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> Who gave young Rebecca an eBay account? Completely irresponsible, she couldn't know what she was bidding on! Thank God this responsible mother here is around

> Who gave young Rebecca an eBay account? Completely irresponsible, she couldn't know what she was bidding on! Thank God this responsible mother here is around to warn us of the dangers. So her kid accidentally eats some magnets and dies and this makes her a valid source of mockery? I guess I am seeing the side of HN that people complain about

Cycl0ps 5y ago
Her kid was given magnets and almost died, that makes it a valid source of mockery, if the kid actually died the mother would instead be a valid target of manslaughter charges
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Spivak 5y ago
This is honestly just normal HN whenever people talk about doing literally anything to push people to get the covid vaccine or trying to stop people from falling down the conspiracy rabbit hole. Apparently people dying is totally fine as long as there is there's some contrived narrative that it's their own fault. HN, and more broadly the liberal-tarian crowd, is really really individualist which comes through in issues like these. "We can't make a rule that toys meant for and sold to children should have to meet basic safety standards, it should be the individual parent's responsibility... rabble rabble something education"
bserge 5y ago
Well, yes. I mean, it's a very shitty thing to happen, but how the fuck is the seller to blame here?
tablespoon 5y ago
This is in a reply to the dead child comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28776005 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28776005 >> So her kid accidentally eats some magnets and dies and this makes her a valid source of mockery? > Her kid was given magnets and almost died, that makes it a valid source of mockery No, but thinking that reveals certain repulsive personality traits. It also sounds like Rebecca's mom didn't "give" her magnets: https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2021-10-06/mum-calls-for-new-laws-to-stop-dangerous-toys-being-sold-online https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2021-10-06/mum-calls-for-new... > "I said do whatever you need to do, just save my baby, save her. All I did was buy a toy, that is all I did, I didn't feed my baby magnets, I didn't leave her unattended with them." ... > The magnets Sam bought online for her son last Christmas.
simplicio 5y ago
"almost dies". Still kinda crass to make fun, but the child recovered.
Zak 5y ago
Mockery is needlessly cruel, but there's a valid underlying point: the ball magnets are an item intended for adults and teenagers, not young children. When I searched on Ebay for "colored ball magnets", I found what looks to be the same item, and it says "adult" in the title twice. One could argue that hazardous items should be forbidden from having an appearance attractive to young children, but that's hard to implement in practice. I'm inclined to think a warning on the package that they're not for kids and swallowing can be deadly is an appropriate solution for a product like that. DigitDots brand magnetic balls do have such a warning, but I'm not sure if that's true for the white label version I found on Ebay.

Cycl0ps 5y ago

Her kid was given magnets and almost died, that makes it a valid source of mockery, if the kid actually died the mother would instead be a valid target of manslaughter charges

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Spivak 5y ago

This is honestly just normal HN whenever people talk about doing literally anything to push people to get the covid vaccine or trying to stop people from falling down the conspiracy rabbit hole. Apparently people dying is totally fine as long as there is there's some contrived narrative that it's their own fault. HN, and more broadly the liberal-tarian crowd, is really really individualist which comes through in issues like these. "We can't make a rule that toys meant for and sold to children should have to meet basic safety standards, it should be the individual parent's responsibility... rabble rabble something education"

bserge 5y ago

Well, yes. I mean, it's a very shitty thing to happen, but how the fuck is the seller to blame here?

tablespoon 5y ago

This is in a reply to the dead child comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28776005 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28776005 >> So her kid accidentally eats some magnets and dies and this makes her a valid source of mockery? > Her kid was given magnets and almost died, that makes it a valid source of mockery No, but thinking that reveals certain repulsive personality traits. It also sounds like Rebecca's mom didn't "give" her magnets: https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2021-10-06/mum-calls-for-new-laws-to-stop-dangerous-toys-being-sold-online https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2021-10-06/mum-calls-for-new... > "I said do whatever you need to do, just save my baby, save her. All I did was buy a toy, that is all I did, I didn't feed my baby magnets, I didn't leave her unattended with them." ... > The magnets Sam bought online for her son last Christmas.

simplicio 5y ago

"almost dies". Still kinda crass to make fun, but the child recovered.

Zak 5y ago

Mockery is needlessly cruel, but there's a valid underlying point: the ball magnets are an item intended for adults and teenagers, not young children. When I searched on Ebay for "colored ball magnets", I found what looks to be the same item, and it says "adult" in the title twice. One could argue that hazardous items should be forbidden from having an appearance attractive to young children, but that's hard to implement in practice. I'm inclined to think a warning on the package that they're not for kids and swallowing can be deadly is an appropriate solution for a product like that. DigitDots brand magnetic balls do have such a warning, but I'm not sure if that's true for the white label version I found on Ebay.