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Blue is for boys and Pink is for girls! (reddthat.com)

submitted 8 months ago by bazmatazable@reddthat.com to c/pointlesslygendered@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] sp451@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s 10 years old. Do they still do that shit? Not that it was okay 10 years ago…

[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

The weird thing is, Kinderüberraschung actually was gender neutral when I was a kid.

Not sure when they started doing this, but in the past there only was one version of it and it was a standard kids dessert/toy

[–] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean, I can see why they did it like that, but there has to be a better way to signal that kind of toy one is getting.

I propose we do away with these boy/girl genders and replace them with ones based on Pokemon contest types. There should be your choice between Kinder eggs with the following attributes and flavors:

Cute Toys (pink, sweet)
Tough Toys (yellow, sour)
Cool Toys (red, spicy)
Beautiful Toys (blue... dry...)
Smart Toys (green... bitter? could work with matcha idk)

There might be some workshopping to be done there, but it's a strong start towards improving the situation

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago

Smart toys could be mint flavoured...