What the Hell Is A Zhu Zhu Pet Anyway?

Remember Cabbage Patch Dolls, people? Or Tickle Me Elmos? Furbies even?

Well from that same corporate greedy well has sprung up a new plastic hunk of junk named the Zhu Zhu pet … and it’s the talk of the town this holiday season! This plastic hamster is the hot new “here today, gone in a closet tomorrow” product that the media is telling the general public they want and need for Christmas, so they can call the toy stores daily (to see if they came in yet) or spend countless hours online looking for them like little sheep? What a sad, and very pathetic, society we live in when we don’t even realize that these hunks of junk are going to go on sale December 26th, when they’ll be found everywhere (for less than their regular price, I should add here)!

This dumb electronic hamster, with all of its stupid, expensive accessories is just another “low supply to high demand” ploy by yet again, another doll company. Sadly, the profiteers are out in droves (as usual) this holiday season. These grown a@# men are literally scooping up the entire inventories of Zhu Zhu stuff at Target and Walmart stores, which is making those sheep waiting to get them for their children quite angry and upset. That’s when these scumbags sink in their teeth by forcing these now-desperate Zhu Zhu hunters to pay their exuberant prices. Hopefully, these jerk-offs get their just desserts by getting stuck with lots and lots of these things when supplies increase (note: that day will be soooo sweet)!

What we, as a nation, CAN do is not fall prey to this hype! Stop letting the stores manipulate you! Ok, they don’t want to sell them to us when WE want them? Fine! Don’t buy them for Christmas at all then. Your child has a birthday coming up, don’t they? Better yet, wait until the stores are stuck with them after Christmas, and THEN buy one for your kid at a normal price. There’s no reason any child HAS to have this for Christmas, while their parents spend 8-10 times over the sticker cost. Don’t worry, patient people … they’ll be back to $8.00 in January, and our children won’t die if they don’t get one for Christmas (note: those that do spend the extra money are pure suckers)!

In fact, why not buy your kid a book for Christmas, and read it with him or her? Sure, they may not like you for it now, but 20 years down the road that smart kid will respect you ten times more for it. Also, make sure that they know the REAL meaning of Christmas … not the version that the corporations force feed the American public each year. Seriously, we need to spend more quality time with our kids, instead of buying them a lot of junk that’s going to end up in the bottom of their closet two weeks after Christmas. All kids really want is quality time with their family … and this is what you should be offering them, plain and simple (the reason for this: it’s where the good memories come from)!

This crass-type marketing is an ultimate manipulation of consumers — it’s true! These crappy hamster things are REALLY worthless if you ask me, but it’s got the sheep talking … and the guy in CHINA that owns the factory laughing all the way to the bank! Here’s the truth: there are so many other great toys out there that teach, educate and entertain! However, these shenanigans are continuing to be carried on … while we wonder why this country is in so much trouble? For those who are running around like a chicken with no head, trying to get one of these stupid Zhu Zhu Pets, let me warn you: it will be broken by New Year’s Day! But don’t worry about that … you’ll be a “hero” on Christmas day, because you just taught you kid the wrong end of the greed lesson … good for you!

Personally, I think we need to start teaching our kids that they can’t have everything they want … or if they want something bad enough, they need to save and earn their own money. THEN let them decide if they want to blow it on a stupid robotic rodent or not. This economic mess we’re currently in could have been a huge “wake up lesson” for young and old alike to learn from … to see what we’re doing right and wrong. Obviously, some of us didn’t learn this: spending $60+ on this ridiculous toy shows that we have learned absolutely nothing … we are still lemmings, wallowing in consumerism, and heading toward the cliff into financial oblivion … enough said!

It’s going to be a lean Christmas this year, and my family has gotten together to redefine how we are going to celebrate and share the holidays. It’s certainly not going to be by whipping out the plastic to buy more overpriced garbage … that’s for sure. Hear that, Wall Street? We’re coming for you!