30 April, 2017
100 or 192 thumbtacks
This item is described as “192 Thumbtack value pack,” yet shows 100 thumbtacks on the package. Either way, you’re going to be paying a lot for each thumbtack.
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30 April, 2017
This item is described as “192 Thumbtack value pack,” yet shows 100 thumbtacks on the package. Either way, you’re going to be paying a lot for each thumbtack.
29 April, 2017
These innocuous-looking wireless headphones are now the subject of a class-action suit for violating laws regarding privacy. A customer discovered that the headphones were sending data about his listening habits to third-party companies.
And, less safe-for-work, a similar class-action suit is being brought against the makers of this app-controlled vibrator, for sending data about its customers’ sex practices back to the company.
Your programmable thermostat knows when you’re not home, your Bluetooth deadbolt knows when you come and go, your networked light-bulbs know when you’re awake and what rooms you spend time in, and all three of those brag that they can be used directly with Amazon Alexa, the open microphone that listens to everything that happens in your house.
Finally, as of this week, the Amazon Show has a camera that streams video of your bedroom. Thankfully, nothing ever happens in your bedroom that you’d want to keep other people from seeing.
29 April, 2017
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28 April, 2017
If you’re not pizza-ed out from yesterday’s post, then have some pizza cologne. It’s by the makers of dirt cologne and snow cologne. (I know what dirt smells like, but what the hell does snow smell like?)
27 April, 2017
What kind of monster puts tomatoes on top of cheese pizza?! If you must have a pizza bed, you should at least go for a pepperoni pizza bed, because that’s a real food people eat. (Or the “Pizza Adult Beanbag Chair,” shaped like a slice of pan pizza, if you’re old enough to be an adult, but still young enough to be able to get out of a beanbag chair without help.)
26 April, 2017
The Flippin Fantastic is a silicone mold that theoretically allows you to make seven tiny pancakes and flip them all at once. Unfortunately, according to the customer reviews, it leaks, and food sticks to the silicone. The customer image of burned, leaky pancakes stuck to the Flippin Fantastic would make a great black-and-white “before” picture for another product, though.