LazyHusband Smart Phone App Compliments Your Wife for You (Video)

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LazyHusband Smart Phone App Compliments Your Wife for You (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @06:06AM from the yes-honey-that-dress-looks-great-on-you-no-you're-not-fat dept.

The guy who came up with the LazyHusband app, Ethan Duggan, isn't married. That's good, because he's only 12 years old. One of his local (Las Vegas) TV stations says this about him: "...the 12-year-old from Henderson, Nev., said he was tired of always replying to his mother's questions of how she looked in an outfit, he came up with common phrases that, with a touch of the screen, can tell his mother, 'You look amazing today.'" The app costs 99 cents for iOS, Android or Kindle. Ethan admits that Dad helped, but says the app is his own work and was his idea. He's now working on Lazy Kid and Lazy Wife. The TV story says, "Phrases for Lazy Kid include, yes, I did my homework and I love you. Ethan said he is having a hard time coming up with common phrases that a wife might say to her husband." Pro basketball retiree turned business guy Shaquille O'Neal is reportedly interested in LazyHusband, which means you may hear plenty more about LazyHusband and the prodigy who created it.

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Congrats kid by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-19 06:10 · Score: 5, Insightful

and the prodigy who created it
Slashdot thinks you are a prodigy. Of course Slashdot editors aren't that smart either so don't get too caught up on that.
1. Re:Congrats kid by RussR42 · 2013-03-19 06:36 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  It took me a second to realize that he may be a prodigy after all. Not for the app, but for the marketing. Sell the same app a couple times to everyone with a different set of canned phrases instead of one generalized app that will let you select from a custom list of messages. Meh.
2. Re:Congrats kid by phantomfive · 2013-03-19 06:59 · Score: 2
  
  Kids who achieve that kind of thing almost without exception have an adult guiding them along. I'd be willing to bet this is no exception, there's an adult hiding behind him doing all the publicity work.
  
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  "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
3. Re:Congrats kid by Graydyn+Young · 2013-03-19 07:12 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Or maybe, just maybe, Ethan's Dad is a marketing genius, and his marketing plans involve using his 12 year old son.
4. Re:Congrats kid by bitt3n · 2013-03-19 07:53 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  in that case, his Dad's pretty smart. not everyone predicted app stores 12 years ago
  
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5. Re:Congrats kid by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-19 08:15 · Score: 1
  
  The word is progeny .As in child progeny
6. Re:Congrats kid by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-19 09:54 · Score: 1
  
  The more generalized the app then the closer that using it will come to just simply typing out a message, thus defeating the purpose of the app. Also, considering the targets, it is unlikely that a single user will need all three versions.
7. Re:Congrats kid by wonkey_monkey · 2013-03-19 10:02 · Score: 1
  
  or is this your crazy intuition?
  It's obviously his dad's crazy intuition.
  
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8. Re:Congrats kid by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2013-03-19 11:29 · Score: 1
  
  It took me a second to realize that he may be a prodigy after all. Not for the app, but for the marketing. Sell the same app a couple times to everyone with a different set of canned phrases instead of one generalized app that will let you select from a custom list of messages. Meh.
  Hey, what do you know? This may all end up with a PhD thesis on next-gen natural language generation. ;)
  
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  Ezekiel 23:20
9. Re:Congrats kid by dudpixel · 2013-03-19 15:02 · Score: 1
  
  Whatever it is, it deserves credit :)
  
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10. Re:Congrats kid by dudpixel · 2013-03-19 15:06 · Score: 1
  
  in that case, his Dad's pretty smart. not everyone predicted app stores 12 years ago
  Sorry but I gotta correct you there. If you're gonna go down that line of reasoning then full credit goes to his Mum. :P
  
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11. Re:Congrats kid by dudpixel · 2013-03-19 15:08 · Score: 1
  
  I should've been clearer - I'm not talking about the birth...
  
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12. Re:Congrats kid by Big+Hairy+Ian · 2013-03-20 00:53 · Score: 1
  
  Personally I thought you nailed it. Why you got marked down gawd knows
  
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13. Re:Congrats kid by Stubbyfingers · 2013-03-20 06:02 · Score: 1
  
  I hope he makes a boatload of money off it.
  BTW, when your wife asks you how she looks wearing whatever she has donned, she does NOT want an honest answer. "You look fine" or "You Look LOVELY" or something like are the only acceptable answers. However, you have signed an unwritten contract to accept all blame from any wardrobe issue she may have from the time you replied until she removes the article(s). If the question precedes a new clothing purchase, the unwritten contract you have signed in blood only terminates when the article is willingly and lovingly donated to Goodwill.
14. Re:Congrats kid by Holladon · 2013-03-20 06:39 · Score: 1
  
  BTW, when your wife asks you how she looks wearing whatever she has donned, she does NOT want an honest answer. "You look fine" or "You Look LOVELY" or something like are the only acceptable answers.
  Yeah, because (1) women aren't diverse individuals and can therefore ALL be written off as wanting the same thing, and (2) women are delicate flowers whose genteel emotions can't handle hearing that a particular outfit isn't flattering, even when they have SPECIFICALLY ASKED for an outsider perspective on the matter.
15. Re:Congrats kid by Stubbyfingers · 2013-03-20 06:45 · Score: 1
  
