the forever flashlight
Usually, I would never, ever post about products that arrive in my Inbox as spam. But this one kind of freaks me out a little bit.
The Forever Flashlight. Never needs batteries… EVER! Because it runs on the souls of children. (insert dramatic music here) What bugs me about this page, I’m not quite sure, but I’ll try to explain it:
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The stock photograph of the woman. Okay, I know she’s supposed to look surprised and all, but if I was six years old, she would FREAK MY SHIT OUT. It’s got all the freakiness of The Scream with that fucked-up Mona Lisa quality to it, where you can stand anywhere in a room and she’s looking at you like a cheap blow-up doll. And that facial expression! I can’t look at her anymore, she’s seriously giving me the creeps. But maybe she has that look on her face because of… -
The animated strobe-light gif in the upper left hand corner! Isn’t that how all those Japanese kids broke out into epileptic seizures? And it’s shining right at freaky girl. Actually, if you stare at the flashing light long enough, it makes you… want to… worship… Satan…
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Rodney King! Rodney King! (sorry, that was tacky. I couldn’t resist.)
(Actually, knowing my luck, my Mom will probably buy it for me for Christmas.)

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