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Godawful products that you've seen for sale
« on: 12 Aug 2008, 10:49 »

Just saw a commercial for this little gem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ-jtPJ9CwM
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« Reply #1 on: 12 Aug 2008, 11:08 »

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« Reply #2 on: 12 Aug 2008, 11:13 »

I do not know about godawful products, but I know where you can find the best products for sale.
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« Reply #3 on: 12 Aug 2008, 11:19 »

At some point I ended up with the business card of a hypnotherapist who's qualifications were a business degree and two certificates that I don't think are real.
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Re: Godawful products that you've seen for sale
« Reply #4 on: 12 Aug 2008, 11:32 »

I love how the Shamwow commercials always have "It's made in Germany, so you know it's quality."

Those Kinko foot pads look pretty awful and it's totally a fake.
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« Reply #5 on: 12 Aug 2008, 11:38 »

nothing i have seen so far tops this:



it's a popcorn bowl that comes with a basketball net, cup and remote control holder, and popcorn launcher. the idea is that while you're watching tv you also try to flick popcorn into the basketball net or make a huge stupid mess or whatever the main intent is. i saw this for sale in a store last christmas and almost bought it right there because i knew from that moment on i'd constantly bring it up in conversation and wouldn't have any proof that it did in fact exist. the fact that the cup holder was also described in the store as a "beer can holder" only caused more anxiety because i had assumed this would be for children or something, but no it's apparantly for adults. as if watching television isn't entertaining enough, you have to flick fucking popcorn all over the place while you're doing it too? shit like this is why people don't have attention spans anymore.
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Re: Godawful products that you've seen for sale
« Reply #6 on: 12 Aug 2008, 11:49 »

Haha, that website is awesome.

Knee protector, so that you can finally sleep on your side without having your knees chafe against each other! I could've understood if they marketed it as, say, something to protect your knees when gardening or something, but nope, it's meant for sleeping.


Blinds cleaner! Because using a duster obviously won't do it.
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« Reply #8 on: 12 Aug 2008, 12:15 »

skymall has some amazing stuff too, but because there are hundreds of products on their website and you have to sift through a lot of things that are only kind of stupid i'll just post some of my favourites.

the clock that tells you only what day it is.



the sumo wrestler table that is kind of inappropriate and upsetting and makes you look like maybe there are some things people don't know about you, you know, sexually.



the toaster that can only burn really tacky holiday images into your toast and do absolutely nothing else.



this thing is not only an encyclopedia but asks you questions, like what you like and don't like, and also stores your friends' phone numbers and i think maybe it calls them sometimes. it's really just every definition of the word freaky.



this stuff is all really expensive too. like, every item in this magazine was way more expensive than i would have expected, much less been willing to ever pay. the toaster is something like $60 american. in order to make a profit and be able to charge prices like this, somebody's got to be buying this stuff. the question is who are they? once you start thinking about it you can't stop. you don't know who you're going to suddenly meet who seems really normal at first and then ends up having that toaster in their kitchen.
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« Reply #9 on: 12 Aug 2008, 12:22 »

That table is fantastic.
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« Reply #10 on: 12 Aug 2008, 12:33 »

It perfectly suits my fetish, which is huge fat Japanese men subserviently holding all my stuff on their back while I watch CSI: Miami.
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« Reply #11 on: 12 Aug 2008, 12:38 »

ewwww, csi miami?
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Re: Godawful products that you've seen for sale
« Reply #12 on: 12 Aug 2008, 12:45 »

Do not diss CSI:Miami, I love that show. Among the occasional things I miss about TV is making fun of Horatio.
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« Reply #13 on: 12 Aug 2008, 12:57 »

Fluorescent toilet seats so you don't have to turn on the lights when you have to pee at night.

Why not just turn the fucking light on?

