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Poppy Troll Doll

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Xanthangum · 05/08/2020 21:31

twitter.com/SamParkerSenate/status/1290986237315039232?s=20

This must be an Internet wind up?

Let me just check if it's a hoax:

leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/08/fact-check-dreamworks-trolls-doll-is-not-designed-to-groom-young-children-for-pedohiles.html

Was DreamWorks Trolls World Tour Giggle 'n Sing Poppy Troll doll designed with a "private parts" button to groom young children for pedophiles? No, that's not true: The button on the rear bottom of the toy was designed to trigger giggling sounds whenever the doll is placed in a sitting position. There is no evidence, beyond the fears of some mothers, that the button is part of a secret strategy by the toymaker to prep kids for sex trafficking.

Phew. That's all right then.

Seriously?

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Longtalljosie · 06/08/2020 07:41

So their author has a qualification in cultural anthropology. That’s why people go to journalism college. So they can realise the actual story when it’s slapping them round the face...

HumphreyCobblers · 06/08/2020 07:32

So many people working on that doll signed this off. They all thought that a button there that made gasping and giggling noises was a good idea.

WTF

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 06/08/2020 07:30

I cannot believe that no-one at the company noticed that! That's utterly bizarre and disturbing.

AskDan · 06/08/2020 07:28

I am normally quite relaxed. But there is a secret button on the croch, not advertised on the packaging , that when you press makes a gasping noise!

I think it is shocking.

HumphreyCobblers · 06/08/2020 07:09

Just seen this. Bloody hell that is grim.

TehBewilderness · 06/08/2020 01:33

Most of the time when companies market to pedophiles they expect it to fly under the radar of parents. A doll in MAP (Minor Attracted Person) colors that gasps when you push the button on her bottom is a bit too obvious.

WombOfOnesOwn · 06/08/2020 00:45

Internet fact checking has become a goddamned joke. It's basically:

"A corporate spokesperson explained to us that they did no wrong, so I guess that checks out, nothing to see here, move along, just some dumb moms on the internet having problems with nothing again."

Remember when journalism was about asking tough questions of people like corporate PR reps and politicians? Now, they're just vehicles to transmit press releases. Even the "fact checkers."

FromEden · 06/08/2020 00:37

There is no evidence, beyond the fears of some mothers

Just us silly women being hysterical again Hmm

Datun · 05/08/2020 22:17

Surely to God, they would know as soon as someone presses the button in the crotch of the doll and it makes those giggling sounds, the jig is up?

How did they ever think this would fly?

JWrecks · 05/08/2020 22:04

It's horrible!

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Xanthangum · 05/08/2020 22:03

The Power Range I think was an attempt to show how ludicrous and warning-sign-y this would be on a non-cute toy...

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Cabinfever10 · 05/08/2020 22:02

Sorry reread that tweet I was wrong it said imagin 🤦‍♀️. Still the troll is bad enough

Oncewasblueandyellowtwo · 05/08/2020 22:02

Sorry I'm not coherent, I'm so disgusted.There is no way to excuse this and that hoax check doesn't explain anything.

Cabinfever10 · 05/08/2020 22:00

Yikes that is so dodgy and what is with the power ranger penis button or was i imagining that tweet?

Oncewasblueandyellowtwo · 05/08/2020 22:00

A button on the dolls private parts making those sounds,fucking hell.

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