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Title: Kids these days...
Post by: idolminds on Monday, October 25, 2010, 09:55:55 AM
Yup, we're doomed. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8084305/Children-want-gadgets-not-toys-for-Christmas.html)

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A breakdown of the top 10 most wanted toys for this Christmas among children aged five to 16, revealed a grown-up taste in gifts, with Apple products, including the iPhone 4, iPod Touch and iPad dominating the top three places.

Approximately 39 per cent children quizzed desired Apple gadgets this year, with 17 per cent of five to eight- year-olds, 50 per cent of nine to 12-year-olds and 66 per cent of 13 to 16-year-olds all putting Apple items at the top of their lists.
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The top 10 toys for Christmas 2010, according to the report are:

1) iPhone 4 (14%)
2) iPod touch (13%)
3) iPad (12%)
4) Kinect for Xbox (6%)
5) Zhu Zhu Pet Hamsters / Kung Zhu Hamsters (5%)
6) Flip Video Camera (4%)
7) Toy Story 3 Jet Pack Buzz Lightyear (4%)
8.) PlayStation Move (4%)
9) LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4 Video Game (3%)
10) Barbie Video Girl (3%)
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: Ghandi on Monday, October 25, 2010, 10:14:20 AM
As a counter-point, I'm really hoping that I get a Toy Story 3 Jet Pack Buzz Lightyear this year.
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: sirean_syan on Monday, October 25, 2010, 10:23:00 AM
Well, at least 10ish% are still mostly decent kids.
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: MysterD on Monday, October 25, 2010, 10:30:17 AM
You know what I want for X-Mas?
At least ONE really good freaking PC game.
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: iPPi on Monday, October 25, 2010, 10:56:35 AM
I want a Ferrari 458 Italia for Christmas.
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: MysterD on Monday, October 25, 2010, 11:02:32 AM
I want a Ferrari 458 Italia for Christmas.

That looks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_458) awesome. :)
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, October 25, 2010, 12:30:01 PM
Wow....
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: Xessive on Monday, October 25, 2010, 12:40:12 PM
That there's the lean of humanity, shortly followed by the decline, and ultimately the fall.

For Christmas, I want... to chill out with some friends.. That's all I really want.
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: gpw11 on Monday, October 25, 2010, 01:27:32 PM
I want either more money or feweer expenses.  God, I hate life right now.
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: iPPi on Monday, October 25, 2010, 03:08:57 PM
That looks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_458) awesome. :)

It's an amazing car.  I went to the dealer where I live and they had a new one there.  The sales guy actually introduced the vehicle to me and let me sit in it and power up the electronics and explained how everything in the vehicle works.  The trunk is spacious (for what it is; it's bigger than a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 and an Audi R8, though it can't hold a candle to the SLS AMG trunk) and I love the design of the vehicle.

Unfortunately all the 458's have been recalled due to a fire hazard (http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/ferrari-458-italia-recall?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoing).  Luckily, Ferrari is fixing it.  Still, it's my dream car right now next to the Gallardo LP560-4 and the SLS AMG.
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: ren on Monday, October 25, 2010, 06:06:28 PM
I want either more money or feweer expenses.  God, I hate life right now.

I feel ya. I made a spreadsheet calculating my revenue, expenses and dividing it by my bank balance and at this rate I'm set to hit zero dollars on February 13, 2011.
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: gpw11 on Monday, October 25, 2010, 07:02:18 PM
Pretty sure I'm already there. Actually, I'm way beyond that if you count student debt.
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: Cobra951 on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 07:22:19 AM
I want either more money or feweer expenses.  God, I hate life right now.

*Sigh*
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: ren on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 10:23:19 AM
Well in that case you win because I've managed to avoid student loans so far. That'll probably change soon. I just went grocery shopping and my bankruptcy date moved from February 13 to February 7.
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 05:46:15 PM
I would like to not spend the entirety of every single day of my worthless fucking life split down the middle in a raging tempest of indecision, pain, fear, and uncertainty.  If somebody could get me that for Christmas, that would be awesome.
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: gpw11 on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 11:04:20 PM
*Sigh*

No really, I'm losing my shit here.
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 11:06:32 PM
And I know why.  Intimately.
Title: Re: Kids these days...
Post by: gpw11 on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 11:13:27 PM
It...it doesn't go away does it?