  You wouldn't say "Genteel Emotions" if you ever had a rolling pin thrown at you. Women ARE diverse individuals--just don't do anything to piss'em off if you know what's good for you.
  25 years of experience tells me the reason Wives outlive the Husbands on average is because Hubby gave his Honest Opinion once too often.
16. Re:Congrats kid by Holladon · 2013-03-20 11:01 · Score: 1
  
  You wouldn't say "Genteel Emotions" if you ever had a rolling pin thrown at you. Women ARE diverse individuals--just don't do anything to piss'em off if you know what's good for you.
  I get pissed off all the time. I WISH I were scary pissed off, because then I occasionally might get half of the respect I've seen my male peers get when they get pissed off, instead of people laughing at me or telling me I'm "beautiful" when I'm angry. Thank FSM I'm not short, or I'd likely have people comparing me to chihuahuas (a comparison I've heard made of several of my female attorney colleagues who committed no greater sin than being competent, brilliant, successful, and petite women). Even the way your comment is phrased makes it clear that you view women's emotions as a joke. Did it ever occur to you that your wife might be a thoughtful person whose emotions merit actual consideration, rather than someone to tease into a state of irritation, and then mock for being irritated?
  
  25 years of experience tells me the reason Wives outlive the Husbands on average is because Hubby gave his Honest Opinion once too often.
  Given that your comments suggest a total lack of respect for your wife (and/or women or wives in general), I can see why you'd be wary about giving her your honest opinion. However, your honest opinion is more likely to contribute to depression on her side than, um, murder (jesus christ, buddy), and depression is correlated with lower lifespan. So, to the contrary, more likely than not women's lifespan would be lengthened (or, rather, not shortened) if men like you refrain from admitting to their wives how very little they truly think of them.
17. Re:Congrats kid by DirtyLiar · 2013-03-20 11:19 · Score: 1
  
  Just don't ever get caught using it!
  "Uh, no honey, I'm not using a simple software program (written by a 12) year old to patronize you and your (stupid) self-conscious questions!"
  "I would never minimize your feelings by sending you canned, semi-random, phrases in response to your very real concerns!"
  "'Why do I have an icon on my phone named LazyHusband?' Oh, you know my friends and how they like to joke around!"
  "Uh... Why don't you put the pan down now?"
  "Ow! Come-on, be reasonable!"
  "Bad choice of words, I didn't mean to imply that you're unreasonable!"
  "Help!"
  
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  THINK! It's patriotic
18. Re:Congrats kid by BasilBrush · 2013-03-20 23:58 · Score: 1
  
  You think women are that easy to gameplay? Think again. I was given all kinds of grief one night because before a party I told her she looked lovely in the dress she was trying on but DIDN'T want to wear.
19. Re:Congrats kid by BasilBrush · 2013-03-21 00:01 · Score: 1
  
  Bad time of the month?
20. Re:Congrats kid by Stubbyfingers · 2013-03-21 00:15 · Score: 1
  
  True. Quite often it's a pick-which-way-I-want-to-lose day at the ole Stubbyfingers manse. This morning as she drove me to my bus stop on her way to work, it was shaping up to be ONE OF THOSE DAYS. BUT, it's mostly worked for 25 years.
  Or as we say at our anniversaries, "Here's to another year of near misses!"
21. Re:Congrats kid by Holladon · 2013-03-21 10:54 · Score: 1
  
  Beats being a sexist prick all times of all months.
22. Re:Congrats kid by BasilBrush · 2013-03-21 11:17 · Score: 1
  
  Wow, you're quite the chihuahua!
23. Re:Congrats kid by Holladon · 2013-03-21 17:36 · Score: 1
  
  Oh hey, a bro on the internet trying to get a rise out of me. How original. Your mommy must be very very proud of you.
there is only one word you need to know by alen · 2013-03-19 06:12 · Score: 1

aha or uhh haa
same meaning. answer it every time and you will be OK
1. Re:there is only one word you need to know by kevinT · 2013-03-19 06:16 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You forgot the all purpose response -- "yes dear"
2. Re:there is only one word you need to know by jittles · 2013-03-19 07:11 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You forgot the all purpose response -- "yes dear"
  Wife: "Does this outfit make me look fat?"
  Husband: "Yes dear"
3. Re:there is only one word you need to know by alen · 2013-03-19 07:45 · Score: 1
  
  who the fuck calls their wife dear?
4. Re:there is only one word you need to know by Cro+Magnon · 2013-03-19 07:56 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  Someone who's married?
  
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  Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
5. Re:there is only one word you need to know by femtobyte · 2013-03-19 08:36 · Score: 2
  
  It's still an important step up from:
  Husband: "no, it's not the outfit."
6. Re:there is only one word you need to know by dudpixel · 2013-03-19 15:09 · Score: 2
  
  who the fuck calls their wife dear?
  Well they certainly do cost a lot...
  
