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I already knew this as soon as I saw their dumb ass rap video. This guy wants his kids to be famous so he can have loads of money, and this was all a stunt to get them national recognition. Now they're probably going to get what they want because everybody is covering the shit out of the story. Even Gizmodo has posted half a dozen articles... you're perpetuating their undeserved success. Stop it. #balloonboy
OK, can we officially call him #DoucheDad now?! Please?! Then we can team him up with Octo-Mom and the whole country will have something/someone in common to direct our anger too. It's rare to piss off all the people all the time.
Ship #DoucheDad, Jon AND Kate, and Octo-Mom to an island. I mean, you now have the Professor(Henne), a mixture of Ginger and MaryAnn(Octo-Mom), The stuck up Mr. and Mrs. Howell (Kate), and Gilligan(Jon). You can ship in guests stars, like the Harlem Globetrotters, and they can win things like coconuts which DoucheDad can turn into a dish to prove we are the descendants of aliens!
The best part? They are somewhere where they can no longer hurt anyone innocent. It's like Gilligans Island, but real.
@se7a7n7: I thought when the one FF starting beating the balloon with a shovel BEFORE they checked to make sure the kid was in there, that it was an episode of Reno911 #balloonboy
i knew these assholes stank of shit. sad thing is, this stunt will likely work in their favor. what a surprise that a family of conspiring, conscienceless, narcissistic liars would be pursuing a reality television show deal.
reality tv is symptomatic of some very fundamental problems with our society. it's glorified schadenfreude sanctioned by soulless advertisers. it's sensationalized bickering and backstabbing. it's abhorrent, spoiled-child-like behavior rewarded with fame, fortune, and undue public attention. it's a shameless display of a willful lack of principles cast in a light that glamorizes such blatantly uncivilized behavior. and every single person i know who watches it enjoys a dramatically lower level of respect from myself. #balloonboy
These guys are douchebags. I can't believe I spent 45 mintues watching that shit on CNN, when Mythbusters has clearly proven in the past that far more helium is required to lift a child.
@Jux: Well you should have remembered that. I knew the whole thing was fake all along. (Actually because of that. It was 3500 balloons to lift a 45lb kid a few feet into the air.) #balloonboy
They should change their name to Monster DBAG, thereby avoiding any future confusion between them and any other company with the word 'monster' in their title..
Hopefully, the festering pile of nuclear bullshit will finally choke the life out of the head of this HDMI-compatible super serpent, and its lowly drones can all flood here:
@Hello Mister Walrus: Unfortunately, no. They just simply dismiss the case and drop the charges when the jury don't agree to carry the case on to further steps. No fine included.
Abusing the 911 emergency line isn't a big deal because cops just come to check on you to make sure everything's okay - if it's a prank, the cops will just shout at you and leave without giving you any tickets or fines.
@Mondoz: No, I'm sure he's referring to the case where a woman called 911 because Burger King borked her order. The coffee-spill woman at McDonald's never called the police, but rather a lawyer.
@Jagged Toaster: They currently have distribution deals with Anheuser-Busch and PepsiCo.. No doubt Monster [cable] would have their asses handed to them.
@urbanturban666: i use their music cables almost exclusively. as for their hdmi cables, well, i'm 22 and have nary the funds to spend upwards of $200 for "superior" picture...especially when "that look's pretty damn good still for only spending $34 at best buy" is still an option.
@worst. giz commenter. ever.: 34$ will work just fine, if you want an even better picture you should get something a little more highend... the problem with monster is that they sell there stuff with an uber highend pricetag even though they are not that much better than generics... people buy them cause they assume they are the best, and cause the salesman probably lied since the commission on those isnt bad...
there are highend brands that are indeed superior to monsters crap and cost 1/2 as much as monsters... its all bestbuys trickery that keeps monsters on the shelves...most buyers dont educate themselves on cables that much and pony up the money...
99% of the people that buy their cables would not know the difference between Monster's speaker cables and some bulk cable bought at Home Depot. Most people's speakers aren't even precise enough to reproduce the sound accurately in the first place. That lack of oxidation, blah blah bullcrap is exactly that: bullcrap. Copper doesn't oxidize very quickly, even if you leave it bare, lying around outside. Wrap it in any kind of plastic jacket and it's gonna take longer than the life of your house to oxidize.
I use underground-rated 12ga low-voltage wire. It's more expensive than lamp cord, but it's well insulated to withstand abuse and pulls easily through walls. (By "more expensive", I mean ~$0.35/ft).
HDMI is digital and any generic (but not complete shit) cable will give you the same results as a Monster HDMI cable.
10/17/09
Dick Heene. Yeah, that sounds much better... #balloonboy
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I want to get back to John and Kate #balloonboy
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Ship #DoucheDad, Jon AND Kate, and Octo-Mom to an island. I mean, you now have the Professor(Henne), a mixture of Ginger and MaryAnn(Octo-Mom), The stuck up Mr. and Mrs. Howell (Kate), and Gilligan(Jon). You can ship in guests stars, like the Harlem Globetrotters, and they can win things like coconuts which DoucheDad can turn into a dish to prove we are the descendants of aliens!
The best part? They are somewhere where they can no longer hurt anyone innocent. It's like Gilligans Island, but real.
How do I trademark an idea?! #balloonboy
10/16/09
I'd love to see Garcia, Dangle & Junior handling catching up to a crappy little balloon that ends up having nothing in it... #balloonboy
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10/17/09
I'd like to see John & Kate in one of those traps from the Saw movies and we'll call it, John & Kate: Temp Fate.... #balloonboy
10/16/09
reality tv is symptomatic of some very fundamental problems with our society. it's glorified schadenfreude sanctioned by soulless advertisers. it's sensationalized bickering and backstabbing. it's abhorrent, spoiled-child-like behavior rewarded with fame, fortune, and undue public attention. it's a shameless display of a willful lack of principles cast in a light that glamorizes such blatantly uncivilized behavior. and every single person i know who watches it enjoys a dramatically lower level of respect from myself. #balloonboy
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apple needs to create a product called iMonster and see what happens. that would be great.
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[www.monster.com]
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Abusing the 911 emergency line isn't a big deal because cops just come to check on you to make sure everything's okay - if it's a prank, the cops will just shout at you and leave without giving you any tickets or fines.
04/09/09
Are you freaking kidding me? You clearly have NO clue what goes in to running a 911 service.
Go volunteer with a rescue squad/fire department for a while and then tell me abusing 911 isn't a big deal.
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there are many other high quality brands of cable that are not this big a rip...
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there are highend brands that are indeed superior to monsters crap and cost 1/2 as much as monsters... its all bestbuys trickery that keeps monsters on the shelves...most buyers dont educate themselves on cables that much and pony up the money...
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04/09/09
99% of the people that buy their cables would not know the difference between Monster's speaker cables and some bulk cable bought at Home Depot. Most people's speakers aren't even precise enough to reproduce the sound accurately in the first place. That lack of oxidation, blah blah bullcrap is exactly that: bullcrap. Copper doesn't oxidize very quickly, even if you leave it bare, lying around outside. Wrap it in any kind of plastic jacket and it's gonna take longer than the life of your house to oxidize.
I use underground-rated 12ga low-voltage wire. It's more expensive than lamp cord, but it's well insulated to withstand abuse and pulls easily through walls. (By "more expensive", I mean ~$0.35/ft).
HDMI is digital and any generic (but not complete shit) cable will give you the same results as a Monster HDMI cable.