The baby-proofing arms race

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snooggums@piefed.world · 108 pts · 229d (16 replies)

There is also a fidget spinner designed to give the baby ADHD!

dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 229d (15 replies)

You canโ€™t give people ADHD, itโ€™s not something you cook up.

ThouHastNoPizza@sh.itjust.works · 76 pts · 229d (3 replies)

dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 30 pts · 229d (1 reply)

Evidently. ๐Ÿ˜‚

lena@gregtech.eu · 12 pts · 229d

I see the joke comprehension dependency wasn't injected :P

pseudo@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 229d
Agent641@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 229d (4 replies)

I caught ADHD from my friend in highschool when we were making out in the storeroom before art class.

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.world · 4 pts · 229d (3 replies)

No, that was cuties.

dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 228d (1 reply)

Is it not cooties? Cuties is a group of cute things.

village604@adultswim.fan · 1 pts · 228d

Also a brand of citrus fruit

Noodle07@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 228d

I sure caught cooties from a few cuties in highschool

justaman123@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 229d

Through trauma, all things are possible

ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 229d (2 replies)

I think they confused ADHD with autism.

JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 229d

What?

thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 229d

tHe TyLeNoL iS gIvInG yOuR cHiLdReN aUtIsM!!!1!!1!!!11

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 229d

give me two months and an electroshock collar and i definitely could give you adhd

Ach@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 228d

Then what are these sores on my dick?

SinningStromgald@lemmy.world · 99 pts · 229d

No child of mine will have fine motor skills or hand and eye coordination!

dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 71 pts · 229d (10 replies)

I've heard of those referred to as "busy boards"

VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 101 pts · 229d (9 replies)

No they're a Chinese plot to have every child become sleeper agents who will then unlock your front door so a Chinese soldier can come in and poop in your toilet, move your salt and pepper shaker and mess with your pillow configuration on your bed.

degen@midwest.social · 13 pts · 229d

My honest, hard-working American feng shui!

toynbee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 229d (1 reply)

Those are all things my kid does without the help of a third party.

halfdane@piefed.social · 2 pts · 228d

Or so you think - dun dun duuuuun

optissima@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 228d (2 replies)

You missed the CCP new 5 year plan, they're swapping the salt and sugar containers as well now

toynbee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d

When I was a kid, my cousin confused the salt and sugar containers and dumped a huge quantity of sugar on her pasta.

It was quite the to-do at that dinner.

JoeyHarrington@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 227d

And mixing Skittles into the m&m's

FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -2 pts · 229d (2 replies)

Honestly, if Chinese operatives had the power to enter random US homes and kill people they would.

AppleTea@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 228d (1 reply)

Yes, militaries do tend to attract nationalistic psychos. The US Marines have done the same thing to many civilians. The have whole in-group rituals about it.

FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 0 pts · 228d

Bu Bu Bu BUT HER EMAILS~!?!?!

tomiant@piefed.social · 41 pts · 229d (6 replies)

Where's the pill bottle cap and a BIC lighter? Those are skills kids born today will need when they grow up. Maybe like a bubble wrap sheet but with beer can ring pulls instead?

AtariDump@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 229d (4 replies)

Best I can do

Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 229d (3 replies)

I want to know the origin... Did someone get sick of others stealing their lighter lol?

Mad_Punda@feddit.org · 20 pts · 229d (1 reply)

Seems likely to me that someone came up with that pun and also had too much time and some concrete.

Rooster326@programming.dev · 1 pts · 228d

So you're saying it could be anyone from DIWHY?

AtariDump@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 229d

No idea

thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 229d

They need those skills in the US. Obviously not in China

texture@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 228d (7 replies)

have these at retirement homes. they're great for people with severe dementia

Jumbie@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 228d

Person woman man camera TV.

DemBoSain@midwest.social · 3 pts · 228d (5 replies)

Remember when the broccoli farmers dumped a ton of broccoli in front of the White House?

texture@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 228d (4 replies)

no

pishadoot@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 228d (3 replies)

How u 4get

texture@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 228d (2 replies)

i dont believe id forget about such an event. perhaps i never knew

MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 228d (1 reply)

I needed to know as well. I found this:

George H. W. Bush broccoli comments - Wikipedia

https://share.google/bjHl21VmFgvPi3dAx

He banned broccoli from Air Force One, which prompted California broccoli growers to send several truckloads of the vegetable to the White House, most of which was donated to a food bank.

texture@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 228d

i wasnt sure i believed them, so i didnt bother to look.

appreciate you and the farmers

WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 32 pts · 229d (2 replies)

Does it come with a Covert Companion?

prex@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 229d

"Click out of one..."

floral_toxicity@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 227d

Baby's first Master Lock.

Gotta teach them young that Master Lock is shit.

tomiant@piefed.social · 22 pts · 229d (2 replies)

I hope they make a LOT of noise too, otherwise I'm not getting one.

The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world · 26 pts · 229d (1 reply)

The noise-making toys have a tendency to go "missing" in our house.

vrek@programming.dev · 9 pts · 229d

If you hate your friends partner, buy their kid a drum set ๐Ÿ˜‰

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 228d (1 reply)

Itโ€™s actually pretty cool though

Noodle07@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 228d

Montessori boards are pretty great for toddlers yeah

oce@jlai.lu · 13 pts · 229d (3 replies)
tomiant@piefed.social · 12 pts · 229d (2 replies)

I went to Montessori and it was awesome. I got tons of memories from there even though I wasn't more than 4-6 years old, which is really saying something.

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.world · 4 pts · 229d (1 reply)

Is that when they lure kids into the basement by promising them wine and then build a brick wall around them?

wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 228d

No, you're thinking of "the cask of amontillado". Montessori was an old monastery south of Rome, which was destroyed by ravaging children in WWII.

bricklove@midwest.social · 10 pts · 228d (1 reply)

Needs more gun

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 228d

Murica TM

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 229d

Give one to a husky owner and tell them it's a dog toy ๐Ÿ˜

FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 2 pts · 229d

Would absolutely not surprise me if this were true.