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« Reply #14 on: 12 Aug 2008, 13:00 »

i guess maybe it's meant to help out people who dislike turning on lights in the middle of the night cos they're just been asleep and lights hurt your eyes etc etc.
personally i'd still just turn on the fucking light and deal with it.
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« Reply #15 on: 12 Aug 2008, 13:02 »

yes you're right, point taken! i love how they use the old people in the picture to market it though! and ephemere, i nearly cried looking at those pictures and reading your captions!  :laugh:
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« Reply #16 on: 12 Aug 2008, 13:14 »

Joe, might I direct you to the best video on the Internet?
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« Reply #17 on: 12 Aug 2008, 13:19 »

My friends little sister has that Brian Brain thing. It is the most fucking annoying thing EVER. It insists on yelling at the whole house to WAKE UP SLEEPY BONES TIME TO GET DRESSED AND BRUSH YOUR TEETH!!!!.
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« Reply #18 on: 12 Aug 2008, 13:26 »

that sounds like a furby. those things talk shit and have the most annoying voices. they even SNORE! and if you dont feed them they cry.

i actually find them mildy scary. i had one. who knows where it is now ....

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« Reply #19 on: 12 Aug 2008, 13:29 »

as if watching television isn't entertaining enough, you have to flick fucking popcorn all over the place while you're doing it too? shit like this is why people don't have attention spans anymore.

sorry what was that i zoned out halfway through. brb my popcorn playbowl calls....
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Re: Godawful products that you've seen for sale
« Reply #20 on: 12 Aug 2008, 13:35 »

I wouldn't be shocked at all if most people had already seen these two, but I might as well put them up anyway just in case.

First, HD VISION GLASSES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjOap1WU4C4

And of course, the Beamz Music Performance System: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpDZ3WotLXY

My favorite part of the second one is around 1:12, where it invites viewers to "Be a hero".

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« Reply #21 on: 12 Aug 2008, 13:43 »

Furbies are banned from the Pentagon as there is a possibility that they can learn the secrets and spread across the nation
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« Reply #23 on: 12 Aug 2008, 14:00 »

i apologise Anyways. its 7am here and im stressed to the hilt so joined a webcomic forum and just losing myself in it all hahaha

i'll take it slow from here on  :-)

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« Reply #24 on: 12 Aug 2008, 14:34 »




aaaaaand...

The accomodator

I wouldn't click the above link at work. But I got a good laugh at it when i first saw it.
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« Reply #25 on: 12 Aug 2008, 15:11 »

Oh god, it actually says the word "dong" on the package.

SO GOOD.
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« Reply #26 on: 12 Aug 2008, 15:31 »


I'm buying that for my parents.
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« Reply #27 on: 12 Aug 2008, 16:02 »

I can't believe there is someone so cynical as to make a fucking DVD rewinder. THAT is a person who has no faith in the human race.
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« Reply #28 on: 12 Aug 2008, 16:40 »

Has everyone forgotten about this picture of me?
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« Reply #29 on: 12 Aug 2008, 17:00 »

I just saw this commercial.  It's not for a product, it's for a moneylender.

And yes, I do recall that picture.
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« Reply #30 on: 12 Aug 2008, 17:26 »

I have never seen that picture, Johnny, so thank you for sharing it now.
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« Reply #31 on: 12 Aug 2008, 18:40 »

Dimmukane, I hate that fucking commercial so god damn much. But I can't help but watch it everytime it comes on.
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« Reply #32 on: 12 Aug 2008, 19:13 »



I had one and my dog ripped its face off.  Still worked though.  It would start saying it was hungry and one of the ears would fall off.
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« Reply #33 on: 12 Aug 2008, 19:17 »

I can't believe there is someone so cynical as to make a fucking DVD rewinder. THAT is a person who has no faith in the human race.

Cynical? Or brilliant?
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« Reply #34 on: 12 Aug 2008, 20:30 »

Hmm, depends. If he met my mom: Brilliant. Otherwise cynical.
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« Reply #35 on: 13 Aug 2008, 04:28 »

Next paycheck, I think I'm gonna get a Furby just because those things were bitchin'.

I saw this one thing at the Party Store when I was like 12. It was this thing called The Undie. It was basically a two-person set of tighty-whities, and, well, it's purpose was pretty obvious.

