The most disturbing product advertisment since yesterday

[jack]

Today, grocked from nakedtoes' lj is the concept of a usb vibrator http://www.livejournal.com/users/nakedtoes/66267.html. From her link: "USB powered!?? *is curious and afraid* Is this one of those you hook up to an X-box? (I'm not kidding -- there's totally a game-controlled vibrator... being marketed under the idea that this way the girlfriend will let her boyfriend play as much video games as he wants, and she will get off on it, and the man will feel Extra Super Powerful because him blowing up video game baddies makes his girlfriend scream for God.)"

Normally, that would handily qualify as the most disturbing bodily-function related toy I've heard about all day, but I made the mistake of turning the telly on during children's time, and there was an advert for a doll that pisses. And showed these little girls making her drink, and then, uh, lifting her dress, bending her legs, holding her over the toy toilet, squeezing her, and, well. It was called "Somebody Tinkles who really tinkles."

I SWEAR I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP!

And I know we're supposed to be comfortable with our bodies, and teaching children that excretion (or, for that matter, eating, sex, operations, etc) is dirty just causes problems, but this just freaked me out. Am I mad? Is this real? Is it weird or normal?

Comments

[satanicsocks.livejournal.com]

There is no spoon.

Rez -- the aforesaid game that comes with a vibrator unit -- is supposed to be a fantastic game, completely on acid though. I can't find it right now but there's a wonderful review of it somewhere that links to this other review (probably not entirely worksafe) with the words "We liked this game. Game Girl Advance have actual girls in their review. So go check their review out instead." :-)

[mair_in_grenderich]

that's odd, I was just linked to usb vibrators on an IRC channel a couple of days ago. We were talking about USB toasters, and, well, the connection was obvious.

[filecoreinuse.livejournal.com]

(I'm not kidding -- there's totally a game-controlled vibrator... being marketed under the idea that this way the girlfriend will let her boyfriend play as much video games as he wants, and she will get off on it, and the man will feel Extra Super Powerful because him blowing up video game baddies makes his girlfriend scream for God.)"

HEAD SHOT!!!

[atreic.livejournal.com]

Err, you could get dolls that weed when I was young (ie 18 years ago).