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    The Street Fighter IV Snuggie Is Actually Real

    The 'Space Snuggie' Could Protect Astronauts From Radiation

    Ultimate Battle: The Snuggie vs. Slanket vs. Freedom Blanket vs. Blankoat

    The Cult of Snuggie Looks Almost as Bad as Scientology

    LED Picnic Blanket Classes Up Outdoor Dining

    USB Heating Blanket Keep You Warm, Actually Looks Like a Cape
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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    11/11/09

    In reply to The Street Fighter IV Snuggie Is Actually Real
    With all the excitement the Snuggie Sutra generated I’m not surprised by this. My Christmas shopping was complete with a printing of the instructions found here [thesnuggiesutra.com]
    and a trip to Wall Mart!

    More here [gizmodo.com] #streetfightersnuggie
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    Image of conception conception
    11/11/09

    In reply to The Street Fighter IV Snuggie Is Actually Real
    Snuggies are just wannabe/copied Slankets. #streetfightersnuggie
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/09

    In reply to The Street Fighter IV Snuggie Is Actually Real
    God, if you're listening, hadouken this thing and whoever wears it this instant.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 11/11/09 8:06 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of phoghat phoghat
    08/17/09

    In reply to Ultimate Battle: The Snuggie vs. Slanket vs. Freedom Blanket vs. Blankoat
    These are not the droids you're looking for.
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    Image of realsnickers realsnickers
    05/12/09

    In reply to The 'Space Snuggie' Could Protect Astronauts From Radiation
    until somebody gets sucked into a turbine
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    05/12/09

    @realsnickers: In space, nobody can hear you shred.
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    05/12/09

    @realsnickers: NO CAPES!
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    05/12/09

    @Con Seannery '09: Illegal in 1 Giz: Well, not unless you're in the typical, dumbed-down sci-fi blockbuster movie, then sound not only travels through the vacuum of space, it actually gets encoded into 5.1 channels.
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    Image of Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK
    05/12/09

    In reply to The 'Space Snuggie' Could Protect Astronauts From Radiation
    Why not just cover the lunar base with the radiation shielding that's in the blanket?
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/12/09

    @Xterm11 - The star commenter's minion: Well, that's fine and I'm sure they will, but when our astronauts just want to go out for a stroll on a chilly afternoon or maybe have a picnic in some quaint little crater of cheese, they are going to need a blanket anyway, so why not add in that layer of protection?
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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    05/12/09

    In reply to The 'Space Snuggie' Could Protect Astronauts From Radiation
    That's no blanket. . .
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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    05/12/09

    @admoseremic: It's a SPACE SNUGGIE!
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    05/12/09

    @admoseremic: did you really just set up you're own joke with the reply button?
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    05/12/09

    @Texas, Texas yee haw_Nick: yeah, you did.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/12/09

    @Texas, Texas yee haw_Nick: And what's wrong with that?
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    bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/12/09

    @bosskev: I do it all the time.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/12/09

    @bosskev: It's a delicate thing to do.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/12/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Especially when it's done as poorly as this.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/12/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I ag
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    05/12/09

    @bosskev: ree
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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    05/12/09

    @bosskev: Ha
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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    05/12/09

    @admoseremic: ha!
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    05/12/09

    @admoseremic: Kidding aside (for a moment, anyway), there have been rare moments, to make the joke happen, it had to be split up over two separate comments. For those extremely rare instances--like, literally, maybe two times in a year--I've made a second Gizmodo account that makes it appear like two different people talking ('cuz otherwise the joke wouldn't work). The set up is delivered by the "straight man"*, the punchline is delivered by "the comic".


    *yeah, yeah, the one place I'm forced to play a "straight man" is in comedy, what we do for art

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/12/09

    In reply to The 'Space Snuggie' Could Protect Astronauts From Radiation
    Why, oh why, did they have to name these blankets "snuggies"? Where I grew up a "snuggie" was the same thing as a "wedgie"--you know, where a "friend" purposely yanks your underwear tightly up into your butt cheeks. Every time I hear either word, I just clench up--and not in a fun, Saturday night kinda way. (Well, OK, exactly in a fun, Saturday night kinda way, but let's not go there.)
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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    05/12/09

    @bosskev: Some also refer to them as a "Melvin". Must be a regional dialect.
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    05/12/09

    @admoseremic: According to Wikipedia, the definitive source for accurate knowledge on all things:


    The Melvin is a variant of the wedgie in which the victim's underwear is pulled up from the front.


    Either way, I'm still clenching.

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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    05/12/09

    @bosskev: I always thought that was a "front wedgie". . .
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/12/09

    @admoseremic: No, a "front wedgie" is a variant of a "camel toe", the distinction being the former is painful for victims whereas the latter is advertising for cheap hoes.
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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    05/12/09

    @bosskev: And then there's the gender differentiation as well.


    Camel toe vs. Moose Knuckle


    Here's a fairly comprehensive list of my known wedgie variants:


    melvin (front wedgie)

    mervin (two sided often performed by two people)

    gotch pull

    thwedgie (thong wedgie)

    flying dutchman (lifted from the ground)

    hanging wedgie (hung from your underwear)

    turbo/ripper (underwear rip)

    cosmic wedgie (pants are removed prior to the act)

    vadgie/vedgie (front wedgie performed on a woman)

    propeller wedgie (a pole is inserted into pant hole and twisted thoroughly)

    atomic/nuclear wedgie (underwear pulled around head)


    Feel free to add your own. I'm actually pretty curious.

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/12/09

    @admoseremic: "Feel free to add your own. I'm actually pretty curious."


    Um...


    * jaw on floor *


    ...that's OK. I'd say you have it covered.


    * cannot stop squirming in chair *

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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/12/09

    In reply to The 'Space Snuggie' Could Protect Astronauts From Radiation
    that is a horrible idea. there is no mobility in a blanket. it always falls off and i know from experience.
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    Image of tjmarkham3 tjmarkham3
    05/12/09

    @admoseremic: wow, I clicked the extend button because I saw 12 comments. Little did I know that it was 6 comments spread out.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/12/09

    @tjmarkham3, @tjmarkham3: And yet, somehow Giz's coding attached both replies to the wrong thread. (I'm just hoping this reply at least stays on the same page and doesn't jump over, say, to a Consumerist story.)
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    Image of seanerone seanerone
    05/12/09

    In reply to The 'Space Snuggie' Could Protect Astronauts From Radiation
    what's wrong w/ green astronauts?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    05/13/09

    @seanerone: If they get upset, they might SMASH HABITAT!
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/30/09

    In reply to Ultimate Battle: The Snuggie vs. Slanket vs. Freedom Blanket vs. Blankoat
    Or, you can just say the hell with it and crank the heat...
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    Image of hamburgerhotdog hamburgerhotdog
    03/30/09

    In reply to Ultimate Battle: The Snuggie vs. Slanket vs. Freedom Blanket vs. Blankoat
    How can you worry about the length of your blanket when the length of your couch is so tiny?!
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    03/30/09

    In reply to Ultimate Battle: The Snuggie vs. Slanket vs. Freedom Blanket vs. Blankoat
    I hope Mythbusters determines once and for all using purely scientific methods which of these keeps your warmer.
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    03/30/09

    In reply to Ultimate Battle: The Snuggie vs. Slanket vs. Freedom Blanket vs. Blankoat
    The Red Sea doesn't stand a chance.
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    Image of Sister Toldja Sister Toldja
    03/30/09

    In reply to Ultimate Battle: The Snuggie vs. Slanket vs. Freedom Blanket vs. Blankoat
    I was very fine with my Snuggie until I read this, but now I feel inadequate.
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