The most vile, disgusting commercial EVER

[Ambivalid]

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...q9_hyUwqZaNhTQ
This product, called the Pedispin, was the feature of a late-night infomercial I saw last night. OMG! I couldn't believe it was serious it was so disgusting. I thought it was a joke at first but no; this is serious. Seriously gross, that is. This video isn't the exact same video that was featured in the commercial, but it's fairly close.

[RealityChuck]

What's the problem exactly? People have used emery boards and the like to smooth their feet for decades.

[tdn]

I can't get it to play. Can you describe it?

[phouka]

For those who are a little confused, the Pedispin is like the Pedi-egg (a foot callous shaver), except it has a motorized, spinning razor.

It was a bit . . . disconcerting to see people ramming that thing up against the soles of their feet, bits of dead skin peeling off, and the texture of the skin clearly being changed. I winced more than retched, if only because it looks more like a creative cousin of the bastinado than a health/beauty product.

[Absolute]

That's pretty nasty, visually, but the most disturbing commercial I've ever heard was the one for that testosterone gel for men, where the list of potential side effects includes growing boobs, and the women in your house essentially turning into men.

[Machine Elf]

Originally Posted by tdn

I can't get it to play. Can you describe it?

Search YouTube for Pedispin; here's one of several versions of the ad.

here's a shorter, more disgusting version.

[Freudian Slit]

Nah, I'm still giving most disgusting to the diaper ad where the babies get rated on how well their diapers contain their loads.

[levdrakon]

That wasn't so bad. There was a hair-removal ad like this one, that was also pretty gross.

The other day there was this tampon commercial all about women breaking up with their pads. I felt slightly nauseous.

[FrancisCastle]

Ugh, that was seriously gross to watch! Should skin peel off your feet like that?!

[tdn]

Originally Posted by Machine Elf

Search YouTube for Pedispin;

Thanks for the links, but those wouldn't play either. Maybe YouTube is being blocked from my work computer.

If I feel like being disgusted at home, I'll check from there.

[WhyNot]

OMG, it's a teeny tiny orbital sander for your feet!

I honestly need one. I bet it's underpowered, though.

[DrFidelius]

Might as well just invest in a Dremel and an appropriate bit.

[Slithy Tove]

You know, if you sneak the shavings into someones food they'll fall in love with you.

[njtt]

From the name, I thought it might be related to this (currently the adjacent thread).

[Unauthorized Cinnamon]

Originally Posted by phouka

For those who are a little confused, the Pedispin is like the Pedi-egg (a foot callous shaver), except it has a motorized, spinning razor.

When I read this, I pictured something like this, only once I saw the ad I realized they're different, because the Pedispin does in fact involve gobbets of flesh flying about incommoding passersby.

Originally Posted by DrFidelius

Might as well just invest in a Dremel and an appropriate bit.

As a matter of fact, I've had two different podiatrists use a Dremel on my feet. Probably not a great idea for home use, though.

[Sudden Kestrel]

Originally Posted by Slithy Tove

You know, if you sneak the shavings into someones food they'll fall in love with you.

That does it; I'm never eating anything again. Ever.

[Elret]

Originally Posted by levdrakon

The other day there was this tampon commercial all about women breaking up with their pads. I felt slightly nauseous.

Why? It does sound kinda dumb, but was there something gross about it?

[Ambivalid]

When this came on the TV last night I was caught off-guard; to say the least. The shots of the huge hunks of dead skin being flanked off the feet of various people and then seeing the skin bits dumped out like so much mozzarella cheese was enough to make me laugh out loud in revolted disbelief.

[Beware of Doug]

Originally Posted by Freudian Slit

Nah, I'm still giving most disgusting to the diaper ad where the babies get rated on how well their diapers contain their loads.

In a rational world, people probably would consider a diaperload of babyshit more disgusting than the sole of a pretty woman's foot. This is not, however, a rational world.

Yes haters, I do think you're reacting to the women's feet in the Pedispin ad. If it really was the crap being dumped out of the appliance that squicked you, where were you when the bug zapper ad ran and they dumped dead bug material out into the trashcan? Hmmmmm?

[Guinastasia]

Originally Posted by Ambivalid

the skin bits dumped out like so much mozzarella cheese

If I had been eating something, it would have been covering my monitor right now.


In principle, I can see how something like that would be a good product, but in practice, it's just too gross. On the other hand, it reminds me that I need to get a pumice stone and some skin cream for my heels -- I don't want them looking like THAT. (No, they don't, but now I'm all squeamish and paranoid)

[Enola Straight]

A foot callus sander?

