Toys R' Us files for chapter 11 bankruptcy.

[sethnintendo]

Alby_da_Wolf said:

sethnintendo said:

Well almost anything can be considered a toy.  I'm sure some kids might get a kick out of a tire still.  Too much junk plastic shit toys these days (was plenty in my days growing up too).  If I was a parent I'd give my kid a football or soccer ball and tell them to have fun.

True, kids can often save themselves making their fantasy fly with almost anything. Toys, even makeshift ones, involve physical interaction, free fantasy, brain-body coordination, and in case of open air toys, sports and games, also healthy physical exercise and possibly healthier air to breathe than indoors, and last, but not least, get a social life with true human contact, not filtered by a computer network. Lack of face to face interaction is making more and more people, not just kids, but adults too, unable to tell implied meaning and tone of phrases unless there are emoticons.

That was actually pretty damn deep comment.  I don't eat at restaurants but I hear these days that a group of 4 or whatever can sit down and just stare at their phones the entire time without interacting with each other.  Sad what humans have become these days.