@simtel20 Well, I got it. Some sports bras, 2 5-packs of trackRs, some sports bras that our way too skinny neice may be able to use, a non-stick pan and lid we’ll give to a friend, a doorbell camera, and a lot of compression socks. Oh, and a couple of masks, just in time for winter 'rona 2023. For the price, this was a great IRK - there is nothing I regret receiving like vinyl stick-on designs.
@Raptor_007 back when Id land one for five bucks I wouldnt care if I wound up with half of a broken crock pot. For almost twenty bucks Id be pissed about it.
What?!?! What’s happening? Why?!?
I’ve never caught a midnight IRK! My daughter asked what time it was and I answered then came here, what are the chances?!?
/giphy sweaty-nasally-bubble
@kuoers Still time to cancel!
Dilemma: Cancel it and regret it when others list their treasures or don’t cancel it and regret it when you see the trash you paid over $18 for (with tax).
@cengland0 It’s the day that the US declared national emergency status in 2020, and people stood in line for hours to completely clear stores out of toilet paper.
I remember it because it was on Friday, which was the day I normally did my grocery shopping on the way home from work. Work let everyone out early, but we were IT so we were stuck in until about 8.
The checkouts were backed up literally halfway around the perimeter of the store, and most of the carts were piled about a foot over the top with toilet paper for the first 100 yards or so, then they began to switch over to paper towels once the stocked inventory ran out.
So I just dumped my cart in the indoor corral and went to the suspiciously empty liquor store and ate out of my tornado pantry for a month.
First time I can actually pass one of these and not regret missing out on later regret. Came up when money is too tight thanks to one very, very allergic dog and a vet visit yesterday. He is now fine, and that’s worth every penny.
@Felton10@SteveOOO Holy crap! Alcohol costs that much? (you can tell I don’t drink). I hope it is a big bottle so you can get a number of glasses out of it.
@SteveOOO@warpedrotors Yes-what is the name of the bourbon-our daughter is a big bourbon fan so much so she named her new dog Weller. Bet she has both heard of it and drank it.
Our anniversary is coming up and she bought it and said it was her anniversary present. I assume other wifes pull this same stunt buying something and saying you don’t have to buy me something for the upcoming occasion as I just bought this for myself. Think they can only get away with something like this if you have been married over 50 years like I have.
@Felton10 My parents (62 years next month) are the opposite. My mom and I used to go to a couple high-end craft shows every year. My dad would always tell her to buy herself something nice if it was near her birthday or their anniversary for them to count it as her gift. I don’t think she did that more than once or twice, and then it was after a lot of her debating whether she should buy it and me pushing her to. It wasn’t so much about the money as it was her spending it on herself.
It’s my birthday today kinda cool to have an Irk today! LOL.
I was also on a plane that had just arrived at it’s gate. I had just turned off airplane mode and noticed it was 12:00 AM. Hop on the browser go to Meh.com and the page took a while to load (as is common at midnight.) The Meh button appeared before the picture of the Irk appeared so I had instinctively tapped that before I saw “IRK!!!.” Despite the slow, crappy cellular connection (not wi-fi) I still managed to get one. Not bad.
Huh. I had given up on these midnight IRK drops, so I’ve been less OCD about checking in exactly at midnight. And tonight that apathy really paid off, because I was lucky enough to miss this one…!
This “we are holding some til morning” is BS! I pay for a membership to this crap site and yet there are deals for “extra special” members or people that wake up at 5am. BFingS
Not even sorry I missed it. I like the coffeemaker I bought in the recent Meh-rathon. But the $8 IRK-via-Side Deal I bought because I had passed the $30 mark had zero items of value to me. Even the IRK bag just adds to my already excessive pile of totes. The thrill is gone.
And instant ragrets. Lots of them.
I shouldn’t be spending money, especially for things I don’t want.
I don’t expect these to be panoramic (unless it’s a pair of sweatpants I stick on my head), and practically guaranteed to not be valuable. Probably will have a texture, though.
@cutiecupid15 congrats on the newborn. Good thing there are new mommy hormones to get you through the so tired you’d kill for some sleep moments. Or the momentary (more often in their teen years), what was I thinking? moments. Seriously though enjoy this kid you made.
I’ve spent the past month slowly trashing/donating dozens of things that I’ve received and have been accumulating from 30+ Fuko/IRKs over the past decade (sorry not sorry for all the Instagram tags, @wearemeh), and it looks like I’m going to have another box full of shit to toss within the next few weeks.