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  This seemed like a reasonable sig at the time.
7. Re:there is only one word you need to know by Inda · 2013-03-20 01:09 · Score: 1
  
  "Knit me a cake" works best in my house.
  
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wat by chris200x9 · 2013-03-19 06:13 · Score: 1, Insightful

Is this a slasvertisment? What's so novel or important or news worthy of an app that says a phrase when a button is pushed?
1. Re:wat by chris200x9 · 2013-03-19 06:13 · Score: 1
  
  about*
2. Re:wat by pspahn · 2013-03-19 06:36 · Score: 2
  
  I'm pretty sure there was very little "programming" involved.
  I think people just don't give programmers enough credit these days.
  
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  Someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool.
3. Re: wat by SleazyRidr · 2013-03-19 10:15 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah, people were complaining about that panorama app last week, but that was at least interesting. This is just a lame joke about a stereotype.
  
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Can't we just call it LazyLazy? by Nemosoft+Unv. · 2013-03-19 06:14 · Score: 1

Really, if we can't even be bothered to come up with a compliment ourselves (even if it is a cliché), but have to rely on an app to do it for us... Next thing you know it's going to automatically message your SO with compliments :(

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1. Re:Can't we just call it LazyLazy? by dudpixel · 2013-03-19 15:10 · Score: 1
  
  Wait, this app doesn't send the message automatically?
  I guess I'll just wait for version 2...
  
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  This seemed like a reasonable sig at the time.
Let feminist complaints begin in.. by poofmeisterp · 2013-03-19 06:15 · Score: 3, Funny

3.....2.......1.......
1. Re:Let feminist complaints begin in.. by Seumas · 2013-03-19 08:53 · Score: 1
  
  Because if there's one thing Slashdot is full of, it's . . . feminists . . . ?
2. Re:Let feminist complaints begin in.. by Catskul · 2013-03-19 08:53 · Score: 1
  
  Complaint about imaginary feminist complaints that will rarely ever show up on Slashdot about topic feminists probably don't care about in 3...2...1... Oh shit! it's already here?!!
  
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3. Re:Let feminist complaints begin in.. by AvitarX · 2013-03-19 14:09 · Score: 1
  
  There are offices in the church that only a man can hold, that's simple fact and denying it is akin to denying the existence of air.
  The rightness of that fact is a different issue than the factualness of it.
  
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4. Re:Let feminist complaints begin in.. by poofmeisterp · 2013-03-19 15:48 · Score: 1
  
  Complaint about imaginary feminist complaints that will rarely ever show up on Slashdot about topic feminists probably don't care about in 3...2...1... Oh shit! it's already here?!!
  The plan is working perfectly! Mwahahaha!
5. Re:Let feminist complaints begin in.. by SeattleGameboy · 2013-03-20 04:37 · Score: 1
  
  Chirp.... chirp... chirp...
6. Re:Let feminist complaints begin in.. by Holladon · 2013-03-20 06:48 · Score: 1
  
  I use to be in a relationship with one. I cannot stress enough how important it is to stay away from those relationships. :)
  And, on behalf of feminists everywhere, thank you for avoiding us. I assure you the disinterest is entirely mutual.
7. Re:Let feminist complaints begin in.. by Holladon · 2013-03-20 06:50 · Score: 1
  
  OC forgot the first rule of successful trolling: you need a sufficient threshold of people falling into the targeted category before any of them will start feeding you.
8. Re:Let feminist complaints begin in.. by DirtyLiar · 2013-03-20 11:22 · Score: 1
  
  I use to be in a relationship with one. I cannot stress enough how important it is to stay away from those relationships. :)
  And, on behalf of feminists everywhere, thank you for avoiding us. I assure you the disinterest is entirely mutual.
  Oh Snap!
  
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  THINK! It's patriotic
Lazy Wife phrase ideas by TimHunter · 2013-03-19 06:16 · Score: 4, Funny

Pick up your clothes/games/tools, etc.
You need to shave/bathe/put on nicer clothes, etc.
Is that all you ever think about?
You forgot my birthday/the milk/to flush, etc.
1. Re:Lazy Wife phrase ideas by GodfatherofSoul · 2013-03-19 07:29 · Score: 1
  
  Are you done yet? My mouth is tired.
  Can we just sleep tonight?
  Ewww, the trash really stinks!
  Will come in here and kill this?
  
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  I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
2. Re:Lazy Wife phrase ideas by linatux · 2013-03-19 07:45 · Score: 1
  
  Only needs one : "NO!"
3. Re:Lazy Wife phrase ideas by martiniturbide · 2013-03-19 07:56 · Score: 1
  
  Your food is in the oven. Check it out there.
4. Re:Lazy Wife phrase ideas by PRMan · 2013-03-19 09:05 · Score: 1
  
  Not tonight.
  Does this dress make me look fat?
  