I'm pretty sure somebody put it there as a practical joke, but I thought it was awesome. What a great idea to have a party where the main theme is to have two people walking around, fuckin'.
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« Reply #36 on: 13 Aug 2008, 04:29 »

A company called "Machina Dynamica" makes some ridiculous audiophile products. They have a website, but for some reason, replaced their product pictures with old sci-fi magainze covers.

The first link shows you some of their other products for the gullible.
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« Reply #37 on: 13 Aug 2008, 04:31 »

Tania and myself have a fixation with SkyMall, the airborne shopping catalogue you get on most domestic flights in North America.

I know this is old, but my god I love skymall. Everytime I fly I make a point to read it. It is about the funniest thing ever.
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« Reply #38 on: 13 Aug 2008, 04:35 »

the product pictures on the machina dynamica website are there too you just have to scroll right to the bottom
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« Reply #39 on: 13 Aug 2008, 11:44 »

CHRIST ALIVE ITS A FUCKING ELECTRONIC SWAMP RAT

I had one and my dog ripped its face off.  Still worked though.  It would start saying it was hungry and one of the ears would fall off.

Yeah, my sister's Furby got left in the garage for a long long time. Then they got popular again and my sister wanted to get it out of the garage.
I don't know if you've ever seen the limited edition "Decaying Flesh" Furby, but let me just say that the sight of that thing gleeping and blooging sadly as its own face sparked and melted away is seared into my brain for eternity.
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« Reply #40 on: 13 Aug 2008, 16:31 »

The whole concept of water energizers cracks me up. 



Because your water has been treated and rid of giardia, it has died!  It is filled with negative programming!  You must revitalize it by purchasing this glorified electric coaster, which projects chi and orgone (universal life force--a neologism from "orgasm" and "-one," which presumably denotes its thoroughly scientific origins).

You can purchase the transfer couple, which is a little stone circle, that you can energize on your Aqua Optimizer, then bring with you anywhere to energize your water on the go!  The Aqua Optimizer people claim to "have strong indications that it works way beyond our planet."

My boyfriend's father owns and uses a device similar to this.
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« Reply #41 on: 13 Aug 2008, 16:47 »

It's not really godawful, but it is completely unnecessary.

And these things, I think they are the worst idea ever. I mean really, who thought it would be clever to have two plastic geese that you could set up on your front lawn and dress in little outfits?

My mom used to get the catalog both those things are sold in. I am tempted to have it sent to me now, for a good laugh. Occasionally they do have useful things for sale, but usually everything is just ridiculous.
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« Reply #42 on: 13 Aug 2008, 17:02 »

Oh God, speaking of water-treating products:



Oh hey, let's all put a highly reactive irritant into our water because it will give us even more oxygen and not just cause a bunch of shit!
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« Reply #43 on: 13 Aug 2008, 17:03 »

I don't know where it's sold but I saw it on TV (the motorized ice-cream cones reminded me). It was like a Borat style mankini for a parrot. Apparently it was meant to be for if it was flying around so it doesn't shit all over your house. It made me laugh  :-P
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« Reply #44 on: 14 Aug 2008, 01:27 »

Magic Bullet anyone?
http://www.buythebullet.com/

in all honesty, this product dosen't seem that bad. Maybe it's more of the commercial for it that is really bad.
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« Reply #45 on: 14 Aug 2008, 16:07 »

Only pictures can express the absurdity of this:

The beauty mask!
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« Reply #46 on: 14 Aug 2008, 16:25 »

Shamwow

I know how sad this is, but I REALLY want a shamwow. I dont even have a good reason to, I just really want one.
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« Reply #47 on: 14 Aug 2008, 16:26 »

that picture of the beauty mask alone could be enough to sell it, without even knowing what it does. who doesn't want to be that excited?
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« Reply #48 on: 14 Aug 2008, 20:32 »

It looks like a giant head condom. The fact that I have seen cases where this would make sense should disturb me more than it does.
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« Reply #49 on: 14 Aug 2008, 21:12 »

It's described purpose sounds fairly useful, tbh. I should get my bf one, he's utterly neurotic about his makeup.
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