Comments on: Noncompliant Nipple Ring Sold Separately

By: Blatz

Blatz — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:31:08 +0000

Did I just go back in time? This was on the radar last year. Which is like olden tymes on the internetz.

By: Eric H

Eric H — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:20:42 +0000

If they actually included an X-ray Fluorescent (XRF) scanner inside this thing, you could use this toy to check for lead and phthalates in other toys, and then lock up the criminals responsible for selling it all to children.

By: Helmut O' Hooligan

Helmut O' Hooligan — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:50:16 +0000

I want the Waterboarding playset and Dick Cheney w/ Kung Fu grip–constitution toilet paper sold separately.

By: Big Chief

Big Chief — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:34:01 +0000

Radley, thanks for this post. It’s always a good day when you can use Nipple Ring in the title. It helps offset the depression hangover from Stimulus Thursday (Thanks Reason!).

By: freedomfan

freedomfan — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:15:00 +0000

I don't think the set would be complete without this Playmobil accessory.

By: Comrade Dread

Comrade Dread — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:52:15 +0000

Gunned down puppies, crying children, tasered invalids, and grandma face down bound in riot cuffs not included.

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:48:47 +0000

#14 Dave Krueger

Is a dog included with the SWAT set?

Sorry. That didn’t make any sense. The dog would have to be part of the innocent family set.

By: Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:32:25 +0000

Yeah, niple ring. You heard me.

By: Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:32:06 +0000

I bet Bill Griffith is gonna grab “noncompliant niple ring sold separately” and have Zippy say it in one of the strips.

By: Cynical In CA

Cynical In CA — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:22:01 +0000

I just knew there had to be a catch, John.

Just to be fair, though, selection bias works both ways — minority and majority viewpoints, as evidenced by the comments linked to in the post about El Paso City Council attempting to start a dialogue on the reform of narcotics laws. Lots of “drug warriors” coming out of the woodwork there favoring the FedGov over local gov.

Selection bias does have a multiplying effect that distorts reality, I agree.

Actually, though, I’ll get behind you and agree that education is a big part of the problem — that and willful ignorance, herd mentality, peer pressure to conform and fear of the unknown.

Might say it’s endemic for these reasons.

By: John Jenkins

John Jenkins — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:55:41 +0000

@Ben: Cynical is right. The problem you’re seeing is selection bias. People who think like that are most inclined to seek out occasions to mock the government, so you see more mocking than the raw number of people who hold those feelings would otherwise indicate.

I suspect I disagree significantly with Cynical, though, when I say that the problem is educational rather than endemic. Most people just don’t think about the problems enough to realize the issues.

@Nick: Capital One is currently running one of their commercials with the Viking raiders that shows one of them piling up battle axes, knives and whatnot on one of those conveyors, then walking through and having it go off. It’s pretty funny.

By: BobG

BobG — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:45:56 +0000

Shouldn’t there be little rubber gloves for doing cavity searches?

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:30:02 +0000

Is a dog included with the SWAT set?

By: Sithmonkey

Sithmonkey — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:14:38 +0000

Hoal E. Shyte!?!?

Next they’ll come out with a Guantanamo Bay set, with a tiny plastic tank for weeble-wobble water boardin’…

By: aland

aland — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:12:11 +0000

Nick,

Is that a Playmobil Minnesota Vikings ship? I might have to buy that one too.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:03:56 +0000

I can see that much fun could be had combining that set with my son’s Playmobil Viking Ship.
“I’m sorry sir, you can’t bring that battleaxe on board.”
“Arrrrrrrrrr” *Thwack*

By: Cynical In CA

Cynical In CA — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:03:09 +0000

“The comments are great, but it makes me wonder if there’s that many people that think like that, why aren’t there more protest or riots or whatever?”

If the conclusion makes no sense, check the premise.

There aren’t that many people that think like that, Ben.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:52:35 +0000

What happens when you try to walk this doll (http://www.astrolabe.com/product/2746/Fulla_Walking_Doll_(w__cart).html) through the checkpoint.

Just asking.

By: nobahdi

nobahdi — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:43:54 +0000

Do they also come bundled together as “Paymobil Police State?”

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:22:28 +0000

The comments are great, but it makes me wonder if there’s that many people that think like that, why aren’t there more protest or riots or whatever?

It kind of reminds me of the Fark Politics tab… some good stories and ideas about the free market and liberty. And those posters get shot down over and over again. It’s sad really.