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[–] xhieron@lemmy.world 185 points 7 months ago (26 children)

Way to communicate contempt for your customers. If you're in the business of selling decorative replicas of cartoon swords, you need to be in on the kayfabe. Nobody is expecting to take one of these to a real swordfight. What they are expecting, however, is to have a cool prop to show their friends, and it's not unreasonable to expect the cool prop to feel like it's not trying to fly across the yard if you swing it around.

If you don't want people to touch the merchandise, the second sign is all you need.

[–] TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 35 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Right? If you don't want people handling your cool replica swords then maybe stop selling cool replica swords.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or just put them under glass.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Pretty liberal use of the word “cool” there

[–] TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Each to their own, of course, but the people who are picking them up to "expertly inspect the heft and balance" certainly think they're cool.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But nobody thinks those people are cool.

[–] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Speak for yourself.

[–] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Not really, swords are cool, they're generally fake for safety reasons, but that doesn't mean they can't be cool.

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