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31 Times Adults Took Kids’ Stuff And Ruined It For Everyone, Really, As Listed In This Online Thread
You can say that nostalgia is a certain kind of dopamine injection into our bloodstream: it brings about a familiarity of positive memories that make us feel great. 8 in 10 people say nostalgia hits them on the occasion with 4 in 10 claiming it happens more often than that. So, overall, it's awesome.
But some can't handle the nostalgia. And so they grow up into adults who still partake in some things they used to do as kids. While that's not wrong, sometimes being an adult and doing kid things can have an adverse consequence, like ruining it for the younger generations. Either because of supply and demand and the physics of economics or just because it's cool—so cool that it becomes an adult fest with a no kids allowed sign on the door. And that's just mean.
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#1
da_predditor said:
Childhood. Parents who film their kid’s lives for likes and subs are s****y.
HeftyPockets replied:
We really ought to pass a law about monetization of childhood. It shouldn't be lucrative to milk your children's lives at their expense.
OpalLaguz replied:
France is the only country to have laws explicitly protecting minor "influencers" with limitations on the hours they can be working online, protections for their earnings, and the ensuring their right to have content they feature in be removed upon their request.
Illinois just passed a law requiring influencer families to set aside 50% of earnings made from usage of minors in monetized social media content to be set aside in a blocked trust fund for the child. It's the first US state to do so.
hitex 2 years ago
Nope & I don't care how much it inconveniences anyone, my child will not be on facial recognition at camp either!
Me 2 years ago
Not to be rude, but why? I love being on photos with my friends!
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Midoribird Aoi 2 years ago
Please note that this is different from filming your kid blowing out birthday 🎂 candles or having fun in the pool or other random short videos done simply for enjoyment or commemoration of special times. That is normal!
Couragetcd 2 years ago
I wouldn't post a basic picture of my daughter on FB back when it was still benign. The only thing with her as a kid I ever posted was a short vid of her riding her bike for the first time about 12 years ago
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Socks 2 years ago
France and Illinois making some progress. That's all we can hope for these days. Just don't reverse it because some idiot feels they should get all the money and a k**b head judge from the stone age agrees with them
Couragetcd 2 years ago
Off topic, but IL also first state to pass a law making it illegal to ban books!
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Couragetcd 2 years ago
There are law makers trying to get those loosened and undone in different states. The same states that have articles about kids illegally working and getting harmed/killed.
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Steph 2 years ago
Not true. Pretty much ALL of Europe is very much into child protection and has official laws to keep minors from being exploited. Best example is the German film business with kids in the cast. Takes twice as long to get the filming done due to very regulated maximum working hours. And the minutes BEHIND the camera (mask/costume/waiting around on the film set) DO COUNT as working time, too!
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#2
Youth sports:
When I was a kid 30 years ago, you’d have a practice or 2 a week plus a game on Saturday. Then if you loved sports, you’d get together with buddies in your ample free time and mess around playing super fun pick up games.
Now, many kids are having full weekend tournaments like every weekend. And tons of practices. They rarely have the free time to just play with their friends for the fun of it.
Sure they are better athletes than we were, but are they better off?
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
My brother has soccer two or three times a week and games on Friday and Sunday. He LOVES it and it’s one of the best ways to manage his ADHD.
Ericthedead 2 years ago
I played sports as a child and teen. Loved it. Was 25 yrs ago I guess. We practiced daily during football season. End of summer before school started we practiced twice a day. Even in summer league baseball we practiced a lot. And played alot of tournaments. Good memories and made alot of friends.
maka paka 2 years ago
It depends on the kid. My lad is doing a full on football (soccer to you yanks :-) course, trains every day, plays maybe twice a week for them and trains once an evening and plays once a week with the local team he's been with since he was little. He wanted to start for a mens team as well, but i put my foot down and upset him because it is a lot :-) Now if you'd said about parents taking it too seriously and some of the players acting like prima donna's, in complete agreement there. it's supposed to be fun
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
It's not that hardcore in Australia, as far as I'm aware. Still usually 1 practice a week plus a game.
michael Chock 2 years ago
You also limit their ability to be good at anything else. Oh, right, media.
SincerelyMeesh 2 years ago
I swam competitively at the club level for 10 years. practice 5 days a week a month before meets started. then they dropped to 4 days a week with a meet on either tuesdays or thursdays depending on which team you swam (A for "varsity" B for "JV") No meets on weekends, option practice on saturdays. one of my teammates made it to the olympics. seemed to work fine for us.
Couragetcd 2 years ago
Right, a lot of parents are 💬 ng long term like scholarships or college or pro teams. I know kids that by the time they got to high school they were in full rebellion and refused to play for any reason
#3
After school hobbies!
Around the age of 47, I decided to pick up guitar again. So I went to a local school and enrolled as a adult. I would see parents harassing their kids and berating them for not being better. I think the majority of them have lost the idea that extracurricular activities are too help your child out of their shell and also to have fun. Not to make them a professional of any sort or the best of the best of the best.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
This is why I quit the saxophone. I was really good but my father made it unbearable. I tried out for the all state band and mildly flubbed on one note of my scales. My dad called EVERYONE he knew immediately and blasted me in the audition hallway on the phone for "absolutely blowing my scales and ruining my whole audition" and about how he wasted a whole day he could be at work . I actually made second chair and he ate his words but I couldn't take it much longer
Jane No Dough 2 years ago
Your dad doesn't understand what dad's are for.
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Captain McSmoot 2 years ago
Music should first be enjoyed. If you don't enjoy music, it won't be fun, you won't develop your talent, and you'll wind up hating one of the most universal artforms.
Drippy Potato 2 years ago
For real, my parents keep making me take extracurriculars that I don't like. And get mad cause I'm not interested.
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
I took up an instrument as a kid because I thought it would be fun. But in no time at all it became all about rote learning and exams and getting high marks, and about as "fun" as going to school. I remember being repeatedly asked why I never played for fun, and it was because playing now had associations with boredom and frustration, plus the other kids were needlessly competitive and bullying. I ultimately decided I'd had enough of it, so I quit and never played again.
