What gifts that you received for Christmas this year are already in the trash?

Usernameblankface@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 223 points –

For me, there were several dollar store trinkets that already broke, and one toy for my kids that was a huge sparkly styrofoam mess waiting to happen, so I threw it out rather than curse anyone else with it.

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The slinky my middle child got didn't even survive the day.

Has anyone had a slinky that survived more than a week?

The plastic ones never do, but I had a steel one growing up i played with a lot tyat lasted me a decade.

When my kids play with slinkies, they're destroyed within a day.

To clarify: the slinkie is destroyed. The children remain unchanged.

I remember growing up with several slinkies around that we didn't play with and therefore they lasted