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    The Cult of Snuggie Looks Almost as Bad as Scientology
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Cult of Snuggie Looks Almost as Bad as Scientology
    I think I prefer to call this product by it's alternate name, the slanket.


    Of course all of this is moot if you have a big, heavy bathrobe just wear it backwards. Instant slanket/snuggie...

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    Image of Curves Curves
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Cult of Snuggie Looks Almost as Bad as Scientology
    Inventions like this enforce what PT Barnum said: "There is a sucker born every minute." In this case, you can seee them coming since they are all wearing that stupid thing.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Cult of Snuggie Looks Almost as Bad as Scientology
    Could be worse. It could be an infomercial for a robot arm that puts eggs in boiling water for you, accompanied by footage of a woman trying hard to pull the carton of eggs out of the fridge, only to have it fly out and hit the walls and the face of her husband *camera zooms in on husband's face, and he just shakes his head*. Or how about a special rolling device that helps us do sit-ups, show some guy who obviously doesn't need it try to do sit-ups without it, and you see him being carted out on a gurney to the hospital because he strained himself.


    Do you make pancakes in a pool of twice-used canola oil? Well this non-stick pancake machine with the extra foamy grip is just for you! Tired of having bacon spit grease at you while you fry it? Here's our specially designed micropoly-weave goggles! (which look like the type sold at Home Depot!)


    Snuggie, I salute you.

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    Image of YohannSaffron YohannSaffron
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Cult of Snuggie Looks Almost as Bad as Scientology
    Please tell me how a blanket with sleeves is a dumb idea?

    Gizmodo is a dumb idea.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/16/09

    @YohannSaffron: Would you rather go to a snuggie meetup? I sure as hell wouldn't.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/16/09

    @headc4se: Even if it did have a pissflap, would you really want to use it? I just don't want to risk having splashback speckle my valuable snuggie. With a robe, I can fling it back, like a cape, whiz then rewrap.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/16/09

    @YohannSaffron: Take your bathrobe and put it on backwards. Then you'll see how dumb it is to pay for a blanket with sleeves...
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    Image of Michael Pieterse Michael Pieterse
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Cult of Snuggie Looks Almost as Bad as Scientology
    CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes Had This to say about the Snuggie:
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    01/16/09

    @Michael Pieterse: Much better parody than simply changing the sound track.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Cult of Snuggie Looks Almost as Bad as Scientology
    So, it's an XXL robe worn backwards. What a great product. I have the "formal" version too that I wear to work. Sure, my coworkers think it's just a dress shirt but oh, I know better
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    Image of Joe Joe
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Cult of Snuggie Looks Almost as Bad as Scientology
    Watch what you say about Scientology, they'll be all over you like white on rice on a paper plate in a snow storm.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/16/09

    @Vroomtrap: I, Kaiser-Machead (also known as Robert Alicea in the human world), of sound body and mind, dole out a hearty Fuck You to the Church of Scientology in Gizmodo's stead, flipping an official Bird of Disapproval to Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Lord Xenu, and the Ghost of Isaac Hayes. May your Thetans fester in eternal limbo.


    ~ KMH

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    01/16/09

    @Vroomtrap: I'd be more worried about Vince Offer from Sham-Wow!. He's an ex-Scientologist.
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    Image of ChowderFacial ChowderFacial
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Cult of Snuggie Looks Almost as Bad as Scientology
    Even comes with a very special edition of Kool-Aid...
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    01/16/09

    @ChowderFacial: Flavor-aid. It was Flavor-aid.
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    Image of A Snake a Snake... OH it's a Snake! A Snake a Snake... OH it's a Snake!
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Cult of Snuggie Looks Almost as Bad as Scientology
    I expected something way more funny. All they did was add some text to the beginning and some classical music. It had potential.....
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    01/16/09

    @Arggh! there goes a...snake a snake! ohhhhhhhh it's snake!: Wait, that was supposed to be funny? Darn, I was so looking forward to pledging my life to Snuggie.
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