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Virtual Boy-Playing, Zune-Toting, Laserdisc Alternate History Is Kind of Plausible, Hilarious
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 10:06 AM on June 13, 2008
Anyone who has ever piloted a Segway or watched a Betamax knows that the tech world isn't always a meritocracy. Good products can be trampled by inferior ones, and unpredictable consumers can make frustrating choices (Blu-ray, anyone?). More likely, though, is that the product was just a stupid idea in the first place. CollegeHumor has posted a sort of revisionist consumer history in which a bunch of popular products have actually lost the marketing battles against their competitors. [CollegeHumor]
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Hiphopopotamus
Posted 11:26 AM 13/6/08
@92BuickLeSabre: I will destroy you.
Hiphopopotamus
DJJS
Posted 11:25 AM 13/6/08
Sweet Video.. Mix of retro and Modern.
DJJS
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 11:21 AM 13/6/08
@Hiphopopotamus: Nice Dane Cook reference!
(See what I did there? Do you?)
92BuickLeSabre
Hiphopopotamus
Posted 11:19 AM 13/6/08
No, sorry... just naming things that we recognize is not humor. I've spent 10 years explaining this to Dane Cook, I don't have time for you too, Giz.
Hiphopopotamus
applesaucy
Posted 11:18 AM 13/6/08
Hahaha.....that was cute!! They should have thrown in the flowbee and aps film cameras :)
applesaucy
se7a7n7
Posted 11:15 AM 13/6/08
Great video, I didn't want it to end.
Laserdiscs actually lasted at least 10 years. It would have made more sense to say CED discs, however most people don't even know what CED is, look it up on wiki.
It would have been funny if they mentioned seeing the new "GoBots" movie.
se7a7n7
xanadu1979
Posted 11:04 AM 13/6/08
@radeon21: I was wondering the same thing.
xanadu1979
vividaurora
Posted 11:01 AM 13/6/08
Nevermind...just clicked the video and it worked...I promise I'm smart...
vividaurora
vividaurora
Posted 11:01 AM 13/6/08
Death to 404 Page Not Found...
vividaurora
radeon21
Posted 11:00 AM 13/6/08
so how are they using friendster, napster, etc., but the internet is not a big thing?
radeon21
Ken_Darrow
Posted 10:59 AM 13/6/08
LOL... so anyone forwarded this to Ballmer yet? hehe
Ken_Darrow
Kaveh
Posted 10:58 AM 13/6/08
That was awesome! Y2K. Nice.
Kaveh
Strider-No.9
Posted 11:55 AM 13/6/08
Pretty good
Strider-No.9
gunbu
Posted 11:55 AM 13/6/08
That was awesome, though I took offense that laserdiscs were lumped in with those other failed things. LDs forever!
gunbu
John Herrman
Posted 11:39 AM 13/6/08
@Hiphopopotamus: This video didn't make me feel like pissing in my own mouth. Therefore it is nothing like Dane Cook.
John Herrman
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 11:37 AM 13/6/08
ROFL, nice...
You know, they could do a movie on this. But they probably won't because only us geeks and nerds would get it.
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
sergio_e
Posted 11:33 AM 13/6/08
SARS...Cell Phone Brain Damage...Ruben Studdard
sergio_e
sergio_e
Posted 11:31 AM 13/6/08
@Hiphopopotamus: It was worth it just to hear them say that "HE HATE ME" is no Ryan Leaf. Talk about revisionist...
sergio_e
bbfreak
Posted 12:07 PM 13/6/08
Dude, so that's what happens when you mess with the time-line. Moral of the story: Don't got back in time and make our existence suck.
bbfreak
Manator (Follow me and die!)
Posted 12:03 PM 13/6/08
@Bokusatsu_Tenshi: How dare you insult the nerds and geeks of the world by comparing me to them.
Manator (Follow me and die!)
strider_mt2k
Posted 11:59 AM 13/6/08
I was also sad to see it end.
