Dismayed by comsumerism

It's not the people buying and selling. It's just the idea of it. OP is right, about pieces of toy food being sold for £50 while children go hungry

People spend money on all kinds of toot. Some of them are billionaires. Other people starve. It's not ideal but it seems to be how most people want things to shake down.

@EatTheGnome People buying those toys have worked hard for their money

I will politely remind you that people who can't afford the £50 fake food toys have also worked hard for their money, and in many cases, moreso by doing physical and dangerous manual labour work.

And then going on Facebook to post about it.

Or better still, coming on MN and telling everyone about how virtuous they are. Like this post.

Sick?

What, like ill with a physiological condition? Or distrurbed like a serial killer.

Do enlighten us about with which of those two categories is appropriate for someone buying or selling children’s toys.

So you are getting all worked up about a department store selling expensive toys. Like they have been doing for over 100 years?

Honestly, how do some people get the day with so much shrieking and pearl clutching.

And Lego are selling houses when people are homeless!!

I guess it depends how you frame it.

If you say it's people buying fake food as a plaything for their children while other children go hungry because their families can't afford the real thing then yes, it seems insensitive. Not quite as bad as posh oiks burning £50 notes in front of beggars though.

But you could also argue that any toy that replicates the real world is insensitive to someone somewhere, and most of us aren't going to agonise over every purchase to decide if it's appropriate to buy, they just want to give their kids the latest thing, and sadly that's nothing new in this consumerist world.

I do think rampant consumerism needs to be addressed though as our poor planet is littered with so much unnecessary stuff, but I think there are more important aspects of this to address than types of toys.

But we're not really a country of poverty and foodbanks, are we?

And neither are we a country of Marie Antoinettes saying, "Let them eat £50 toy food" which is how you seem to want to paint things.

Just wondering how they can make such a broad statement that people who spend £50 on a toy won't give to charity

Mostly cause I wouldn't consider £50 on a toy the realm of the ultra rich, just the "living comfortably and can splurge a little sometimes" category who are usually some of the biggest donators, people who can see how close they are to needing the help themselves and donate to them

Gotcha! X

Yeah, it's kind of sick

Is it just jellycat toys that annoy you? If so why? Are non food related frivolities for children ok?
Weird hill to take a stand on op

Outrage for the sake of being outraged.

Someone please think of the children

I was referring to the poster who said people who can spend £50 on a toy aren't the people giving to charity

Jellycats are fabulous!!

Selfridges is a high end store. Pretty much everything is expensive. Have you seen their ladieswear??

Buy them or don't buy them. The End.

Thank you, I have no idea what they are wittering on about.

But people always spend money on things that could be got for cheaper, because that's what people do

Most things are bought as a want and not a need. It's not going to stop people needing food banks...

If Mrs jones decided she was going to buy one of those toys and then changed her mind. I doubt she would be thinking about the food bank and then donating the equivalent to it. She would probably think, oo I saved myself £50 and go about her day.

I think the toys are over priced but so are most things people buy without necessity.

So if I donate 10% of my salary each month, volunteer, and put stuff in food banks, by your logic I'm still not allowed to buy a soft toy? So what am I allowed to spend my money on? 100% to charity, same as you, yeah?

Well people that don't have money can't donate something they don't have.

To be crude, I don't think homeless people are topping up the food banks.

It wouldn't matter. I don't need to justify how I spend my money. Hut if you want to play that game, I'll answer of you answer:

Have you spent any money this month that wasn't a charity donation?

@LikeAFineMerlot I think OP os referring to the jellycat experience where you can queue up and buy a themed toy. Like your kid buys "fish and chips" but it's actually a soft toy and they sales assistant role plays with the kids. Not that you could be expected to know that given that OP cannot articulate herself without talking in riddles.

Well, yes - this is capitalism, I'm afraid. £50 toys are barely a speck of ice on the tip of the iceberg when you consider the money that is squandered on all sorts of nonsense while some live in desperate poverty.

Yes.

I'm the one who doesn't make sense

You know that do you?

Er, yes it does! Your OP doesn’t make sense