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[–] 152 points 4 months ago (16 children)

Nimrod is a biblical name, he was a mighty hunter. We only associate it with "dumbass" because Bugs Bunny sarcastically called Elmer Fudd "Nimrod" in an early cartoon.

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  • [–] 112 points 4 months ago* (14 children)

    And now it means dipshit forever, that's the power of a trickster god like Bugs.

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  • [–] 79 points 4 months ago (11 children)

    Rabbits will gladly eat carrots, but they have a high sugar content that makes them unsuitable for regular consumption.

    We associate rabbits with carrots because Bugs Bunny ate one while parodying a character from the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.

    Bugs Bunny has an impressive ability to warp our understanding of the world around us.

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  • [–] 22 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Story goes, he woke Mel Blanc from a coma. He was unresponsive for a couple of weeks, until a doctor addressed Bugs instead of Mel. They say Mel responded as Bugs and woke up.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Well, kinda. Nimrod as an insult came from nowhere but he eats carrots because rabbits were/are known to destroy carrot patches.

    But they don't eat the taproot (orange part) underground, they eat the greens which kills the plant just the same

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