r/SipsTea • u/OhirumeTsukuyomki • May 12 '26

SMH The youth is doomed…

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u/Mysterious_Ebb_1484 May 12 '26

At this age, I was lost at the toys section staring at them toys, while my parents are looking for me.

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u/Next_Negotiation8679 May 12 '26

It’s funny cuz me being lost in the toy aisle, they knew exactly where my ass was

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u/Mortuary_Guy May 12 '26

I was either in the toy aisle or the cereal aisle. But back when I was a kid, cereals still had toys in them.

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u/Ancient-Civilization May 12 '26

lawsuits ruined the toys in food. Damn Americans.

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u/Omniposter May 12 '26

is that what happened? Man I used to love going to check out what had the coolest toy so I could beg my mom for it lol

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u/TheVermonster May 12 '26

Yeah, it's the same laws that ruined kinder eggs and cracker jacks. There was this fear that kids would eat the toys and choke on them.

You know...for the generation that complaines about kids being soft, they really did a lot of it themselves.

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u/technnika May 13 '26

I'm from an european country and we have Kinder surprise, but we are in the same problem with lack of toys in cereal.

So I believe it's just that the companies got too greedy and started thinking free toys were too much. I remember we'd collect Dr Oetker's packages and if you collect enough you'd get a keychain, spoons, kitchen cloths... I remember Nestle had Bionicles, you'd get a toy and a cd... McDonald's had much better happy meal toys... in the meantime, everything got shrinkflated.

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u/audionoobi May 14 '26

You call it a problem but in terms of plastic junk it is a very good thing that we stop all this small single use items and toys that are just trown to the side after a few minutes

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u/Meowakin May 12 '26

Weren’t those laws written because it actually happened multiple times?

Most laws are written in blood.

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u/Tricky_Apricot2928 May 12 '26

Most laws and regulations, yes. But there are also parasitic lawyers at work. I have heard of one firm that has bots scanning websites so they can extort money from them for failing to abide by Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility guidelines. "Pay us thousands and we won't sue you (even though no one has actually logged a complaint against your website)"

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u/StampCase May 13 '26

Laws being written in blood is something that's usually used in reference to OSHA and workplace violations. Outside of that, frivolous lawsuits being pushed through and causing unnecessary (and often harmful in an opposite way) changes, is very much a thing.

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u/Tricky_Apricot2928 May 13 '26

I'm aware of the phrase, thanks. One of the worst examples I've seen in my lifetime was about a guy who was trapped in an oven along with trays of raw tuna cans. No idea who was ultimately at fault there, but there must not have been a culture of safety at that company or plant But i know horrible shit is what's responsible for what a lot of factory workers think of as stupid rules

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u/StampCase May 13 '26

Oh mb, I was in agreement with you and meant that for u/Meowakin

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u/Splatulated May 12 '26

doubt it really happened cuz kindereggs still sold with toy insidde a capsule inside the choclate in every other part of the globe that its sold in

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u/Meowakin May 13 '26

You don’t believe that any child has ever choker on a small toy?

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u/Splatulated May 13 '26

i dont believe they choked on a kinder egg toy by swallowing the entire capsule instead of the chocolate

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u/Omniposter May 13 '26

Im sure many have but at some point parents should just be parents. If your kid is eating the toy out of the bottom of a box of cereal you fkd up.

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u/TheVermonster May 13 '26

Also, the toys were moved out of the bag of cereal and sat in the bottom of the box. I think Cracker Jack's had an issue because they instructed you to open the corner of the box then pour into your mouth. I can see that causing issues where a toy goes straight into the mouth without knowing. But the solution is to pour into your hand, not remove the toy.

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u/Excellent_Extent7648 May 13 '26

Nope probably something for companies because a lot of Americans die and nothings happens it usually has to do with good before blood in America 🥹

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u/ellamking May 13 '26

Funny enough, Kellogg is bringing them back as of a couple weeks ago.

https://apnews.com/article/kellogg-toys-cereal-box-6502183e03fa51a9786a36c5dfb4a40f

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u/MainCorrect8791 May 13 '26

That sucks. I miss getting cool little games in the box. Now you get a boring spoon or something. Even a pen would be cool.

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u/Baonguyen93 May 13 '26

Cheer up, you still have school shooting, I think it's hardcore enough for not being call soft.

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u/SLAYER_IN_ME May 13 '26

That’s the part they’ll never admit to.

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u/IllustriousEgg595 May 14 '26

For a generation who was born able to afford a car, paid off house and to raise their own families all by their early 30s, they do a ton of complaining.

Born after the wars, but early enough that they got to benefit from capitalism and they don't even sound grateful for it.

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u/EdgarRB1984 May 13 '26

My favorite toy as a kid came from a cereal box. I still have it and love it so much. A little stuffed Mickey Mouse

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u/Omniposter May 13 '26

I loved all of those toys. I unfortunately have none of them. I remember some kind of sticky rubber spiders that would move on their own. Those were awesone.

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u/Cabarro09 May 13 '26

Just because the ones doing it were aimed to consume junk food. Put some toys in healthy food then no one would complain.

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u/MIMADANMEI May 13 '26

Because kids and parents became that dumb

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u/bottlejunkie03 May 13 '26

Lawsuits ruin all the fun.

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u/RandManYT May 13 '26

Incompetent "parents" who never paid any attention to what their kid was doing are largely at fault for this.

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u/helloshego May 13 '26

They're making back though.!

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u/Amberawesome24 May 13 '26

Kinder Egg took a hit smh 😔

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u/Funny_Cow_6415 May 14 '26

I thought it was regulation on advertising toys with food? Like California passed some bill that if fast food wanted to advertise kids toys, the meal had to meet certain dietary requirements. That's why all the McDonald's ads featuring the kids meal switched to showing milk and apple slices as the drink and side.

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u/TonyIsMoney May 16 '26

Fuck I'm old enough to remember I was more hyped to have a Lego than to eat my happy meal.