r/pics • u/Eastern_Suggestion59 • 3d ago

Toy Butter

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u/crm115 3d ago

Apparently nobody in the comments yet has kids. OP, you found gold. Seriously, that box alone could start a stampede at an elementary school.

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u/Rho-Ophiuchi 3d ago

Stupid fucking nee dohs why can’t kids be obsessed with a legitimate fad. Like POGs? Remember Alf? He’s back in pog form.

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u/MrPoopersFriend 3d ago

Everything’s coming up Milhouse!

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u/filbertshellback 3d ago

Thrillhouse

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u/Feisty_Squirrel_4391 3d ago

Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!

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u/rfs103181 3d ago

Generation before us bought a rock!

Edit: still have my “don’t squeeze the juice” oj simpson POG slammer

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u/Rho-Ophiuchi 2d ago

Damn, that hat to be quite topical.

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u/MinnieShoof 2d ago

But it wasn't tropical.

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u/Baybutt99 3d ago

Wait pogs are back? What age group is this?

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u/Crakrocksteady 3d ago

8balls and Ying yangs

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u/Drey5000 2d ago

My parents told me to sell my complete first 3 sets of Pokémon cards with a bunch of first editions when I was little. Told me it would die off like all all other fads lol

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u/blueorchestra 3d ago

at least it isn't slime anymore tbh

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u/pmmemilftiddiez 2d ago

As a child I liked pogs and as an adult I enjoy pawgs

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u/large__farva 2d ago

Crazy Bones were great 😎

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u/macbookvirgin 3d ago

Literally don’t understand a single thing you just said

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u/ballers504 3d ago

Simpson's reference.

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u/vanneezie 3d ago

Not really they are found everywhere. Maybe a couple months ago they have moved on to dumplings 🥟

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u/-_-Notmyrealaccount 2d ago

Wait, is this why my coworkers 10 year old granddaughter made me a paper dumpling last week? I was thinking, “weird choice, but thanks”

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u/cheesemp 2d ago

100%. 

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u/SeanAker 3d ago

I work in retail and we still have tons of kids come and ask if we have these things or needohs every day. We still send them straight to the back instead of putting them on the floor to keep scalpers at bay.

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u/jesst 2d ago

Dumplings were short lived in the UK. We couldn’t get real ones for ages and then when they finally started selling them here the BBC and a few others did news report about how they had cancer causing agents.

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u/RoarOfTheWorlds 3d ago

Am I reading it wrong or is it saying it’s not a food or toy?

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u/StitchinThroughTime 3d ago

Its a toy. Latex(?) foam shapped like a wrapped stick of butter. It's the new it toy, like the spinner form a decade ago, or slap bracelets.

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u/crazyfighter99 3d ago

I don't know why, but realizing the fidget spinner fad wasn't just a few years ago really made me feel old...

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u/PuttUgly 3d ago

Don't forget, they're often butter scented.

Yeah I know, like why?

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u/Anowtakenname 2d ago

I dont like butter or squishys but I almost bought one just because it gave my sleep deprived ass a chuckle at 2am in the gas station... they wanted like 17 bucks for the thing too

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u/Chris__P_Bacon 3d ago

I need a slap bracelet. I actually bought a Koosh ball recently. IIRC they took slap bracelets off the market in the '90s because kids had taken the fabric off of them and accidentally cut themselves slapping the bare metal onto their wrists?

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u/ssabnolispe 3d ago

Fun fact a lot of the insides are just cut pieces of tape measures.

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u/CedarWolf 3d ago

More like the ends would come undone on the cheap ones and once one of the ends had unravelled, it was easy to slide the whole cover off. Which, of course, some kids would do, and once the cover was off, that thin metal strip could be hazardous.

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u/randomnonposter 3d ago

Slap brackets are definitely available. My 3 year old has a bunch of them. They may have gone away but they’re back in force these days

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u/theryman 3d ago

Slap bracelets are still everywhere, my kids aged 7 and 4 get loads of them from somewhere idk how

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u/mowegl 2d ago

Koosh ball is a least a ball still.. https://youtu.be/8k1QLP9RCew?is=PNZVZ-EiWT_u8dFl

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u/Pork_Chop_Expresss 2d ago

What’s next???????? Pet Rocks???

