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Well GP is wrong. I have a 10 year old girl, I’ve bought a dozen of these, and she loved them each time. Yes, she may play with them only for a few hours each,

Well GP is wrong. I have a 10 year old girl, I’ve bought a dozen of these, and she loved them each time. Yes, she may play with them only for a few hours each, but if it brings a smile to her face & makes her happy for many hours, then I think most parents agree it’s worth it.

deepzn 6y ago
What ever works for you man. That stuff is meth, trash, superficial garbage.
- kgraves 6y ago
  That kids can grow out of, it's harmless than actual 'meth' and other 'addictions' adults almost never 'grow out of'.
  - TaylorAlexander 6y ago
    Do you know where our plastic ends up? Every documentary I’ve seen on the subject shows that our plastic ends up with no oversight in some poor country while children literally sift through it for pennies a day.
    - drak0n1c 6y ago
      Only due to the recent habit of tossing toys and all kinds of junk in recycling bins, where they don't belong. Over-recycling is worse for the planet than simply throwing away garbage responsibly. Most parts of the US have no shortage of landfill space.
    - brendawalsh 6y ago
      Maybe your plastic. Mine is transported several miles away, where it is buried and can then leech into the river, which is used as our water supply downstream. But, yeah, who decided to put the water treatment plant next to the landfill?
- smabie 6y ago
  Unlike the cultured and refined stuff you like, I assume?
- kinghtown 6y ago
  And your kids are watching Godard films?
powercf 6y ago
The amount of plastic waste around some of these toys is shocking: https://youtu.be/CZpG032TR5A https://youtu.be/CZpG032TR5A. It reminds me of the packaging around AMD Threadripper and Intel 9900k packaging - both also very wasteful. If they only make a child happy for a few hours then it's probably not worth it.
- HeWhoLurksLate 6y ago
  One of my friends built a PC into his dad's Threadripper box, inspired by this: https://www.anandtech.com/show/14473/spotted-at-computex-a-ryzen-pc-in-a-threadripper-retail-box https://www.anandtech.com/show/14473/spotted-at-computex-a-r... Remember, these things are targeted at a subset of an enthusiast market (and some HEDT stuff, too) and are mainly Halo products- and for many people, if they're paying $600 for a CPU, a nice box / unboxing experience is a quite nice touch.
anm89 6y ago
She may have only played with them for a few hours but the plastic waste will outlive her by 100x. You really can't see anything negative here?

deepzn 6y ago

What ever works for you man. That stuff is meth, trash, superficial garbage.

kgraves 6y ago
That kids can grow out of, it's harmless than actual 'meth' and other 'addictions' adults almost never 'grow out of'.
- TaylorAlexander 6y ago
  Do you know where our plastic ends up? Every documentary I’ve seen on the subject shows that our plastic ends up with no oversight in some poor country while children literally sift through it for pennies a day.
  - drak0n1c 6y ago
    Only due to the recent habit of tossing toys and all kinds of junk in recycling bins, where they don't belong. Over-recycling is worse for the planet than simply throwing away garbage responsibly. Most parts of the US have no shortage of landfill space.
  - brendawalsh 6y ago
    Maybe your plastic. Mine is transported several miles away, where it is buried and can then leech into the river, which is used as our water supply downstream. But, yeah, who decided to put the water treatment plant next to the landfill?
smabie 6y ago
Unlike the cultured and refined stuff you like, I assume?
kinghtown 6y ago
And your kids are watching Godard films?

powercf 6y ago

The amount of plastic waste around some of these toys is shocking: https://youtu.be/CZpG032TR5A https://youtu.be/CZpG032TR5A. It reminds me of the packaging around AMD Threadripper and Intel 9900k packaging - both also very wasteful. If they only make a child happy for a few hours then it's probably not worth it.

HeWhoLurksLate 6y ago
One of my friends built a PC into his dad's Threadripper box, inspired by this: https://www.anandtech.com/show/14473/spotted-at-computex-a-ryzen-pc-in-a-threadripper-retail-box https://www.anandtech.com/show/14473/spotted-at-computex-a-r... Remember, these things are targeted at a subset of an enthusiast market (and some HEDT stuff, too) and are mainly Halo products- and for many people, if they're paying $600 for a CPU, a nice box / unboxing experience is a quite nice touch.

anm89 6y ago

She may have only played with them for a few hours but the plastic waste will outlive her by 100x. You really can't see anything negative here?