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  Peter predicted that you would "deliberately forget" creation 2000 years ago...
5. Re:Lazy Wife phrase ideas by TsuruchiBrian · 2013-03-19 10:44 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  "I want a divorce, and I am taking the kid(s) that didn't invent this stupid app. You can have Ethan."
6. Re:Lazy Wife phrase ideas by Holladon · 2013-03-20 07:01 · Score: 1
  
  Yes, your boss IS an idiotic sack of crap. You should definitely just walk out and quit tomorrow.
  Of course I don't mind that you didn't get home in time to walk the dogs like you promised. No, I'm not mad that they destroyed the rug.
  That's hilarious! I've never heard that joke before!
  You're absolutely brilliant. I wish I had thought to say that.
  Of course I don't mind if you don't want to listen to me talk about my day. It sounds like your day was pretty tough already.
  I'd love to have your friend Jake over for dinner! He always has the most entertaining stories about the women he dates.
  Of course, in order to be truly successful, the app would also have to disable the husband's sarcasm meter. Fortunately, in many models, the sarcasm detectors seem to already work at reduced capacity around women (quite possibly because there's a glitch in the programming that incorrectly flags women's intelligence too low).
7. Re:Lazy Wife phrase ideas by DirtyLiar · 2013-03-20 11:26 · Score: 1
  
  "Your food is in the refrigerator, take it out, combine it in any way you please, season it, put it in the stove and cook it."
  
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  THINK! It's patriotic
Lazy! by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · 2013-03-19 06:16 · Score: 5, Funny

Now we need LazySlashdotter, with such gems as:
"Minus 1 - Troll!"
"Minus 1 - I disagree!"
"Ok, mom. I'll put the wash in the drier right after this raid is over!"
"No, mom. My school doesn't have any dances scheduled this year."
"No, mom. My college doesn't have any dances scheduled this year."
"Ok, mom. I will try OKCupid right after this raid is over."
"Thanks for bringing me my AARP application, which they mail to people at age 50. You really didn't need to come down all these stairs into the basement at your age."

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1. Re:Lazy! by frosty_tsm · 2013-03-19 06:59 · Score: 1
  
  I first received my AARP application when I was 25. I displayed it for several years on my office door. I received another not long ago, at 38.
  I get one about every other month. I think I'm not living in the right neighborhood...
2. Re:Lazy! by CycleMan · 2013-03-19 07:24 · Score: 2
  
  I first received my AARP application when I was 25. I displayed it for several years on my office door. I received another not long ago, at 38.
  I get one about every other month. I think I'm not living in the right neighborhood...
  They took my money and I had a valid membership at age 29. But when I called to get my darn discount card, they said, "Oops - you're too young for the card, but you can keep paying dues and receiving the magazine if you'd like." I don't know how they missed that beforehand; the application asks for your birthdate.
  My membership in AAUW was about as short-lived as well.
3. Re:Lazy! by Mashdar · 2013-03-19 16:46 · Score: 1
  
  Do colleges actually have official dances? If mine did, I was sincerely unaware. All the dancing I knew of was at house parties or club events. (Club as in a group of students with a common interest, not a loud, sweat bars with limited personal space. Though I'm sure those had some dancing too.) Then again, I went to a University with 35,000 undergraduates, so we didn't even have one graduation. Maybe the Liberal Arts kids got to have dances. :)
4. Re:Lazy! by IwantToKeepAnon · 2013-03-20 04:13 · Score: 1
  
  "I don't understand, could you explain with a car analogy please."
  
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  "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." -- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
5. Re:Lazy! by DirtyLiar · 2013-03-20 11:30 · Score: 1
  
  No, "In Soviet Russia TFA reads YOU!"
  
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  THINK! It's patriotic
Brainstorming by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-19 06:16 · Score: 5, Funny

"Ethan said he is having a hard time coming up with common phrases that a wife might say to her husband."
Let me get you started, kiddo:
1. No i don't want to have sex tonight
2. No i won't be cooking dinner tonight
3. No I don't want to have sex tonight
4. We are out of food, seriously there is nothing to eat [play this automatically any time user is near a refrigerator]
5. for the last time, no we aren't having sex tonight so shut up already!
AC because there *is* a snowballs chance in hell my wife might accidentally google and find this...
1. Re:Brainstorming by crakbone · 2013-03-19 06:34 · Score: 2
  
  Think you forgot Honey I have a headache. Do you think she is pretty? I saw you looking at her. How do I look in this? Does this dress make me look fat? Do you know what today is?
2. Re:Brainstorming by characterZer0 · 2013-03-19 06:44 · Score: 2
  
  Your wife seems to be the problem. It is more fun if you are the problem.
  1. No, I will not hold your beer for you while you try that.
  2. And I won't call 911 afterward either.
  3. And don't you dare come into the house and drip blood on the floor to use the phone.
  4. I think they put a guard on there for a reason. Why are you taking it off?
  5. Your life insurance policy is paid up, right?
  6. I am going back inside.
  