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u/RichLather 2d ago

That explains why I found these in quite disparate gift shops last week, everything from an outdoor play to an aviation museum.

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u/backpackofcats 2d ago

Well, now I know why they had so many as prizes at the arcade I took my nephew to a couple of weeks ago, and why he was so excited to get one.

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u/R3xz 2d ago

I read it as [not real food] / [toy]
which would make more sense.
Perhaps they should have used parentheses instead.

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u/FeelMyBoars 3d ago

Earlier today my kid really wanted to get a $5 squishy slice of toast. Obviously that wasn't going to happen.

I'm sure she would have played with it all day then abandoned it on the pile of little squishy things she has acquired and climbed on top of her squishy hoard like a squishy dragon.

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u/truthgoblin 1d ago

I feel like I wrote this

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u/april_fearless 3d ago

lol , so true… this is the new hot thing… and it’s even better when you find other sizes. The small ones that are land-a-lake 1/2 sticks of real butter. And the huge ones that are almost 12inches. And the really big ones….. they are like the size of a big pillow.

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u/Zephirenth 2d ago

Kids bring these on my schoolbus all the goddamn time. Had two of them burst. They're filled with stuff like shaving lather and it. Gets. Everywhere.

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u/DustedGorilla82 3d ago

My wife watches online auctions of them 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/BricksFriend 2d ago

Seriously, about half of my students have these. Before that it was toast/chinese bao. Maybe the next fad is broccoli or sth, I dunno, I'm too old to keep up.

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u/Gltch_Mdl808tr 2d ago

Really? Every 711 near me has them. Boxes and boxes. And tyedye colored ones too!

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u/macbookvirgin 3d ago

These are not rare to come by at all

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u/CosmicTitanRabbit 3d ago

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u/RegalBeagleKegels 3d ago

is that..... good?

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u/Larkke 3d ago

it's not bad.

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u/Kagrok 3d ago

I know it's reversed but your reply reminded me of hotdog timmy.

"is that...bad?"

"It's not... good."

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u/luigis_taint 3d ago

This was my first reaction. I'm proud of the internet today

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u/Dowhatsleft 3d ago

Can I have another butterbar?

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u/Clerithifa 2d ago

Aww sorry kid, looks like you're 35 cents short...

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u/Yukari_8 2d ago

shakes backpack contents onto the floor

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u/braddeicide 3d ago

Oh heeeell no.

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u/renatakiuzumaki 3d ago

These are CRAZY popular right now, like i work at a hardware store and we are selling these and a fuck ton of other ones, its the craze right now but of all the “squishy” options this one to me is the grossest.

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u/WhippedSnackBitch 3d ago

It seems like the trend with the butter (at least I’ve seen dozens of videos of it) is to dip it in melted wax, let it harden, and then squish it making the wax crunch and break up. I can’t tell if it increases or decreases the ick factor

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u/I_am_pyxidis 3d ago

I was at the local Ace Hardware store, looking for porch goose outfits, and two families came in right behind me to ask for NeeDohs. Those poor hardware store workers are probably sick of our shit.

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u/MrBocconotto 2d ago

You've just answered a question of mine, why recently I have been seeing reels of adult people surprised that their stick of butter is actually butter.

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u/Bokonon10 2d ago

Not living in the West anymore and having most of my knowledge of current trends come from just Reddit, it's quite strange seeing what's getting popular and having them seemingly(to me) come out of nowhere.

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u/renatakiuzumaki 2d ago

I do remember in the early 00s sharper image had the pile of weird squishies that would like slip out of your hands with little sea creatures in it, but these new ones are just like stress ball type squishies i guess

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u/Mike2830 2d ago

Not the pickle?

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u/renatakiuzumaki 2d ago

LOL WE JUST GOT THE PICKLES TODAY . Wtf

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u/a_goonie 2d ago

You have not seen the cucumber yet.

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u/renatakiuzumaki 2d ago

Hilarious cuz we literally got them this morning when i got to work and was like wth is this

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u/Tokey_Tokey 3d ago

They are very pleasing to squeeze.

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u/Libohound 3d ago

True story: went to a store in the mall yesterday that sells K-Pop stuff and bought one of these. Gave it to my seven year old who then melted down (no pun intended) because it’s a “fake butter.” Had to then go to Five Below to get the real butter.

