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It is these guys. They usually have ridiculously long legs and a body that looks like a single oval piece. Look both goofy and sinister, like a monster from a children's movie.

I thought you were talking about the guy who created the periodic table, but that's Dmitri Mendeleev. Who also had a stellar look

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The guy seems immune to finding actual sources but here is one. My understanding was that upside down pineapple was for swingers and in the 70s, but that requires another cource. Pineapples are carved into the gates of fancy, old southern homes for sure.
blog.library.si.edu/blog/2021/01...

Caught it just in time

Similarly, do you know much about Stanisław Lem? He was also a dick, though more popular with his contemporaries. My favorite is his "relationship" with Philip K. Dick though.