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  Go green: turn off your refrigerator.
3. Re:Brainstorming by Sporkinum · 2013-03-19 06:45 · Score: 1
  
  You blocked me on Facebook
  And now you're going to die
  Now you're going to die
  You blocked me on Facebook
  And now you're going to die
  Now you're going to die
  You blocked me on Facebook
  
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  "He's lost in a 'floyd hole"
4. Re:Brainstorming by StuartHankins · 2013-03-19 06:49 · Score: 1
  
  Catchy. Needs a good bass line.
5. Re:Brainstorming by eth1 · 2013-03-19 07:48 · Score: 1
  
  "Ethan said he is having a hard time coming up with common phrases that a wife might say to her husband."
  Let me get you started, kiddo:
  1. No i don't want to have sex tonight
  2. No i won't be cooking dinner tonight
  3. No I don't want to have sex tonight
  4. We are out of food, seriously there is nothing to eat [play this automatically any time user is near a refrigerator]
  5. for the last time, no we aren't having sex tonight so shut up already!
  AC because there *is* a snowballs chance in hell my wife might accidentally google and find this...
  You're over-thinking this. The LazyWife version just needs to be shaped like a dildo.
6. Re:Brainstorming by Capt.DrumkenBum · 2013-03-19 08:03 · Score: 1
  
  If your wife doesn't want to have sex with you, maybe you are doing it wrong.
  
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  If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?
7. Re:Brainstorming by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-19 08:46 · Score: 1
  
  Response from LazyHusband in bold.
  
  Think you forgot
  Honey I have a headache. You are a headache.
  Do you think she is pretty? Yes.
  I saw you looking at her. I am married, not dead or blind.
  How do I look in this? You'd look better in this (points to sexy lingerie in Victoria's Secret catalogue)
  Does this dress make me look fat? You're not fat but the dress does not complement your figure.
  Do you know what today is? I'm sure you'll remind me.
8. Re:Brainstorming by wjwlsn · 2013-03-19 08:48 · Score: 1
  
  You forgot the list of things that your wife was probably capable of doing on her own before marriage, but now that you're around, apparently you are the only one that can do them.
  Also, make sure these are phrased as questions so that the hapless husband has a chance to trigger the "wretched harpy" mode with one poorly worded reply (or one that's just stated too audibly).
  1. Can you carry these groceries for me?
  2. Can you get the telephone for me?
  3. Can you take this to my parent's place for me?
  4. Can you change this lightbulb for me?
  5. Can you put the mixer away for me?
  6. ... and so on ...
  
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9. Re:Brainstorming by undeadbill · 2013-03-19 09:58 · Score: 1
  
  Here's a few I would expect:
  6. I'm sorry, I fell asleep again, could you pick up dinner for the family on your way home?
  7. I can't find my phone.
  8. I can't find my iPad.
  9. I'm at yoga, can I call you back later?
  10. I'm out buying more $useless_shit, can you take care of it instead?
  11. I'm on Facebook, I'll get right back to you.
  12. I'm on Facebook, uploading pictures is eating all the bandwidth.
  13. I'm on Facebook, did you see what she posted?
  14. I'm on Facebook, I'll check that later.
  15. Go ahead, but I forgot to check the bank balance today before going to the $useless_shit store.
  16. No, I thought you were supposed to pick up the kid. I fell asleep on the couch.
Next: Lazy coder by xor.pt · 2013-03-19 06:22 · Score: 2

With long time favorites:
"If it isn't broken, don't fix it."
"It's compiling."
"It's not a bug, it's a feature."
and many others!
1. Re:Next: Lazy coder by O-Deka-K · 2013-03-19 07:18 · Score: 1
  
  "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
  FTFY
2. Re:Next: Lazy coder by GodfatherofSoul · 2013-03-19 07:26 · Score: 1
  
  I couldn't reproduce the error, so I'm closing this ticket.
  
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  I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
3. Re:Next: Lazy coder by BoredAtWorkWhatElse · 2013-03-19 08:34 · Score: 1
  
  But it works on my machine!
4. Re:Next: Lazy coder by Artea · 2013-03-19 16:24 · Score: 1
  
  "It most probably definitely should be OK... I think." - Actual answer I have given to clients.
this is prodigy? by shadowrat · 2013-03-19 06:24 · Score: 4, Interesting

so this is considered the mozart level of app making? this app will be cherished centuries later?
1. Re:this is prodigy? by Hentes · 2013-03-19 07:23 · Score: 2
  
  Everybody can sell a good app. But it takes a true genius to sell a crappy one.
2. Re:this is prodigy? by viperidaenz · 2013-03-19 08:20 · Score: 1
  
  To be fair, the kid posted a story on Slashdot and it was a slow news day in Austin. Shaq isn't interested, the kid won a competition to meet him.
3. Re:this is prodigy? by viperidaenz · 2013-03-19 08:22 · Score: 1
  
  So what's going to happen now Steve Jobs is gone?
4. Re:this is prodigy? by CheshireDragon · 2013-03-19 09:02 · Score: 1
  
  Apple is suing everyone for money. Haven't you been reading the news? They've gone sue-happy....WEEEEEEEE!
  
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5. Re:this is prodigy? by TsuruchiBrian · 2013-03-19 11:15 · Score: 1
  
  Hard as it may be to believe, people in general are getting smarter. It's not that people are smart, it's that they used to be even more stupid in the past. Also the stupidity of people used to be limited to their neighborhood before the ubiquity of internet access.
  It only takes a few smart people to keep society going. It defies intuition, but it is demonstrated in real life on a daily basis.
"Should I buy these $300 shoes . . .?" by PolygamousRanchKid+ · 2013-03-19 06:28 · Score: 1

"No, you look fat in them."
Saves money, incites terror . . .

