# The most vile, disgusting commercial EVER **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746 "2012-05-22T19:24:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/1 "2012-05-22T19:24:10Z")
[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=pedi%20spin%20video&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CFwQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2bUQfLwMTwk&ei=Iea7T4bMKc-f6QG1\_dy-Cw&usg=AFQjCNGisYOBU-GX4szDq9\_hyUwqZaNhTQ](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=pedi%20spin%20video&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CFwQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2bUQfLwMTwk&ei=Iea7T4bMKc-f6QG1_dy-Cw&usg=AFQjCNGisYOBU-GX4szDq9_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. :eek: This video isn’t the exact same video that was featured in the commercial, but it’s fairly close. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/2 "2012-05-22T19:36:38Z")
What’s the problem exactly? People have used emery boards and the like to smooth their feet for decades. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/3 "2012-05-22T19:36:46Z")
I can’t get it to play. Can you describe it? ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/4 "2012-05-22T19:37:43Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/5 "2012-05-22T19:46:41Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/6 "2012-05-22T20:08:04Z")
> [@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.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5gq1dEEaGg) [here’s a shorter, more disgusting version.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC_2NcOD6pc) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/7 "2012-05-22T20:13:56Z")
Nah, I’m still giving most disgusting to the diaper ad where the babies get rated on how well their diapers contain their loads. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/8 "2012-05-22T20:20:03Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/9 "2012-05-22T20:20:09Z")
Ugh, that was seriously gross to watch! Should skin peel off your feet like that?! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/10 "2012-05-22T20:24:41Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/11 "2012-05-22T20:31:24Z")
OMG, it’s a teeny tiny orbital sander for your feet! I honestly need one. I bet it’s underpowered, though. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/12 "2012-05-22T20:34:09Z")
Might as well just invest in a Dremel and an appropriate bit. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/13 "2012-05-22T20:37:04Z")
You know, if you sneak the shavings into someones food they’ll fall in love with you. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/14 "2012-05-22T21:46:45Z")
From the name, I thought it might be related to [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=652581) (currently the adjacent thread). ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/15 "2012-05-22T22:13:34Z")
> [@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](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2PyeXRwhCE), 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. > [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/16 "2012-05-22T22:17:31Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/17 "2012-05-22T23:03:53Z")
> [@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? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/18 "2012-05-23T01:08:19Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/19 "2012-05-23T01:12:52Z")
> [@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? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/20 "2012-05-23T02:05:35Z")
> [@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) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746.md?page=2)