[HN Gopher] Loved Before - Recycled soft toy store
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Loved Before - Recycled soft toy store
Author : keiferski
Score : 40 points
Date : 2023-02-17 21:01 UTC (1 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.lovedbefore.london)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.lovedbefore.london)
| shmatt wrote:
| "Donation" when half of the profit stays as private profits. This
| would be illegal in the U.S and immoral everywhere else
|
| Plenty of real not-for-profits sell stuffed animals for $1, no
| need for this rubbish
| swatcoder wrote:
| > This would be illegal in the U.S
|
| Confidently incorrect! It's common. In fact, you've personally
| probably even seen countless for-profit drop boxes in parking
| lots.
|
| > and immoral everywhere else
|
| Misrepresentation might be, but it doesn't seem like it took
| you long to see how they work so they're probably not working
| very hard to misrepresent anything.
| awinter-py wrote:
| while I doubt these can be effectively cleaned, I _may_ believe
| that a random teddy bear on the sidewalk has the equivalent
| microflora of any toy that 's been handled by any child for more
| than 12 hours
|
| soft things generally are an interesting recycling problem
| (couches, mattresses). I'd happily buy a couch frame used, or use
| the one from previous tenants at a place. More concerned about
| mattresses and cushions
| detritus wrote:
| I think you just unlocked another revenue angle - indirect
| innoculation.
| [deleted]
| keiferski wrote:
| I like how each of the toys has a name and a backstory. It's a
| nice little touch that makes this a lot more interesting than
| just a used toy shop.
| hui-zheng wrote:
| but I think we could use our energy better somewhere else than
| writing backstory for used stuff toys.
|
| How about writing backstory for poor kids in Africa and Asia
| who need some donation to flourish?
| keiferski wrote:
| The stories are submitted by people donating the toys.
|
| And contrary to cynical online commenter belief, it is
| possible to do multiple "good" things for the world at the
| same time.
| myrloc wrote:
| Is this level of attachment good for mental health?
| [deleted]
| squokko wrote:
| [flagged]
| hgsgm wrote:
| [flagged]
| dang wrote:
| Can you please not post in the flamewar style to HN? We're
| trying for something different here, and you can make any of
| your substantive points without that.
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
| cscurmudgeon wrote:
| Would love to see the responses here vs the top comments
| justifying private jet use:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34795609
|
| I guess your children should use used toys so Bill Gates and
| friends can fly private.
| hgsgm wrote:
| Please explain how these two things are related in the
| slightest.
| Spooky23 wrote:
| I get the snark, but I'll say that my kids really loved their
| little pals, but they are hard toys to donate.
|
| My son did a service project with some and it was really
| rewarding. But the hardest part was finding an org willing to
| accept them.
| tpmx wrote:
| They _really_ should take care in destroying bacteria
| /virii/(bed) bugs before giving away the toys to kids.
|
| They don't seem to care about this aspect at all.
| hui-zheng wrote:
| This site seems started in London, I don't know if anyone in big
| city with a strong and active community such as London would buy
| from there.
|
| It's better to use local free toy exchange/give-away group on
| facebook or something. I have kids and we almost never buy new
| toys. if we do have to buy, the used toys on facebook marketplace
| are often very good and much cheaper than what shown on this
| website.
| KaiserPro wrote:
| This really tugs at my heart.
|
| Now obviously I am a gruff, cynical sysadmin/devop/SRE/$next.
| However, I have soft toys from my childhood that I cannot bear to
| part with.
|
| My children also have their toys, which at least one of them
| loves dearly.
|
| However, for my toys, I do worry about what will happen to them
| when I am dead. Will someone love them as much as me? will they
| cherish them and look after them? or will they rot, and be
| destroyed alone?
|
| _obviously_ I am projecting. But its something that has eaten at
| me.
| voz_ wrote:
| Yes, this is a strangely painful thought for me.
| keiferski wrote:
| I think most people have had similar feelings, and there's
| nothing weird or strange about it. The modern world is just a
| very disenchanted [1] place, where we are expected to treat
| physical objects purely as dead pieces of matter. Previous
| human civilizations did a better job of recognizing that we
| enjoy imbuing objects in the world with meaning, I think.
|
| 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disenchantment
| rollcat wrote:
| I have a soft spot for plushies, and these are all so adorable!
| Loved before and definitely lovable again.
| melx wrote:
| As a young parent (of 2 year old who loves soft toys), these used
| toys here are quite expensive IMHO. Not that I always buy new
| toys because my kid is "the special one". In fact, we found a
| very good condition large tractor at charity shop at 50p.
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