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What are the most absurd products you have ever seen?

FernandoRocker

FernandoRocker

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
7,987
México
I just saw a low-end tablet. Nothing out of the ordinary, right? Well... This tablet has an integrated DVD drive. And if is not some sort of joke product; it's a product anyone could buy right now! 🤣


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Pretty absurd, right?
 
Distantmantra

Distantmantra

Member
Oct 26, 2017
11,238
Seattle
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I feel like this is a better, less misleading shot of the product. I literally thought it was a tablet with a disc slot built into the top of it.
 
Gernau Morat Gurgeh

Gernau Morat Gurgeh

Member
Oct 31, 2017
10,074
I don't know if they are still going, but US airlines inflight brochures used to sell the most amazing shit. Like tiny remote controlled refrigerators. Someone must have been buying that shite
 

Deleted member 86105

Banned
Nov 18, 2020
1,408
Selling empty shrinkwrapped plastic boxes with codes inside of them, like this shit:

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Such an unnecessary waste of plastic + fossil fuels used to transport it. Especially in Fortnite's case because that's a FREE GAME and the box is legitimately just for DLC.
 
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I Wanna Be The Guy

I Wanna Be The Guy

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Oct 28, 2017
16,793
I don't get it. What's the problem? Sounds pretty good to me. DVD's haven't gone extinct. We still own them and a tablet that can play DVD's sounds good to me.
 
dennett316

dennett316

Member
Nov 2, 2017
2,983
Blackpool, UK
Gift cards. Just give cash, it's infinitely more flexible for the recipient and doesn't create excess waste. I've always thought they were pointless. I suppose you could argue it shows more thought in terms of gift giving than cash, you narrowed it down to a broad category of store the recipient might be interested in, but for me it just seems needlessly restrictive. What if they didn't want anything from a particular shop? Now they're stuck with it, or left to sell it for a percentage of the card's value.
 

Deleted member 86105

Banned
Nov 18, 2020
1,408
Also, homeopathic "remedies." Literally just sugar pills that scams people into thinking it's "medicine." This one is super popular for some bizarre reason:

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I even got fooled by this one:

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I bought Zicam once at Walgreens without thinking...and turns out there's not even any Zinc in it. It just has artificial flavors that taste like Zinc. This should be straight up illegal. I can't believe the government in good conscience allows these to proliferate in supermarkets and drug stores.
 
Jakisthe

Jakisthe

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Oct 25, 2017
5,630
Oh my sweet summer child.

Allow me to introduce you to the madness that is Hammacher Schlemmer:
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Superplexus 3D Gravity Ball Maze, a mere $55k
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Subsurface watercraft, yours for just $300k
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The Gotham Golfcart, a steal at $28.5k
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Robot sommelier? Add it to the cart for only $205k!
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Go where you want in style with the Helicycle, if you can pony up $395k
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What home is complete without their very own $100k life size replica t-rex skeleton?

And many, many more for the discerning lunatic with hundreds of thousands of dollars to burn!
 
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FernandoRocker

FernandoRocker

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
7,987
México
Jakisthe said:
Oh my sweet summer child.

Allow me to introduce you to the madness that is Hammacher Schlemmer:
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Superplexus 3D Gravity Ball Maze, a mere $55k
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Subsurface watercraft, yours for just $300k
12470_380x380.jpg

The Gotham Golfcart, a steal at $28.5k
13152_380x380.jpg

Robot sommelier? Add it to the cart for only $205k!
12400_380x380.jpg

Go where you want in style with the Helicycle, if you can pony up $395k
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What home is complete without their very own $100k life size replica t-rex skeleton?

And many, many more for the discerning lunatic with hundreds of thousands of dollars to burn!
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The subsurface watercraft looks kinda neat!
 
ForKevdo

ForKevdo

Member
Nov 2, 2017
1,105
I remember seeing a list of awkward Twilight paraphernalia when the movies were coming out and of the items on the list the two I still remember are panties that have Edward Cullen's lips printed on the inside, and a dildo that sparkles and stays cold after you put it in the freezer
 
WhiteRabbitEXE

WhiteRabbitEXE

Member
Oct 25, 2017
12,659
Arizona
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Ya know, I work at Target, and throughout the pandemic as we've gone through waves of toilet paper and wet wipes being completely sold out, we've consistently maintained a huge, literal pile of these. Not even a proper display. There's just a big-ass pile of like 200 packages just sitting in an otherwise empty paper department. No one buys them, even when everything else has been sold out for days, lol.
 
