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ThinkGeek ThinkGeek ThinkGEEK!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-shit-never-gets-old dept.

ThinkGeek writes "ThinkGeek ThinkGeek ThinkgEEk ThinkGeek! ThinkGeek ThinkGeek THINK geek think GeEk thinkgEek. ThinkGeek. (TG is owned by OSTG, the parent company of Slashdot, so activate all conspiracy theories now). You can also look into the new iPod accessory iCopulate which allows intimacy between mp3 players never before fantasized. And for the suit that has everything, Executve Pong. "

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  1. What the hell? by c0ldfusi0n · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's the 3rd story promoting ThinkGeek today. April Fools is one thing, but drop the propaganda.

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    1. Re:What the hell? by m50d · · Score: 4, Insightful

      At least they're being open about it this time.

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    2. Re:What the hell? by Shippy · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I don't see why everyone has to turn into whiny little pricks for a day. Go elsewhere for your news today if you don't like the (continued) humor. I, for one, have enjoyed the ThinkGeek (and other) jokes. And you know what? It'll be gone tomorrow so no big deal.

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  2. Okay, you need to stop. by filterchild · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Seriously, stop. It's not funny anymore. I want my news back.

  3. Midnight UT just passed, numskulls. by DrunkenTerror · · Score: 2, Insightful

    April 1 is now over. No mas merde postage por la editadores!

  4. Re:At Least This One Knows by thebudgie · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This'll be the last April Fool's story then (12.59PM shown, please let it be true). Phew. I wonder if the Mods have a posting limit or is it just not possible for them to post them more frequently than every 3 minutes or so...

  5. Re:Slashdot is starting to suck now. by GNUALMAFUERTE · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I must respectfully disagree with you, dear sir. Slashdot started sucking years ago. :-)

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  6. This is the first story today by soupdevil · · Score: 3, Insightful

    that made me laugh out loud. Yeah, the April Fools and Think Geek thing is over the top, way over the top. Come on guys, this is performance art here. Andy Kaufman would be proud.

  7. Re:New poll? by KarMann · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I guess I should have included the relevant links for those stories, since they're falling below the fold so fast:

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  8. Please, oh please JUST STOP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! Okay, the lame stories are bad enough, but the ThinkGeek ads just make it worse. I've seen the jokes at ThinkGeek. Really. They were moderately funny. Now quit it.

    I'm now thinking of writing a Thunderbird plugin that simply disables the /. RSS feed on 1. April every year. Anyone interested? :-)

  9. My god the internet is full of bitch-n-moaners... by uc_nuhrd · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Do you actually enjoy listening to other people whine about pointless crap? No? Then why are YOU doing it? When you get YOUR own news website with thousands of hits everyday YOU can run it whatever way YOU want. Ignore April Fools Day completely if YOU like. The admins at slashdot are just having some fun with their site. I think most of the stories are intended to be incredulous and humorous and I read them with that thought in mind- or I skip them. Typically I scan the comments looking for informative, anecdotal or humorous responses. What I don't expect to see are readers whining and complaining about the articles. So I guess you could construe this post as a complaint about complaining, but I'd like think it's at least a little bit constructive. If you're going to complain at least make it funny or sarcastic so that others get something out of reading it rather than just a few seconds ticked off their life? Please?

  10. Re:Taco's revenge by Eil · · Score: 4, Insightful


    If that's the case, I'm amused that he'd spend the time giving a collective "Fuck you, it's my site" to the readers.

    In an interview that Malda gave a few years back, he openly admitted that the worst part of running Slashdot was all the incessant complaints, questions, and suggestions from people who were under the delusion he actually cares what they thought. Someone once asked why readers shouldn't be able to moderate stories the same way they moderate comments and his response was simply that the editors picked the stories they liked and that the site would never change from that while he was in charge.

    I'm honestly curious. Taco and associates can't be so clueless as to think that the majority of the readership is pleased with the day's stories.

    People continue to read and comment in them, don't they? Most webmasters dream all day long about owning a site like Slashdot where you have this large captive user base (some with paid subscriptions) and all you have to do is hire a couple of desk jockeys to post moderately interesting stories every hour or so. Marketing? None. Improvements? Hahahah. Managing? There's nothing to manage, it's a damn blog.

    Admittedly, Slashdot April Fool's days have gone downhill every year. Next year, as an April Fool's gag, they should simply not post any April Fool's stories at all. Or even take the whole site down, not even under any humorous pretense or anything, just have a single page that says something like, "Sorry, we've all taken the day off. Why don't you update your software or flip through a newspaper if you've got extra time to kill?"