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Clackers -- originally glass and would eventually shatter while you played with them. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by blueskiesoc to c/vintage

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Now they're made of dense plastic. My kid calls them the Ow-Ow toy, because I'd hit my arm while showing him how to make it clack at the bottom and top. Ow, ow, ow.

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[–] n0clue 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

regarding a requested order from the United States government to seize and destroy a shipment of approximately 50,000 sets of clacker balls under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act because children could hit themselves with the balls

Fear not citizen.

[–] Wild_Mastic 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

children could hit themselves with the balls

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isnt... isn't that the point?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

No the point is to idiot proof the world so no one gains any semblance of critical thinking