GlitterPanda 2 years ago
I run a music school, and I'm happy to say this is one of the things we are adamant about... that music should be for enjoyment above all else! Amateur means lover of, not bad at!
#4
Wizard_of_Claus said:
My Little Pony.
DoxieDoc replied:
I watched it with my sister growing up. At one point we watched a video of a comic con or some such panel. A bunch of sweaty dudes were asking questions one after another. Then the sweetest little girl who was being encouraged by her dad stepped up to the microphone and very timidly (but bravely) asked about one of her favorite characters.
The scoffing and jeers coming from the crowd for the little girl not already knowing some fandom trivia was f*****g disgusting. Had I been the father that day I would have taken the mic and given them an earful.
Lucky-Advertising501 replied:
There’s nothing worse than those kinds of nerds. My heart aches for that little girl!
Luke Branwen 2 years ago
Similar thing happened to Star Wars, fantasy space opera meant for all age groups. The fandom is overrun by insufferable neckbeards who relentlessly s#it on anything that 1) isn't the original trilogy 2) doesn't specifically pander to their tastes. New fans are shunned and mocked for (how shocking) liking stuff aimed at new fans. It's horrendous.
Corvus 2 years ago
Fully agree. I'm an older fan, but I enjoy the new stuff released in recent years. Try to guess how many times I've been accused of having "poor taste" or of being a "Disney shill".
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Saint Thomas 2 years ago
Came her to say that. Gatekeeping is a plague...
Load More Replies... Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
This kind of reminds me of the time we were at Kings Dominion and there was a halloween show. The host asked who wanted to dance battle against one of the performers and my 6 year old raised her hand. She loves to dance and is not shy but she hasn't had lessons just having fun. And she WAS having fun until this a*****e dad shoved his 2 daughters to the stage who obviously had professional training and they bumped my kid to the side and started doing all these crazy moves to overshadow her when they were too shy to do so initially. it was only after they saw her dance and thought they were better. The host didnt really know what to do and gave the prize to all 3 of them l, which was grabbed up by the older girl. It pissed me off. They were like 9 or 10 at least and I would never encourage my kid to steal someone's spotlight like that but she still had fun and hopefully this little girl still had fun and remembers them answering her question and not the immature braying of a******s
SincerelyMeesh 2 years ago
I worked at a game store when the MLP trading card game came out. We were excited cause we thought more girls would get into gaming. first tournament day was mainly little girls. Second week was a lot more bronies who used language that made the kids parents uncomfortable so they stopped bringing their kids. by the 4th week there was nothing but bronies. one brought a crock pot and tons of food to the tournament that was IN our store even though the event was like 3 hours max. we allowed food (cake, pizza, chips, NOT FULL BLOWN WORKING HOT APPLIANCES) for parties but this was out of line. tournament immediately ended and everyone in the game was banned for a month. we never ran MLP events again;
Easily Excitable Panda 2 years ago
I was about to say that Bronies are the worst, and then I remembered that jeering gatekeepers exist in every fandom. They think they're otaku, but really, they're just pathetic. Bronies are pretty gross, though.
James016 2 years ago
I remember going to see The Force Awakens at the cinema and there was an issue with the film so it froze on the opening credits. The neckbeards with their toy light sabres started getting pissy. Guy from the cinema comes in to apologise and the film will start in a few minutes while they reset the equipment. Neckbeards make more noise. The guy from the cinema tells them to pipe down or they will be forcibly removed and banned from the cinema for life.
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
If I'm in the pub and bored, I'll casually mention that Star Wars actually isn't very good, then just stand back and watch...
RavenTheCat 2 years ago
As a former brony they really do get pretty salty in the fandom im not gonna lie x3
#5
I think video gaming, in a way, has been ruined.
The market for adults is larger than children and that's fine because video games aren't only for kids anymore but I've noticed how hard it is to find games for kids that are actually good.
All the most popular kids games are fuelled by micro transactions, season passes, always online and crazy YouTube personalities screaming obscenities at children.
What happened to games like Spyro? A cool little dragon trying to do the right thing and fight evil. No blood, no gore, no AR-15s or grown men in their thirties hurling insults at you down a mic.
When I was ten I wanted to run like Sonic did. My nephew is ten and he wants an Assault Rifle from Fortnite...
I dunno, maybe I'm just outta touch.
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago
Huge Zelda fan ❤️ ocarina is still my fave for some reason. But Spyro/crash bandicoot games hit different. The levels and secret levels were so magic as a kid
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Mark Fuller 2 years ago
What happened to games like Spyro? They revamped it for modern consoles whilst remaining 100% to the original and it's now awesome! These games are seeing a resurgence.
Tristan J 2 years ago
Why are there only remasters of 30 year old games rather than quality new ones? Sonic games have been tragic since GameCube was discontinued
Load More Replies... Hayley Futter 2 years ago
I just came here to say video games have never been solely designed for kids so I'm not sure what OP is on about...
Christopher Bowers 2 years ago
I think that person needs to get a switch because they are ton of switch games that kids can play.
Mama Penguin 2 years ago (edited)
There are a lot of kid-friendly games out there with no gore, sex or violence. Games like Little Big Planet, Unravel, Scribblenauts, Abzu, Journey, Songbird Symphony and many others.
SuperDarkStudios 2 years ago
Unravel is such a beautiful game! I have the collectors edition Yarny in box!
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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 2 years ago
Yaaaassssss! I'm 59 and play it with my granddaughter who lives 1000 miles away!
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dan martyr 2 years ago
Everything by Nintendo. Can’t fault them for kid friendly games. My son and i play them together and alone. Little things like enemies are defeated not killed
Socks 2 years ago
I disagree with this post. The video games industry is bigger than Hollywood. Games have evolved and are plentiful. Kids have sooo much choice in games. Adults have sooo much choice in games. So many different genres, playing styles to suit all types of gamers. There's big budget titles, indie developers, old skool styles, remakes, remasters, sequels, and the originals. All on the platform of your choice or budget. You just gotta find your genre or niche. Like I mentioned, the old games are still there! You can keep playing them until your heart is content.
