To be fair it ain't the most problematic children's game ahaha
Anyone remember "Who is afraid of the black person"? It was a game often played by kids at least in my country and my god I never realised the racist implications until way later!
That game should warrant some interesting research. What split between generations/areas/other factors implied it being about skin color and which were running away from this
Its pretty non representative of prisons where I'm from, and I do not want my kids thinking this is what prisons should be, so hard pass as a concept. Also visually looks a bit naff.
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Sheeple@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y
Idk man I don't think we should keep marketing cops to children?
More dog variants are always appreciated tho
Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 2y
Interesting point, didn't think about it.
Makes you question how the "policemen vs thieves" game should be treated nowadays
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org · 11 pts · 2y
Honestly, when I was growing up, there was never anything more to it than just running around. It was a glorified hide-and-seek.
Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 2y
Yeah definitely my feeling too. A variant of the "wolf" one
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 2y
Oh yes, that one never made any sense
Poiar@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2y
Military vs. civilians looks more like the current way of things, sadly
Sheeple@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
To be fair it ain't the most problematic children's game ahaha
Anyone remember "Who is afraid of the black person"? It was a game often played by kids at least in my country and my god I never realised the racist implications until way later!
boredtortoise@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
That game should warrant some interesting research. What split between generations/areas/other factors implied it being about skin color and which were running away from this
Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 2y
FYI, for some reason the picture wasn't displayed, this one should work
boredtortoise@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Thanks! I'm still struggling with lemmy markup and it seems I used an url to a wikia-resized variant
Deceptichum@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
Fuckin no? Yeez what country is that?
Sheeple@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Germany ahaha. We kind of translated it differently. I think it might have a less offensive name in English!
LuckyBoy@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y
Cops are helpfull in a lot of countries. Is just that USA is not one of them.
Deceptichum@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
Cops are bastards in every country actually.
DredUnicorn@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Its pretty non representative of prisons where I'm from, and I do not want my kids thinking this is what prisons should be, so hard pass as a concept. Also visually looks a bit naff.
LuckyBoy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
It looks fun enough for kids to play. For adult collectors not so much.
Devdogg@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
The front side looks awesome, the back side looks like an eyesore. Much like most LEGO sets today.