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Only a single guy/kid could come up with this by 93+Escort+Wagon · 2013-03-19 06:30 · Score: 3, Insightful

If I ever used a phone app to tell my wife "you look amazing today", I'd be sleeping on the couch for at least a month.

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1. Re:Only a single guy/kid could come up with this by Holladon · 2013-03-20 07:09 · Score: 1
  
  An iPhone would be a tempting replacement for any man thoughtless enough to think this was a remotely fair way to treat his wife. Joking aside, this shit is pretty fucking callous. But maybe no one cares. Maybe we as human beings really have become so self-centered and bitter that the idea of paying attention to another person and caring about their needs and insecurities is an actual joke to most. If that's the case, hopefully that asteroid WILL hit us, because that's just no fucking way to live.
Lazy Boyfriend by Looker_Device · 2013-03-19 06:30 · Score: 3, Funny

I agree with you.
Yes, I think she is a total bitch for saying that to you.
You fascinate me.
Yes, I would love to see that romantic comedy with you.

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Re:Pro basketball retiree turned business guy by sunking2 · 2013-03-19 06:31 · Score: 2

No, in fact he'll never say he's the smartest one in the room. But he does have seed money and isn't afraid to take some chances and toss it around to try to help people. What have you done lately?
ELIZA Revisited by foobsr · 2013-03-19 06:39 · Score: 2

That is what deserves to be called progress.
CC.

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TaijiQuan (Huang, 5 loosenings)
He's only 12 by scarboni888 · 2013-03-19 06:39 · Score: 4, Interesting

And he understands the mind-numbing monotony of some peoples' repetitive need for affirmation of their existence.
Way to go Ethan!
1. Re:He's only 12 by Holladon · 2013-03-20 07:11 · Score: 1
  
  You might need constant affirmation, too, if you'd spent your entire life being disregarded, written off, disrespected, ignored, insulted, controlled, and looked down on simply for being alternatively too pretty or not pretty enough, without regard for anything else you may or may not have to offer the world.
2. Re:He's only 12 by scarboni888 · 2013-03-20 07:45 · Score: 1
  
  You don't know anything about me.
3. Re:He's only 12 by Holladon · 2013-03-20 11:16 · Score: 1
  
  Never claimed to. And I can do you one better, even: technically, I don't even know that you are a you at all, or that time and consciousness are anything more than illusions. So - did you have an actual point, or are we just throwing out random factoids for shits and giggles? I've never met Stephen Hawking, although I have met Shaquille O'Neal. Cherries are my favorite fruit. Cows have four stomachs. French is a Latin language. Wheee!
Slashvertisements are a sign of desperation. by RocketRabbit · 2013-03-19 06:43 · Score: 1

They must be, because it just all seems so farcical.
great by Titan1080 · 2013-03-19 06:45 · Score: 2

Now we have an app that spouts the most overused word in English history; AMAZING. everything's AMAZING, have you noticed how AMAZING everything is these days? It's such an AMAZING word, I'd be AMAZED if anyone ever used any other non-AMAZING adjective besides AMAZING, ever again.
1. Re:great by rk · 2013-03-19 07:25 · Score: 1
  
  Awesome post...
Apparently you are not married. by Kludge · 2013-03-19 06:47 · Score: 1, Insightful

FYI:
1. This is freaking hillarious.
2. This is freaking brilliant.
1. Re:Apparently you are not married. by Desler · 2013-03-19 06:53 · Score: 2
  
  It's a soundboard app. There are thousands upon thousands of them already.
2. Re:Apparently you are not married. by gstoddart · 2013-03-19 06:56 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah, but this one is hilarious and highlights the "yes dear" we've come to associate with married men.
  If he makes some money out of it, all the better. But it is brilliant comedy.
  
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3. Re:Apparently you are not married. by Seumas · 2013-03-19 08:52 · Score: 1
  
  It's possible to be married and not turn into a total vagina, despite what this dumb app suggests.
  Anyway, I wish there were more opportunity for community feedback around here, so we could have some impact on this kind of crap appearing.
4. Re:Apparently you are not married. by AvitarX · 2013-03-19 14:06 · Score: 1
  
  Yes, but the type that fall into him vs her and he's always a lazy manchild and she's always a nag, are the market for the app (well those that think the premise is funny and watch King of Queens).
  
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5. Re:Apparently you are not married. by Holladon · 2013-03-20 06:44 · Score: 1
  
  Speaking as a married woman who would LOVE her husband to actually give an honest opinion when she asks him a question and finds it infuriatingly patronizing when people assume that the fact that I don't dangle my most vulnerable parts between my legs somehow, for some bizarre reason, translates into me being too stupid to know better than to ask questions I don't want to hear the answer to -- guess what: when I ask an honest question, I want an honest answer. If you men are too wimpy to handle that, please stop blaming women for your insecurities. And if you men are too self-absorbed to pay to attention to your wives, LEAVE. Go be alone. Or are you afraid?
6. Re:Apparently you are not married. by Holladon · 2013-03-20 06:46 · Score: 1
  
  "Brilliant"? Well, fuck. Have you heard the one about the rabbi and the priest? Because I'm about to BLOW YOUR MIND with comedy genius...
Re:'Prodigy'? by kaizendojo · 2013-03-19 06:48 · Score: 2

And now your commenting anonymously on slashdot. How proud your folks must be.
Next: LazyGirl/Boy-friend by fahrbot-bot · 2013-03-19 06:51 · Score: 1

Can't wait for a future girl/boy-friend to come up with an app to handle routine/repetitive interactions with him.