#6
IronBabyFists said:
The obvious answer to this: the future.
corpsie666 replied:
This is the best answer in the thread.
I originally read it as if you were being sarcastic, and then my brain really processed it and realized how correct it is.
Socks 2 years ago
More about politicians that give you and I nothing to look forward to. Choose the right human being to vote for. If they can't give that picture in your mind about a brighter future for everyone, give them the elbow and don't settle for anything less than a positive future. No compromises, no "well we can't do that". No "there's no money for that". Of course there's f*****g money. We invented the stuff. It's not out of our control. Nothing is out of our control
#7
PumpkinPieIsGreat said:
YA books. I'm an adult that reads them. But the characters are TEENAGERS. People get upset that teenagers act like teenagers, in books targeted at... you guessed it, teenagers.
Gneissisnice replied:
I'm always amused by goodreads reviews on YA books where they're like "the characters were immature!"
Well yeah, no s**t. They're like, 13.
That's actually part of why I like YA. Characters make dumb decisions but it's part of their growth and they come out better for it.
In adult books, when the characters do something stupid, I'm like" you're 40! Why are you acting like this??? "
Firstname Lastname 2 years ago
As a stressed out adult, sometimes it's just nice to escape and read about characters who are actually finding their footing and true love instead of having all the problems of adulthood.
Hanako-Kun 花子くん 2 years ago
Yess! I hate it when adults rate middle grade books really low! Like this book isn't even meant for you what did you expect!? One of my favorite books ever got rated low *by an adult* because it wasn't scary enough
The Doom Song 2 years ago
My fave YA author is Rick Riordan. It's nice to just pick up one of his books and get lost in the story
Diana Lucas 2 years ago (edited)
I'm an adult who also reads YA books. I had read a non-YA book a while back where the adult main character slept with a guy who might be a murderer while alone on his boat just so the book would have a graphic sex scene. Yeah, I went back to YA books.
Drippy Potato 2 years ago
Sometimes YA books are crazy though. I'm a teen and I yell at the characters in books. My parents look at me like I'm crazy 🤣
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
Plus I want the story to have a somewhat happy conclusion. Adult fiction is all well most of them died and everyone is depressed now.
#8
Sol-Blackguy said:
Pokemon Cards. Scalpers were so down horrendous they were raiding McDonald's during the pandemic
TheFleshPrevails replied:
Most hobbies get this treatment now. Losers wanting to play stock market and ruining games in the process.
InspectionLong5000 replied:
There was a post here recently about scalpers buying up f*****g driving tests.
It's gone beyond causal hobbies/recreational activities.
People in the UK paying "brokers" £500+ because they use bots to buy all the test slots when they release.
Life is so strange at the minute. Everyone has a side hustle out to make money at other peoples' expense.
Flipping houses, cars, trainers, Pokémon cards, concert tickets, driving tests, you name it. If you need it, be prepared to pay extra.
no (she/them/gremlin) 2 years ago
Oh yeah a good game is Magic The Gathering for a replacement- more complex and more reading, but rlly fun and the art is, in my opinion, better.
SuperDarkStudios 2 years ago
Took me and my mom about 2 years to get a ps5 due to scalpers. Ridiculous,
cadena kuhn 2 years ago
Halloween scalpers are insane this year. A lady chased my husband through the parking lot when he bought the last cracker barrel wraith
Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
Driving tests? As in get-your-license driving tests? You have to get a ticket for that?
#9
Disney
Also just want to chime in and day this isn't really the fault of adults today. I'm a 34f and I'm not really an adult. Neither are most of my friends. There was no "adult" space for us to move into. The boomers are STILL working and living in their homes so we're working ok jobs, renting with roommates or living with our patents and spending money on stuff/experiences that's marketed towards a "young adult" lifestyle because then at least we get some enjoyment. There's a concentrated marketing agenda towards infantilizing young adults so we don't have meltdowns over the fact that most of our lives are below that of our parents.
David 2 years ago
The Boomer take is comical. Younger people love to portray us as selfish idiots who had life easy and took it all. Anything hard in your life is 'cuz boomers'. I'm no longer working / have health issues. But think about what you said. "Boomers are STILL working". When you reach the age boomers currently are, do you want to still be working? I was born near the end of the boomer date range and I'm in my 60s. And yes, I'm STILL living in my home. The audacity. I can't afford to move anywhere else. By all account Disney kind of sucks compared to how it was in the 60s but that's about a greedy corporation.
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
And the idea of ‘retiring at 65’ (or ever retiring) has most certainly been a hot topic and flagged as an unattainable for at least 30 years. The problem isn’t ‘boomers’ the problem is a system that worships the almighty dividend at the expense of the worker.
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#10
Pretty much any fandom aimed at kids.
The main one that comes to mind is My Little Pony. Dudes in their 40s obsessing over and sexualizing these characters is about the creepiest thing I can think of.
Chronically Online Panda 2 years ago
This really ruined it for me when I was 10 and looking for pictures of rarity I could add to a PowerPoint...
Super MaskedBanana (Super MaskedBanana) 2 years ago
Totally agree with this. I get sick of manboys complaining that something like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is aimed at children and they DEMAND an R-rated version. Like, of course it is aimed at children. That's why we were fans - when we were, you know, CHILDREN.
That Goth Demon (zey/zem) 2 years ago
OH MY GOD FURRIES ARENT ZOOPHILES THEY LITERALLY DESPISE ZOOPHILES
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Build A Bear: As a former employee I don't care if you came in and bought some stuff animals. Hell, there's some cool ones like pokemon. HOWEVER just cuz I worked there doesn't mean I have a whole collection myself and watch every show and movie that's partnered with the company.
Yes I was an adult man working at a stuffed animal store. Yes I bought a couple pokemon for myself. No I don't wanna hear another grown man passionately talk to me about My Little Pony and PLEASE I DONT WANT TO SEE A CUTIE MARK TATTOO YOU HAVE ON YOUR A*S CHEEK EVEN IF THERE'S NO KIDS IN THE STORE CURRENTLY.
TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
We got my daughter a Pikachu one she adores. The look of horror on her face when they kept shoving the tubing up it's bum to fill it with stuffing. I had to video it, priceless!
David Leick 2 years ago
She needs to learn about these things sooner or later. Do you want her to learn it on the streets!? /s
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Upstaged75 2 years ago
My mom and grandma went and made me one as a gift when I was in the musical Grease. (Yes, as an adult) It's got saddle shoes and a poodle skirt and I adore it. Apparently my grandma had an awesome time making it as well. Nothing wrong with that!
That Goth Demon (zey/zem) 2 years ago
I mean, if you adore MLP that much ok, as long as you don't sexualize the actual characters bc they're just magic horse things
#12
chris14020 said:
Pretty much any kids' toy. The scalpers are working harder than ever to f**k it up. Video games? Check. Pokemon/whatever is popular cards? Check. Lego sets? Check as f**k. Fuzzy egg furby like critters? Check check. If scalpers can leech money out of people with it, they'll do it.
PinkFloralNecklace replied:
Screw it, scalpers just ruin things for everyone else in general. I hate when bots buy out items just so someone can resell it for twice the price. It’s frustrating that people who might genuinely want/need that product now might not be able to buy/afford it just because someone else was greedy. It also just gets kind of absurd with some things where scalpers get 10+ stockpiles of items that already aren’t cheap just to hopefully resell them at an even higher price. I get wanting to make money, but scalping is pretty scummy most of the time and definitely ruins things for a lot of people.
Susie Elle 2 years ago
The clerk at our local toystore told me that Jellycat plushies are highly sought after now as well
Historyharlot93 2 years ago
At Christmas, a few years ago, our church did an Angel Tree. An 8 year old boy wanted a Black Panther figure. I thought it wouldn’t be a problem. But it was after Chadwick Boseman had died, and the cheapest figure I could find was on Amazon for $45. A simple action figure. It was out of my budget but I bought it anyways, because an 8 year old kid shouldn’t have his Christmas wish wrecked by greedy collectors.
#13
raviolixx said:
the word ‘daddy’
Faustias replied:
the only time my mind didn't spark its horny-a*s neutrons on the word daddy is when that smurf guy on guardian of the galaxy said it: He's was your father, but he ain't your daddy.
Ok-Alternative8714 replied:
My grandma had tons of black and white musicals where the women constantly called the men daddy. And then the men called the woman baby. Judy Garland and Fred Astaire era, I don’t know when that was, the 1940’s. It confused me as a kid.
So I think it’s really funny when people complain about how weird young people are using the terms, when the Boomers had it in so many popular movies and songs. (I’m not saying you were complaining. I just hear a lot of people talk about it like it’s a recent thing)
Susie Elle 2 years ago
For me it's the other way around: how can someone call their sexpartner something you'd name a parent? I can't look my boyfriend in the eye and call him daddy and be aroused all at the same time, it makes me feel gross.
CrazyKnitter 2 years ago
I call my husband Daddy only when I'm talking to our dog. Otherwise it's just creepy. I also refer to myself as Mama when talking to my dog, but in no other circumstances.
Load More Replies... VioletHunter 2 years ago
God yes, that whole daddy kink thing just needs to die. At least in online spaces where it's constantly directed at people who never agreed to be sexualized and certainly not in that particular way.
Jaaawn 2 years ago
I feel really quite uncomfortable when I see gay male couples with big age gaps where the younger guy calls his older partner 'Daddy.' That's just incredibly wrong to me.
SincerelyMeesh 2 years ago
Upvote for Ok-Alt's addition to the post. First time I heard it was in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes said by Marilyn Monroe.
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 2 years ago
I was just going to mention the one song she sings "Every baby needs a da-da-daddy" from Ladies of the Chorus.
Load More Replies... Jane No Dough 2 years ago
This was common in the late 1920's early 30's in the US, where flappers were popular and Hollywood movies were not censored (not until 1934). Boomers weren't born until 1946 at the earliest.
Francine Oglethorpe 2 years ago
Well....once I had to get a cake for my husband for his birthday. My daughter wanted it to say HAPPY Birthday DADDY...that was awkward to order....I was stammering and trying to defend the fact that it was from my daughter...and bot some strange sex thing
#14
aprairiehocompanion said:
Minions.
moonbunnychan replied
I remain baffled as to how and why minions, of all things, became the thing of choice for unfunny boomer memes.
bpwhittle replied:
I’m convinced it has something to do with the overalls.
Nyami-L replied:
My mother does love them, but I put her the first movie (with Gru, not the minions alone) when she almost died from a sickness. It was one of the things that got her to laugh in a bad time in which she was bedbound.
Lord Voldedork 2 years ago
The overalls, the minions, or the people that ruined them?
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Dont-ask-me-ever said:
Trix.
lamtevya replied:
When I was a kid I felt so bad for that rabbit. I still don’t understand the idea behind that marketing campaign. Was it- being greedy and mean is hilarious. Buy our cereal”?
Just give the bunny some cereal you sadistic little s**ts.
They ran an ad for a little while that was a campaign that allowed you to vote on whether or not the rabbit would get some Trix. I think you had to mail in a box top with your vote or something. I voted “share” with all of my sensitive little heart. “Greed” won by a landslide. That’s when I first became disillusioned with voting and people in general.
PleasantCrocodile 2 years ago
I think most of us felt bad for the rabbit. That vote sounds rigged.
PlatinumThe8-BitCat 2 years ago
I haven’t had this in a long time, I didn’t even know about this voting thing, poor whatever-his-name-is
Historyharlot93 2 years ago
I was always disturbed that “Charlie” the fish always wanted to be caught so he could be a “Chicken of the Sea”. (It’s a brand of canned tuna here in the US) Why the heck did Charlie have a death wish?
Do i have to? [he/him] 2 years ago
I don't have anything to say, but that's insane
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#16
annqueue said:
I'd say Earring Magic Ken, but I don't think all the gay men buying it ruined it. They made it more awesome.
throwaway384938338 replied:
Earring Magic Ken wasn’t really ruined by adults. Mattel clumsily copied a gay-sex trend in an attempt to be hip. It was cursed from the start.
