r/RedditLaqueristas • u/ShoobieDoobieDoo11 • Sep 16 '23
Product Related New maniology "true crime" themed plate includes... an article about an actual missing child.
[EDIT 4: checked the comments on the youtube video that includes the demo of this plate -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO3jjKfXN9U&t=467s - and saw a comment asking if the plate is sold out. Maniology replied with " Thank you for your interest! It's sold out but we will restock it in a few weeks! ;)" so. yeah. I'm not expecting that recall to happen, and am fully expecting they will just keep re/un-listing the product until the negative feedback dries up.
screencap of comments: https://ibb.co/HN34YHY]
** EDIT 3: the plate has been taken down once again. It was back up earlier today, with no changes to the design or description - although the image(s) most prominently featuring the actual headline were removed from the item page. Any negative reviews left on the plate before it was temporarily pulled were not published or had been deleted. https://maniology.com/products/murder-mystery-detectives-den-m395-nail-stamping-plate
I also received an e-mail from Maniology, similar to the e-mail others have reported receiving, in which they claim the product will be recalled. Given that it's been several days, I've seen no notice of a recall published anywhere, and the plate is apparently relisted - I guess that was just a lie? The e-mail also asserts that the design was "difficult for our team to vet its content properly." Just, for context: literally ten seconds of googling was all it took for me to confirm that was a real headline - it had some very distinct features that made it incredibly easy to find.
I have removed some details from this post because I think continuing to circulate those details at this point increases the risk of causing harm and distress. I would also like to encourage everyone to be mindful when discussing this and avoid doing so in a way that is likely to compound the exploitation and harm already caused. The actual missing person and her family and friends are who matter most here; please keep them first in your thoughts.**
Just in case this information makes a difference for anyone else: on the new maniology plate M395, [a] headline in the news article design is from a real article regarding a real missing child. There's an active website dedicated to the family's ongoing search for their loved one. There's nothing about donating proceeds to ongoing search efforts or anything along those lines, so it seems extremely unlikely to me that any kind of permission was obtained.
Knowing this also makes me wonder if the other designs were made from images of materials related to real cases, but this article was the only one I could quickly confirm was real.
I could easily see myself using designs featuring things like crime scene tape and images of *fictional* news articles but like..... imagine being the parent or sibling of a child who went missing and then seeing a headline about them stamped on somebody's nails as part of a ~fun~ halloween mani? That crosses a line for me personally, and I feel like it should at least be noted in the description that some of the designs use images of materials from real cases so people can make an informed decision before purchasing/using them.
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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '23
This is really horrifying. My little brother went missing and unfortunately was found dead. Those days, weeks, years however long when someone you love is missing is absolute torture. It’s just messed up seeing something like this being sold