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Vibrators on sale at Tesco, thought it was a bit much

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JustBrowsingTheWeb · 27/10/2024 17:10

Went to buy some toothpaste with my kids, 7 year old wants to see new toy in plastic boxes, it’s rows and rows of vibrators. Is it just me or is this a bit much for the weekly shop?

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Warz · 27/10/2024 21:44

MartinCrieffsLemon · 27/10/2024 21:38

Thank you

I want it clear I don't think children should be exposed to sex beyond their age.

What does that sentence actually mean?

Candledr · 27/10/2024 21:43

LouH5 · 27/10/2024 21:28

Couldn’t agree more with this.

I had to laugh at the thought of vibrators being “scary.”

Right! That’s my Halloween costume sorted anyway 🍆 👻

IKEAJesus · 27/10/2024 21:42

Pomollo · 27/10/2024 21:40

“This product isn’t available right now”

must have been a rush since you posted the link…

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Hope Tesco is paying @JustBrowsingTheWeb on a per-sale basis

Warz · 27/10/2024 21:41

Reserved101 · 27/10/2024 21:36

I don't entirely agree with the PP but they're making a valid point and I think you, and others, are grossly misrepresenting them.

Where is the misrepresentation? It's literally reading what they have typed and calling it creepy.

AdviceNeeded2024 · 27/10/2024 21:41

Carouselfish · 27/10/2024 21:40

What I find worse (and I agree OP, it is quite odd to have sex toys in a supermarket. Cock rings next?) is when newspaper bill boards on the street have CHILD PORN in massive letters as a headline. At child height. That any reading age child can be smacked in the eyeballs with. So many massive problems with that.

They’ve sold cock rings in supermarkets a lot longer than vibrators.

Pomollo · 27/10/2024 21:40

“This product isn’t available right now”

must have been a rush since you posted the link…

Carouselfish · 27/10/2024 21:40

What I find worse (and I agree OP, it is quite odd to have sex toys in a supermarket. Cock rings next?) is when newspaper bill boards on the street have CHILD PORN in massive letters as a headline. At child height. That any reading age child can be smacked in the eyeballs with. So many massive problems with that.

MartinCrieffsLemon · 27/10/2024 21:39

BobbyBiscuits · 27/10/2024 21:37

It wouldn't bother me personally, but they should probably be in their own section, maybe close to condoms, lube etc.
Not really near anything that little kids might be looking at.
I guess if they were locked away behind the desk it would be more embarrassing as people would have to verbally request it.

They are usually with the lube and condoms. Which are usually with paracetamol and ibuprofen and other medicine children shouldn't have ready access to

MartinCrieffsLemon · 27/10/2024 21:38

Reserved101 · 27/10/2024 21:36

I don't entirely agree with the PP but they're making a valid point and I think you, and others, are grossly misrepresenting them.

Thank you

I want it clear I don't think children should be exposed to sex beyond their age.

BobbyBiscuits · 27/10/2024 21:37

It wouldn't bother me personally, but they should probably be in their own section, maybe close to condoms, lube etc.
Not really near anything that little kids might be looking at.
I guess if they were locked away behind the desk it would be more embarrassing as people would have to verbally request it.

MartinCrieffsLemon · 27/10/2024 21:37

Joopg · 27/10/2024 21:33

Your posts are creepy as fuck, frankly.

Please explain

I'm serious

I keep getting accused of being creepy

But no one can explain why

RosesAndHellebores · 27/10/2024 21:37

Golly, I had enough trouble finding a jar of mint sauce in Tesco this morning. I'll have a look next week, hopefully they'll be a special Clubcard price 😀. I wonder if Janice on checkout three will notice, she usually comments if I put a nice pudding through! Presumably if I were to buy one, they'd come up on my previously bought items when I log on for a home delivery. Perhaps one should pay cash at the customer services counter?

I bet Lady Porter thinks it's hilarious. Wonder if she's got one.

Reserved101 · 27/10/2024 21:36

Joopg · 27/10/2024 21:33

Your posts are creepy as fuck, frankly.

I don't entirely agree with the PP but they're making a valid point and I think you, and others, are grossly misrepresenting them.

