Growing up there were a lot of strange
toys that were available. They weren't as bad as some of the toys
that were around in the 1950's where you could, as a child, get
uranium and make gases from it. That is a real thing that was
possible. Later toys got past being poisonous and got dangerous. Toys
nowadays will just fall apart. Back when I was growing up toys could
hurt or drive you insane. Some of these toys had the simplest tasks
but for whatever reason could not be executed. I've made a list of just five things that people around my age had to deal with because
adults liked angering our blood.
Fisher Price Skates were dumb. When I
would see kids in them I would worry about them more than if you just
put a child in regular ass skates. They were made to keep a kid from
actually skating. They would...skitter. You could loosen them as your
kid learned how to not fall down every five seconds, but you would
easily make the mistake of thinking that your kid was doing fine and
loosen them too much. Next thing you know your kid wears a helmet for
more than when they play sports. This would be like driving a car
that slams on the brakes every ten feet just in case you were in
danger. I think they still make these things. I wore skates a few
years ago and fuck skates.
