ago

      Just so you know, that brown thing is called a cornucopia! Literally “horn of abundance” in Latin.

      • @aeronmelon
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        247 months ago

        Growing up, I always referred to it, and always heard it referred to as, a horn o’ plenty.

      • @[email protected]
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        137 months ago

        This one is the perfect example because I also remember it having the cornucopia despite it never being there in the official product. I would bet that the memory comes from the brain mashing together similar looking artwork from Thanksgiving.

        Note: a memory is still a memory even if it isn’t accurate, because memories aren’t perfect.

        • @[email protected]
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          27 months ago

          That sounds plausible, but then why do I, in the Netherlands, have this too? We have no thanksgiving and no thanksgiving imagery.

      • @gibmiser
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        77 months ago

        So where did the association come from? There has to be something that caused us to all have that false memory. Tv show or movie maybe

    • @monkeyslikebananas2
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      137 months ago

      I think a time traveler fucked up and the cornucopia is an echo from another timeline.

    • @[email protected]
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      137 months ago

      Or it wasn’t and you’re just mistaken. You can find vintage underwear and t shirts on ebay from fotl back in the 70’s and 80’s right now. It isn’t there. Also, snopes.com deemed it false.