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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    12:15 AM

    In reply to The Plot to Take Down America: Zhu Zhu Christmas Hamsters AKA "Mister Squiggles"
    I never thought I'd ever say this sentence, either out loud or in print:

    "Yeah, but, Mr. Squiggles has been found to contain antimony..."

    [www.star-telegram.com]

    carry on... :[]
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    Image of GlasgowRose GlasgowRose
    12/06/09

    In reply to The Plot to Take Down America: Zhu Zhu Christmas Hamsters AKA "Mister Squiggles"
    I'm one vodka tonic away from becoming a Zhu Zhu foster mother.
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    Image of GlasgowRose GlasgowRose
    12/06/09

    @GlasgowRose: And two G&T's away from fostering Foster Kamer, I might add.
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    Image of ampersandparade ampersandparade
    12/06/09

    In reply to The Plot to Take Down America: Zhu Zhu Christmas Hamsters AKA "Mister Squiggles"
    I think aspirational consumerism is the most hilarious joke that capitalism has played on me in my lifetime, and in this situation I find it even more incredible. Why would a child actually want this thing? This is a horrible toy. Yet they have all become convinced via the usual projectors of child trend that this is a brilliant addition to their consumerist collections of plastic shit, and if they themselves haven't been brainwashed, their parents have, by way of that nervous feeling they have as they back the suburban tank out of the driveway and wonder, eyes darting in both directions as the neighbors do the same, "do you think that they've already purchased... the Zhu Zhu thingum?" And this makes their hearts beat faster, and their sweat glands flow like a raging river, because it means they aren't keeping up as fast as they should, they will fall behind, and pretty soon it won't just be a Zhu Zhu whatever, it will be the car they have on lease, and then the wallpaper in the kitchen, and before you know it everyone else will have stopped wearing belts over their sweaters like Michelle Obama and what will this mean about who I am and what it is I want to be?

    Any parent who does not believe, for one moment, that this "must have" product was actually conceived as such within an advertiser's headquarters, before being pitched to the media as a softball story that they could pad their holiday consumer shopping reports with as a trend piece, is idiotic and deserves all of that diarrhea, every drop of it.
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    12/06/09

    @ampersandparade: The TV-ified American in me read the first line of your post then moved onto the next.
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    Image of fatmonalisa fatmonalisa
    12/06/09

    @ampersandparade: Cool story bro.

    Our consumerism makes the United States a joke to other people but EH, I like money and nice things. All they others can suck it.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    12/06/09

    In reply to The Plot to Take Down America: Zhu Zhu Christmas Hamsters AKA "Mister Squiggles"
    NGL, I kind of want one. Does that make me 12? Or just really hip? Or neither? I'm gonna go with neither.
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    12/06/09

    @Matt Cherette: It's basically a cat toy. I kind of want one to harass my parents' cat come Christmas. It freaked out with Furby so this could only be worse.

    Dogs will eat it and we will probably hear news reports about it
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    12/06/09

    @fatmonalisa: True. My dogs will eat anything, too. Especially the pug.
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    12/06/09

    @fatmonalisa: EXACTLY!! I see these things and think "This is the perfect toy to mentally torment my cat and dog with."
    Christmas bows are just as effective, not to mention cheaper.
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    Image of Charlotte Rae's Web Charlotte Rae's Web
    12:53 AM

    @Matt Cherette: My kid is getting one and I fired it up to see if it worked. It's cute and fun. My kid has wanted a hamster or guinea pig forever but I'm convinced our dogs will eat one - they'll eat anything and while they aren't allowed upstairs, she sneaks them up all the time. So I figure this is a replacement attempt - one that doesn't need to be fed or have its crap taken out.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    01:09 AM

    @Charlotte Rae's Web: This makes me want one even more, haha. Thanks!
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    12/06/09

    In reply to The Plot to Take Down America: Zhu Zhu Christmas Hamsters AKA "Mister Squiggles"
    When they start to breed with Furbys, they will take over the Earth.
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    Image of fatmonalisa fatmonalisa
    12/06/09

    In reply to The Plot to Take Down America: Zhu Zhu Christmas Hamsters AKA "Mister Squiggles"
    Yeah, but does lube wash out of the fur? Richard Gere wants to know.
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    12/03/09

    In reply to Everybody Mad at Dolls, Cartoons
    I do think it's odd that in a time in which increasing numbers of black women are trying to wear their hair natural that so many of these black Barbies have straight hair.

    But more troubling to me is most of the clothes. They're incredibly "ghetto." What happened to aspiration? Just because you're poor doesn't mean you want a doll that looks exactly like you (supposedly). The Cinderella doll comes dressed in a gossamer ball gown, not in rags.

    I'm no Barbie aficionada; was there a "White Trash" Barbie? These then, would be the black counterpart.

    These Barbies are "more horrible." White Barbie gets a convertible and a house in Malibu. Some of these black Barbies look destined for their very own street corner.
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    12/03/09

    In reply to Everybody Mad at Dolls, Cartoons
    For the first few seconds I th0ught the "Shiny Bubbles" commercial was mildly amusing -- I read too quickly and thought it was a sponsored ad leading in to the main item -- but as the bubbles' remarks began to escalate into a group taunt it was scary. How could the makers not realize that this was going too far and evoked a rape scene?

    Advertising and the movies love the image of the beautiful, helpless, naked woman on the brink of being assaulted, sexually or with a knife (Psycho). I can't think of a similar image of a man.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Everybody Mad at Dolls, Cartoons
    Adding insult to injury, after the soap scum raped her, she sat for an hour in the shower, crying as the water poured over her.
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    Image of BaconCat BaconCat
    12/03/09

    In reply to Everybody Mad at Dolls, Cartoons
    If it were a real black barbie doll, there's no way in hell she would let you touch her hair.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Everybody Mad at Dolls, Cartoons
    That commercial doesn't contain anything that doesn't go on at during halftime at a Jets game.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Everybody Mad at Dolls, Cartoons
    Oh please. I would totally fuck Grace. She's hot.

    Seriously - what's the problem?!
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    Image of Beau Nerd Beau Nerd
    12/03/09

    In reply to Everybody Mad at Dolls, Cartoons
    M-E-T-H-O-D, man.
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    Image of econdave econdave
    12/03/09

    In reply to Everybody Mad at Dolls, Cartoons
    It could be worse. Mattell initially wanted to charge 3/5ths of the price of a white Barbie doll.
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    Image of jbwan jbwan
    12/03/09

    @econdave: ha!
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    12/03/09

    @econdave: I was in the spice aisle at the grocery store when I noticed that white pepper costs more than ten times as much as black pepper.

    Stop & Shop is racist!
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    Image of BaconCat BaconCat
    12/03/09

    @econdave: That's nothing. I'm going to the caribbean for christmas and I'm bringing several of these dolls which I intend to trade for rum.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    12/03/09

    In reply to Everybody Mad at Dolls, Cartoons
    Those dolls are black? I thought they were part of the Orange County Barbie series that come with their very own spray tan booths.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12/03/09

    @misslinda: They're actually just promotional tools for Jersey Shore.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    12/03/09

    @DahlELama: So they come with a Bud Lite, neon glow necklace, and low self esteem?
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12/03/09

    @misslinda: Plus all the cubic zirconia money can buy.
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