yeah that's the thing...i really liked that thing and didn't associate it with that kind of perspective at all until I knew its history. I never even thought of it that way but I just couldn't hang onto it. It made me feel horrible just wanting to keep it.soul_rune1984 said:Yet another sad example of how something that was originally meant to bring joy was twisted into a symbol of hate and ignorance by some racist jackass.jh322 said:I had something which I got rid of once I was old enough to know what it was. I had a golly-wog that my grandmother knitted for me. For those of you that don't know, golly-wog's where a vehicle for a lot of racist humour quite a while ago. I was unaware of such a tendency in my family and when I was about 15 I found out about them, was a little bit unsettled, and subsequently removed it feeling more than a little bit guilty, despite my ignorance of the thing up to that point.
and our parents wonder why we have trouble being normal..Da Joz said:I had a blankie. Then my aunt secretly took it from me and got rid of it under orders from my mom. Really messed me up.
SeventySeven said:My pokemon t-shirt, I used to wear it everyday. Pokemon used to be awesome when I was young, I had a MASSIVE pokemon card collection, *good times, good times*
Also my tank for my army men..... now I think I know the reason my mum kept on trying to get me into barbies....
Yeah, it was like a religion, my friends all know the pokemon off by heart :SLeonHellsvite said:SeventySeven said:My pokemon t-shirt, I used to wear it everyday. Pokemon used to be awesome when I was young, I had a MASSIVE pokemon card collection, *good times, good times*
Also my tank for my army men..... now I think I know the reason my mum kept on trying to get me into barbies....
pokemon was too good back then it controlled people o.o even me
yeah the first two sets of games and cards and stuff like that were epic after that we all lost interest but everyone was after my rare holographic cards (nobody knew how to play but we collected them)SeventySeven said:Yeah, it was like a religion, my friends all know the pokemon off by heart :SLeonHellsvite said:SeventySeven said:My pokemon t-shirt, I used to wear it everyday. Pokemon used to be awesome when I was young, I had a MASSIVE pokemon card collection, *good times, good times*
Also my tank for my army men..... now I think I know the reason my mum kept on trying to get me into barbies....
pokemon was too good back then it controlled people o.o even me