Contemptuous Consumption

[derspatchel]

A perusal of the Hammacher Schlemmer online catalog last night led Sonya and I to make a lot of sardonic mocking sounds at the wide array of overpriced tchotchkes for the Romney set. After a particularly profane outburst I decided to write my own copy for some of the more egregious examples. I've got a Tumblr thingo up which is posting these

Comments

[moon_custafer]

Ahahahaha this is actually disturbingly close to the copywriting style on woot dot com.

[tansu]

standing O, sir.

[chanaleh]

#fixedthatforyou

:-)

[ooshiny]

I saw that USB paper towel roll yesterday on some website whose theme was essentially "shut up and take my money."

[susskins]

This is quality moichandise here. The Sharper Image and Brookstone can go fuck themselves.

[mmcirvin]

They all live happily together in the great Mall in the Sky.