Good stuff!
strider_mt2k
Hiphopopotamus
Posted 11:59 AM 13/6/08
@John Herrman: Touché
Hiphopopotamus
Xander
Posted 12:45 PM 13/6/08
Why Jamiroquai? Why?!
Xander
wetworker
Posted 12:31 PM 13/6/08
Zune Rocks!
wetworker
Open_universe
Posted 1:29 PM 13/6/08
Link doesn't work.....
Open_universe
jiveabillion
Posted 1:27 PM 13/6/08
when he was in the fridge,am I the only one waiting for him to pull out some Sunny D?
jiveabillion
maven2k
Posted 2:09 PM 13/6/08
That was funny s#!t, except for the unnecessary Zune bashing, heh. You gotta be able to take a joke. I thought the Rueben Studdard reference was great.
maven2k
HawkSkater0
Posted 1:56 PM 13/6/08
The zune part was the only thing in that video that could never happen. everything else was possible.
HawkSkater0
VakeroRokero
Posted 1:56 PM 13/6/08
@Xander: I don't get it... can you elaborate?
VakeroRokero
SuperCollider
Posted 4:51 PM 13/6/08
Given the opportunity, I would kill a man without hesitation for a Clear Crystal Pepsi.
SuperCollider
pradster
Posted 7:45 PM 13/6/08
@maven2k: yeah the zune bashings gotta stop :P
(disclosure : I own one :D )
pradster
francisrizzo3
Posted 10:41 PM 13/6/08
I miss Crystal Pepsi also. What is stopping these companies from doing limited runs of this stuff for niche audiences. I'd probably pay 2 bucks a can to recapture the magic.
francisrizzo3
wetboxersguy
Posted 10:17 PM 13/6/08
They should have included Vista. or Microsoft Bob. and yeah, applesausy is right, APS (Kodak Advantix, anyone?)
wetboxersguy
bms
Posted 11:28 PM 13/6/08
President Howard Dean. LMAO!
bms
jrronimo
Posted 11:49 PM 13/6/08
This video is TOTALLY implausable! Have any of you tried to play a Virtual Boy without the foam sun-guard? Not possible! I call shenanigans!!!
jrronimo
Luke
Posted 11:46 PM 13/6/08
@se7a7n7: Mentioning a GoBots movie would have been hilarious, especially if they still said Shia was in it.
Luke
illseeingeye
Posted 11:29 PM 13/6/08
XFL... Man, I wish I had gone to a game!
illseeingeye
FullyShadow
Posted 12:47 AM 14/6/08
WORD!!
FullyShadow
cbrooker
Posted 12:19 AM 14/6/08
Surge WTF!
cbrooker
uberfu
Posted 12:18 AM 14/6/08
campy - but good_
Phantom Menace on BetaMax - I can see that tho_
uberfu
FrankenPC
Posted 1:16 AM 14/6/08
"Hey, I need to use the bathroom, where's the light switch?"
[CLAP!]
FrankenPC
NightElfMohawk
Posted 2:12 AM 14/6/08
@francisrizzo3: I too am in the "I Miss Crystal Pepsi" camp. That was 5th grade, and it was a little more cruel for me when they discontinued it because I lived in one of the test markets, so we had it longer than anyone else. It started becoming such a common thing, then... gone... *sigh* My inner 10-year-old weeps. And no other Pepsi since then has tasted as good. Guess that's what happens when the company changes their formula a least once a year.
NightElfMohawk
Trowble (XBL/PSN)
Posted 3:38 AM 14/6/08
Magic Johnson On The Magic Hour! Classic, yet the video left me empty...
Trowble (XBL/PSN)
RoCKSTaH53
Posted 3:00 AM 14/6/08
Well played.
RoCKSTaH53
angelwolf71885
Posted 2:24 PM 18/6/08
you know LD are still all the rage in japain..
as well as betamax...
dont beloveme google is your friend..
thay should of had BTX based comps in thair somoew..but i guss that never really caught on well enoff to fail..
behold the shrine of fail..but yet things we all really wish haddent..
angelwolf71885