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Razmos Wrote:this, 100% this.
I've been eating these my whole life, guess that shows i'm smarter than the average American child. No surprise there.
I still get my parents to buy them for me. I'm 20.
GUILTY PLEASURES
I loved these as a kid and still do (23 at the moment). A friend of mine gave me one a few months ago, and I got some squirting camel thingy from it xD. Apparently, whenever she goes home, her mom gives her like 20 to bring back to University. And like you, she's 20, so there's nothing wrong with loving these past childhood!
As for them being banned in the US, I had no idea, lol. Its one of those things that, when I heard it, I went "really? seriously? I never even remotely thought that something like this could be banned", though I can see why now (not that I agree).
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Marksman Bryan Wrote:I've had these since I was like 4. F'ucking loved 'em.
Never knew they were illegal, lol. We've always had them in our pantry.
im surprised you didnt die. ((loljk))
anyway, if those ugly looking things 'bypass' the law im surprised Kinder Joy didnt, or are they not banned ? Kinder Joy is also heaven in egg form.
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Kinder Eggs look fucking lame.
From what I can tell they're barely an eggshell-layer of chocolate and the entire inside is just a capsule with a dinky ass toy inside? So who cared about these ever? I'd understand if it was an eggshell-layer of chocolate with more edible fillings inside, but you're just paying to scrape the little candy the damn eggs have with your teeth and not getting anything other than that.
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I have honestly never heard of these until now. Looks delicious.
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案山子 Wrote:Kinder Eggs look pineappleing lame.
From what I can tell they're barely an eggshell-layer of chocolate and the entire inside is just a capsule with a dinky ass toy inside? So who cared about these ever? I'd understand if it was an eggshell-layer of chocolate with more edible fillings inside, but you're just paying to scrape the little candy the damn eggs have with your teeth and not getting anything other than that. Well the original versions (not these american knock offs) were delicious. And the idea of chocolate AND toys as a kid is just incredible.
Honestly, don't knock it until you've tried it.
It's mostly nostalgia I guess though, I probably wouldn't buy them nowadays if I hadn't gotten them as a treat when I was a kid, they are a part of a lot of peoples childhood and even now are still tasty
Also I find it kind of stupid that parents actually complained and/or sued the company when their children choked on it rather than blaming their own parenting skills. They must have known what Kinder Eggs are and whats inside them, they shouldn't have let their kids eat them unsupervised or should have explained to them what it is.
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Razmos Wrote:Well the original versions (not these american knock offs) were delicious. And the idea of chocolate AND toys as a kid is just incredible.
Honestly, don't knock it until you've tried it.
It's mostly nostalgia I guess though, I probably wouldn't buy them nowadays if I hadn't gotten them as a treat when I was a kid, they are a part of a lot of peoples childhood and even now are still tasty
Also I find it kind of stupid that parents actually complained and/or sued the company when their children choked on it rather than blaming their own parenting skills. They must have known what Kinder Eggs are and whats inside them, they shouldn't have let their kids eat them unsupervised or should have explained to them what it is.
That reminds me of this one mother that ran over her daughter by accident (Context: She did not check that the girl was in the car). No amount of safeguards will save one from death by stupidity; you don't need the Darwin Awards to tell you that and your lack of parenting skills should not be affecting everyone else who has enough intelligence to check a chocolate for a toy when it is pineappling advertised to contain a toy.
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Curtiss Wrote:That reminds me of this one mother that ran over her daughter by accident (Context: She did not check that the girl was in the car). No amount of safeguards will save one from death by stupidity; you don't need the Darwin Awards to tell you that and your lack of parenting skills should not be affecting everyone else who has enough intelligence to check a chocolate for a toy when it is pineappling advertised to contain a toy.
You don't understand. The mindset is "I (or my child or other loved one) got injured or killed. Somebody's got to pay!"
And if the courts agree that the big bad corporation is somehow to blame, then that takes away my guilt and lets me sleep at night.
People don't like taking responsibility for anything, and obviously don't like paying, either.
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SaptaZapta Wrote:You don't understand. The mindset is "I (or my child or other loved one) got injured or killed. Somebody's got to pay!"
And if the courts agree that the big bad corporation is somehow to blame, then that takes away my guilt and lets me sleep at night.
People don't like taking responsibility for anything, and obviously don't like paying, either.
Someone had to point that out.  I mean come on, what does it say of a nation when it bans chocolates with toys in them because someone might eat the toy?
...or maybe I don't need an answer to that. Long gone are the days when I thought America was all awesome.
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案山子 Wrote:Kinder Eggs look pineappleing lame.
From what I can tell they're barely an eggshell-layer of chocolate and the entire inside is just a capsule with a dinky ass toy inside? So who cared about these ever? I'd understand if it was an eggshell-layer of chocolate with more edible fillings inside, but you're just paying to scrape the little candy the damn eggs have with your teeth and not getting anything other than that.
That's the point, it's rich chocolate that mimicks an egg shell for a quirky toy. You can make mini car's mini boats, helicopters, puzzles, etc. after you eat some chocolate. And it isn't cheap knock off crap chocolate, it's rich, quality chocolate.
Not that I'd piss over your painfully obvious shitty childhood, I guess I was raised better than that.
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KhainiWest Wrote:That's the point, it's rich chocolate that mimicks an egg shell for a quirky toy. You can make mini car's mini boats, helicopters, puzzles, etc. after you eat some chocolate. And it isn't cheap knock off crap chocolate, it's rich, quality chocolate.
Not that I'd piss over your painfully obvious shitty childhood, I guess I was raised better than that. 
If it isn't at least 3.5 ounces of sugary fat meant to be eaten in one sitting (or, preferably, one mouthful), it's way too little candy.
What, no?
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SaptaZapta Wrote:If it isn't at least 3.5 ounces of sugary fat meant to be eaten in one sitting (or, preferably, one mouthful), it's way too little candy.
What, no?
him Wrote:but you're just paying to scrape the little candy the damn eggs have with your teeth
The fact he would be attempting to scrape the chocolate off with his teeth, rather than breaking it in half, may imply he'd be one of the poor victims who choke on the capsule if he was introduced to this product.
+1 American justice, saving another life.
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KhainiWest Wrote:The fact he would be attempting to scrape the chocolate off with his teeth, rather than breaking it in half, may imply he'd be one of the poor victims who choke on the capsule if he was introduced to this product.
+1 American justice, saving another life.
Or it might imply he is one of the poor souls who live in a warm climate, where these eggs tend to soften to the point where the chocolate must be licked off the capsule.
On the other hand, he said he has no experience with them and was basing his opinion on the picture. Guess you're right.
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The capsule is pretty loose inside the egg, you wouldn't need to scrape it off with your teeth.
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