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I don’t get the context behind this. Can someone please explain it?

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Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, chaste for Corn Flakes.

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And Honey Nut Cheerios for a honey of an O.

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Kellogg developed corn flakes as a deliberately bland food to stifle people’s libido in his weirdo health resorts. It is worth reading up on, or catch the episode of the Behind the Bastards podcast on Kellogg, aptly named β€œThe Great American Cum Doctor”.

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There’s also a YouTube channel called Hook which goes into the history of various brands/companies

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There’s also a great movie about this called The Road To Wellville.

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Lol wtf. I love that podcast though so I’ll check it out.

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