MysteriousStaff3388 replied:
That’s one of the best marketing mistake stories ever. I love this for Mattel.
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
Hehehehe I will never tire of the Saga of Earring Magic Ken. He has a c**k ring necklace and a lavender mesh shirt… you can’t tell me NOBODY knew what they were making 😂
the_avenging_knight (her/she) 2 years ago
The whole design team was f*****g with their bosses!😂😂😂
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Chewie Baron 2 years ago
Do you know why there’s not been a pregnant Barbie? Because Ken came in a different box.
Jacky Newman 2 years ago
I know it's supposed to be a Joke, but I've had a pregnant Barbie 😁
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#17
Clowns. My daughter was able to enjoy them when she was little but now they just make her think of killer clowns. I get that a lot of kids (and adults) were scared of them regardless but these days scary clowns are almost the only kind I ever see, and I think that’s kind of sad.
Edit: Clowns as we picture them have been around for like 140 years but they definitely weren’t considered scary by the masses until the last few decades. Lots of things we currently find terrifying weren’t typically considered that back in the day. For example, look up old pictures of people dressed as Easter bunnies. You’d think they’re objectively terrifying but without the popularity of the horror genre most people just didn’t feel that way. Of course there’s always been people freaked out by these things - kids are often scared of people in any costumes, as any mall Santa can tell you - but “Ronald McDonald” would not have existed if clowns were as commonly considered creepy back in the day. I don’t think it’s a huge loss to society or anything but it’s an interesting shift. I had not expected to spend a lot of time convincing my preschool aged kid that “killer clowns” don’t actually run around killing people.
EP 2 years ago
Seriously - who enjoys a clown - they have been and always will be creepy AF.
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Rens 2 years ago
Clowns, ventriloquist dummies and collection dolls have ALWAYS freaked me out!
Jessica Rabbit 2 years ago
OMG I hate old porcelain dolls. They can be beautifully made and they don't have craftsmanship that like anymore- but oooooh so creepy.
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Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Winnie the Pooh killer anyone? They will take ANYTHING innocent and makevit horrific. My daughter was traumatized by a my little pony cartoon on youtube where the ponies were torturing each other. She ran into my room screaming.
TheElderNom 2 years ago
There are also som really scary drawings of Totoro, I'm an adult and I'm still feeling bad from seeing them. And I was just doing a normal googling for an art reference.
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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
I think clowns first became scary was with John Wayne Gacy (1978) who was nicknamed "The Killer Clown". The idea of frightening clowns was pretty much cemented into popular culture with Steven King's novel "IT" (1986).
That Goth Demon (zey/zem) 2 years ago
Pennywise ruined it for me when my friends told me Abt him 🤦♀️
Robert Beveridge 2 years ago
Clowns have been terrifying sine WAY before the last couple of decades... police first searched John Wayne Gacy's house in 1977.
Casey Payne 2 years ago
I have a theory of how and why clowns became scary. Television. Before TV the only place for clowns were the circus. Their performance was similar to operas and plays. Their entire appearance was exaggerated and broad so their performance could be read by every member of the audience - from a distance. That is important. Far away, clowns are fun. Up close, in real life? AHH! That is clearly a deranged psychopath with makeup. Every kid shrinks away from the clown when they get up close. But television brought that thing into every kids living room where they were close, but still far away. That was the first mass encounter of the Uncanny Valley. Something was wrong, but they had to play along because 'clowns are fun' when they really wanted to do was set that inhuman monster on fire and run for dear life.
#18
Snow-Dog2121 said:
Hot wheels.
Dwike2 replied:
Worst memory I have of comic con. An exhibitor gave a kid what must’ve been an exclusive at their booth. Grown men rushing and crowding the kid pressuring him to sell his toy. His parents moved him away promptly but I imagine he was shaken up by the experience. Went from a cool moment of unexpectedly getting a toy to grown weirdos getting in his face.
linoleumknife replied:
The collectors be crazy. 20 years ago I worked the night shift at Target stocking shelves, and most mornings we would have the same 3-4 guys come in right after we opened to search through the Hot Wheels we put out overnight. And for all I know they were hitting Walmart next.
David 2 years ago
Collectors wanting rares doesn't need to ruin hotwheels for kids. When I was a kid I had 100 or more hotwheels because for a while it was a promo. Shell station I think. Fill up with 8 gallons or more of gas - get a free hotwheel. My grandmother and her fellow librarian coworkers would save them for me so I got lots of free ones. The point being - I was never seeking "rare" hotwheels. I was just a kid having fun with them. Something modern kids can still do. If your kid can't have fun with toy cars without seeking rares then that is on you and your parenting. I just liked to watch them zoom down the track.
Glen Ellyn 2 years ago
Can confirm that last comment by linoleumknife. I held the same job years ago, and yes, at opening, there was always a group of guys waiting to do the same thing.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
"For all i know they were hitting walmart next" hahaha the madness of it all lol
PlatinumThe8-BitCat 2 years ago
Why!? It’s just a kids toy, I’m still a kid and I don’t even play with mine anymore, why would they want it!? Or is it like one of those collectors items that can sell for hundreds of dollars on eBay and stuff? I do know that my mom has a really old one that sells for like 100 or something on eBay, but still! It’s just weird
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
Oh yes the hot wheels collectors. I worked at WalMart they would call, some of the employees always said no and hung up.
#19
bigredthesnorer said:
Beanie Baby collectors.
Delores_Herbig replied:
This photo of a divorcing couple dividing their beanie baby collection in court always makes me laugh. So ridiculous that people thought they were like stocks.
xXSushiRoll replied:
You should've seen the squishmallow community during COVID. It was just nasty.
illy-chan replied:
Random speculation really went up a notch during lockdowns. The retro/used video game market went from spotty to absurd across the board.
