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Egnever

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11. Peta

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 05:51 PM

Dec 2015

Millions of crickets bred in boxes to feed to various pets but having one as a pet that drives your toy car is cruel...

Odd toy to be sure, but cruel and unusual to crickets is a stretch. How about stepping on them when you see them in your kitchen? Whats that??

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'Worst idea ever': Mattel under fire over toy car driven by live cricket kept in motion sensor cage [View all] Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 OP

It is not good to teach children to treat other lives as toys to tblue37 Dec 2015 #1

+1 !!! In_The_Wind Dec 2015 #2

On Facebook users were unimpressed and said it was inhumane. Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #3

Thank you. Octafish Dec 2015 #15

That's what we have Republicans for. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2015 #24

disgusting roody Dec 2015 #4

I swear this could have been on the 1970s exboyfil Dec 2015 #5

Omg Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #8

Almost right up there with "Bag O' Glass". roamer65 Dec 2015 #87

You think that one looks like satire? Try this: muriel_volestrangler Dec 2015 #92

Probably the worst toy idea since Fox News Correspondent Barbie. Initech Dec 2015 #6

this is BULL ! WHAT A CRAP TOY. Mattel, killing crickets. SHAME SHAME ON YOU piece of garbage trueblue2007 Dec 2015 #7

Killing crickets is ok exboyfil Dec 2015 #10

Post removed Post removed Dec 2015 #18

I suspect if you asked the crickets if they would prefer to drive the car or be eaten by the mantis Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #35

Do people eat grasshoppers or crickets? LuvNewcastle Dec 2015 #60

Yeah. My kid who thinks most new foods are "gross", ate a lollipop with a cricket inside once Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #68

Let me introduce you to cricket flour! aidbo Dec 2015 #73

I had no idea they made that! LuvNewcastle Dec 2015 #89

I suspect crickets would prefer to maintain a natural life in natural environment. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #61

it was rational in the context of the post I was responding to, sir. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #67

Having a cricket drive a plastic car Texasgal Dec 2015 #78

No that has no intellectual value exboyfil Dec 2015 #80

i hope the public pressure causes a pull of this sociopathic "toy" restorefreedom Dec 2015 #9

Peta Egnever Dec 2015 #11

Brief N/T catnhatnh Dec 2015 #14

True. My motto is: They get to live outside, but not in my house. Hekate Dec 2015 #32

Yeah, they're noisy buggers, I hate it when they get into the house Warpy Dec 2015 #55

Something that's not engendering entertainment through cruelty. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #62

Jiminy would disaprove and so do I suffragette Dec 2015 #12

This toy will get pulled off the sheves after the first time SwankyXomb Dec 2015 #13

Honestly, why is this all that much worse than, say, an ant farm? Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #16

It is about what the child is learning--which is nothing good or humane. nt tblue37 Dec 2015 #17

I guess. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #21

I don't worry so much about the bugs but about the process whereby tblue37 Dec 2015 #22

I suppose. But is it really "suffering"? The bugs are in a clear box. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #26

Recognizing our faults is step one. Being sincere about it is step two. Good luck, little cowboy!!! LanternWaste Dec 2015 #63

Another one of my faults is, I'm a terrible liar. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #69

The ants in an ant farm probably believe that they are in the wild. Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #45

I guess. I must confess I'm just not feeling the outrage, on this one. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #47

I guess the question is, if you had 2 weeks to live, Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #48

Hell, I'm rubbing my legs together and creating a chirping sound as we speak! Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #56

They just need to make a car for my bearded dragon so he has a chance to catch his food. Quackers Dec 2015 #82

Is that some kind of sexual euphemism? Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #83

"I just cant keep up with you kids" Quackers Dec 2015 #84

Indeed. It's called a "quaalude". Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #85

Sir, if you can find quaaludes, you're not a man, you're a god! Quackers Dec 2015 #86

Oh, I can find em, alright. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #88

here is a petition restorefreedom Dec 2015 #19

Thx Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #49

Still can't top the fly powered airplane Heeeeers Johnny Dec 2015 #20

OMG! Those flies are being *crucifed*! nt tblue37 Dec 2015 #23

"None of them will have experienced anything like this before" - undoubtedly, true. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #37

Concept is up there with the human centipede Baitball Blogger Dec 2015 #44

Now that's a project! completely homemade, requiring some skill, mountain grammy Dec 2015 #81

How on earth does this provide a learning experience? cali Dec 2015 #25

I LEARNED THAT CRICKETS ARE SHITTY DRIVERS! Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #38

Important information, for sure! cali Dec 2015 #57

Crickets..... Lint Head Dec 2015 #27

How long has this toy been on the market? Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #28

I was just thinking along those lines. Cassiopeia Dec 2015 #33

$30 on Amazon right now. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #34

the news articles about it are posted around dec 10th Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #51

The story I saw was posted today. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #54

It made it to market because some big shot at mattel thought it was a good idea, and his people hughee99 Dec 2015 #74

I was thinking the same thing. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #75

The phrase "Please proceed" may have been uttered to them once or twice. n/t hughee99 Dec 2015 #76

Fuckin' twisted! nt valerief Dec 2015 #29

Houseflies are lower in my esteem than crickets, yet it is still wrong to pull their wings off Hekate Dec 2015 #30

It's gonna backlash right into huge sales, I bet. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #36

I seldom agree with PETA because they are so over-the-top, but I hope Mattel is embarassed. nt Hekate Dec 2015 #40

This can't be reaL Iggo Dec 2015 #31

toysrus ad below Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #50

I had one delivered by amazon, it was left on the welcome mat and you know what happened. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #39

At least the crickets met their destiny and the Door Buzzard got a Xmas dinner... Hekate Dec 2015 #41

Using a buzzard in that fashion probably would not please peta, either. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #42

OMG, I have to check back into the Door Buzzard thread to see if a PETA subthread has appeared! Hekate Dec 2015 #43

Is the cricket considered a bug or a feature? (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #46

Please tell me this is from "The Onion" or Borowitz. brush Dec 2015 #52

Sadly no Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #53

My son would love this... ileus Dec 2015 #58

As kids we used crickets as bait for fishing. FLPanhandle Dec 2015 #59

As a cricket, given the choice between (1) having a metal hook shoved up my ass Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #66

"Wot? My idea of 'EAVEN would be to..." Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #71

Sounds like a toy every budding sociopath would enjoy LanternWaste Dec 2015 #64

If only factory farming created this reaction. bunnies Dec 2015 #65

... Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #70

well played. bunnies Dec 2015 #93

Dumb idea Spirochete Dec 2015 #72

Never send a cricket to do a hamster's job. n/t Binkie The Clown Dec 2015 #77

what twisted fuck came up with this dlwickham Dec 2015 #79

It has not hurt their stock price Omaha Steve Dec 2015 #90

I suppose this will do until something worth freaking out about comes along Orrex Dec 2015 #91