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Do you think the creator of the eggplant emoji knew what they were doing?

13 days ago by baggachipz to c/showerthoughts

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lime 44 points 13 days ago

i think the eggplant predates unicode emoji support, it's one of those "imported from proprietary japanese phones" things.

okay i looked it up, the first association was in the 90s with a weird-ass reality tv show. some guy literally nicknamed "eggplant" had to live in a locked apartment until he made 10M yen on sweepstakes winnings, and he didn't win any clothes for 15 months so the tv team had to live-censor him by moving an eggplant around on the screen. the story is hilarious, if a bit creepy.

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zqwzzle 11 points 13 days ago

There’s a documentary https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-contestant/

It’s super fucked up they kept him locked up for a year. He had to start over from the beginning multiple times, so much so that he stripped naked for the last reveal where he was on stage because he just assumed that he had to win back his clothing again.

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Pronell 11 points 13 days ago

That documentary was fucking fascinating. I watched it one night, then made my housemates watch it the next day.

They teased me at multiple points like "Oh, this is why you yelled 'THAT'S WHERE THE EGGPLANT CAME FROM', isn't it?"

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ggtdbz 2 points 12 days ago

If it’s the same person I’m talking about, the amazing Atrocity Guide made a YouTube video about this

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ryannathans 3 points 13 days ago

He was nicknamed eggplant?? Damn I watched that but didn't realise that's where it came from.

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fonix232 2 points 12 days ago

Yep, IIRC it came from a comment from someone on the production staff who called out his elongated face with the nickname, and the producers liked it.

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akunohana 10 points 13 days ago

Upon seeing the peach emoji, who wouldn't create an eggplant emoji?

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BeatTakeshi 2 points 13 days ago

Nah, guy was a dickhead

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