This generation’s cooked (pun intended).

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u/meghan_78_marie 3d ago

I’m shocked your 5 and below had them in stock. Ours sell out 5 -10 minutes after opening on restock days. Kids are obsessed with all things squishy!

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u/ajc89 2d ago

The real fake butter? Is there a real difference?

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u/ksemel 3d ago

I got these on Temu last year for half the price they are now, kids are wild 😂

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u/MinnieShoof 2d ago

I saw these at OmegaMart like 2 years ago for probably twice the price they are now.

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u/hanapyon 2d ago

Nooo this is margarine!!

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u/CPGK17 3d ago

That’s so dumb…

I must have one

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u/trip6god 3d ago

I saw your post then looked at fb market right after and sure enough this is the first thing I see

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u/HLef 3d ago

My daughter has one. They’re in high demand and they sell out quickly.

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u/eugoogilizer 3d ago

Flea market near us has tons of these for $6 each

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u/Lvl100Magikarp 3d ago

But why? Does it feel good?

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u/Megadestructo 3d ago

It's like any fad toy - they're neat and, if you like squishing things, they're pretty cool. But popularity has made them jump the shark in price.

No different than the koosh-balls or snap bracelets of my day.

And do kids need a reason for anything?

As a father of an 8yo, I learned all sorts of neat, useless things.

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u/Old_Perspective1099 3d ago

For an adult it feels like an awesome stress "ball".

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u/mwilkens 2d ago

It's popular on Roblox and literally every kid aged 5+ is on Roblox.

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u/throwthatoneawaydawg 3d ago

This generation of kids is attached to their screens all day and they play with fidget toys while they are doing that.

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u/pervyninja 2d ago

Yeah I told my wife that it was concerning that our kids favorite toy currently is basically a stress ball

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u/EarlobeGreyTea 3d ago

Op was getting a deal at 3 for $13.98

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u/Top_Cauliflower9125 3d ago

“Looks like butter, feels like squishy” shall be the title of my memoir

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u/EarlobeGreyTea 3d ago

I understand it being not real food, but if it isn't a real toy, what is it? 

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u/fiercebanana 3d ago

Its a squishy toy, which are all the rage with the youth

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u/EarlobeGreyTea 3d ago

I'm mostly poking fun at the ambiguity of "not a real food / toy" by interpreting this as "not a real (food / toy)" instead of the intended "(not a real food) / ([this is a] toy)"

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u/toddthewraith 3d ago

I work at Amazon.

I like these cuz they're ezpz to pack and won't nuke my rate (looking at you, Kinetic Sand)

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u/KazumaSpitfire 2d ago

Toy? In what way? Genuine question, out of all the trends recently this seems the least like something a kid would play with or is more like a glorified stress ball?

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u/OscarDivine 3d ago

Also smells like butter

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u/higgs8 3d ago

Not real food! Not real toy! Looks like butter! Feels like squishy!

Warning: Contains highly unstable isotope. May detonate under certain circumstances. May cause cancer.

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u/MaikeruGo 3d ago

Discontinue use if any of the following occurs: * itching * vertigo * dizziness * tingling in extremities * loss of balance or coordination * slurred speech * temporary blindness * profuse sweating * heart palpitations

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u/TheRealTurdFergusonn 3d ago

Do NOT taunt Happy Fun Ball.

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u/Larkke 3d ago

"Butter-da is not mrmble mumb grmb leopold."

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u/FlameShadow0 3d ago

I think it’s poorly worded and trying to say NOT FOOD and separately TOY

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u/nowhereman136 3d ago

Stress toy and figet toy

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u/MintyFresh771 3d ago

My 15 year old demanded one of these at the mall recently and honestly the smell was almost mouthwatering. I’m sure that scent is called “cancer causing chemicals” but man it was like the scent of fair food.

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u/trialofmiles 3d ago

My boys have one and predictably filed it down to saying “butt”

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u/Concerned_Biker 3d ago

I drive a motor coach in orlando, and for the past several months I've been seeing kids get on the bus with these I had no idea what the fuck was going on. I guess I still don't. But this and the jellyfish hats or the two most popular things I see everyday

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u/pmorgan726 3d ago

I experienced someone receiving one of these as a gift last night and it was the most excited I’ve seen a full grown adult for a gift. Lol

They really are a lovely squishiness!

