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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The meme implies that consumerism is a choice people made and not a system they were forced into. Regan relaxed the rules on advertising to children at the same time TV was a co-parent in millions of homes.

A small study from 2010 showed that children too young to read could distinguish dozens of corporate logos, including from companies that don't advertise to kids.

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/kids-mcdonalds-toyota-disney/story?id=10333145

I don't see how it implies that it's a choice.

My kid got a tamagotchi a year back and it had an led screen, full colour, 16bit graphics and a bunch of modern settings like being able to connect it to your phone and other tamagotchis, it’s wild. They’re like $90 though

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I tied my Pocket Pikachu to my belt, thank you very much! Still have it to this day, and yes it still works.