@jjnova I always hit the Meh button in a feeble attempt to maintain a streak I’m not embarrassed to share with the rest of you, but I’ve always been able to then hit the Buy button. Does that not work with IRKs?
@ohhwell One IRK had a specialty battery and charger. It looked like an XL AA battery. It fit in nothing I owned and the battery was five years expired I did learn that these same batteries are used in the battery compartment in a Tesla which I found fascinating.
@Shoebox23 sounds like an 18650 cell. That’s better than the 6 TrackR pucks I got considering the company closed up shop and they are completely worthless now lol.
@ohhwell There is an app that works (only) on androids. See the most recent reveal threat as several posted about it (sorry, too lazy to go look for you).
@ohhwell Post the diameter and length of that lithium battery and many of us will be able to tell you whether it’s an oddball size or one of the ones found in lots more places than just Teslas. (The most common is 18mm x 65 mm, but there are lots of others as well.)
My last IRK had a goddamn handheld Dyson knock off we use all the time. But there were TrackRs in there too. I’ll gladly throw up my hands and ask the gods of chance to play when I can. (Though I’m late to the party this time.)
Okay, I’m ready. I’ve been working on my aquatic combat skills, and I am now ready to fight a gang of angry waterfowl for a chance at an Instant Regret Kit. When do we start?
Best keep track of this one; may need them when a flock of terrorist migratory geese lands on the lawn and refuses to leave.
@werehatrack The area outside the office I used to work in was a favorite spot for Canada geese to hang out like a bunch of juvenile delinquents. They liked to stand in the (lightly used) road and refuse to move until they were good and ready. The building manager sent out instructions for how to act around the geese so they wouldn’t attack you and what to do if they did.
@lisagd@phendrick Without launching them with a heck of a bunch of spin, individual ones are going to flutter and fall with little effect. Their density isn’t very high, so gluing them together to make a bigger slug is unlikely to produce a projectile worth using. Your best bet is to rewrite the instructions in Simplified Canadian Waterfowl, and leave the TrackRs and instructions where the geese can find them. When the process of getting one to be useful proves too annoying, they should move on. Or they’ll detect your scent, track you down, and attack. It’s really hard to say which. They’re geese.
@Kidsandliz@lisagd@PHRoG@werehatrack At the park in the photo above, there was (all too often) a small child or dog who would take delight in running toward the flock on the ground, causing hundreds of them to take to the air. Trust me, you would rather have that many geese on the ground than in the air over your head!
@macromeh That’s an error on a par with suddenly screaming “EEEWWWW! BATS!” in a decomissioned railroad tunnel. (N.B.; I have never been an eyewitness to that mistake, but I know two people who have.)
My last IRK had Casery and TrackR junk up the wazoo, but also contained a bunch of hand sanitizer, so at least I was able to get drunk on the cheap for a bit.
@carolqueen OH THATS WHAT THAT THING IS. I didn’t take it out of the bag yet but that’s definitely what it looked like. Some unholy gigantic pillow thing.
Site was so overloaded, the dialog box never even opened.
I think I might finally cancel my membership. No sense in keeping it when it is so impossible to get an IRK for a reasonable price these days and I’m wasting $60/year on monthly membership fees
What went on here today that I missed? Looks like you guys had some fun while I was getting a boatload of kidney stones taken out! I’m heartbroken I missed out!
Anyways, hope you all had some fun and I can’t wait to see what you got! WOOHOO YOU HAD A MEHRATHON!!
@Lynnerizer Hope your kidney stones don’t come back (I get them too and they sure suck). Send me postage and I’ll make you up an irk. I’ll even give you a bag.
@Kidsandliz@Kidsandliz Aww that’s so sweet of you! I guess I’ll have to wait for the next mehrathon to get a IRK only because, quite honestly, IDK how to send you the shipping cost. Yes, I know, it’s embarrassing!🫣 I’m just now ordering more checks. Do other people still even use checks? Hmmm
Kidney stones, they are awful! I think the pain from the stints is even worse than the stones, at least this time anyway, maybe because I ended up needing 2 of them. Unfortunately, I’m a chronic grower oxalate kidney stones so I’m sure they’ll be back!
There’s always hope though!
@Lynnerizer Well I have paypal and when your checks come in you are welcome to whisper me and we can do this. I have plenty of stuff from irks I can send you (largely because I haven’t gotten around to starting another unofficial mehrican exchange). But beware I won’t promise no trackers.
