Give people a sugary cereal as merch and nobody bats an eye. Give them some nice Italian sausage made from real Italians and everybody loses their minds.
There is a thing called the Uncanny Valley. Making an animal or a robot more human looking makes it cuter and more emotional acceptable...up to a point. This is why C3PO is considered cute and friendly and this robot baby is considered nightmare inducing. See there is an Uncanny Valley for pandas. Is Chucky scary because of the Uncanny Valley or is he scary because he does bad things? Who knows? But you see racoons are in the Panda Uncanny Valley and they eat garbage and destroy things and they are utterly hideous! Hideous!
There are three things that were once common, that no longer are. Common Decency Common Courtesy and Common Sense. The linked pic? Definitely that last one, but you have to admit lack of Common Sense makes for some hilarious memes!
I thought it was for advanced skateboard training! You know there must be someone out there crazy enough to attempt to grind that rail.