How about a pimple vacuum!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XsX4wvoeEQ

[silenus]

I'm really not seeing what the problem is here. It does what it is designed to do. If you can't handle a little skin, then the world is truly a disgusting place for you. You have my sympathy.

[Rachellelogram]

Originally Posted by silenus

It does what it is designed to do.

Actually, after reading amazon reviews, I don't think it does. If you apply more than an extraordinarily light amount of pressure, the device stops completely. I could see a product like this being useful with a stronger motor, though. Like a ped-egg (which I love) without the need to use so much force. Unfortunately, it falls short.

In those videos, it looks like they let white glue dry on the models' feet and that's what was coming off in huge single-piece swaths. Dry skin doesn't come off like that, it comes off in little flakes and chunks.

[Electric Warrior]

Originally Posted by Beware of Doug

In a rational world, people probably would consider a diaperload of babyshit more disgusting than the sole of a pretty woman's foot. This is not, however, a rational world.

Yes haters, I do think you're reacting to the women's feet in the Pedispin ad. If it really was the crap being dumped out of the appliance that squicked you, where were you when the bug zapper ad ran and they dumped dead bug material out into the trashcan? Hmmmmm?

I think what people are reacting to is the fact that skin is coming OFF OF the foot in large quantities. Something that was like 'yay, remove your skin with something that looks like a belt sander mated with a cheese grater!! ' would freak me out too. Which is why I am not even watching the damn thing.

Trust me, if ladies' feet bothered me I would not (as a lady) go barefoot around the house all the time. I love my feet, I think they're one of my best physical features(, no I'm not posting pictures,) and I would like the calluses on them to stay there so that I can walk around without it hurting.

[Lynn Bodoni]

Originally Posted by WhyNot

OMG, it's a teeny tiny orbital sander for your feet!

I honestly need one. I bet it's underpowered, though.

I have one. It's not underpowered, IMO. If you get one, be careful about using that filing disc, as it can be extremely effective. I got mine at Walgreen's, by the way. Mostly I use the smoothing disc.

I go to a podiatrist about every two or three months, and he takes care of the worst of my calluses, and he uses a Dremel to do it. I just use this tool to take care of things in between appointments. I also had a really thick callus on one of my elbows, and this tool took care of it. It WILL draw blood if you aren't careful with it.

[kjbrasda]

I could swear that one late night commercial about menstrual pads that had the line "It's like they become one with your underwear!" I could barely believe my ears, but I never saw the commercial air again and haven't found it anywhere else either.

[Ambivalid]

Originally Posted by silenus

You have my sympathy.

Thank you. I'd rather it be empathy but I'll take what I can get.

[BigT]

Originally Posted by Beware of Doug

In a rational world, people probably would consider a diaperload of babyshit more disgusting than the sole of a pretty woman's foot. This is not, however, a rational world.

Yes haters, I do think you're reacting to the women's feet in the Pedispin ad. If it really was the crap being dumped out of the appliance that squicked you, where were you when the bug zapper ad ran and they dumped dead bug material out into the trashcan? Hmmmmm?

I have a foot fetish, and even I think it's gross. Body droppings always are. And that's why none of your other crap has the same problem. Bug parts are nowhere near as gross as something that came from another human being. Even those who like swallowing after blow jobs probably don't want to deal with a sock full of semen.

Plus, let's not forget how uncomfortable anything that sands off your skin actually can be. Just thinking about that part of it is enough to bother me.

[Lynn Bodoni]

Plus, let's not forget how uncomfortable anything that sands off your skin actually can be.

As long as it's only abrading the dead tissue, it's actually kind of pleasant. If it hits live tissue, yeah, that's uncomfortable, at the very least. But getting that dry, dead tissue off is a relief, because it usually itches like hell.

[panache45]

Originally Posted by silenus

I'm really not seeing what the problem is here. It does what it is designed to do. If you can't handle a little skin, then the world is truly a disgusting place for you. You have my sympathy.

This. The rest of you guys are obviously too young to need this product, but many people do. Just wait.

[chela]

I'd rather smell cat food than watch that commercial. Wonder if you could use it to grate parmesan cheese?

d:r

[Acid Lamp]

Originally Posted by FrancisCastle

Ugh, that was seriously gross to watch! Should skin peel off your feet like that?!

