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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 01:58 AM Original message |
Nine Toys that prepare children for a life of menial labor |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. Dead link n/t |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't this these toys are "to prepare" children for menial work. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. really? |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. . |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. don't like to see garbage truck in there |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 06:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Their jobs can't be sent overseas |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. As an experienced professional "can man" |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. my dad used to give big holiday tips to the trash guys |
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1955doubledie (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. That's what I thought, too |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. The 1987 Human Services workers vs McDonald's near-revolt |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. guys working on garbage trucks don't get menial wages |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. I have more respect for trash guys than bankers |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. you have any respect for bankers?! |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Possibly the most secure job in a consumer economy. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. On A Societal Value Basis....... |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. +1 |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. Antidote: Legos and encyclopedias. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. Check out the "unintentially creepy toys"! LOL |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. cracked.com is a total blast. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. Well aren't we just on the high horse today? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. My parents have a home movie of me at Christmas when I was 18 mos |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 06:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. my favorite toy one year in the early sixties was |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I can see your point. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. I got the same kinds of "girl" toys... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Yeah! My brother got erector sets and Lionel trains! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. I got GI Joes. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
10. idiotic. Except for the McDonald's thing |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 06:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Its Cracked think The Onion..... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
12. I feel like putting a bullet in my head after seeing this. "cracked" is an appropriate name. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
14. Baby Wallstreet has them trading credit default swaps and securitizing Monopoly hotel mortgages |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
15. they said gas station attendants are only for the lazy |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 07:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I know.New Jersey is very weird in that regard. nt |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. it's not a bad thing |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
17. how many days does the average Mickey Dee's worker have to put in to |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
20. This is BS. A lot of those jobs, if they're union, are actually quite good. And making fun of |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
26. Elitist |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Site blocked at work but I can tell it's a joke from your post |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. No No |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. That attitude is endemic here. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
27. Wow, what a buzzkill |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
32. this is absolute horse shit. there were very similar toys 25 years ago when i was little... |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
34. What you see as "menial" |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Why do you think we out of many skilled trades? |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. You have a good point, Mamaleah. |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
35. That's kinda depressing.... |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
39. Well, I see CRACKED is still unfunny after all these years. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
42. I think a lot of posters don't realize Cracked is like MAD magazine, without the funny. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
43. A toy janitor cart? Oh God. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
45. Our kindergarden class went on a field trip |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
50. Reminds me of the Flintstone's animal operated gizmos |
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