My first kidney stone was on a thanksgiving morning. Yeah the timing of that was so very fine. Fortunately I passed it at urgent care and didn’t need to be hospitalized although the toilet bowl full of bright red blood was unnerving as I had no idea what was going on at the time. I currently have one sitting mid kidney. Only 2mm and is stable as coincidentally seen in the CT scans for the follicular non-hodgkin’s lymphoma. CT’s are a mixed blessing. Dread for do I need treatment again and two years ago vindication with “I told you so, it’s not hypochondria” when pancreatitis showed up on it and my oncologist then ordered the blood work to back up what was seen. Gotta love how women aren’t believed (research backs that up).
Wife happy about
Blow dryer
2 tea pot diffusers
4 10k mah battery oacks. Seem to have fast charging.
Box of nitrile gloves, fit her hands not mine
3 bracelets
One shirt she didn’t like
One obligatory trackr to give to someone with android.
One blue bag
@fjp999@pattyrusk1@raccoon81 Those Nickleback gloves are fantastic as gloves. Rockstars - not so much… im sure she can make good use of them. Seriously nice nitrile gloves.
@bmilne81 Those are default numbers; FedEx will probably update the dimensions and weight when it hits the first automated check after unloading the truck.
Was expecting mine much later in the day but heard the truck pull up early… it looked kinda heavy and it was!
Case (6 pack) Syndicate stacked planters, ceramic tabletop garden! Very nice. Seems all sold old but was $20+ per at Walmart. Will use a couple to see if I can grow some herbs and pass on the others to friends.
Mine arrived faster than the random tshirts from the mehathon (still waiting on those.) Received a cold mist humidifier, 3 size small sports bras, knife set, iPhone cable, fake security cameras, tan Meg bag, and 32 pixel trackers.
With all the other IRK I now have about one hundred of these things. With the servers down, anyone have an actual use for them? Paint them like googlie eyes? Trick-or-treat fillers for unsuspecting kids? (Wait, that could be weird to think you could track all the kids. But it would be an interesting social experiment to see what neighborhood the trick-or-treaters travel from, to get the good candy.)
@braveit1 If you have an iPhone, the TrackRs are pretty much useless. If you have an Android, then the Swiftfinder app will recognize them, and they become somewhat more useful. But nobody has that many fiddly items that they need to track.
On the other hand, with a whole bunch of them, you could pair a bunch to one Android phone, conceal them in places all over a cluttered room (in places where they can still be heard), and then sit nearby and prank someone by pinging different ones.
I must not do this. I will not do this. Okay, I will not do this to anyone who lives here. Well, maybe one certain cat, but he’d probably just ignore the tweedles.
got this today… literally qty= 212 trackR’s, 3 small sports bras that the tag says 34$ each (my daughters may use them) and the tan IRK bag. NO idea what I’m gonna do with 212 trackR’s - I wonder if people use them for their pets… How many things can I add to be tracked on my phone LOL? I am not sure I’ll use 10 but I’ll donate or give them away b/c I doubt I can sell them. I did see the note about swiftfinder app and will try that out
Oh, dear. The quantity of TrackRs keeps ratcheting up, and my IRK is still “processing”. I am now wondering whether I need to preemptively regret a suggestion I made about them recently.
Speculation is pointless, though. The reality will present itself in due time. Until then, there are cats whose heads need a scritch, and a thing that needs assembling, and another thirty or forty things that need fixing.
Got mine today:
-5 pack of Trackr pixels (looks like I lucked out compared to others)
-pair of kitchen shears
-bag of vanilla flavored melt able
-portable iron & garment steamer
Brookstone heated wearable throw
tan bag
and also what would have a been a decent candle if it wasn’t smashed to hell from having basically no packaging materials. Didn’t dare bring it in because there were shards of the glass everywhere, even cut myself from a small piece stuck on the bag that I didn’t see.
I’m so sad. I love getting IRKs but mine was just stolen off my front step. And I had been having such a good day too. Now I’m just bummed. Also I HATE not knowing what might have been in there. That part might haunt me lol.
What a Box of Crap. The best thing I got was the IRK bag. All the rest will be donated. Nothing worth mentioning (other than the bag), not even any trackers. I may have PTSD with this one, though I can’t say Meh didn’t warn me.
I only got one set of 6 “Syndicate home garden” stackable herb garden ceramic planters and a blue IRK bag.
I suppose I can swing around Lowes or Home Despot and see if they have any shade-friendly houseplants in 4" planters. Any suggestions on what to keep my eye out for?