Pureasthedrivensnowww · 27/10/2024 21:35

Tbh I'm more bothered by the big signs/advertisements in chemists for viagra with slogans like "helping you connect" and - as in our local pharmacy- a big, shelf-high ad for it that literally says "erectile dysfunction" under the name. My ten year old had questions about that, questions less easy to answer than "it's for grown ups"

@RedWinePoliticsAndHair see I don’t get this. My 9 yr old asked the exact same thing and I told her it’s a medicine for adult men whose penises don’t work properly. No-one was scarred for life by that.

ForDogsSake · 27/10/2024 21:35

Do you get a discount with clubcard?
Um, asking for a friend.

Joopg · 27/10/2024 21:33

MartinCrieffsLemon · 27/10/2024 21:31

You still aren't explaining how it's creepy. Or why the hypocrisy is ok.

Plenty of people have "thanked" my posts which I'm assuming means they agree with me

You're acting like I think kids should have live demonstrations of sex toys and be encouraged to use them at home whilst watching hard-core porn...

Your posts are creepy as fuck, frankly.

Loly79 · 27/10/2024 21:32

There was a video on facebook, someone was showing that they were selling these in their local Big Tesco

So Divine Men Pleasure Pump - Tesco Groceries

Terea · 27/10/2024 21:31

Anyone read the Tesco reviews? If you need a laugh…..🤭

MartinCrieffsLemon · 27/10/2024 21:31

Warz · 27/10/2024 21:28

No. You've tried this line in your other posts.

I think at least one other poster reported your posts - I see you're not dissuaded from your view that you've got a really excellent point to make.

You still aren't explaining how it's creepy. Or why the hypocrisy is ok.

Plenty of people have "thanked" my posts which I'm assuming means they agree with me

You're acting like I think kids should have live demonstrations of sex toys and be encouraged to use them at home whilst watching hard-core porn...

LouH5 · 27/10/2024 21:28

Candledr · 27/10/2024 21:27

If they aren’t old enough to understand then they shouldn’t be in the condoms and lube aisle 🙄 not sure why they’d be scared either!

Couldn’t agree more with this.

I had to laugh at the thought of vibrators being “scary.”

Warz · 27/10/2024 21:28

MartinCrieffsLemon · 27/10/2024 21:23

Alcohol, vapes, gambling, cigarettes and sex are all "adult pursuits"

3 of those involve literal poison. 4 of them are addictive. Only 1 is considered so horrendous that children cannot even see a box and be told "it's for adults".

And condoms and lube are just as much part of "adult sexual behaviour".

No. You've tried this line in your other posts.

I think at least one other poster reported your posts - I see you're not dissuaded from your view that you've got a really excellent point to make.

jumpintheline · 27/10/2024 21:27

I wouldn’t give a stuff if my 5 year old spotted them. I’d say something vague and move on.

Far more difficult is all the junk food which he will ask repeatedly for and make a scene about being forced to put back.

Candledr · 27/10/2024 21:27

Missmarple87 · 27/10/2024 19:41

Bloody hell. Do you not realise how awful hearing about that can be to a child who is not old enough to even remotely understand? How scary it could seem?

If they aren’t old enough to understand then they shouldn’t be in the condoms and lube aisle 🙄 not sure why they’d be scared either!

LouH5 · 27/10/2024 21:26

Pureasthedrivensnowww · 27/10/2024 21:14

I’m intrigued by the “rows and rows” of vibrators, in my Tesco there’s just a couple

really? At mine the whole bakery section is now anal beads alone

I just laughed way too hard at this 🤣🤣

Warz · 27/10/2024 21:25

Completelyjo · 27/10/2024 21:17

Seriously, in what way are children “being exposed” to anything?
Its a couple of boxes with no graphic imagery on the front and literally no way for a child to have any clue what’s inside unless they are an older teen and already know a lot about sex and therefore have been exposed elsewhere already.
Do you understand there’s not a live demo in the store?
A child would have absolutely no clue what’s in the box nor what it’s for.

Yes, I do understand that.

There's a whole thread of posters falling over themselves to make it okay for sex toys to be in store, and within the sightline of young kids, all citing, 'they don't understand/it's fine anyway/what's the problem/etc.'

I disagree profoundly with that POV, for the reasons I cited upthread.