Comments on: BabyGadget: the pre-school quadrant of gizmospace http://boingboing.net/2007/10/09/babygadget-the-presc.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 02:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2007/10/09/babygadget-the-presc.html#comment-43531 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-43531 "Are you seriously sugesting that any of the crap on sale today is built anywhere but China, Thailand or Bangladesh" Billions, perhaps trillions, of dollars worth of manufactured goods made in countries other than those you have named all rise up and dispute your claim. Or did you mean to say <i>most</i> goods are made in those countries, which has a completely different meaning from what you said? I'd like to gently suggest that you have a problem with communication or understanding rather than others having a problem with "mental structure." “Are you seriously sugesting that any of the crap on sale today is built anywhere but China, Thailand or Bangladesh”

Billions, perhaps trillions, of dollars worth of manufactured goods made in countries other than those you have named all rise up and dispute your claim.

Or did you mean to say most goods are made in those countries, which has a completely different meaning from what you said?

I’d like to gently suggest that you have a problem with communication or understanding rather than others having a problem with “mental structure.”

]]> By: Splash http://boingboing.net/2007/10/09/babygadget-the-presc.html#comment-43553 Splash Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-43553 <i> Billions, perhaps trillions, of dollars worth of manufactured goods made in countries other than those you have named all rise up and dispute your claim. </i> Sure, lots of stuff is built elsewhere - but be in no doubt that the vast majority (vast) of <i>disposable</i> items (from watches, to toys, to cheap keyboards, to electrical items) are built in China, and Asia more generally - just pick a random item around your house and check where it is made. Why would there by any contention around this ? <i>Or did you mean to say most goods are made in those countries, which has a completely different meaning from what you said? I'd like to gently suggest that you have a problem with communication or understanding rather than others having a problem with "mental structure." </i> Well, I'm sorry - I simply assumed most people are clever enough to distinguish hyperbole.
Billions, perhaps trillions, of dollars worth of manufactured goods made in countries other than those you have named all rise up and dispute your claim.

Sure, lots of stuff is built elsewhere – but be in no doubt that the vast majority (vast) of disposable items (from watches, to toys, to cheap keyboards, to electrical items) are built in China, and Asia more generally – just pick a random item around your house and check where it is made. Why would there by any contention around this ?

Or did you mean to say most goods are made in those countries, which has a completely different meaning from what you said? I’d like to gently suggest that you have a problem with communication or understanding rather than others having a problem with “mental structure.”

Well, I’m sorry – I simply assumed most people are clever enough to distinguish hyperbole.

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2007/10/09/babygadget-the-presc.html#comment-43372 Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-43372 Splash, are you still mad because you didn't have it all your own way in the laptop argument, or are you always like this? Splash, are you still mad because you didn’t have it all your own way in the laptop argument, or are you always like this?

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]]> By: madame l. http://boingboing.net/2007/10/09/babygadget-the-presc.html#comment-43938 madame l. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-43938 your recent flacking has finally reached the scoble / macleod level. when's loic comin' on? you certainly jumped the shirky on this one, sport. your recent flacking has finally reached the scoble / macleod level. when’s loic comin’ on? you certainly jumped the shirky on this one, sport.

]]> By: Splash http://boingboing.net/2007/10/09/babygadget-the-presc.html#comment-43439 Splash Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-43439 <i> Splash@1: Did you even look at the site, or is your knee-jerk reaction faster than your button clicking. Most of the things on the site are frou-frou little finds from Etsy-type places, or "stylish" things from Europe. Prices and availability suggest that they aren't made in Asia. </i> Are you seriously sugesting that any of the crap on sale today is built <b>anywhere but China, Thailand or Bangladesh</b> ? Look no further than Plan Toys (which builds the Click Clack Tree featured on the site) which makes their toys in Thailand. And that UBI changing table ? I'll eat my hat if it is built anywhere but China. <i>Splash, are you still mad because you didn't have it all your own way in the laptop argument, or are you always like this? </i> I'm always like this - thanks. That laptop argument is a classical example why you can't win an argument against people who lack the mental structure to understand how the world works... have you been to Africa lately ?
Splash@1: Did you even look at the site, or is your knee-jerk reaction faster than your button clicking. Most of the things on the site are frou-frou little finds from Etsy-type places, or “stylish” things from Europe. Prices and availability suggest that they aren’t made in Asia.

Are you seriously sugesting that any of the crap on sale today is built anywhere but China, Thailand or Bangladesh ? Look no further than Plan Toys (which builds the Click Clack Tree featured on the site) which makes their toys in Thailand.

And that UBI changing table ? I’ll eat my hat if it is built anywhere but China.

Splash, are you still mad because you didn’t have it all your own way in the laptop argument, or are you always like this?

I’m always like this – thanks. That laptop argument is a classical example why you can’t win an argument against people who lack the mental structure to understand how the world works… have you been to Africa lately ?

]]> By: pambamboo http://boingboing.net/2007/10/09/babygadget-the-presc.html#comment-48580 pambamboo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-48580 Yikes! Not to get involved in the weird flames going on above(!) - unfortunately BabyGadgets host site Popgadget, a site of gadgets supposedly for women, is inane, lame and silly. Shame. Yikes! Not to get involved in the weird flames going on above(!) – unfortunately BabyGadgets host site Popgadget, a site of gadgets supposedly for women, is inane, lame and silly. Shame.

]]> By: Splash http://boingboing.net/2007/10/09/babygadget-the-presc.html#comment-43214 Splash Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-43214 Baby gadgets, built by children in Asia... nice... Baby gadgets, built by children in Asia… nice…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/10/09/babygadget-the-presc.html#comment-43229 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-43229 Just like with geek gadget blogs, the baby gadget blogosphere has exploded in the last couple years. This is one of many. I prefer blogs that routinely credit their sources. Just like with geek gadget blogs, the baby gadget blogosphere has exploded in the last couple years. This is one of many. I prefer blogs that routinely credit their sources.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/10/09/babygadget-the-presc.html#comment-43243 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-43243 Splash@1: Did you even look at the site, or is your knee-jerk reaction faster than your button clicking. Most of the things on the site are frou-frou little finds from Etsy-type places, or "stylish" things from Europe. Prices and availability suggest that they aren't made in Asia. Splash@1: Did you even look at the site, or is your knee-jerk reaction faster than your button clicking. Most of the things on the site are frou-frou little finds from Etsy-type places, or “stylish” things from Europe. Prices and availability suggest that they aren’t made in Asia.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/10/09/babygadget-the-presc.html#comment-43259 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-43259 Is that an extremely subtle way to let everyone know that your wife's pregnant? Congrats, if so! Is that an extremely subtle way to let everyone know that your wife’s pregnant?

Congrats, if so!

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