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It had to happen. Someone is now selling Nothing, and undoubtedly, some suckers are buying it. It's a piece of packaging with a clear plastic sphere sticking out of it that contains absolutely nothing. Well, there's something in there, but it's just the same as what's outside it: thin air. And get this: It costs $6.28. It's Nothing for something!
Heck, if Seinfeld makes billions of dollars on an entire TV series about nothing, certainly some enterprising entrepreneur can swipe a few thousand from those who want to send a message to their "loved ones." But if there's actually something in there, then this is not nothing, it's something.
So besides being a poor value, it's mislabeled. Might be worth $2 worth of laughs, but not $6.28. Is this that "nothingness" Camus and Hemingway wrote about?
Product Page [I Want One of Those, via Oh Gizmo]
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Pffft, I can buy fresh bottle Irish air on eBay for a few bucks less than this and an air guitar for even less than that.
amazing how they managed to get nothing so shiny. and in white packaging. no wonder people are buying it.
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Then again PT Barnum had an old adage about a sucker being born every minute.
We all must be as stupid as we look.
This has cubicle decor written all over it.
i'd hit that... yup. wait what?
i REALLY wish i thought of that...
well, i did. but i wish i pitched it to some crazy company...
they shouldve sucked the air out of it and made it a vacuum, so it could truly be nothing... right now its just 'air'. which dont got the same ring...
This "Nothing" as you call it is a highly dangerous form of anti-energy.
Do not under ANY circumstances break that barrier and let it come into contact with "Something" or I swear you'll kill us all man!
What a deal!!!
Even though S&H is almost $20 from this website, that still only makes the total $30. When I look at that number, I can't believe how cheap it really is. I mean, I've almost always had to pay more than $30 on my first dates...
I made a slickdeals thread on it, so you can go tell your friends: http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?p=6507525#post...
This reminds me of commercials they would run during Nickelodeon shows. For something called; NOTHING!
Reverse pyschology to get kids more active and go outside.
Sweet Jesus, this company must be stopped! Haven't we learned anything from The Neverending Story? The "Nothing" this company is selling could destroy the very fabric of Fantasia!
bah, they ripped off Mel Brooks' idea from History of the World, Part I. "Nothing! Nothing! I have nothing for sale!"
This is cheaper than a date and it gets me the same results. Maybe less whining I guess, so its win win for eveyone.
I have definitely spent more than that for nothing.
I guess I'll have to leave this "Mint In Package" in order for it to keep its value.
Hey I need one of those!
[pressing "Easy Button"]
I'LL TAKE TEN!
Someone actually once gave me a Box of Nothing. It was a cardboard box with bad jokes and puns printed all over it, and it came with a "Book of Nothing" that was more of the same. Stories about people with jokey names who were the first to fail to discover the South Pole, discussions of "zeroastrians" etc. I thought it was pretty funny - when I was nine.
No thanks. Been there...done that...still have the 'dot com' stock to prove it...
the perfect gift for people who say, oh i don't want anything at all, really, but they're full of crap, they totally want something, then when they get it they go, oh you shouldn't have ...
package of nothing: $6.28
shipping and handling of nothing: $20.00
actually getting some nothing for someone who said they don't want anything, really: priceless
I'm strangely attracted to this nothing concept... @_@
I didnt think of it that way dotlizard. Maybe this will make my GF stop saying "Oh anything" when I ask her what she wants for a gift. Shell read nothing on the package and probably hit me with "I said anything, not nothing." and Ill say "I got you the packaging." :D
Thanks for the idea
Yeah, 2 dollars sounds about right, I'd buy it.
It'd be American enough.
You have to be 14 years or older to fully take advantage of the benefits of nothing.
What does this have to do with gadgets? I don't get it... Nothing was around even before the beginning of time itself. It was the first thing ever invented and the first thing that any of us have ever seen, heard touched or tasted. Bah... this is old news...
I do believe that because it was here longer than anything else, it can do what it wants. And dont forget gadgets start with nothing and become something. maybe give it nutrition & love and nothing will become something.
Sure'in if it isn't the wind that shakes the barley. The smell of sweet summer blossons, desperate tears, and true love. If tha's not worth 6 pence, I'm not s'ur 'nythin' would ev'r be, would et?
