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Modern toy fad I just don't get. Playing with poop.

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  • Werewolf
    Inhuman
    • Jul 14, 2003
    • 14974

    Modern toy fad I just don't get. Playing with poop.

    What the heck is up with all the poop toys? There's all kinds of plush poop toys and loads of board games like Flushing Frenzy and Don't step in it. What the hell? When did poop become cute? What is wrong with people? Playing with feces is way grosser than the slime fad of the 70s and 80s. I just don't get it.

    I would NOT have wanted a soft plush poop doll as a kid and no WAY my Mom would have even let me have one if I did. The world has gone crazy. Yuck!!!
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  • palitoy
    live. laugh. lisa needs braces
    • Jun 16, 2001
    • 59794

    #2
    Some people here may make their living selling it. I don't get it but it sells, a lot.
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    • MRP
      Persistent Member
      • Jul 19, 2016
      • 2259

      #3
      I think the South Park Character Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo, which debuted 22 years ago in 1997 had a lot to do with bringing the idea of poo into pop and genre culture and making it acceptable enough to be "cool." Even though I've never liked South Park, there is no denying the cultural influence it has had over the last two decades.

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      • Werewolf
        Inhuman
        • Jul 14, 2003
        • 14974

        #4
        It's like hey kids here's a big pile of excrement. Sprinkle it with glitter and put a bow on it. What fun! Am I the only one that thinks this is really messed up?

        Ugh, even Play Doh makes poop now. Words fail.
        You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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        • Mego-Amigo
          Persistent Member
          • Jun 22, 2011
          • 1043

          #5
          You're not the only one that thinks it's messed up. It's in poor taste.

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          • monitor_ep
            Talkative Member
            • May 11, 2013
            • 8829

            #6
            I can tell you this " Sh*t don't sell... going through the clearance isle and most of the poop items are there and still cannot sell. I do not blame the kids, it the stores who are ordering this and think kids will like it. I remember when retail used to not sell stupid stuff like that.
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            • thunderbolt
              Hi Ernie!!!
              • Feb 15, 2004
              • 34211

              #7
              Its that stupid emoji's fault.
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              • Ninersphan1
                Veteran Member
                • Jul 27, 2009
                • 314

                #8
                Totally agree, just gross. Of course I also don't get Funko pops either, but I've never been into stylized versions of my favorite characters.

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                • J.B.
                  Guild Navigator
                  • Jun 23, 2010
                  • 3081

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Ninersphan1
                  Totally agree, just gross. Of course I also don't get Funko pops either, but I've never been into stylized versions of my favorite characters.
                  Think I'd rather collect real poop than Funko Pops.
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                  • cjefferys
                    Duke of Gloat
                    • Apr 23, 2006
                    • 10180

                    #10
                    Pssst, as a parent I've found out that kids think bodily functions are funny. My kids, especially my 12 year old son, think that poop toys are cutting edge entertainment.

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                    • comicmike
                      Persistent Member
                      • Sep 22, 2009
                      • 1824

                      #11
                      In Toronto, there is a dessert restaurant called the Poop Café. "Guests perch on toilets to eat a variety of Asian-inspired treats at this irreverent eatery." I obviously have *much to learn* about diversity within diverse cultures, let alone contemporary humour, because I simply do *not* get it. At all. I used to find Mr Hankey funny, but I moved on. I don't seem to recall mixing that humour with meals or artistic expression. Maybe I got to dig deeper on my one-time memories of that one. Now I'm here experiencing a present era of a plethora of Unicorn Poop slime advertisements that I force myself to skip past while YouTubing Mego reviews on my AppleTV. Nope. Don't get it. Not at all. And I'm asking myself, what will be next: Taylor Swift to re-release an edit of Stompin Tom's "Margo's Cargo" lyrics with a modern beat for a newer, younger audience, perhaps? Shiver. Squirm. Stifled gag...& awkard silence. My sakes, I feel old, and set my ways.
                      Last edited by comicmike; Feb 5, '19, 10:37 PM.

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                      • EMCE Hammer
                        Moderation Engineer
                        • Aug 14, 2003
                        • 25766

                        #12
                        I can't watch Mallrats anymore either. My kids think the poop emoji is hilarious, and I am pretty sure I saw a rainbow plush version at Target the other day when I was looking for the new Herbie Hide figure.

                        I will say that it seems easier to find a Mego scale toilet these days.

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