Gizmodo: bad taste

The Erotica Phone: 1984's "Masterpiece of Micro-Processor Technology" (NSFW)

Danny Allen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:00:00 EST

Hey, that's their words, not mine—I'm almost lost for any. "Sculptured by a European artist…the phone plugs into any wall-jack and is fully-guaranteed." I bet, just look how classy this gent seems with an ear full of cleavage.

Keep it tasteless 1984. I've no idea what fine publication this appeared in, but it looks like the sales came out of Mission, Kansas. And no, the 1800 number no longer works.

How much would this ultimate conversation piece have set you back? Just $75, including 3-6 week shipping. That's an insane $150 bucks today. I wonder how many they sold... [Paco Camino and LiveJournal via CopyRanter]

Electrolux Vacuum Ad Pokes Fun at Suicide, Really Does Suck

Elaine Chow — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:45:00 EDT

Wow. I've seen a couple ads of questionable taste in my day, but this one—in which a desperate "live jumper" takes a leap but doesn't hit the ground—really takes the cake. [Youku Buzz]

Bring the Sweet Stench of Death to Your Desk With More Gothic Peripherals

Kit Eaton — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:41:53 EST

This week's bad-taste webcam has been joined by more goth gear—this time a keyboard, mouse and mouse mat combo. Using the same recipe (take a perfectly ordinary set of computer stuff, liberally sprinkle with skulls, bones, rocks, random greenery and snakes) this time Evergreen has upped the gravestone action. Definitely one for peripherals-of-darkness fans, and any of you whose vehicle has the sticker: "If The Hearse Is Rockin', Don't Come Knockin'" displayed on its rear end. [Akihabaranews]

Goth-style Webcam is So Hideous You Wouldn't Want to Film Your Expression

Kit Eaton — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:41:17 EST

Sweet Baby Jesus and all the orphans, we wonder what possessed the creators of this nightmarish webcam as they slaved away at the drawing board. Something nasty with horns, a wicked headache and really bad taste in art, I reckon. Let's see—take one webcam (pretty standard USB 2.0, 1.3 Mpix little number, with lights and a microphone), decorate it with a plaster surround in the skull and bones motif, add a spot of grass and a few bricks (why?). Then finish it off with a cobra, and bugger off back to the Fifth Circle of Hell. Should appeal to at least one uber-goth teenager with $61.50 to spare. [GeekStuff4U via Akihabaranews]

Simroid the Retarded Robot's Sensitive Mouth Trains Dentists, Perverts

Adam Frucci — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:45:00 EST

Say hello to Simroid, a new robot from Japan designed to help train dentists. Forgive me for being a little off-color here, but this thing looks like it's better suited to give BJs, but it's looking a little too downsy to sell well in any of Japan's numerous sex shops. In any case, it's loaded up with sensitive teeth so it can say "that hurts" if it gets stabbed in the gums or something. It also has a gag reflex so it can react if an "instrument" is stuck down its throat. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to step away from the keyboard before I write jokes about this thing that'll get me fired. Must… practice… restraint… [IT Media via Pink Tentacle]

Die Modden Squadden, or a Lesson in Bad Taste

AddyDugdale — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:00:11 EDT

There were coffins, toilets, underwater landscapes that had everything except Mario swimming around looking for coins, a box file, a bikini babe and this thing. Honestly, wherever I go in my nightmares, Hello frackin' Kitty is there, waiting. Pass me the chainsaw, Helmut, and make it snappy: I've got a whole gallery to get through.

A couple of large Germans were behind a desk, drilling holes in casings, doing unsexy things with astroturf and screwing soccer boots to places they shouldn't have been. I went in search of a Berliner Pilsener. Make it a large one, please, boys.

Catapult Watch for Medievalists with No Taste. And Squirrels

Addy Dugdale — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:59:39 EDT

If Adam Frucci's squirrel catapult post from earlier this week tickled your fancy, here's something that won't—unless you're a squirrel and you want your revenge. It's a simply repulsive antique catapult watch that dates back to 2005. Cost is $49 and it comes with free artillery, having been reduced from $59. I can't think why. – Ad Dugdale

Product Page [Backyard Artillery via UberGizmo]