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Nothing went wrong. You never watched something on tv when you were younger that your parents thought was filth and stupid?
by Gelob 4y ago
Nothing went wrong. You never watched something on tv when you were younger that your parents thought was filth and stupid?
- paulgb 4y agoI did, but I fortunately didn't have $500k to “invest” in a game at the time.
- coldtea 4y agoYes. And that was a problem with parenthood back then too.
- marban 4y agoNo, I'm not aware of anyone getting scammed by He-Man.
- iso1631 4y agoYou benefited from strong regulations which covered television programming, and even stronger regulations about those aimed at kids. If NBC had broadcast scams in He-Man or Scooby Doo rather than the weekly moral messages they'd have been off air faster than you could blink. Regulation barely exists any more, except mainly to defend copyright owners.
- chowells 4y agoHe-Man was the scam. The entire show was created specifically to sell toys to children. Before Reagan's deregulation crusade in the early 80s, that was illegal.
- godzillabrennus 4y agoIf true that’s yet another reason to celebrate Raegan. Better for kids to buy toys of men in leotards than the Johnny 5 all in one super weapon.
- feet 4y agoWhat is the Johnny 5 all in one super weapon?
- justin_oaks 4y agoI think the parent commenter meant the Johnny Seven O.M.A (One Man Army) toy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Seven_OMA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Seven_OMA
- pixl97 4y agoJonny Seven One Man Army. Legal Eagle did a video over dangerous toys recently and had this in it. https://youtu.be/UtT34FNuBf0 https://youtu.be/UtT34FNuBf0 At the 3:15 mark.
- Quarrelsome 4y agoI mean its not a scam if you get a toy after you pay for it. The issue with this scam is none of these people got what they paid for.
- trimbo 4y agoWhat was illegal? Disney was selling character stuff for decades prior. Star Wars toys were licensed by Lucas before that movie came out[1]. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenner_Star_Wars_action_figures#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenner_Star_Wars_action_figure...
- eli 4y agoYou clearly never ordered the products advertised in the back of the comics.
- aswanson 4y agoI wanted that hovercraft kit so bad.
- checkyoursudo 4y agoMore than x-ray vision? Real x-ray vision[0]? [0] Or so I was led to believe.
- aswanson 4y agoLol, forgot that one!
- doc_gunthrop 4y agoBut kids were being scammed by those 1-900 "call Santa" television commercials.
- godzillabrennus 4y agoJackass / CKY videos come to mind for my generation. Even Bum Fights. Shame what’s happened to Bam Margera.
- AntoniusBlock 4y agoBam Margera looks like he could star on Bum Fights as a bum. They could call it Bam Fights.
- pipeline_peak 4y ago> Shame what’s happened to Bam Margera Considering how much he’s refused support, this was predicted for years. It’s all on him.
- brookst 4y agoI’m always curious why people think that blame has something to do with compassion. They’re entirely orthogonal. If you only have compassion for the blameless, you may not be doing it right.
- pipeline_peak 4y agoWhy should anyone feel sorry for him? He’s 40 yrs old and lost, he had the time and resources. I don’t feel sorry for someone who throws away that many chances.
- brookst 4y agoFair enough. People who do feel compassion for those who caused their own suffering usually do so out of an awareness that they are fallible as well.
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