u/No_Economics_468

So it's country and craft show/ fête/ fayre season! Normally I love going to these and supporting all the small businesses and picking up something cute.

This year, however, there seems to be a plague of trashy AI slop and 3D printed shite. It's everywhere. It's just fidget toys or mini animals ect. Stuff that will break or the kids will get bored of. They look tacky as fuck and honestly all I can think of when I see them is how it is essentially a landfill factory. There's not a craft or a skill to it, and these stalls just take over and push out all the wonderfully skilled artists and crafters.

Some 3D printed stuff is useful - my gecko has a lovely feeding ledge that the little bugger now can't knock off the glass. But SERIOUSLY we do not need that many rainbow fidget toy dragons that will be in the bin by this time next year!!

Anyone else been experiencing this?