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Background: "That contrast is embedded in things that look like other things, and its curious appeal suggests something about one of the great conundrums of consumer behavior, or possibly even of human psychology: our attraction to the novel and our seemingly contradictory attraction to the familiar."

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Grater That Looks Like A Turtle

Grater That Looks Like A Turtle

  1. gostumpygo reblogged this from thingsthatlooklikeotherthings and added:
    I want one shaped like an alligator. Then it’d be my grater gator. How is this not a thing?
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