Name some mass produced useless products

[TuSpockShakur]

Magazines

When i was a teenager in the early 90's, magazines were the only thing we had to masturbate to in the bathroom. We did not have those fancy phones and their touchscreens.

 

[positivedoppler]

Monster AMD builds for over $1299.99

 

[Strk]

When i was a teenager in the early 90's, magazines were the only thing we had to masturbate to in the bathroom. We did not have those fancy phones and their touchscreens.

JC Penny catalog....

 

[mmntech]

Luxury pickup trucks. Basically anything that's more than a box and vinyl seats. It's a work vehicle, not a land yacht. Also half the people that own them can't drive them.

this.

VCR heads could get fucked rather regular with daily use. That, and the machine could eat tape quite easily. Better to stick your cassette in a separate device to avoid any catastrophic blown loads in your pricey investment.

They must have made VHS innards our of dried spaghetti they always seemed to break easily. Out of three old VCRs in my basement, the only one that works is a mid-1980s Betamax. Ironically, they were indestructible. The two VHS machines got into the habit of chewing tapes. I have no idea what's wrong with them. DVD was a godsend.

 

[Blackjack200]

JC Penny catalog....

 

[olds]

Tires that take air.

 

[DigDog]

Monster AMD builds for over $1299.99

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also, i was gonna say "pet rock", but you guys got much better picks than me.

 

[BUTCH1]

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also, i was gonna say "pet rock", but you guys got much better picks than me.

LOL, I was gonna go with "pet rock" as well, what a marketing genius though, put a rock in a small wooden box with simulated plastic grass and profit!

 

[ninaholic37]

Smartphones
Cars
Pop
Windows 8
Everything in Walmart except Pizza Pops
Everything at Dollarama except milk and orange juice
Everything at any other store

Basically anything I don't use :awe:

 

[slag]

Luxury pickup trucks. Basically anything that's more than a box and vinyl seats. It's a work vehicle, not a land yacht. Also half the people that own them can't drive them.



They must have made VHS innards our of dried spaghetti they always seemed to break easily. Out of three old VCRs in my basement, the only one that works is a mid-1980s Betamax. Ironically, they were indestructible. The two VHS machines got into the habit of chewing tapes. I have no idea what's wrong with them. DVD was a godsend.

Go one step further. Luxury anything. Any car that's more than a simple metal shell and cloth seats with a tiny motor and stick shift that gets great mileage. There's no reason for a radio, power windows/locks, cup holders, etc. If the sole purpose is to get you from point a to point b, a stripped down Volvo station wagon is probably the best vehicle.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Go one step further. Luxury anything. Any car that's more than a simple metal shell and cloth seats with a tiny motor and stick shift that gets great mileage. There's no reason for a radio, power windows/locks, cup holders, etc. If the sole purpose is to get you from point a to point b, a stripped down Volvo station wagon is probably the best vehicle.

I would buy it, except it needs an Aux input for the speakers. Perfect.

 

[SunnyD]

Kids.

Mexicans.

Mexican kids.

 

[Ichinisan]

All those unlicensed attachments for Wii remotes always made me laugh. Having a racket, paddle, baseball bat, hockey stick, golf club, etc... -- that doesn't enhance the game at all. In fact, it only inhibits your movement. When the Wii was hard to find, many retailers forced you to buy a bundle including that worthless garbage. They claimed you were getting some kind of "deal" when they were actually charging you for stuff that was literally worthless garbage. Even after production caught up with demand, they realized some people were still dumb enough to buy that junk.

 

[IronWing]

Go one step further. Luxury anything. Any car that's more than a simple metal shell and cloth seats with a tiny motor and stick shift that gets great mileage. There's no reason for a radio, power windows/locks, cup holders, etc.

Did you work for VW in 1979? That was exactly how my Rabbit was configured, except the seats were plastic, not luxurious cloth. The blower motor was busted when I bought it so not even a defroster.

 

[IronWing]

pet rocks.

I like rocks.

 

[Ichinisan]

pet rocks.

Are those really "manufactured?" I think they're just packaged and distributed.

 

[dank69]

Phonebooks/yellow pages
Newspapers - well maybe not completely useless, homeless people still need underpants.

 

[gorcorps]

Are those really "manufactured?" I think they're just packaged and distributed.

title said mass produced, not manufactured

Just because the planet mass produced them naturally doesn't matter, right? :awe:

 

[CraKaJaX]

title said mass produced, not manufactured

Just because the planet mass produced them naturally doesn't matter, right? :awe:

I was just googling to see how many were actually sold and I find this.... holy shit!

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/o...t-rock-dies/Nja94bB0cAk3jblIFmdpUO/story.html

RIP

 

[Fanatical Meat]

LOL, I was gonna go with "pet rock" as well, what a marketing genius though, put a rock in a small wooden box with simulated plastic grass and profit!

Monster AMD builds for over $1299.99

Since this guy has been banned I guess its ok to post the link

http://forums.anandtech.com/search.php?searchid=2417724

 

[DesiPower]

AMD CPUs

 

[Childs]

Any kind of consumer level coin sorter/counter. Who wraps coins these days?

A couple years ago my mother spent all day counting and wrapping a crap load of coins. And when she went to the bank the teller said they couldnt accept coins wrapped.

 

[Homerboy]

n/t

 

[ghost recon88]

Pop/soda/cola/whatever you call it

 

[Muse]

pet rock