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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AgnosticMammal@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh is Zippy based on a real person? I think I remember seeing a pic who had a head shaped like his. A birth defect?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

There is a real disorder called microcephaly which Zippy's appearance is based on, but his personality and non-sequiturs are pure fantasy. Real microcephalics are severely developmentally disabled. The name comes from 'Zip the Pinhead,' a sideshow attraction (treated horribly by customers) who may have had microcephaly or may have just had a weird-shaped head. His last words were reportedly, "we sure fooled them, didn't we?" so who knows if he was really microcephalic or not.