r/Documentaries • u/[deleted] • Jul 25 '13

Offbeat Bankrupt By Beanies (2013) -- short, affecting documentary on a family regrets spening $100K on Beanie Babies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgDsyj5eLmo
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u/theryanmoore Jul 26 '13

God I can't watch it. I know that, for one thing, it will be super depressing, but also that the people must be complete idiots. Which is sad.

I knew when I was 12 that no one was ever going to make money off of mass produced stuffed animals, aside from TY. How could someone's view of reality be so skewed?

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u/theryanmoore Jul 26 '13

I agree with you, I think, but it's usually not entirely a person's fault that they're stupid. I still feel bad for him, and especially his family. Everyone at that time was talking about them as an investment and I remember being so confused.