Did you know there's a pickle eyeshadow palette? Or a portable toilet seat that attaches to your car tire? Neither did we. But regardless of their questionable viability, these items exist. And you can find them on the subreddit r/OfCourseThatsAthing.
Named after pretty much the only reaction people have to its content, the sub has grown to a 739K member community, and even though we at Bored Panda have already covered it before, these folks keep unearthing the most creative and weirdest products, so we have to do it again!
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This Carpet
Cross-Legged Office Chair
Scrolling through the images, it's hard to imagine someone greenlighting these ideas. David Pereira, the Head of Product Management at Virtual Identity, thinks it often happens when development gets too 'dry.'
"Products are built for people. Yet, many people lead product innovation through numbers, which means people become numbers [and] behaviors become data points," Pereira wrote. "Therefore, misunderstanding of the audience is inevitable because of too many false assumptions. Product teams that don't challenge the data become blind and build useless products."
Katana Umbrella
Marshall Amps Key Hanger
3D Billboards In China
The product manager pointed out that there's nothing wrong with being data-driven, it's just that teams need to understand when to apply numbers and when to stay away from them.
"Data will bring us insight from the past, showing details about customer behavior... However, we should not overlook the power of observation," Pereira said. "Once we observe real people using real products, insights will come to us [naturally], and [we'll be able to] understand how people use the [said] product [way better]."
TV Hidden Under The Bed
When Ya Gotta Go, I Guess
Same-Height Parties
This is actually cool in a funny way... the party itself seems weird because of the people there.
If a party is weird it's always because of the people there.
Load More Replies...Imagine someone rlly tall showing up and everyone having to change their shoes and swap
What happens when they run out of platforms? Do they have to get the saw out?
Load More Replies...Not one sir. We short are very coordinated. (te he)
Load More Replies...Sooo many puns. "Why the short people go to these parties? to get high." "Same-height parties: the height of party fashion."
When I was a teen my best friend was about 4' 9" and I was 5'6". She was a great person to lean on... I kid! She is now about 5' 3" and I'm 5' 8" without shoes. I still have a hard time finding pants that aren't "floods" but she is always able to rock a cuffed hem when it's back in style.
Load More Replies...Its all fun and games until Shaquille O'Neal come and they have to cut his feet off so he's not taller than everyone.
I worked at a Buick dealership when he was their ad man. We had paper floor mats with his shoe print and life size cut outs. You would need to cut him off at the knees to make him eye level with most men.
Load More Replies...As a short person: NEVER!!! I'd rather make the tall ones kneel or slouch
Load More Replies...The ancient Greeks used these in their theatre productions. They were called cothurneses or bushkins.
Short people are fun size. But there's just something alluring about a tall tall person. I see it as us short people need tall people to reach the stuff we can't. Those tall people need us short people to remind them how great they have it being able to reach things without struggle. Ya know, it balances it all out when you think about it in that way. :)
I'm imagining a former classmate (150cm) and my former pro basketball player cousin (203cm) at this party 😂😂😂
They actually measured everyone and made custom clip clops for everyone? This would not have been worth the effort.
My husband and I went to a party once and everyone there was a giant. Very weird feeling.
No thanks...I'm short and would need the super tall ones. I'd break my legs. Now if taller people had to walk on their knees maybe...
There's just the girl on the far right so much shorter bc I don't think she's wearing the shoes
My dad made me romper stompers for my 50th birthday out of buckets and rope. These look easier 😅
someone taller walks in and everyone goes 's**t better get bigger shoes'
I suppose the other choice is going to a party with ditches. When you're a short actor you stand on a box. When you're a short movie star everyone else stands in ditches.
This would probably give my a panic attack. I'm used to being able to see over most people's head's since age 12 and I get a bit weirded out when the horizon closes in around me. Had a job once with 3 guys who were 6'1 to 6'5 and when they'd all stand around me at the same time and it would get overwhelming. I'm a woman though and rarely in a group where everyone is same height or taller.
Would love to know what they'd do with me turning up in my wheelchair!!??
Just think, you would be constantly changing out your platforms as people come and go to the party! Ha ha ha!
This is a good illustration of Equity. Each person gets what he/she needs to look everyone else in the eye.
"EMERGENCY ROOM TO THE RIGHT" Specializing in Limb X-rays and Face Plant Plastic Surgeries.
wen someone gets drunk they become the shortest person in the room
No, just tired of the neck strain, and the rude comments from tall men.
Load More Replies...hooray, equality: high-heeled shoes and low-heeled shoes: D (and boring mediums)
Hubby Selfie Swimsuits
Pereira is a big fan of prototyping. "I prefer accepting that [I] don't know enough; at best, [I] have a set of assumptions, which need validation as fast as possible. That's my approach for [all] ideas."
In his opinion, the Lean Startup method created by American entrepreneur Eric Ries is an excellent way of building products that solve real problems.
However, I guess it's either we have less useless stuff or more content on r/OfCourseThatsAthing. How can we possibly make this choice?!
The Book Of A Patron Saint
Pickle Eyeshadow Pallet
A Cowch
A Chip That Tastes Like Another Type Of Chip
Gold Uterus Lapel Pin
It's Not Just Lip Service ...
For Those Who Hate Masks, But Find Looking Like A Crashed Cable Car Cabin Acceptable
Chernobyl Snow Globe
Beard Lights
Inflatable Coffin
Fighter Jet Formation Mowing
#becausewhynot
Little Stuffed Bob Ross
Because Of Course That's A Thing
Doggie Bottle Opener
Glass Holder
Not stupid at all! I've been many times to a wine festival thats held outside, where you taste 80 samples at 12 stations spread around entire village. They give you similar wine glass holders so you can walk freely enjoying the day. The holder is ussualy woven rattan or fabric.
A Glitter Keychain Of The Adobe Photoshop Crash Window
Fine China Toilet
The poor parrot gets shi*ted in the face all the time, and the lions just laugh.
This Is Idiotic
Finger Surfboard
Nose Plug Air Filter... Don't Sneeze
An Eggplant Emoji Sauce Bottle
Oh My
3-D Printed Head Urn For Your Loved One’s Ashes
Finally Found One… Wtf
Yes A Waching Toilet Paper Does Exist
Half of the things here are Yes Central, and the other half is just…
Are we supposed to upvote if we think the thing *is* weird or *not* weird?
People I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but I was wondering and afraid that it might be a widespread problem. Go to : https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/disability-activist-dies-from-sores-caused-by-united-airlines-destroying-her-wheelchair/ar-AAQst50?li=BBnbfcL and check out his horror story.
Probably better to make your own post about it. Not too many people will see it here. Actually, I think there actually was a BP post about that a while ago, though maybe this is a different story.
Load More Replies...Half of the things here are Yes Central, and the other half is just…
Are we supposed to upvote if we think the thing *is* weird or *not* weird?
People I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but I was wondering and afraid that it might be a widespread problem. Go to : https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/disability-activist-dies-from-sores-caused-by-united-airlines-destroying-her-wheelchair/ar-AAQst50?li=BBnbfcL and check out his horror story.
Probably better to make your own post about it. Not too many people will see it here. Actually, I think there actually was a BP post about that a while ago, though maybe this is a different story.
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