@sjk3 I got those too. Find a friend who has some pothos or spiders who’ll give you some clippings or babies for free. Super easy to propagate in some water and they’re hard to kill
@jennafer74@Lynnerizer@sjk3 I had to look up what pothos were. Mom had a ton of those too and they were another one that seemed to live forever. Me, I managed to kill a cactus. No green thumb here but mom had about a billion plants around the house, a huge garden such that playing in the yard as a kid resulted in being yelled at on occasion due to endangering plants, and my middle sister seems to have inherited that flaw skill too.
FedEx tracking has it being delivered today, but also showing it to be still a state away. I’m a little concerned though that the details of the package describe it at
6" x 4" x 1" and weighing 1 pound! I’m not sure they could even get a folded IRK bag into that size package!
@benj Those dimensions are the default ones, not the actual values. Under the circumstances, I’d say there’s a really good chance your box size will update over the weekend, and either arrive tomorrow or Tuesday, but that’s just an experience-based guess.
@werehatrack Thanks! Really haven’t paid much attention before to package details so this just caught me by surprise! I’ll check again over the weekend.
I finally lucked out with my IRK! Got a 12 pack of the TrackR pixels (which I now realize are useless), some acrylic paint, some roll on essential oil, and… drum roll… a Shark HyperAir hair dryer that’s worth $230! Says it’s refurbished on the box but looks brand new inside. It’s all useless to me but the hair dryer will be a nice gift for someone. Feels good to finally luck out on one of these.
Not too bad for $17.76. 3 of the tracker things, 3 2 packs of car lighter charger bases, 3 pack of silver acrylic paint, and… wait for it… a 600w portable power station! Idk WTF I’m going to do with that but not too shabby for the price. Oh and the meh bag.
18-TrackR’s (donation pile)
6-Essential oils (yay!)
6-Universal Car Chargers (won’t run out anytime soon)
1-Cuisinart Smart Stick Hand Blender(my adult daughter “borrowed “ mine
1-LED Corner Floor Light(my husband will freak cuz we are remodeling our office since our adult children recently moved out)
1Meh brown bag
@pattyrusk1 HAHAHA you got the better end of the deal with your new hand blender. Watch your daughter sneak the borrowed one back home and swipe this one.
I was shocked I actually got one, woke up nearly 8am on the dot.
I received a case of 6 ceramic planters with water reserviors on the bottom. It’s perfect timing as I have a bunch of pothos and spiders I’ve been propagating that need to get planted soon!
Also, a meh bag in a pretty blue color. Overall, I’m pleased with this one.
Glad I didn’t get any more TrakRs. I couldn’t give away the bunch I had from prior IRKs.
0 trackers
1 blue meh bag
1 machine washable, ultra soft, hypoallergenic, evenly filled, superior warmth, super plush, all season, (king or California king) down (alternative) comforter
Crow said that she has seen tortoise owners begin to put trackers on their tortoises because, not only do they escape often, but when they do, they go so far.
Specs
What’s Included?
It is a mystery ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Price Comparison
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Warranty
Throw it in the trash
Estimated Delivery
Friday, Sep 8 - Monday, Sep 11
/giphy excitedly-charming-pepper
Feels good to have this back
/giphy ndigo-webbed-friction
/giphy classic meh
@poids would be a Fukubukuro for what, $5?
/giphy fukushima meh
/giphy jingly-energetic-roll
Not sold out in the first 2 minutes?
Looks like MEH has scared off a lot of people.
@chaos13 no, they are just holding it for their friends on the east coast
For that price I hope we get an American flag with it!
/giphy broad-worst-lithium
@tonylegrone
/giphy confused dog
Hurry up and buy all of them so I don’t have to.
@zhicks1987 I bought one anyway.
@zhicks1987
/giphy you had to
/giphy authentic-terrible-wound
Oh, why not. Now it’s time to sleep.
@simtel20 Well, I got it. Some sports bras, 2 5-packs of trackRs, some sports bras that our way too skinny neice may be able to use, a non-stick pan and lid we’ll give to a friend, a doorbell camera, and a lot of compression socks. Oh, and a couple of masks, just in time for winter 'rona 2023. For the price, this was a great IRK - there is nothing I regret receiving like vinyl stick-on designs.
/giphy better-seductive-thought
definitely not what I was expecting almost a minute past the hour! Thanks for keeping the dream alive!
/giphy portly-tailored-dumpling
Sure. Why the hell not?
