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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. :eek: This video isn’t the exact same video that was featured in the commercial, but it’s fairly close.
What’s the problem exactly? People have used emery boards and the like to smooth their feet for decades.
I can’t get it to play. Can you describe it?
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.
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.
Search YouTube for Pedispin; here’s one of several versions of the ad.
Nah, I’m still giving most disgusting to the diaper ad where the babies get rated on how well their diapers contain their loads.
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.
Ugh, that was seriously gross to watch! Should skin peel off your feet like that?!
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.
OMG, it’s a teeny tiny orbital sander for your feet!
I honestly need one. I bet it’s underpowered, though.
Might as well just invest in a Dremel and an appropriate bit.
You know, if you sneak the shavings into someones food they’ll fall in love with you.
From the name, I thought it might be related to this (currently the adjacent thread).
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.
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.
That does it; I’m never eating anything again. Ever.
Why? It does sound kinda dumb, but was there something gross about it?
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.
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?
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)