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[yubsie]

Things that make me sad:

We were at McDonald's yesterday. They have gendered toys for Happy Meals this month. Now, almost invariably the "boy" toy is infinitely cooler than the "girl" toy, but this time it went even further than usual. Girls are apparently supposed to get Strawberry Shortcake.

Boys get freaking STAR WARS.

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[yubsie]

Yeah, that's standard procedure. It just annoys me that the better toy is always the "boy" toy. When I worked there I used to stumble through the full names of both toys because I figured a lot of girls would want the toy the we were playing with in the break room instead of the doll. And then I'd get annoyed when people wouldn't actually check with their daughters before answering and then the girl would pipe up that actually, she would prefer the other toy.