/giphy gushy-innate-vein
Been a long time…
/giphy accessible-rushing-pirate
/giphy spontaneous-misanthropic-wing
Woo! Price is a bit high but still cheaper overall thanks to no extra purchases needed!
/giphy venerable-terrifying-station
Honestly don’t know why I bought this. Habit I guess The last couple have been truly regrettable.
@Raptor_007 Agreed. It is definitely habit
@Raptor_007 @snichola it’s a bad habit. I’m having nun of it.
@Raptor_007 back when Id land one for five bucks I wouldnt care if I wound up with half of a broken crock pot. For almost twenty bucks Id be pissed about it.
@Raptor_007 Meh has trained us well with intermittent reinforcement.
@fuzzmanmatt @Raptor_007 @snichola
/image mrs davis Betty Gilpin
/giphy agonizing-complex-meerkat
/giphy steep-crowded-zoo
What?!?! What’s happening? Why?!?
I’ve never caught a midnight IRK! My daughter asked what time it was and I answered then came here, what are the chances?!?
/giphy sweaty-nasally-bubble
/giphy estatic-I’ll-skate
Maybe the giph is prophetic?
If this IRK is like the last few I received, I should see a doctor to have my head examined!
@lonocat I think that actor needed more than his head examined
My tired brain bought first, then realized I paid $20 for an IRK… Welp here we are
/giphy lax-thorny-donkey
@kuoers Still time to cancel!
Dilemma: Cancel it and regret it when others list their treasures or don’t cancel it and regret it when you see the trash you paid over $18 for (with tax).
@kuoers One of my ultimate favorite video games to this day! Had one of the hardest final boss fights, too.
/buy
@OldCatLady It worked! Your order number is: upbeat-quarrelsome-bushbaby
/image upbeat quarrelsome bushbaby
National toilet paper day and an IRK offering on the same day? Hmmm…
@cengland0 Yep, and probably similar stuff passing through both.
@cengland0 I am of the opinion National Toilet Paper Day needs to be moved to March 13 so we can all share in collective trauma together.
@Catburd Please enlighten me on the significance of March 13.
@Catburd @cengland0 start of Covid lockdown anniversary? Idk. Can’t remember much about that time
@cengland0 It’s the day that the US declared national emergency status in 2020, and people stood in line for hours to completely clear stores out of toilet paper.
I remember it because it was on Friday, which was the day I normally did my grocery shopping on the way home from work. Work let everyone out early, but we were IT so we were stuck in until about 8.
The checkouts were backed up literally halfway around the perimeter of the store, and most of the carts were piled about a foot over the top with toilet paper for the first 100 yards or so, then they began to switch over to paper towels once the stocked inventory ran out.
So I just dumped my cart in the indoor corral and went to the suspiciously empty liquor store and ate out of my tornado pantry for a month.
/giphy gawky-violet-sandman
Oh God, What did I just do? has never seemed more appropriate.
First time I can actually pass one of these and not regret missing out on later regret. Came up when money is too tight thanks to one very, very allergic dog and a vet visit yesterday. He is now fine, and that’s worth every penny.
/giphy ugly-octagonal-mist
Fatty-solid-nose.
Good night every body…
@kcface You forgot your giphy!!
/giphy Fatty-solid-nose
Fixed it for you!!
i already regret buying this after remembering what was in my last bag
Woo hoo! Used my suggestion box discount code.
/giphy swanky-lean-expert
@ironcheftoni Bold!
/giphy harmonious-laden-sleet
Viva la revolución -
I may buy it to show support for the price
My wife just spent $ 200+ on a pocket book so $ 17.76 on an IRK is a deal.
@Felton10 Well I just bought a $150 bottle of bourbon and an IRK. It’s a win win.
@Felton10 @SteveOOO which bottle?
@Felton10 @SteveOOO Holy crap! Alcohol costs that much? (you can tell I don’t drink). I hope it is a big bottle so you can get a number of glasses out of it.
@SteveOOO @warpedrotors Yes-what is the name of the bourbon-our daughter is a big bourbon fan so much so she named her new dog Weller. Bet she has both heard of it and drank it.
@Kidsandliz @SteveOOO Yes and more-our daughter has bought and sold bottles of bourbon for hundreds of dollars.
Our anniversary is coming up and she bought it and said it was her anniversary present. I assume other wifes pull this same stunt buying something and saying you don’t have to buy me something for the upcoming occasion as I just bought this for myself. Think they can only get away with something like this if you have been married over 50 years like I have.
