We thought this had to be a joke. But it wasn’t.
I am quite seriously concerned about the safety of Frosty this Christmas.
You know, that overweight cold chap with the carrot for a nose.
You might think I am joking – but the truth is that snowy little guy better watch his step because someone out there has surely got him in their sights for a PC makeover.
The problem with Frosty is that he is a snowMAN and just like his distant cousins, the Gingerbread-men, if he doesn’t watch his step there is a chance he could be melted down and remade as a Genderless SnowPERSON.
It’s begun to happen you see.
The PC Army have marched and overthrown the baked goods of Australia.
Small wee innocent gingerbread men, whose main concern in life was whether a child would eat their feet or heads first, are now quaking in fear that they will be stripped of their gender and forced to live a life of mediocrity.
The rumblings of this overthrow have begun in a Melbourne bakery that has found social media fame after a Reddit user exposed their Gingerbread Man makeover by posting a picture on the site.
“Genderless gingerbread figures” (organic of course) are being sold for $2.50 a pop.
The reaction on Reddit was swift and ruthless.
“Gingerbread? Really? That’s just insensitive to persons of Irish descent.”
“The world's going to hell, I'll eat whatever religion, gender, or shape gingerbread people I want.”
“That's so politically correct it makes my brain hurt.”
The controversial baked goods post attracted more than 2000 comments in just a few hours.
Despite the outrage of what was (hopefully) an attempt at humour by the owners of the bakery, it’s nothing new for society to find offense at seemingly innocent childhood nostalgia.
