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How Much Stuff Can Timothy Jam Into His New Hoodie's Pockets? (Video)
Timothy Lord is exactly the kind of person for whom the SCOTTEVEST Ultimate Hoodie Microfleece was designed; He's on the go all the time, needs to travel light, and wants to carry lots of stuff on his person to avoid checking luggage when he's flying. Yes, we know; before long half the people waiting to board airliners will be bulked out to double their normal width. Meanwhile, Timothy managed to jam an amazing amount of stuff into his new hoodie. Or jacket, as he prefers to call it.
Transcription in case the video doesn't load.
"This is the Ultimate Hoodie Microfleece by SCOTTVEST. Let's see how much I can cram into it, nothing fancy, just what I'd carry around on an average Friday night at the Slashdot offices.
Three tubes of Astroglide, check! Four elbow-length latex gloves, check! Six ball gags, check check check check check and check! One Yoda doll, check.
Overall, this vest can take quite the fill. It gets 2 Fists Up from the editors of Slashdot."
Trolling is a art,
A top to go with my vibrams and utilikilt. I was constantly afraid that I only looked like a complete fucking idiot from the waste down.
With or without Timothy wearing it?
Trolling is a art,
A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch!
Congratulations on finding a great way to get your product on to the "Never purchase" list.
_ _ _ Go for the eyes Boo! GO FOR THE EYES!
I definitely have "Ads disabled" checked but they're still coming through thick and fast :-(
To add some perspective THIS is a slashvertisement.
And god it's worse than I thought. Dear Slashdot, I ticked the Disable Advertising button thanks.
Why don't you mark this as a paid advertisement? (or if it really isn't, then make it clear because everyone assumes it is.)
Listen, I have no problem with Slashdot making money. But....you HAVE to know that this kind of thing is going to be flamed. So why not make it clear that a post has been paid for? Sure you'll still get some negative feedback, but I bet it'd be a lot less.
If I were Scottevest, I'd be pretty pissed about the conversation.generated by my ad. Hell, if I were them I'd never have advertised in the first place precisely because of that.
You upset your readers because they feel like they're being sold out - and you make the advertiser look bad. Not a good strategy, IMO.
Nope. SCOTTEVEST(A).
Actually for good laughs, read the Twitter "feed" on the home page. Pretty sure they've got their target market set on the Slashdot crowd, but clearly underestimate their market's ability to see through the BS.
Hecubas
Cool, an ad where we can leave feedback! Well, I had a scottevest and I found the material to be poor quality, some of the pokets were torn after less than a year, which never happened to me with any other jacket in that timeframe (it usually take 5 years of heavy usage). Also the vest is heavy even when empty. I'm better off with a normal jacket and a small backpack (which is more convenient to store/retrieve things from than trying to remember you put thing Y in pocket 2364263426).
Marketing, at any rate. Scott sure knows how to market. Got banned from Delta in-flight mag (IIRC) for an ad telling you that the Evest could help you avoid baggage fees (see Streisand Effect) and reviews/ads/articles/endorsements run the gamut from Leo Laporte to Steve Wozniak to Amy Tan and Slashdot to the Wall Street Journal. There is a Youtube subculture of videos showing what is in your Evest. Agent Casey wore one on "Chuck".
As to the vest...
I've worn the Evest nearly every day for the past few years. My netbook (well, until my daughter tripped on the cord and sent it to the floor) would fit into the inner pocket. I generally have my phone, a music-player, a camera and extra batteries, a handful of USB sticks, incidentals (floss, tweezers, earplugs, ...), business cards, and a pen or two, sometimes a can of mace. It's easy to toss in a small tripod, VHF rig or scanner when I want to have those with me.
I started pulling stuff out for one of the officers I chat with at the local coffee joint and all he could say was, "wow, imagine having to pat down someone wearing one of those."
My first Evest wore out after a year and a half - in part because I wore a hole where the seatbelt hits my shoulder. I'm currently wearing the lightweight vest which was on sale when I needed the replacement. It is OK but I don't like it as much as the standard travel vest. I haven't personally found much use for the back pocket on the vests and would rather do away with that zipper. You do have to be *very* careful to go through all the pockets before washing it.
It's handy when travelling through airport security. There is a pocket sized for tickets, cash and such. My phone, camera and miscellany are already in it so while in line I just stuff my wallet, Surefire, keys, belt and other metal-containing items into the pockets and throw the thing into a bin for the x-ray checks.
I tried the shorts but am lukewarm at best. The belt tends to curl a bit and several of the pockets are restricted in what can be put in them otherwise any time you kneel you jam the items in the lower back pocket between the back of your thigh and your calf. I've pretty much relegated them to use for workouts at the gym where the pockets are fine for holding my music player, phone and locker key. I probably won't replace them when they wear out.
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"You are not remembered for doing what is expected of you." - Atul Chitnis
Submitter blocked from ever appearing on my front page again.
One step closer to removing this site from daily bookmarks.
And I *paid* to get rid of advertisements once already. Sure, we could argue about definitions of that in court but it's easier to just never come back here.
You want money? Ask for it. Don't alienate your regulars. I consider this "article" an utter betrayal of your geek cred, to be honest. Do it again, and I won't come back.
The last year, I've found myself doing nothing but finding reasons NOT to return to this site, if I'm honest, and have had to use my filters whereas before I never used them once. If you were actually *doing* anything, like making in Unicode compatible, or providing new features, then some things could be excused. But you are just doing nothing more than Yes/No and a little editing on user submissions. How well is that going to go when all the users bugger off because of abuses like this?
Sort it out, Slashdot.