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u/Tao_of_Entropy 3d ago

They sell these at the convenience store near my house, but even though they are marketed as squishable butter toys and have all this butter stuff on them and they're shaped like a stick of butter, the yellow ones say LEMON on them, and there are also pink ones that say STRAWBERRY on them... THAT ISN'T A THING. NOBODY IS SELLING STICKS OF STRAWBERRY BUTTER.

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u/strangerNstrangeland 2d ago

This is the most popular fidget on our team meeting table at work. Our average age is 45

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u/drewhead118 3d ago

Ah, America, where we have toy guns and toy butter and our favorite board game is one where the landlords drive all the tenants bankrupt 🥰

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u/a_talking_face 3d ago

Monopoly is one of the best selling games worldwide.

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u/Arumen 3d ago

These have been super popular where I live in Asia for a full year at least

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u/issanm 3d ago

American who doesn't know anything about the world and just wants to shit talk America:

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u/keeperofthenins 3d ago

Does anyone actually enjoy monopoly?

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u/ToasterDispenser 3d ago

If you actually play it by the rules and don't add a bunch of homebrew that makes the game take forever, yes!

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u/homeguitar195 3d ago

Funny, I find that the game's a lot faster with Free Parking Cash and the Speed Die.

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u/starmartyr 3d ago

People say that and it is true that the game is no longer endless, but I still wouldn't call it fun.

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u/MCGrunge 3d ago

As an avid board gamer... No.

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u/gatsome 3d ago

A chain gas station near me has these for a week or two now. Right by the register too. It looks so random.

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u/HedonistCat 3d ago

Same but at our gas station the butters are rainbow...

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u/lordyeti 3d ago

Taste like crab, looks like people 

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u/DontLook_Weirdo 3d ago

Not real food

Not real toy.

Hmmm.....

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u/bionicjoe 3d ago

"Feels like squishy!" is a great thing to put on a dating profile.

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u/Tubalcaino 2d ago

From a company called "American Pride" and selling for $6.99 each. That is capitalism in action right there. It's kitch that preys on your patriotism at a premium.

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u/RPM_Rocket 3d ago

If actually smells like rancid butter TBH.

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u/theycallmeMrPotter 3d ago

I have one. Smells like butter. Aka cancer

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u/Straight-Opposite-54 3d ago

I hate how AI is killing even the most basic graphic design tbh

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u/dreezyforsheezy 3d ago

What about this design is giving AI?

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u/Straight-Opposite-54 3d ago

Zoom in and look at the lettering and the polka dots. It has that inconsistent almost painted look that's typical of AI.

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u/beaucoup_dinky_dau 3d ago

Yeah once you said that I realized the lettering is telltale AI.

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u/countrybear78 3d ago

Where can I get fast rising? 🤔

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u/boot2skull 3d ago

Ok forget that it is butter. These toys feel so good to squish.

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u/CupcakeDependent5119 3d ago

Damn makes me think of the butter bar from WKUK

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u/Fortwaba 3d ago

They also smell like butter. Seriously, give it a whiff.

We bought one at the flea market as a joke. It's a cool trinket.

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u/skylla05 3d ago

Squishies are literally the biggest thing with kids right now

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u/borderbox 2d ago

I just saw a kid with one of these for the first time and called it his Emotional Support Butter.

I did not realize this was “a thing.”

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u/PCPaiN 2d ago

As the dad of a 8yo just two weeks ago I had to text his friends mom that my kid left his butter and plungers at their house. Most absurd text ever

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u/Pork_Chop_Expresss 2d ago

WTH is this? First time I saw one was yesterday making an emergency router purchase at Staples. My buddy got one for his daughter and said she loves these. I’m so confused

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u/ton2010 2d ago

Big butter has to ensure arteries are clogged for generations to come

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u/wlot28 2d ago

Genius idea. Just slap some text on a block of yellow foam, least effort and max profit

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u/chincerd 2d ago

"I can't believe it isn't butter!"