Doc Laserstein

Doc Laserstein

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Oct 25, 2017
4,575
Distantmantra said:
Is this a meme or something? Just a wasteful way to get the juice? I actually like cold pressed juice and that sounds good.
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700 bucks for an always online (can't have you squeezing non Juicero brand juice bags) machine that squeezed single serving bags of pulp. The user had to subscribe to the Juicero juice bag service, and I think individual bags ended up costing ~8 dollars. Numerous testers found could get an identical quantity and quality of juice just by squeezing the bags by hand anyway.

And obviously it's incredibly wasteful too.
 
Fear and wonder

Fear and wonder

Member
Oct 28, 2017
185
Jakisthe said:
Oh my sweet summer child.

Allow me to introduce you to the madness that is Hammacher Schlemmer:

Superplexus 3D Gravity Ball Maze, a mere $55k

Subsurface watercraft, yours for just $300k

The Gotham Golfcart, a steal at $28.5k

Robot sommelier? Add it to the cart for only $205k!

Go where you want in style with the Helicycle, if you can pony up $395k

What home is complete without their very own $100k life size replica t-rex skeleton?

And many, many more for the discerning lunatic with hundreds of thousands of dollars to burn!
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Yeah I don't think I can beat that.
I didn't know I needed a pool table shaped like a 50s Cadillac, but now it's all i can think about!
 
Pororoka

Pororoka

Member
Nov 1, 2017
1,210
MX
Distantmantra said:
Is this a meme or something? Just a wasteful way to get the juice? I actually like cold pressed juice and that sounds good.
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A video of a reporter can destroy your company, and it was widely mocked because it added extra steps to just squeeze yourself the already prepared juice instead of the "required" $400 machine. Also subscription services and WiFi because why not

www.bloomberg.com

Silicon Valley’s $400 Juicer May Be Feeling the Squeeze

Two investors in Juicero were surprised to learn the startup’s juice packs could be squeezed by hand without using its high-tech machine.
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Edit: Beated.
 
Khezu

Khezu

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,948
Jakisthe said:
Oh my sweet summer child.

Allow me to introduce you to the madness that is Hammacher Schlemmer:
78372_380x380.jpg

Superplexus 3D Gravity Ball Maze, a mere $55k
12472_380x380.jpg

Subsurface watercraft, yours for just $300k
12470_380x380.jpg

The Gotham Golfcart, a steal at $28.5k
13152_380x380.jpg

Robot sommelier? Add it to the cart for only $205k!
12400_380x380.jpg

Go where you want in style with the Helicycle, if you can pony up $395k
12543_380x380.jpg

What home is complete without their very own $100k life size replica t-rex skeleton?

And many, many more for the discerning lunatic with hundreds of thousands of dollars to burn!
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I probably should buy the T-rex skull.
I'm not really sure where I would put something like that, or even how to get it in my house.

I'll have to figure something out.
 
Calamari41

Calamari41

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,119
Jakisthe said:
Oh my sweet summer child.

Allow me to introduce you to the madness that is Hammacher Schlemmer:
78372_380x380.jpg

Superplexus 3D Gravity Ball Maze, a mere $55k
12472_380x380.jpg

Subsurface watercraft, yours for just $300k
12470_380x380.jpg

The Gotham Golfcart, a steal at $28.5k
13152_380x380.jpg

Robot sommelier? Add it to the cart for only $205k!
12400_380x380.jpg

Go where you want in style with the Helicycle, if you can pony up $395k
12543_380x380.jpg

What home is complete without their very own $100k life size replica t-rex skeleton?

And many, many more for the discerning lunatic with hundreds of thousands of dollars to burn!
Click to expand...
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This is great. Sort by price high to low and it's a huge list of things that a character in a comedy movie would buy after winning the lottery.
 
Sirhc

Sirhc

Hasn't made a thread yet. Shame me.
Member
Oct 27, 2017
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