@Felton10 My parents (62 years next month) are the opposite. My mom and I used to go to a couple high-end craft shows every year. My dad would always tell her to buy herself something nice if it was near her birthday or their anniversary for them to count it as her gift. I don’t think she did that more than once or twice, and then it was after a lot of her debating whether she should buy it and me pushing her to. It wasn’t so much about the money as it was her spending it on herself.
What the hell did I just buy?
@novastarj regret
/giphy entertained cantankerous stitch
Something went terribly wrong, terribly terribly wrong
But when I saw the irk, I had to jerk, something went terribly wrong!
I’m too late. Oh well. Maybe next time
@pattyrusk1 I stand corrected. I tried again at 5AM and I finally got one
/giphy callous-welcome-recess
@SirEgg Go Team Venture!
Uh, missed out. Will have to dry my tears with my fukubukuro bags.
/giphy 1776 Interesting Price
@poids Yeah, I would’ve expected that back on July 4th or something.
/giphy official-buttoned-discovery
It’s my birthday today kinda cool to have an Irk today! LOL.
I was also on a plane that had just arrived at it’s gate. I had just turned off airplane mode and noticed it was 12:00 AM. Hop on the browser go to Meh.com and the page took a while to load (as is common at midnight.) The Meh button appeared before the picture of the Irk appeared so I had instinctively tapped that before I saw “IRK!!!.” Despite the slow, crappy cellular connection (not wi-fi) I still managed to get one. Not bad.
@boc Happy Birthday! I hope your irk contains something you want to keep.
@boc Happy birthday!
@boc Happy Birthday!
@boc Happy bIRKday!
Huh. I had given up on these midnight IRK drops, so I’ve been less OCD about checking in exactly at midnight. And tonight that apathy really paid off, because I was lucky enough to miss this one…!
I guess I’m in a
/giphy obligated-dirty-place
Haven’t even posted/complained about my IRK from earlier in the month. But when I check in at 11:03 and it’s an IRK and still up, yeah, I’m obligated.
This “we are holding some til morning” is BS! I pay for a membership to this crap site and yet there are deals for “extra special” members or people that wake up at 5am. BFingS
@jburnsiii If you don’t get one at 8AM EST there may still be some for “meh-bers hour” at 4PM EST!! Cheer Up!!
/giphy cheer up
@jburnsiii have you tried turning it off and back on again?
@jburnsiii rawr angry
@jburnsiii I’m setting my alarm but I can’t get 2 per day right? That’d just be insane
@00null00 Correct. One IRK limit on any given IRK day.
@jburnsiii Have a sticker.
Not even sorry I missed it. I like the coffeemaker I bought in the recent Meh-rathon. But the $8 IRK-via-Side Deal I bought because I had passed the $30 mark had zero items of value to me. Even the IRK bag just adds to my already excessive pile of totes. The thrill is gone.
No one gets up at 8am on a Saturday, Meh. Save some for the afternoon crowd, not the morning “crowd”!
@Telanis as a vmp , i think u get the 4:00:00pm special
@Telanis I did. And now back to sleep
@Telanis my kids get me up at 6 so… I got one
@Telanis I was up at 6, and still missed it.
@Telanis I stayed up until 8AM, just for this…and it worked!
I’d be tempted if they could guarantee an OG yellow IRK bag… (or navy blue! :))
@lehigh I think I have at least 2 navy bags, maybe more, if you want a trade.
Woop!
/giphy impolite-fluid-wound
/giphy unpopular-mediocre-brush
/giphy tolerable-taunting-dove
SNAGGED woohoo!! NOW I SLEEP
/giphy young-glistening-mummy
@00null00 giphy is 0 for 3 on that one.
/giphy dapper-middle-caper
@callow Now that’s something Meh should sell!
Huzzah!
/giphy petulant-boorish-hippopotamus
/giphy internal-fantabulous-marmot
It’s fine, I didn’t want one anyways.
@imshadow22 You’re lucky. I got one and already regret it.
Whoa! Those went fast. Why aren’t you sleeping in, people?
/giphy pushy-common-bone
WOOOOOOOOOOO! I finally got a IRK before they sold out!
@rob55431 me too!
@rob55431 Me too. Now I have to get through the rest of the day with the feeling of shame and regret.
/giphy panoramic-valuable-texture
And instant ragrets. Lots of them.
I shouldn’t be spending money, especially for things I don’t want.
