Examples
2- "I joined the meeting and understood nothing… I was just a talking potato sitting there."
- "Everyone in the group project is so capable, and I feel like the talking potato of the team."
🌀 Multiple origins🌀 MultipleFirst seen 2019
Origin · Source
The phrase likely spread through Korean university, job-search, workplace, and social-media posts in the late 2010s as a softer, cute form of self-deprecating humor. Its exact first post is unclear, so the 2019 date is approximate; today it is used when someone feels present but not especially competent, confident, or useful.
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