Watch late-night television and you’ll see all kinds of ridiculous products being sold through mind-numbingly repetitive infomercials.
In a moment of weakness (or temporary insanity) you might’ve fallen prey to the promise of a life-changing mop or piece of exercise equipment, but you’ve probably never considered buying the following 10 products.
Why? Because they’re bad. So bad they’re actually good.
While we can acknowledge the majority of informercial inventions are amusing (imagine being in the room when an ‘entrepreneur’ is trying to pitch the idea of at-home genital dye) when it comes to products specifically designed to appeal to women, much of the marketing is intended to play on our insecurities – insecurities created by advertisers. Besides being insulting, it’s baffling to discover six of the following 10 products have been invented by women.
Here’s our list:
1. Chick Beer
This light beer comes with 97 calories, 3.5 carbs (whatever that means) and is packaged with a pink and black label with the tagline Witness the Chickness! – a feminist call to arms if you’ve ever heard one.
The “100% Chick owned” beer has a statement on their website that describes their feminist driven motives, “At Chick, we believe that women are fully capable of choosing what they want to drink.” Hmmm. Jessica Olien, a writer for xojane.com sums it up best as “the beer a Bratz doll brings to a keg party.”
Worried about your drooping derriere? Well, the makers of Booty Pop panties have got you covered. Now you too can get padded pants oh, I mean, undies that give that “bootylicious perky pop that all women want,” -all yours for the super low price of $19.95.
Top Comments
I have two words for you:
Shake. Weight.
Tampons with wings are also stupid, the ads giving the impression that tampons float about in mid-air in your vag, not expanding to fill the available space.