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Imponderable #4: Tokyo Japan

7 Jul

July 7, 2011

Japan strikes again

I’ve covered the cyberhug before. And while not everyone agrees with me, I still say Japan is nuts. If there is a wacky computer product or bizarre sex video the odds are it comes from Japan. Whether it is a game based on urinating, an elderly porn star, or an electronic French kiss, it is clear that the Japanese have some issues to work through.

I don’t see the attraction of tongue kissing my computer. Of course I also get out of my house and interact with real people from time to time so I may not be in the target audience for this thing.

I also worry about the possibility of electrocution.

The researchers are working to replicate an individual’s taste, breathing, and tongue moisture, but since they want to create “celebrity” kissing apps, will they have to replicate each star’s specific bad breath and body odor? Could we one day have the ability to experience Robert De Niro’s tobacco breath in our mouth? Lindsey Lohan’s stink after a drunken binge? And popular and funny she may be, but would you want to tongue-kiss Betty White? Through a computer or not, there’s a limit.

And this being Japan, the potential for fetish is endless. I won’t get into it but in Japan you can buy used panties from a vending machine. ‘Nuff said.

I can only wonder about who comes up with this, but I wonder more about the volunteer who tests this.

Who is the person who is waiting for the day they can stick a straw in his mouth, kiss his computer, and pretend it is Ed Asner?

The question is Imponderable.

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Imponderable #3: Maryland

29 Jun

June 29, 2011

The legal profession is one of the least respected and trusted. Only politicians and used car salesmen have worse reputations. Is it deserved? In many cases it is not. Other times they bring it on themselves.

I have to say upfront that I know nothing of this law firm other than what I read in the advertisement above. (I have to say it to avoid a lawsuit. You know how lawyers are.)

That ad is designed to drum up business. It does do by highlighting the lawyers “winning track record.” The disclaimer then goes on to suggest that you should ignore the winning track record. (They have to say it to avoid a lawsuit. They know how lawyers are too.) The ad then goes on to describe a case the firm won in which their client was awarded $1.725 million in an out-of-court settlement.

In a nutshell, the case involved a driver who was rear-ended by a speeding donut truck and suffered a severe head injury and amnesia. Though it doesn’t mention the police, I bet they were at the scene of the donut tragedy in a heartbeat.

That is all well and good as far as it goes, but was it a wise choice to show how seriously they take their jobs by headlining the story with the bad joke “Man is Creamed by a Donut truck”? You know, because many donuts are filled with cream? And should they have trivialized the horrible auto accident as a “bump in the road”?

I would also like to state for the record that lawyers are not known for their sense of humor, and there’s the proof.

Would you trust your legal representation to a firm with such a silly attitude?

Why would a law firm put such poor jokes into their ad and expect to be taken seriously?

The question is Imponderable.

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