Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 15, 2012 13:34:19 GMT -6
WELL, HELOOOO KITTY!
Does this toy kitty have an inappropriate message?
SANDY, Utah – A Sandy mom thought she was buying an innocent toy cat for her toddler, but when the kitty started talking, she got quite a surprise.
The Catch-Me-Kitty invites toddlers to chase it while singing a song, but parents have been talking online for at least a year about the apparent inappropriate thing the cat says and it’s unclear what VTech, the toy’s manufacturer, has done to fix the problem.
Kayla McCune bought the Catch-Me-Kitty for her daughter two months ago, only to be shocked by its choice of words. According to a demonstration video on VTech’s website, the kitty is meant to say, “Chase me, race me, you’ll have fun,” but Kayla and other parents say it sounds more like, “Chase me, rape me.”
“I opened it and let my daughter play with it and about two times after we put it on, I noticed it was saying, ‘Chase me, rape me,’” she said. ”I had to turn it off and back on a couple times for it to register, that a kid toy was actually saying that.”
And Kayla isn’t alone. Around Christmas, consumers posted similar stories on YouTube and complaints on online product reviews. On amazon.com, one consumer says, “The song is disturbing.” Another says, “It says rape me. Not cool.”
The Catch-Me-Kitty invites toddlers to chase it while singing a song, but parents have been talking online for at least a year about the apparent inappropriate thing the cat says and it’s unclear what VTech, the toy’s manufacturer, has done to fix the problem.
Kayla McCune bought the Catch-Me-Kitty for her daughter two months ago, only to be shocked by its choice of words. According to a demonstration video on VTech’s website, the kitty is meant to say, “Chase me, race me, you’ll have fun,” but Kayla and other parents say it sounds more like, “Chase me, rape me.”
“I opened it and let my daughter play with it and about two times after we put it on, I noticed it was saying, ‘Chase me, rape me,’” she said. ”I had to turn it off and back on a couple times for it to register, that a kid toy was actually saying that.”
And Kayla isn’t alone. Around Christmas, consumers posted similar stories on YouTube and complaints on online product reviews. On amazon.com, one consumer says, “The song is disturbing.” Another says, “It says rape me. Not cool.”