Useless things are stupid.
People buy useless things.
Hence, people who buy useless things are stupid.
And there's even an age recommendation for this thing: "Suitable for ages 14 years+"
Pfft. The things people will buy.
I used to have a can of Dehydrated Water, Just add water.
That "for 14 years old and up" statement bothers me more than the price.
It is "for 14 years old and up", because we all know how much trouble a 13 yo can get into "doing nothing".
they should repackage this as: iNothing. It woul sell even faster.
We could package a Zune Wi-Fi chip and label it "Good for nothing". Ha ha.
Seriously, though, Greenpeace is going to have a conniption over "Nothing". Which is nothing new, I guess...
You think Woot will sell these in their "Bag of Crap" deals? Is this what we're evolving into? Silly people impressed about paying for absolutely nothing? No wonder the world hates us.
They should have a version where, for an extra $3.14 (interesting that the price is about 2 * PI, BTW), you get the "green" version where you get actually nothing at all so as to avoid harming the environment with more packaging waste. That would work wonders in Marin County. And check out those margins...
"Let's see what's in the box: Nothing! Absolutely nothing! Stupid! You're so stupid!"
"What's that?"
"....Nothing."
So this is what wanky art projects get to be when they grow up: Joke shop gifts. I bet the idea was originally to be "ironic" or something.
jmdecombe has a great idea, so I'll rip it off.
CLICK HERE to download nothing (Green Version).
Please mail checks to me at P.O. Box 532 Jersey City, NJ 07302 payable to ThriftyTechie for $6.29.
Keep in mind that buy downloading from me, you keep jobs in the USA. Don't be fooled by counterfeit nothing from China that they manufacture with slave labor that make...errr...earn nothing.
How can you be sure it's not vacuum-sealed?
$6.28, get it? 2pi, or one whole circle!
it would be descent joke present to give someone.
Look at all these comments. And for what? Nothing.
@dingus:
"Let's see what's in the box: Nothing! Absolutely nothing! Stupid! You're so stupid!"
EXCELLENT Weird Al's UHF reference! Weaver should've kept the fish.
I'd say it's worth $6.28 so long as I need $6.28 for Amazon free shipping!
they should call it iNothing,
and charge 99.95
and people will buy it..
Yves Klein made considerably more selling nothing. But then, he threw the gold he made in the river. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Klein
There's a spelling error / grammartical error in the article: "Heck, if Seinfeld could [makes] billions of dollars on ... ". The word "makes" should just be "make", am I right?
Either way, what a stupid product idea.
This product is a law suit waiting to happen. The box falsely advertises "nothing" in the plastic spere. As we all know nature abhores a vacuum and such a thin plastic sphere would ironically never be strong enough to contain nothing. The sphere contains air.
I am alreay polishing my 1st draft for what I am sure will be a great fight all the way to the supreme court.
WOW! I haven't heard about that yet. This is the first time. How can Nothing cost something? I guess if someone wants to really make a bad joke on someone out of bitterness or something...
Hmm.... nothing for $6.28 ... evolution is supposed to make us smarter (well so much for that). I want one!
@dingus: I get it!
I would love to get this from a relative I didn't like, just to be able to write them a note back that says "Thanks for nothing."
Having an apprecation for emptiness is a very important part of being a whole human being. This product, I'm afraid, is much more than just a gag or joke.
Being able to "see" emptiness (i.e., to see what you don't see) is the begining of all wisdom. So, a product (like the Zen Rock Garden) which showcases emptiness can have a real and positive benefit.
A lack of appreciation of "nothing" is - directly or indirectly - at the root of most of our modern social insanity. If more people appreciated emptiness, the world would be much better off.
I find it disturbing just how quick people are to assume that this product is a joke. I think that, by spreading the meme of emptiness as a "thing" in and of itself, we help become more mature, as individuals and as a species.
I've really never understood why everyone always says that Seinfeld was a show about nothing. It was a show about four people and their friendships. I mean, really, tell me another sitcom that's about more than that. The premise is not unique. It was smart, clever, funny, etc, and that's unique, but not the premise.
This is a brilliant present, but only if its gift wrapped and only if the recipient is a child.
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