Andrew Arons 2 years ago
I'm still sore that Ty rejected my idea for a Sammy the Slug Beanie Baby...
foxgirl158 2 years ago
Responding to the third comment on the Reddit post: I consider myself very lucky that I didn’t get into squishmallows until the end of 2021/2022. I’ve heard horror stories about 2020 squishmallow drops and scalpers.
That Goth Demon (zey/zem) 2 years ago
I love squishmallows cause they're cute and soft and I have a pride dragon one but I can't imagine aggressively collecting a soft toy
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Shaunn Munn 2 years ago
I worked at McDonald's when we dropped the first Teenie Beanie Baby Happy Meals. I was also in charge of safeguarding the stock and all advertising in the store. Will never forget the idiots camping out in the parking lot and throwing away perfectly good food as they cackled about their prizes. Insanity!
#20
Franko_Magic said:
McDonald's.. remember when it was all colourful with dumb character mascots and playgrounds?
KnoWanUKnow2 replied:
McDonalds itself is responsible for that. They originally targeted young families, which is why they had playgrounds and ball pits and kids birthday parties. Then they decided that young adults were a better target as they had more money and less cooking skills. So McDonalds now has gourmet coffee and an app.
Eventually they may decide that nostalgia is big and start targeting boomers or something.
The_Sign_of_Zeta
Well, it’s that and they were getting a lot of s**t for targeting children with advertising unhealthy food, which caused food sales to drop.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
I think this was a big mistake. Yes, we are adults but we want our childhood Mickey D's back! Now the food is awful and too expensive there is no reason to go unless starving with zero other options. And there is always taco bell open later and I choose that first between the two
Wondering Alice 2 years ago
Macdonals had enough money to keep the real story quite. The real reason they stopped the whole child target was by court order. I remember following the case, a couple of people who had little to lose kept up the battle for a few years. Previous, anyone attempting to sue MacDonald was attacked so hard they gave up.
Kyle Simonson 2 years ago
Uh, families also now realize feeding your kids Mickey Ds on the reg is bad for your kids.
Kirsten Kerkhof 2 years ago
Maybe this post is US nostalgia because this is exactly what I like about McDonald's: that you can have a fast meal in a building with some atmosphere and where each restaurant is differently styled to fit the building (if it is an inner-city place). Burger King is so stereotypically American diner with its red and green and steel and formica, and it just makes me feel like they want me out out out.
Saint Thomas 2 years ago
The picture is from a restaurant in Brussel, my city :-) (just wanted to say it)
iseefractals 2 years ago
McDonalds, is trash. Ground zero of Fast/processed food that has turned a nation in ever fattening simpletons who've finally just decided to give up and parrot the line "healthy at any size" They stopped "marketing to kids" because they played a SIGNIFICANT role in making children unhealthy little fatties, who grow up to be morbidly obese adults. You should not be able to get a 3500 calorie "meal" for less than $10....and everyone should be disgusted by the fact that so many people have those meals MULTIPLE times per day.
#21
MaddenRob said:
Ball Pits at the arcade.
Silver_Scallion_1127 replied:
I used to work at chuck e cheese 20 years ago around the time when they discontinued it in every store. It's insane seeing that adults would throw dirty diapers and trash in there when they could of AT LEAST just left it on their table. We would even have to wash every ball once a week through a special rack and run it through our dishwasher. Let me tell you, you can fill up over 5 large trash bins a week and it's just purely disgusting how often kids throw up or make accidents in there with no report. I was so happy that they discontinued but at the same time, it did suck that it's not a thing anymore and anyone would slack.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Ughhhhhh ball pits.... im horrified what I was swimming in at McDonald's cause you know they didn't have a special dishwasher. Remember the snakes in the ballpit urban myth?
Brainmas 2 years ago
Never heard about the snakes, just the used needles.
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PlatinumThe8-BitCat 2 years ago
This is why you never go in the ball pit, they’re disgusting (I was going to make a time travel joke but no one would probably get it)
#22
Star Wars George Lucas is very explicit that they're kids movies, but adults make their entire personality into finding whatever little fault they can and circlejerking it online. It's probably the most toxic fan base there is, full of giant dorks with sticks lodged so far up their a**es they can't enjoy a movie about space wizards with laser swords (also, if you hold the OT to the same standard as the PT or ST, then the OT is hot garbage too)
David 2 years ago
Still doesn't make them ruined for kids. I enjoyed the movies. (early ones anyway). I never immersed myself in toxic fan debates online. Just watch the movies. Buy a toy if that pleases you. It is what you make of it. Side note - Star Wars was never a "kid's movie". Even the original movie is rated PG for parental guidance because some scenes might not be suitable for some kids. I viewed it in theaters (the only option) on original release. The audience had kids but the majority of folks in the theater were adults. It is largely kid friendly but it was never like say, "Land of the Lost" or Ferngully.
Arthur Waite 2 years ago
Can I please insert a request that Posters use proper words to express themselves rather than specialized initial-terms like OT and PT, ST, and the like? Really, not everyone is so immersed in your hobby.
#23
Pain_Monster said:
Legos 🧱
They used to be for kids but adult collectors have made the prices skyrocket to insane levels nowadays
goffstock replied:
I feel like like the opposite has happened: There's a steady stream of good, fairly affordable kids sets and new ones are added all the time. It seems like they've just diversified and added a good number of complex sets that are much more complicated, have more pieces, and a correspondingly high price.
Kids definitely aren't being left out. Pokemon on the other hand...
Source: Am dad. Buy lots of Legos for my son and just about everyone else's birthday.
heuristic_al replied:
This is my take as well. I was getting so fed up with all the starwars stuff and was thinking is that all there is? But I looked into it more and realized it's just in addition to all the normal types of sets they've always been doing.
Sunshine Lady 2 years ago
They produce LEGO for every age and interest. We have Lego Duplo with the big parts, Lego Friends that ny daughter likes, Lego City and also Lego for my husband, because he is a fan.
LazyKitten 2 years ago
LEGO is literally the most diverse toy producer I can think of. There's the Duplo for youngest kids, then Lego Friends, City, Ninjago, Harry Potter, etc. for any age, and the Lego Ideas and Creator sets as well as the Botanical Collection and various other collector sets. Legos are literally perfect for any age group.
