‘Carrot knife’ trend among teens in S. Korea sparks concerns over potential violent behaviour (www.straitstimes.com)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to world@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 00:37
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PugJesus@kbin.social on 14 Nov 2023 00:39 next collapse

... what.

xmunk@sh.itjust.works on 14 Nov 2023 00:41 next collapse

Parents everywhere love freaking out over the most mundane shit.

Son_of_dad@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 07:08 collapse

Tbf my yak bak was probably pretty annoying to my parents

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 00:41 next collapse

Somebody call Tipper Gore!

fubo@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 01:23 next collapse

It’s a … plastic fidget toy shaped like a cartoon switchblade?

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 01:26 collapse

DOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!

Marsupial@quokk.au on 14 Nov 2023 03:07 next collapse

Gir?

RIPandTERROR@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 14 Nov 2023 22:11 collapse

Until it is done

blindbunny@lemmy.ml on 14 Nov 2023 01:29 next collapse

For the uninitiated it’s literally made of paper.

AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 02:31 next collapse

Enough paper cuts and a human can bleed out. They have a right to be concerned. Should go back to hitting each other with sticks and rocks they find outside like I used to do as a kid.

Marsupial@quokk.au on 14 Nov 2023 03:06 collapse

I fondly remember chanting “Sticks and stones may break my bones but paper will slit your fucking jugular.”

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blindbunny@lemmy.ml on 14 Nov 2023 03:08 next collapse

Ah your right I didn’t have audio at the time I first watched the video.

Nepenthe@kbin.social on 14 Nov 2023 04:04 next collapse

Well, that makes them like the edge of a freezie pop. Those are dangerous.

I don't think plastic would cut so well as it does in the article's video, but maybe it's not the only schematic.

otter@lemmy.ca on 14 Nov 2023 04:16 next collapse

Looks like the toy is plastic, but you can print and make ones out of paper (or cardstock?)

Seems about as violent as foam noodle swords?

postmateDumbass@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 20:20 collapse

Like a butterfly knife

sbv@sh.itjust.works on 14 Nov 2023 02:55 collapse

The article says

The plastic knife toy, which is shaped like a carrot, is made of fluorescent materials and available in different colours.

Is there more to it than that?

MIDItheKID@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 03:32 next collapse

“The plastic knife toy, which is shaped like a carrot”

They got some real weird shaped carrots in South Korea.

postmateDumbass@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 20:18 collapse

Watch the video, its a playskool orange butterfly knife

ArugulaZ@kbin.social on 14 Nov 2023 03:39 next collapse

I'll trade our problems for South Korea's problems.

WaxedWookie@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 07:28 next collapse

Like an unhinged, impoverished dictatorship with nukes within artillery range of your capital?

CmdrShepard@lemmy.one on 14 Nov 2023 07:44 collapse

Will at least their unhinged dictator isn’t running the capital like we’ve experienced recently.

WaxedWookie@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 19:54 collapse

I think I must have misunderstood you - you can’t mean you’d rather have Kim Jong Un running the country than Biden?

CmdrShepard@lemmy.one on 14 Nov 2023 23:35 collapse

It was poorly worded, but I was referring to Trump.

WaxedWookie@lemmy.world on 15 Nov 2023 03:39 collapse

I mean Trump is almost certainly the worst president in history, but I’d still prefer him to the Kims any day.

Hatsune_Miku@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 08:56 collapse

whgo is our/ :3

jeena@jemmy.jeena.net on 14 Nov 2023 04:43 next collapse

Our daughter has two of them, but one of them has a blinking led which is so annoying in the car OMG I hate it.

Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social on 14 Nov 2023 04:52 next collapse

Remember, kids, if someone shows up to school with a paper knife, run, hide, fight in that order.

lolcatnip@reddthat.com on 14 Nov 2023 05:00 next collapse

Instructions unclear. Who am I supposed to fight while I’m hiding?

BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 14 Nov 2023 11:59 collapse

The thoughts in your head.

Bgugi@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 2023 12:01 collapse

You just need to find a good guy with scissors.

flyoverstate@kbin.social on 14 Nov 2023 04:57 next collapse

anyone got a link to the file to print out? looks neat

Backhandedsmack@lemm.ee on 14 Nov 2023 05:17 collapse

www.thingiverse.com/thing:6165555

There are other versions with no pins required. But I found the pin ones hold up better in pla.

flyoverstate@kbin.social on 14 Nov 2023 05:35 collapse

thats no paper though

Integrate777@discuss.online on 14 Nov 2023 10:54 next collapse

What about finger guns? Like using your index finger and thumb as a gun. That’s violent behaviour.

interceder270@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 13:42 next collapse

I got very little respect for the culture of south korea.

Looks like they are consumerists to their core.

Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works on 14 Nov 2023 14:12 next collapse

“We should also out law words. Because words can hurt peoples feelings.”

This is satire

HikingVet@lemmy.ca on 14 Nov 2023 20:11 next collapse

I don’t know what type of carrots they have, but those do not look like carrots that I have.

squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 20:18 collapse

Hah. I was going to say the same thing.

elbarto777@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 22:30 collapse

Upvoting is better than commenting “I agree!”

Hatsune_Miku@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 22:43 collapse

i agree!

elbarto777@lemmy.world on 15 Nov 2023 00:04 collapse

lol

JayObey711@lemmy.world on 15 Nov 2023 01:09 collapse

This

dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world on 14 Nov 2023 21:37 next collapse

If this plastic fiddle-toy dingus is a “concern,” these people are going to shit absolute brick if they see what I’ve got in my desk drawer.

Seriously, the hand-wringing over something like this is just sheer whacking off by people whose lives are so cushy they don’t actually have anything legitimate to complain about.

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CaptFeather@lemm.ee on 15 Nov 2023 02:24 collapse

Yeah at first I thought about how I had a toy army knife growing up, then realized that’s a very American toy to have lmao. I do think though that making this a big deal is just adding to its popularity. Kids only think it’s cooler since their parents are freaking out.

sleisl@sh.itjust.works on 14 Nov 2023 23:58 next collapse

Lmao I’ve only seen this toy in Korean memes where people print them super sized and instead of the blade it has a phone holder. I had no idea it was supposed to be a knife blade.

That is to say, the Korean youth already has the ridicule of this story covered.

RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world on 15 Nov 2023 03:24 next collapse

Like in Shoot 'em Up?

Additional_Prune@lemmy.world on 15 Nov 2023 04:46 collapse

When I was kid clackers were a fad with kids. The fad faded, which was good because clackers were annoying. I predict this fad will fade too. missoulian.com/…/youtube_6caea5e8-96bf-11e5-adaa-…