… At the very thought of this horribly-named “Internet of Things” device. It’s not quite as bad as the fleshlight that doubles as a stick-blender,* but the name:
Kissenger.
What were they thinking?! Were they thinking?! I know we’re supposed to be imagining we’re putting our lips on a special pair of smackable smoochers (or our distant oligarch’s buttocks, perhaps) but all I can think of is this:
not this:
At least the “kissenger” device won’t carpet-bomb you into a cratered moon-scape like its name-sake did to Cambodia and Vietnam.
What’s more interesting is that the journalists (and the product’s designers, maybe?) don’t understand the difference between a kiss and “synchronized putting our lips on a piece of silicone”
They need new marketing people and they need to get out more.
The Mirror: Remarkable “Kissenger” gadget lets you smooch a long-distance lover over the internet
(* Not a real thing)
Pierce R. Butler says
Yabbut can it do triple-tonguing?
Marcus Ranum says
Pierce R. Butler@#1:
Yabbut can it do triple-tonguing?
Ow, that takes me back to painful memories from around the time when I quit playing trumpet…
Caine says
I don’t think we’re quite there yet.
jaxkayaker says
Reminds me of the Monty Python song about ol’ Hank K.
lorn says
Well, it is late December. A certain amount of shrinkage is to be expected.
chigau (ever-elliptical) says
cannot be unseen
Marcus Ranum says
chigau@#6:
cannot be unseen
I’m sorry. Maybe there are some things that should not be shared.
Crimson Clupeidae says
Can I have some of your soap? I want to pour it into my ears and see if it cleans this from the brain…..