I don't know about should, but when I was younger and growing rapidly, I'd have issues wit the skin on my feet drying out and cracking. The callussed, tough skin would indeed peel off in large sheets just like a snake.

[Slithy Tove]

Not only disgusting, but also cuts into the profits of your local fish spa (photo not safe for lunch). And won't someone think of the guppies?

[tdn]

Originally Posted by Lynn Bodoni

I have one. It's not underpowered, IMO. If you get one, be careful about using that filing disc, as it can be extremely effective. I got mine at Walgreen's, by the way. Mostly I use the smoothing disc.

So would you recommend it? I might have to make a trip to Walgreen's...

[Lynn Bodoni]

Sure, I recommend it, and I also recommend using it with caution. Especially that grating disc. I wish I'd had something like this when I was a sales clerk, and spent at least 8 hours a day on my feet. Man, I really had some serious calluses, with deep cracks in them.

[Johnny L.A.]

Originally Posted by Sudden Kestrel

That does it; I'm never eating anything again. Ever.

Why do you hate love?

[Sudden Kestrel]

Originally Posted by Johnny L.A.

Why do you hate love?

I don't hate love in and of itself. I just hate biting down on a chunk of love in my fettucine Alfredo.

[Quasimodem]

"Shut the front Door!" is more disgusting IMO. Last time my 11 year old grandson was here for a visit, we were watching tv when that commercial came on, and he looked at me and said, "I know what he's really sayin'."
Q

[Vinyl Turnip]

It's gross, but I'm more bothered by the commercial for Kayak (WTF is Kayak, anyway? I don't know and don't really care, but I know for sure I'll never buy anything from them) with the guy who dilates his eyes so he can see better. It's not only visually disturbing, it doesn't make any sense.

[Ambivalid]

Ok, let me revise my OP: This very well may not be the most vile, disgusting commercial ever but it's certainly up there. Definitely top five.

[Zeriel]

Originally Posted by Beware of Doug

In a rational world, people probably would consider a diaperload of babyshit more disgusting than the sole of a pretty woman's foot. This is not, however, a rational world.

Baby shit is supposed to come out of a baby. Skin is not supposed to be shredded off in spraying chunks by a grinding disc. Capiche?

[spinky]

Originally Posted by chela

Wonder if you could use it to grate parmesan cheese?

I recommend buying a separate one for that and clearly labeling them.

[Acid Lamp]

Originally Posted by ntucker

I recommend buying a separate one for that and clearly labeling them.

Why? They'd smell the same anyway.

[Makeitstop]

Sorry, the latest anti-smoking ads take the cake. You know, the ones that describe what it's like to live with a hole in your throat. They'll scare the ever-loving hell out of some smokers, so they're effective. Yes, far more disturbing that this.

[Living Well Is Best Revenge]

Originally Posted by Makeitstop

Sorry, the latest anti-smoking ads take the cake. You know, the ones that describe what it's like to live with a hole in your throat. They'll scare the ever-loving hell out of some smokers, so they're effective. Yes, far more disturbing that this.

God, I hate those!!

[Count Blucher]

Originally Posted by DrFidelius

Might as well just invest in a Dremel and an appropriate bit.

But wouldn't the fragrant foot-bits fly off in a 360 degree arc? How would you ever get the room to stop smelling like feet-crumbs?
But-Wait-There's-More Dept. : It almost makes me wonder if the cheese would keep raccoons out of the garbage can or slugs off of the garden plants....

Originally Posted by Johnny L.A.

Why do you hate love?

I think she was scared once by the smell of athlete's friction-burn.




*this post may be freely linked to any Doper Weightloss Thread. You know... for inspiration.

[FoieGrasIsEvil]

Originally Posted by Slithy Tove

You know, if you sneak the shavings into someones food they'll fall in love with you.

That's awesome!

[what do I type here]

Still not as disgusting and horrifying as those talking babies from eTrade.

[levdrakon]

Originally Posted by Slithy Tove

Not only disgusting, but also cuts into the profits of your local fish spa (photo not safe for lunch). And won't someone think of the guppies?

When I lived close enough, I used to like going down to the beach, sitting on a rock in shallow water and letting the Hermit crabs nibble the dead skin off my feet. It's invigorating.

[Slithy Tove]

Invigorating? In Pyramid Lake, Nevada, where the hot springs bubble up into the lake, people like to have underwater sex while the little fish swarm and nibble all over them.

I won't be judgemental, but it does seem a practice just this side of Japanese live fish enema porn.