David 2 years ago
I would say lego has expanded, not been 'ruined'. When I was a kid it was all blocks. The "good" pieces were the wheels, the clear pieces for windows and the large base piece to mount stuff on. The specialized pieces for specific kids were not a thing. My point is that the basic pieces I had fun with as a young boy are still readily available. The super specialized stuff came later, and is still pretty available unless you are trying to buy some rare / special issue set. A kid can still be a kid with legos. The obsession folks help keep the company in business by paying more for rare kits. If your kid can't have fun with legos without that rare kid then look in the mirror and think about your parenting.
Elizabeth 2 years ago
I actually was only able to get into legos as an adult with adult money. My mom bought me a couple of small Avengers sets (the first movie…wow I’m old) as a kid for a special reward, but neither her nor my dad would ever get me anything substantial because they were expensive and my parents were convinced that I wouldn’t finish them. Well, now I’m literally running out of space for all of my finished sets 😁. I honestly don’t enjoy most things like I do building a Lego set!
T. 2 years ago
I love building bricks and have a ton of Lego. Imo it has become overpriced, specially licensed products, technics Bughatti for example. There are also very good alternatives with Lego-compatible bricks for low prices, but they are not very well known: BlueBrixx, Cobi, Unico, to name a few.
David Leick 2 years ago (edited)
The City sets are still my favorite. I love the quaintness of it all. French windows and pine trees as far as the eye can see. Oh, and making crazy a*s Mad Max type vehicles.
MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago (edited)
I took my Legos with me when I went to college, as well as my crayons. You'd be suprised at how many others 'played' with them to decompress.
#24
JustKittenAroundHere
Facebook was meant for college kids...
EricInAmerica replied:
Initially. Until they decided there was more money by expanding.
Zombie_Fuel replied:
And they were right.
_HacksOnMacs_ replied:
Nah. Expanding didn't make them more money. Flipping the switch on data farming and then selling it to the highest bidder did. After all the s**t they pulled should be required to have Zuck's chat mandatory on every page that uses their crap like a smoking warning on cigarettes:
#25
RazMani said:
Well. If you believe paying 1000s of dollars for a comic book is being ruined in some way. I would say comics. The ruined part would depend on who you ask.
HabitatGreen replied:
I mean, a lot of comics were never aimed at kids to begin with. Unless we are specifically talking about comics aimed at kids, of course, but comics in general? I don't think it fits this thread's criteria.
krw13 replied:
I find a lot of things in this post in general are missing the mark. Scalpers are ruining tons of things... but tons of the items throughout here have room for both adults and kids in their market. Yes, an adult is more likely to be able to afford scalper prices, but if they aren't scalping and are just trying to enjoy the product... it wasn't adult consumers who ruined the product, it's scalpers.
SincerelyMeesh 2 years ago
You can still get comic books for like...4 bucks, the rare ones are the only stupid expensive ones. Sorry you dislike they are actually being treated as the art form they are.
David 2 years ago
FOUR BUCKS. LOL! When I was a kid I purchased them for 10 - 35 cents.
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#26
sighcommagroan said:
Squishmallows, people trying to resell these LITERAL STUFFIES for 3x the price online.
C4242 replied:
Really?! As a parent of an 8 year old, I love these things. Getting presents for her classmates birthday parties has never been easier.
el_ghosteo replied:
There’s some special edition ones that get scalped. The Pokémon Pikachu/Gengar ones were promoted a lot and then sold out and resold at high prices within minutes :/
Pepsi_Cola64 replied:
I saw a snorlax one at A PHYSICAL STORE that was selling for $59!
Jane No Dough 2 years ago
Ebay, beanie babies and tickle me elmo was when this c**p started. THE ABSOLUTE WORST KIND OF PEOPLE ARE THE TOY SCALPERS, BUYING EVERYTHING UP BEFORE CHRISTMAS TO PRICE GOUGE DESPERATE PARENTS LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND CAN'T BUY GIFTS EARLY!!!
The Other Guest 2 years ago
Cabbage Patch Kids predate Beanie Babies by a decade, and hoo BOY were they all the rage. There were literal fights over them in some stores.
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I love my Squishmallows! I use them as pillows. My mom has them as well. But yes, it's stupid to try and resell them for jacked up prices.
#27
xxgunther420 said:
Getting autographs from athletes at games.
buymorebestsellers replied:
Getting g autographs from Disney Characters.
My 4yo kid was knocked to the ground by a bunch of Brazilian adult tourists who climbed over the rope to get an autograph of Sleeping Beauty.
To get an autograph of an unknown woman. In a costume. Of an imaginary character. From a fairy story.
Moar_Cuddles_Please replied:
I hope security tossed them to the back of the line for climbing over the rope and being rude in general.
PleasantCrocodile 2 years ago
Okay, gonna say this again: Brazilian Tourists do not represent most Brazilians. Taking a family of three would cost at least two year's salary for someone making minimum wage. These are entitled upper-middle class Brazilians.
#28
OperationIdiotFace said:
Toy collecting. Just grown adults creating a giant industry that produces nothing but landfill bait.
Secksualinnuendo replied:
Without adults the toy market is pretty small these days. Adults make up 40% of toy sales. I know adults buy most things but I mean they are buying for themselves 40% of the time.
abraxius replied:
Collecting for investment is the issue. I buy Lego sets and build them. It’s a way for me to relax and enjoy my time off work. The issue is people who are collecting as an investment rather then a passion.
MrKite6 replied:
I see so many posts in Lego Facebook/Reddit groups of people showing off closets or even rooms filled with unopened Lego sets talking about their "investment" and it just feels so wrong.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
Oh please. Just let people do whatever the hell they want with their own money!
OwenHasADHD 2 years ago
This. I collect lego not only for the fun, but for the investment value.
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Virgin Panda 2 years ago
I buy 80s toys that I used to have or wanted when I was a child. I collect G1 My Little Pony, Care Bears, He-Man, She-Ra, Thundercats etc. It's my hobby and it reminds me of the good old days. I will never apologise for it!!
