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McDonald's Loves You Just The Way You Are – If You're A Sandwich
I’m all for natural beauty and simplicity in my food, but this message on the McDonald’s Southern Style Chicken Sandwich box just creeps me out. Thanks to Diana for sending it in. I think.
Dan Hesse, You Can Keep Making Commercials Forever
Tonya emailed us a video clip of a cute little piggy with a robot voice complaining about being trapped on hold. We appreciated the rant, but were even more fascinated with the technology that allowed her friend to turn a long, written diatribe into an instant cartoon. You know who needs this? Dan Hesse, shunned pitchman and CEO for Sprint! You’ll never have to stop making commercials now. Also, we’ve decided to make you British.
Facial Recognition Technology + Video Screens = Creepy Dunkin' Donuts Ads?
The Wall Street Journal says that Dunkin’ Donuts is experimenting with video screens that use facial recognition technology to figure out your age and gender. The screens then display ads targeted specifically to you.
Fun With Warning Labels: Beware The Mickey Mouse Cancer Lamp
Reader Mike directs our attention to the above lamp. The warning label reads:
Creepy Fingerprint Pay Processing Company Shuts Down
Reader Michael writes in to let us know that the creepy biometric payment company that was operating in supermarkets such as Jewel-Osco has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Black & Decker Food Processor Comes With Creepy Religious Materials
Ever wonder how Jesus and American Idol are different? Reader Jessica didn’t, even after she found a religious pamphlet on the subject in a Black & Decker food processor she picked up at Walmart. She is now “totally creeped out,” and doesn’t quite know how to respond.
"Family Friendly" Movie Censors Were Running Porn Business
According to the Provo, UT Daily Herald the founder of “Flix Club” a defunct company that edited swearing and nudity from films and resold them as “family friendly’ versions, has been arrested on charges that he and another man paid two 14-year-old girls for sex. Police also said that the men may have been using the “family friendly” video business as a front for producing porn.
Explosions: Whatever You Do, Don't Ask Montel Williams About Big Pharma
Montel Williams is a paid spokesperson for the pharmaceutical industry, but if you’re a high school intern for Savannah Morning News, you probably shouldn’t ask him any tough questions.
Is Warner Bros. Filming Audiences In An Attempt To Stop Piracy?
Here’s the creepiest complaint we’ve received in a long, long time. Reader Sam says he was filmed by a security guard contracted by Time/Warner during a recent showing of The Invasion at an AMC movie theater.
Most Stores Pull Chris Benoit Action Figures
Most stores pulled their stock of Chris Benoit action figures after the WWE wrestler murdered his family, but the toys can still be found by those morbid individuals, and reporters, who look hard enough.
Walmart Took Secret Life Insurance Policies Out On Employees, Collected After Their Death
Armatrout was one of about 350,000 employees Wal-Mart secretly insured nationwide, said Texas attorney Michael D. Myers, who estimated the company collected on 75 to 100 policies involving Florida employees who died.
Creepy Commercials For Skin Whitening Products
These commercials for “Fair & Lovely,” a skin whitening product from overseas, creep us out. They show girls with darker skin being denied jobs and being scoffed at by pale ladies at some sort of counter. That’s just messed up.
Walmart Is Watching
The WSJ goes in depth today about Walmarts intense surveillance operation. According to the recently fired employee who intercepted calls and text messages from a New York Times reporter (and a few other Walmart employees) Walmart’s surveillance tactics include:
Beware The Canadian Spy Coins
- In a U.S. government warning high on the creepiness scale, the Defense Department cautioned its American contractors over what it described as a new espionage threat: Canadian coins with tiny radio frequency transmitters hidden inside.
UPDATE: Backyard Burger Wayyyy Too Friendly
It’s not just bilious Vincent who can’t stand the grins at Backyard Burger. Jacob writes that the Stepford Wives syndrome seems to be company policy.
