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more about #wehateyourkids more comments → RandomLunatic: The Zhu Zhu Pets are a danger as old as the Betsy-Wetsy Doll: [dangerist.typepad.com] more » Rozelle’s Bagman: John, I'm only hamsterdancing. more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: It is clearly the next step in the total enslavement of the US by our Chinese overlords. The hamsters are obviously wiring home what they learn. more » mommy_dearest: A pretend pet is far superior to a real pet, any day. I would get this for my youngin' if she insisted on a pet (although I will not stand in line fo... more » Tart of Darkness: As for Richard Gere I always heard it was a gerbil. A much different animal altogether. more » Tart of Darkness: Clearly this is the Chinese version of the 70's arms race that bankrupted the Soviet Union. more » Baroness: And aren't they the cheapest, most horrible-looking things? Like repurposed material for cheap slippers from some toxic Chinese factory? I refuse to... more » meechybee: The long-term interest you child will show for the mechanical hamster versus a real one is about even. And at least when the battery dies, you don't ... more » Cytochromeo: Isnt it probably cheaper to buy a real god damned hamster? more » VioletViolet: For those working in retail that morning, I suggest that 5 hour energy shot drink. It's more like a 3 hour energy shot, but that's the only thing that... more » unclevanya: Curses! The hamster link caused a QuickTime upgrade and almost made my Firefox go boom in the midst of a hypnotic spinning hourglass. Given the choic... more » b4nt4: jane aldridge: teenage fashion blogger turned vogue it-girl, turned urban outfitters designer and chanel-invitee to the crillon ball. even kanye wes... more » Xinnix: Where are the girls? Where are the girl staff writers? #wehateyourkids more » Trai_Dep: I'm trying to figure if the lack of Girl Wonders is because of patent sex bias on the part of the media gatekeepers, or if it's because they've got co... more » Trai_Dep: Am I the only one praying the Dating Advice Kid's next book is How to Talk to Your New Juvie Hall Roommate? #wehateyourkids more » -
#consumerism
And the Bony, Terrifying Hand of Black Friday Beckons
I will refuse to acknowledge this season's hot trend in toys, electric Chinese hamsters, with anything but the following: 1. These forty words. 2. #WeHateYourKids. 3. Sigh. 4. #RichardGere. That is all. Are we done? We're done. Thank you. [NYT] -
#kidstoday
Six Child Media Prodigies You Should Fear
That 16-year-old TechCrunch writer with 120,000 Twitter followers, who we wrote about yesterday, is part of a burgeoning child punditocracy. Children are operating in virtually every facet media — and doing so successfully. Fear for your job.
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#wehateyourkids
Will "Where The Wild Things Are" Lift Your Soul or Crush It?
The hipster hype for "Where The Wild Things Are" was almost overbearing. The verdict, for one particular viewer was a "depressing existential" piece of cinema. More » -
#facebook
Facebook Your Party, Start a Street War
Facebook is quite powerful at lubricating relationships between acquaintances. Too powerful, sometimes: the social network turned an English garden party into a riot requiring a small police army to put down. More » -
#kidscrying
Video: Britian's Got Talent Cutie Hollie Steel Cries On Live TV, Gets It Together, Advances Round
Aw. Tear. Hollie Steel, the tiny ten year-old aspiring ballerina/singer, broke down last night on her Britain's Got Talent semi-final round. She then came back to kick ass everywhere. More » -
#shutupbrooklyn
Killer Dog Rampage in Park Slope 'Tot Lot!'
The perpetually put-upon parents of Park Slope have yet another outrage to face! Already battling listserv fees and fighting sexist hats, the yups must now contend with dogs trying to eat their babies! More » -
#fromthemailbag
The Mommy Flip-Out Too Hot For 'Park Slope Parents'
"Park Slope Parents," the Brooklyn listserv, is in the midst of a civil war between yuppie parents and list moderators. One combatant finally just snapped, and she's shared her rant with us. More » -
#snuggiewars
Yuppie Babies Strangled by Fleece
Finally, someone has combined the most puzzling qualities of Snuggies and Park Slope Parenthood into one atrocious product: the "Peekaru." More » -
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#shutupbrooklyn
Park Slope Parents in Tribal Stroller War
The stroller-and-laptop-wielding factions of Park Slope have not yet broken out into open rebellion in the streets over the Park Slop Parents Messageboard Fee Outrage, although a splinter group may be increasing the palpable tension:
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#shutupbrooklyn
Park Slope Parents Fee Battle Threatens to Spiral Into All-Out Yuppie War
This bitter war over a fee(!) to post on the Park Slope Parents listserv is perfectly in character. Park Slope is where New York's most annoying parents sequester themselves in a twee, self-important doombubble. More » -
#lolslate
Your Dead Kid Doesn't Impress Slate Columnist
Jack Shafer has had it with the weepy emails about how you lost Little Timmy forever to some overdose. He's a busy man. Save it for Cary Tennis. [via Nick Douglas] -
#shutupcollege
UCLA Students: James Franco Is an Academic Lightweight
Foolish idealists have banded together and formed a Facebook group protesting the University's choice to have honey-dipped actor James Franco as their keynote graduation speaker. Because looking at that mug for 30 minutes is torture. More » -
#urbananthropology
Why New York Moms Lust For Twins
Did you know that twins, though they may provide extra mouths to feed in a down economy, can gain a mother entrance into an "exclusive society" of travel and glamorous TV work? It's true! More » -
#badvertising
Fire-Haired Demon Child Demands 'Big Girl Car'
In this age of fossil fuel depletion, economic meltdown, and a dying US auto industry, how should consumers pick an automobile? By bowing to the demands of the world's most terrifying screeching red-haired brat: More » -
#videuhoh
Every Child Wants Pee and Poop For Christmas
So says Good Morning America today. They had an awkward segment on the must-have toy of the season, a doll that urinates and defecates. "Kids are obsessed!" Then they cut to commercial, abruptly. -
#bitches
Boarding School Mean Girls Get Their Latest Victim Expelled
Is teasing good for us? The New York Times thinks so. But does Tatum Bass? She just got kicked out of her fancy boarding school because the popular girls didn't like her prom planning. More »
