I'm not sure why the Mermaid Problem even is a problem. Do people think baby fish and fish poop alike just spring out of thin air? Or thin water, rather. ETA: According to TVTropes:
Is this one of those computer learning things where you type and it tries to generate a picture of whatever you typed?
Nope! It's an AI-upscaled icon! Specifically from the cursed Amazing Virtual Sea Monkeys, which uses the Creatures Evolution Engine badly. very badly.
My sister's landlady has this hanging on her fridge, and i know it was probably put there in all innocence but it was still a shock: Text says: That's not dirt in my house.. It's Angel Dust!
Yet more support for why young teenagers should be hired as proofreaders (theory being that if they laugh at what you've written, you can't use it).