I don’t expect these to be
panoramic(unless it’s a pair of sweatpants I stick on my head), and practically guaranteed to not bevaluable. Probably will have atexture, though.The advantage of moving to the west coast and being up to nurse my newborn. Wining an irk?! Jury is still out…
@cutiecupid15 congrats on the newborn. Good thing there are new mommy hormones to get you through the so tired you’d kill for some sleep moments. Or the momentary (more often in their teen years), what was I thinking? moments. Seriously though enjoy this kid you made.
Eek
/giphy fluctuating-welcome-toffee
/giphy jumping-eaten-strudel
I’ve spent the past month slowly trashing/donating dozens of things that I’ve received and have been accumulating from 30+ Fuko/IRKs over the past decade (sorry not sorry for all the Instagram tags, @wearemeh), and it looks like I’m going to have another box full of shit to toss within the next few weeks.
@steelopus It’s called gifting.
@Shoebox23 Giving someone over 100 useless TrackR pixels is not a gift, it’s a curse.
Uh okay, these better be shit like the last ones I bought were or I might be actually pissed that I missed it.
I wonder how many IRK purchasers hit the ‘meh’ button all month long…
I have bad news for you guys.
@jjnova I always hit the Meh button in a feeble attempt to maintain a streak I’m not embarrassed to share with the rest of you, but I’ve always been able to then hit the Buy button. Does that not work with IRKs?
/giphy manageable-humdrum-brain
Where’s the reveal thread?
@sligett It will be started when an early recipient posts something.
/giphy volatile-melted-thunder
Considering my last 3 IRKs were so bad they just went right in the trash… meh.
@ohhwell One IRK had a specialty battery and charger. It looked like an XL AA battery. It fit in nothing I owned and the battery was five years expired
I did learn that these same batteries are used in the battery compartment in a Tesla which I found fascinating.
@Shoebox23 sounds like an 18650 cell. That’s better than the 6 TrackR pucks I got considering the company closed up shop and they are completely worthless now lol.
@ohhwell There is an app that works (only) on androids. See the most recent reveal threat as several posted about it (sorry, too lazy to go look for you).
@ohhwell Post the diameter and length of that lithium battery and many of us will be able to tell you whether it’s an oddball size or one of the ones found in lots more places than just Teslas. (The most common is 18mm x 65 mm, but there are lots of others as well.)
@Kidsandliz Ahh, looks like maybe Swiftfinder? Unfortunately, I already tossed all the TrackR Pixels.
@ohhwell Yeah that is what it is called. I have a good 50-70 of the things if you want any.
I looked at my clock at 11:50 and considered waiting up for the next day on meh, but didn’t.
Damn it sleepiness.
Will the TrackRs and Casery ever vanish?
@werehatrack I sure hope so. It must be cheaper to ship them out to us than pay for desposal…
My last IRK had a goddamn handheld Dyson knock off we use all the time. But there were TrackRs in there too. I’ll gladly throw up my hands and ask the gods of chance to play when I can. (Though I’m late to the party this time.)
/giphy pressed-ambiguous-talk
I need more craft paint in my life.
@sillyheathen You want my case of brown?
Best keep track of this one; may need them when a flock of terrorist migratory geese lands on the lawn and refuses to leave.
@werehatrack The area outside the office I used to work in was a favorite spot for Canada geese to hang out like a bunch of juvenile delinquents. They liked to stand in the (lightly used) road and refuse to move until they were good and ready. The building manager sent out instructions for how to act around the geese so they wouldn’t attack you and what to do if they did.
@lisagd @werehatrack Do TrackRs work well in slingshots (I mean, they’re like mini discuses), or do the fish and game people frown on that?
@lisagd @phendrick Without launching them with a heck of a bunch of spin, individual ones are going to flutter and fall with little effect. Their density isn’t very high, so gluing them together to make a bigger slug is unlikely to produce a projectile worth using. Your best bet is to rewrite the instructions in Simplified Canadian Waterfowl, and leave the TrackRs and instructions where the geese can find them. When the process of getting one to be useful proves too annoying, they should move on. Or they’ll detect your scent, track you down, and attack. It’s really hard to say which. They’re geese.
@lisagd @werehatrack did the instructions state to sternly stare them down while screaming “HONK!!” back at 'em?
That’s what appears to work for me.
@lisagd @werehatrack I had a similar situation at a park across the street from my former workplace. The geese were obnoxious and left a terrible mess.
@macromeh @werehatrack Wow! That’s a lot of geese!
@PHRoG @werehatrack Haha! We were told Do not make eye contact. They’re funny that way.
@lisagd @PHRoG @werehatrack You’d likely need a thermonuclear protection umbrella if you made eye contact.
