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Re:NimSkull: A Hard Fork of Nim by amyjess on Friday July 08, 2022 @04:02AM (#32024138)
Bugs Bunny is the source of a lot of weird misconceptions.

Example: people think rabbits mostly eat carrots because Bugs Bunny likes to snack on them while leaning on something and saying "What's up, Doc?". Except Bugs doing that was a reference to a movie where Clark Gable... ate carrots while leaning on a fence and calling people Doc.

And somehow a parody of a Clark Gable movie turned into most people believing that carrots are a staple of leporine diets.

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Re:NimSkull: A Hard Fork of Nim by int_19h on Friday July 08, 2022 @04:54AM (#32024565)
> people think rabbits mostly eat carrots because Bugs Bunny likes to snack on them

If that is the case, why is the misconception also widespread in countries where Bugs Bunny wasn't part of the popular culture? E.g. USSR/Russia.

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Re:NimSkull: A Hard Fork of Nim by ashtonbaker on Saturday July 09, 2022 @08:45AM (#32034547)
Rabbits do actually love carrots.
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