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1. Re:Next: LazyGirl/Boy-friend by foobsr · 2013-03-19 07:05 · Score: 1
  
  Can't wait for a future girl/boy-friend to come up with an app to handle routine/repetitive interactions with him.
  Wondering if this does not call for mechanical extensions.
  CC.
  
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Amazing! by angiasaa · 2013-03-19 06:53 · Score: 1

I find it hard to believe this story even made it to /. Or anywhere for that matter. It's amazing the junk people decide to sell, and even more amazing what people are willing to buy.
But you know what really takes the amazing cake? It is how low a journalist will stoop to cover a scoop!

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Honesty is the best policy. by Nyder · 2013-03-19 06:56 · Score: 1

I had a sister who used to always ask me how her outfits look. So I got honest.
"Yes, that outfit is great if you want to project an image of an desperate crazy chick trying to hook up."
"Wow, the belt takes your eyes away from how fat your ass is."
"Yes, that shirt shows enough cleavage to keep that maybe a drunk dude will try to get some action."
"I'm sure the other people will be impressed with how you manage to fit all your rolls into those tight clothes."
Needless to say, I wasn't asked my opinion about clothes that much.

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Be seeing you...
1. Re:Honesty is the best policy. by PRMan · 2013-03-19 09:09 · Score: 1
  
  Probably works better with sisters than with wives...
  
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2. Re:Honesty is the best policy. by Nyder · 2013-03-19 09:27 · Score: 1
  
  Probably works better with sisters than with wives...
  I'm not stupid enough to get married.
  
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  Be seeing you...
Lazywife troubles by Nyder · 2013-03-19 07:04 · Score: 1

I think he's probably having trouble with the lazywife because when it comes to be compliments, guys like to hear them after sex.

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Be seeing you...
Flaw in story by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-19 07:20 · Score: 2, Funny

Why is this woman asking her 12 YEAR OLD SON how she looks in her outfits?
How Freudian
1. Re:Flaw in story by rubycodez · 2013-03-19 14:46 · Score: 1
  
  Relax, Mrs. Robinson just practices lines with her kid she will later use on her student
You know why there's no Lazy Wife app? by GodfatherofSoul · 2013-03-19 07:25 · Score: 1

[looks over shoulder] Better not go there right now...

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Confucius says... by Xphile101361 · 2013-03-19 07:27 · Score: 3, Funny

Man who is lazy to wife in life, has wife who is lazy to husband in bed.
1. Re:Confucius says... by xmousex · 2013-03-19 07:37 · Score: 1
  
  that door
  it swings both ways
I built a /. post app, it is very popular by Ice+Station+Zebra · 2013-03-19 07:35 · Score: 2

you can see it at work but just reading all the comments on /.
1. Re:I built a /. post app, it is very popular by DirtyLiar · 2013-03-20 11:59 · Score: 1
  
  What you don't understand is that I wrote an app that posts to /., and I'm responding to one of it's posts right now! ;)
  
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LazyWife phrases.... by realsilly · 2013-03-19 07:45 · Score: 1

...
"I'm fine."
"Nothing."
"Not tonight honey, I have a headache."
"Dinner is ready"
"Honnneeeey, I need your help with something."
"Your turn to feed the baby."
"I don't need anything for my birthday, really."
"You want a B---J--, I want a Mercedes, neither one of us are getting what we want tonight."

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Useless by IMightB · 2013-03-19 08:00 · Score: 1

Because whipping out your phone, unlocking it, opening the app and finding the correct button for the response you are looking for is easier than just forming the words with your mouth?
Next: Lazy politician/office worker by rastos1 · 2013-03-19 08:02 · Score: 1

"No comment."
"It was done in full compliance with the law"
"We would love to, but {the_other_party} will block that"
"That's the fault of my predecessor and he does not work here anymore"
"Yes, if we get more funding"
"Yes, it takes away some liberties, but it's for the children!"
"We would love to, but cancelling that bloody contract is not possible."
"If we let that happen, then the terrorists have won!"
"That's a great question"
"We will appoint a committee to investigate that"
"Pull down your trousers and bend over"
The possibilities are endless.
Re:Can't wait for the Lazy Editor App by guttentag · 2013-03-19 08:05 · Score: 1