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago (edited)
I quit on Mattel (used to collect bratz and barbies, shani dolls and random stuff) it just got out of control with people who were almost like the scalpers. I will say it made a nice profit when I sold it all and I didn’t even rip people off on pricing, it was fairly priced.
michael Chock 2 years ago
Don't worry. Just like beanie babies there will also be a lego crash. Then all the kids who never got their favorite sets will be able to buy them cheap.
Jaaawn 2 years ago
Sorry but life is tough and if an adult wants to collect something that they can look at and enjoy then so be it. It isn't necessarily producing 'nothing but landfill bait' because these items are usually left to loved ones in wills and are appreciated for even more generations.
PlatinumThe8-BitCat 2 years ago
I love to collect plush toys and action figures, I have an entire pile of stuffed animals at the edge of my bed, I don’t play with them anymore, but I love having them
#29
BlooregardQKazoo said:
Bluey. Even though it’s always been a fantastic show and still is—I watch it with my nephew but he’s really just an excuse to watch it without being judged, it’s that good—there’s always depraved people who make things weird.
Casuallyperusing replied:
Joined the Reddit group for Bluey expecting a place talking about when the new season is coming out, and seeing general normal wholesome info about a kids show my kids are obsessed with.
Left after the constant "blueysona" self-insert posts by accounts that are all about NSFW art.
minimuscleR replied:
I was surprised, just checked. That content has been banned now (rule 4 on the subreddit). People are very happy. Looking at the posts it looks mostly like a chill smaller sub now.
Lapras_Lass replied:
They looked to the Bronies and saw the writing on the wall. I'm glad they shut that down.
#30
Bootybandit6989 said:
Mexican child parties iykyk😆
Fun-Pomegranate-9614 replied:
The wildest party I’ve ever been to was a 1 year old’s bday party.
ManaFrmHeaven replied:
This is awesome and hysterical.
-Baldr replied:
You never forget seeing your aunts and nieces grinding on your mother's boyfriend.
Those parties are a*s. Literally, a*s is all you see. Even the abuelas are dancing in tiny skirts. Which I mean, power to them. But I feel bad for the 20 kids trying to sleep through [music] blasting at 80dB. Wishing they could forget everything they've seen that night.
#31
Paper Routes I had a morning route when I was growing up. It taught me so much about being responsible. . NNow grown ups have taken them over . They've taken what was 3 routes for 3 kids , put the m together and do them with their car .
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
I hated my paper route. It was the furthest route away from the newsagent, lots of really nice houses, so it was 70% broadsheets and 30% tabloids. Sundays were a nightmare as I could only take the first half of the route in my bag, and the second half was placed so I could pick it up en route!
David 2 years ago
The change is due to 'adults' but not the ones doing the delivering. Change came due to changes in society and inflation. In many places it was not safe for kids to be out super early. Child labor laws changed. Changes in the cost of things made it not very worthwhile for kids to do a small route. More economical for the newspapers to offer larger routes to people in cars. Back in the day nobody messed with the dropped off paper bundles for the kids. Then it became safer to have someone in a car come pick up many bundles from a secure location. Many factors involved but it isn't the adults driving the routes (often for pretty poor pay) that ruined the neighborhood kid paper route. And these days, most folks get their news online.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
It has always been a mix of people doing the route where I live....except getting anyone to do it now is hard
Elizabeth 2 years ago
Serious question, are there still paper newspapers in circulation? Either way, I’m pretty sure it was always our mail person who delivered them when I was a kid (we lived out in the middle of the country, it wouldn’t have been feasible for a child to deliver them)
Graham Berry 2 years ago
Yes printed papers still exist but mostly only get sold in store just beyond the check stand.
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All four of my brothers had paper routes and delivered on foot in the surrounding neighborhoods. For a couple of years, our driveway was the paper drop where enough bundled papers for half a dozen neighborhood routes were left for the carriers. 5AM and they're all out there folding papers before heading out to deliver them.
Vidas Zlioba 2 years ago
It's harder to throw the newspaper onto the roof from a motor vehicle.
What do you think ?
Negatoris Wrecks 2 years ago
Almost all of these come down to a bad economy. Kids don't have spending money like they used to, and adults are working side gigs/summer jobs on top of regular jobs or running hustles because wages aren't keeping up with cost of living.
Rachel Ainsworth 2 years ago
Most of these are about toxic capitalism. Everything is about money. Imagine a world like the 60's where you could work 40 daytime hours in a minimum wage job and still own a house, buy food and have hobbies. Not interested in all the 'isms from back then, but the balance of life and work was better then.
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
My childhood Halloween: sidewalks full of kids, almost every house giving candy. If they ran out of candy they’d dip into the cookie jar and fruit bin. My daughter’s Halloween: darkened f**k-off porches, or drunken adult house parties not handing out treats to kids.
Graham Berry 2 years ago
This really depends on where you live. I used to live in Texas where Halloween is King but now I live in Washington where it is a lot more reserved. Lucky My kids live in a neighborhood where trick or treating is still a well respected activity.
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Negatoris Wrecks 2 years ago
Almost all of these come down to a bad economy. Kids don't have spending money like they used to, and adults are working side gigs/summer jobs on top of regular jobs or running hustles because wages aren't keeping up with cost of living.
Rachel Ainsworth 2 years ago
Most of these are about toxic capitalism. Everything is about money. Imagine a world like the 60's where you could work 40 daytime hours in a minimum wage job and still own a house, buy food and have hobbies. Not interested in all the 'isms from back then, but the balance of life and work was better then.
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
My childhood Halloween: sidewalks full of kids, almost every house giving candy. If they ran out of candy they’d dip into the cookie jar and fruit bin. My daughter’s Halloween: darkened f**k-off porches, or drunken adult house parties not handing out treats to kids.
Graham Berry 2 years ago
This really depends on where you live. I used to live in Texas where Halloween is King but now I live in Washington where it is a lot more reserved. Lucky My kids live in a neighborhood where trick or treating is still a well respected activity.
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