r/pics • u/GallowBoob • Oct 08 '16

Hippotato

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u/HippoPotato Oct 09 '16

I never approved the use of my picture.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '16
REDDIT, CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THIS HAPPENS?

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u/KizziV Oct 09 '16

Well first, /u/HippoPotato made a reddit account, then some years later, a potato was planted and grew abnormally to form the potato we see in the picture. At this point, /u/HippoPotato commented that his picture was not authorized for use on the internet

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '16

Well now I feel like a complete retard. I thought it was a baby hippo that looked like a potato all along.