You can't wait for the lazy editor app? What exactly did you think Slashdot was? I'm surprised Dice isn't suing this kid for infringement.
Lazy Morals by bityz · 2013-03-19 08:15 · Score: 1

okay Ethan's Dad, it's time to give your kid some guidance:
from the transcript

one of our next app is Bargument which allows you to create a Wikipedia page that is completely fake, to prove arguments at bars, so that you are right and the other person is wrong
making it easier to add crap to Wikipedia is not being a good netizen.
1. Re:Lazy Morals by rduggan · 2013-03-19 10:13 · Score: 1
  
  Totally get it. The idea is to create a Wikipedia-looking page, not actually update Wikipedia. Sorry for any confusion.
2. Re:Lazy Morals by bityz · 2013-03-21 01:05 · Score: 1
  
  Great. And thanks for the response. I think its great that you are mentoring Ethan through this and I wish you success.
tools used? by cellurl · 2013-03-19 08:46 · Score: 1

I didn't catch the "tools used".
How in 12 weeks do you get both Android+iPhone apps both out?

Help eliminate stupid speeding tickets
1. Re:tools used? by TsuruchiBrian · 2013-03-19 11:26 · Score: 1
  
  You make apps with little to no substance. This app sounds like it would take me an hour to write. I'll bet you could find a instructional app like this as an example of how to play multimedia files in an application on w3schools.
  This app is basically just the software incarnation of a lame joke based on a tired premise.
  Normally I would assume the father did 100% of the work, but thought it would be cute if the kid got all the credit. If the kids didn't admit to his dad helping, I might be tempted to believe that it was exactly the level of app I would expect from a 12 year old kid.
2. Re:tools used? by rduggan · 2013-03-19 12:27 · Score: 1
  
  PhoneGap + Twitter Bootstrap
3. Re:tools used? by rduggan · 2013-03-19 12:46 · Score: 1
  
  1. He did all the work. Spent 4 months learning Javascript on codeacademy.com, then started working on the app.
  2. I helped with teaching coding and debugging.
  3. Yes, just playing would be really simple. But it also records and allows you to edit phrases. So it's more than just a soundboard.
  4. No one is claiming this is world changing. But he's 12 and stuck with it from coding through submission to the app store.
4. Re:tools used? by TsuruchiBrian · 2013-03-19 20:31 · Score: 1
  
  I realize the kid is 12, and my intention wasn't to belittle his desire to learn to program. I love programming and I think it's great when a kid wants to learn how to do it. My purpose was to attempt to demystify how it is possible that a 12 year old kid can produce an iphone and android app in 12 weeks (something which can take teams of professional programmers funded by millions of dollars months or even years to accomplish depending on the app). I am sure he's a bright kid, but this isn't completely ridiculous, like a 12 year old kid becoming a nuclear physicist or brain surgeon.
5. Re:tools used? by rduggan · 2013-03-20 16:52 · Score: 1
  
  I appreciate your comment and you are absolutely correct: he's bright (okay, I might be biased on that ;-) but with tools/frameworks/resources available today, it's definitely possible to produce something in 12 weeks.
Lazy Slashvertisement deserves LazyPost by gallondr00nk · 2013-03-19 09:07 · Score: 1

Pick one or more:
This is bullshit.
Slashdot was better 5/8/10 years ago!
[Obvious thing] results in [obvious outcome]. News at eleven.
Where is the CowboyNeal option?
This isn't News for Nerds.
Next Upgrade by blackfeltfedora · 2013-03-19 11:31 · Score: 1

Now if he adds a feature where my phone will text my wife a heart emoticon or random "I love you's" every couple of days I would happily part with 99 cents.
LazyCoward by ultranerdz · 2013-03-19 12:04 · Score: 1

He could make a LazyCoward edition, to automate slashdot trolling.
Re:How about an app that actually helps husbands? by tryanything77 · 2013-03-19 15:31 · Score: 1

Cool...has some features that I would definitely use.
Re:Pro basketball retiree turned business guy by Holladon · 2013-03-20 07:07 · Score: 1

I'm angry that I don't have mod points to give you and angrier that apparently no one else caught the North Korea reference.
Oh... and also by scarboni888 · 2013-03-20 08:04 · Score: 1

I work in an office full of successful women. So if any person (man or woman) can't get the respect they think they deserve they need to do something to get it instead of using their victim roles as an excuse to (passive aggresive, anyone?) spread the poison to others.
1. Re:Oh... and also by Holladon · 2013-03-20 11:21 · Score: 1
  
  I work in an office full of successful women.
  So what? What does that even mean? By many definitions, I'm a "successful woman." What does that have to do with what I said? You don't think successful people are plagued by self-doubt for any number of legitimately human reasons? Have you never heard of things like imposter syndrome? How does the fact that you know a number of women whom you deem "successful" have anything to do with my point that cultural expectations shape self-perception?
  
  So if any person (man or woman) can't get the respect they think they deserve they need to do something to get it instead of using their victim roles as an excuse to (passive aggresive, anyone?) spread the poison to others.
  Oh, man. You should like, become a motivational speaker or something, man. Secrets of the universe right here. Good stuff. Do you also run a suicide prevention hotline where you tell people not to kill themselves?
  And as for passive aggression, there's little that's more passive-aggressive than quietly resenting (and coming to the internet to complain about) people who come out and ask for what they want (such as, for instance, affirmation).