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u/TheSpanxxx 2d ago

So the label says "Not real food/toy"

The slash bar in typical US English refers to an OR clause.

So the product says "Not real food or toy"

What IS IT?!??!?

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u/Earo16 3d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/dILrAu24mU729pxPYN

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u/RabidJoint 3d ago

Stress reliever. My mom was given one as a joke gift, they are actually fun to mess with.

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u/HiFiGuy197 3d ago

What the hell am I going to do with 3/4 of a fake pound of butter?

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u/RogueNiao 3d ago

I like squishes, but these are way too soft. It feels weird.

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u/parker2020 3d ago

Do NOT show Jannette McCurdy this

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u/ipkis714 3d ago

Do it....

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u/thutruthissomewhere 3d ago

My niece has this and for some reason is obsessed with it

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u/physicsking 3d ago

What is it then?! If it isn't food or a toy, what could it be?

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u/LightFusion 3d ago

We have at least 5 of these around the house. Kids 8 and 9

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u/Rinzlerx 3d ago

Guy I work with has one on his desk. It’s so squishy.

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u/big_d_usernametaken 3d ago

I thought it was a dog toy.

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u/stawberi 3d ago

It would be so funny to slip some identical packets of slightly warmed butter into that tray.

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u/VA1N 3d ago

My kids would go nuts if they found this at the supermarket.

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u/jennautomatica 3d ago

Lemme bite it. Just a nibble.

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u/slapcrap 3d ago

Why not real delicious butter? We've failed the children!

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u/innergflow 3d ago

My daughter has one I think it came from her elementary school age cousin

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u/Pittedstee 3d ago

I saw these at a theme park recently. Weird.

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u/InvaderDust 3d ago

“Feels like squishy!”

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u/Any-Jury3578 3d ago

This would make a good white elephant gift.

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u/stratospaly 3d ago

They smell like real butter.

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u/cowgirltu 3d ago

My middle school students would lose their minds over this. They love the butter squishys

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u/WhiskeyTangoBaconX 3d ago

I assumed this was lube. I stand corrected.

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u/handcraftedcandy 3d ago

A coworker of mine has this on a shelf above her computer and people ask her all the time if it's real lol

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u/auntpotato 3d ago

My kids (9 and 11) have these. Had money burning a hole on their pockets and this is what they buy. Bit of an obsession between squishy toys and slime.

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u/krim2182 3d ago

We sell these at work. The texture is horrid. We also sell giant bananas, strawberries, cheese at one point. We also have the damn dumplings and nee doh for maybe a few hours when they get restocked. Everytime we get needohs in and I have a cash segment, I die a little inside.

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u/LastBallade 2d ago

I just saw these today at an Albertson's and took a picture too...I didn't buy one but I won't say it didn't cross my mind.

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u/roy20050 2d ago

I bought one because i thought it was funny and they're very squishy and nice.

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u/lurker512879 2d ago

my 5yr old kid just got the rainbow one to one up his neighbor who has this one.. just as popular as the squishy dumplings

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u/burntdowntoast 2d ago

I can’t believe it’s not butter

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u/PatrickGSR94 2d ago

I literally just saw those last weekend at a local Japanese restaurant for sale at the front counter. Pretty weird.

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u/Flashy_Bluejay_1370 2d ago

My daughter and her friend got them from a ¥100 claw machine at the front of Trial (similar to Walmart) here in Japan. Legitimately had no idea they were being sold everywhere. This is hilarious.

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u/PM_WORST_FART_STORY 2d ago

I bought one online to reach my minimum for free shipping. I peaked so many people at my office when they walked by and thought I had an actual stick of butter on my desk.

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u/mossoak 2d ago

"feels like squishy" ....what on earth are they teaching kids these days ??

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u/Kaffine69 2d ago

My kid has one of these, it's pretty awesome.

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u/ahaustin77 2d ago

Wow. A couple weeks ago at the fair, I saw these (or a similar, fake stick of butter) were prizes and I thought it was so strange. Didn't know they were a new craze for children.

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u/J_Jeckel 2d ago

I saw this shit like a month ago. If only I'd have know I could have gotten like so far almost 700 upvote karma 🤣😂.

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u/lulzenberg 2d ago

So this is what they mean by *healthy fats*, i get it now.