If you can remember back to the late nineties and the rise of Furby, you might also remember the slight panic that followed involving the Furby’s ability to learn and record phrases. If you and the rest of the family unit used salty language, your Furby doll might very well repeat it and expand your child’s vocabulary a bit too early. There was also this whole thing where the NSA banned them because of the fear they might be used to spy and steal confidential information, but the language thing is where this fits in now.
This holiday’s big toy was the Hatchimal, an unofficial relation to the Furby that hatches from an egg and apparently needs the care of your children to keep it from “dying.” Many parents seem to be having issues with the beast not wanting to hatch or running out of battery power, but a few are having a similar language issue according to Mashable. It would seem that parents think their child’s Hatchimal is also spewing out foul language while in “sleep” mode.
As you can see in the clip, the $60 toy seems to be saying “f*ck me” while it is snoozing. This clip in particular really captures it, almost on repeat, but also shows that the real joke might be on the parents. According to Mashable, the toys “speak” their own language and aren’t meant to repeat phrases like a Furby would’ve:
The Canadian-based toy manufacturer, Spin Master, assured the news outlet that Hatchimals aren’t programmed to swear like Linda Blair.
“Hatchimals speak their own language made up of random sounds,” a spokesperson said.
“We can assure you that the Hatchimal is not saying anything inappropriate. The one in the video appears to be sleeping.”
It’s all well and good until the Hatchimal decides to peek in on you while you’re sleeping and you end up waking up with a knife or talon at your throat.
If anything, this is another one of those incidents where most of the dirty, naughty stuff is in your own mind. If a parent is hearing foul language coming from a Hatchimal, it’s likely got more to do with their own sick mind than whatever the toy manufacturer managed to do. That or maybe they’re just secretly upset they spent $60 on a weird hatching bird toy.
(Via Mashable)