@Kidsandliz @PHRoG @werehatrack You’re probably right.
@Kidsandliz @lisagd @PHRoG @werehatrack At the park in the photo above, there was (all too often) a small child or dog who would take delight in running toward the flock on the ground, causing hundreds of them to take to the air. Trust me, you would rather have that many geese on the ground than in the air over your head!
@macromeh That’s an error on a par with suddenly screaming “EEEWWWW! BATS!” in a decomissioned railroad tunnel. (N.B.; I have never been an eyewitness to that mistake, but I know two people who have.)
@Kidsandliz @macromeh @PHRoG @werehatrack For sure!
@lisagd @macromeh @PHRoG Wait what? You don’t want white “rain” on your head?
@Kidsandliz @macromeh @PHRoG Ever since a bird “rained” on a silk jacket I was wearing and ruined it, I’m anti-white rain.
My last IRK had Casery and TrackR junk up the wazoo, but also contained a bunch of hand sanitizer, so at least I was able to get drunk on the cheap for a bit.
@thechinglish mine was exactly the same plus 1 pillow
@carolqueen OH THATS WHAT THAT THING IS. I didn’t take it out of the bag yet but that’s definitely what it looked like. Some unholy gigantic pillow thing.
Is this a “Meh going out of business” sale?
@hchavers No, this is more like a “Meh giving us the business” sale.
/showme the best way to get an irk at 4pm
@mediocrebot ah, look at my watch so I know what time it is.
Thanks mediocrebot… I’ll give that a try.
@OnionSoup
/giphy tattoo
/showme the worst way to win an irk
@mediocrebot don’t write ‘wo wo’ on a piece of paper… Got it, I’ll be sure not to do that.
Thank you mediocrebot, you’re always helpful
Posting a post so it doesn’t captcha me.
Beep beep boop boop. (I assume if you failed CAPTCHA you now understand Robot.)
@OnionSoup Does that… work?
@mossygreen presumably. Didn’t get a captcha but didn’t win the wifi latency lottery either.
Please realize CAPTCHA is a fellow robot like you.
Damn that was fast
@tinamarie1974
That’s what she said.
I guess there was just exactly one.
@DrunkCat One IRK to annoy them all and in the darkness remind them.
@DrunkCat In the end, there can only be one.
I got a we don’t know what item you’re trying to buy….
Yeah, too fast.
I missed out this time, but I support the affordable IRKs!
Thanks for considering the people who liked the race! /image adherent-ardent-war
/giphy outstanding-savory-moon
Wow, how few were saved? I don’t remember what the previous count was, but it seems it was in the very high 500’s.
@blaineg shows 20
sigh
Ah, web site shows there were only 20
Site was so overloaded, the dialog box never even opened.
I think I might finally cancel my membership. No sense in keeping it when it is so impossible to get an IRK for a reasonable price these days and I’m wasting $60/year on monthly membership fees
Insane, I’ve seen PS5 drops in November sell slower than this
Anyways, hope you all had some fun and I can’t wait to see what you got! WOOHOO YOU HAD A MEHRATHON!!
@Lynnerizer Hope your kidney stones don’t come back (I get them too and they sure suck). Send me postage and I’ll make you up an irk. I’ll even give you a bag.
@Kidsandliz @Kidsandliz Aww that’s so sweet of you! I guess I’ll have to wait for the next mehrathon to get a IRK only because, quite honestly, IDK how to send you the shipping cost. Yes, I know, it’s embarrassing!🫣 I’m just now ordering more checks. Do other people still even use checks? Hmmm
Kidney stones, they are awful! I think the pain from the stints is even worse than the stones, at least this time anyway, maybe because I ended up needing 2 of them. Unfortunately, I’m a chronic grower oxalate kidney stones so I’m sure they’ll be back!
There’s always hope though!
@Lynnerizer Well I have paypal and when your checks come in you are welcome to whisper me and we can do this. I have plenty of stuff from irks I can send you (largely because I haven’t gotten around to starting another unofficial mehrican exchange). But beware I won’t promise no trackers.
My first kidney stone was on a thanksgiving morning. Yeah the timing of that was so very fine. Fortunately I passed it at urgent care and didn’t need to be hospitalized although the toilet bowl full of bright red blood was unnerving as I had no idea what was going on at the time. I currently have one sitting mid kidney. Only 2mm and is stable as coincidentally seen in the CT scans for the follicular non-hodgkin’s lymphoma. CT’s are a mixed blessing. Dread for do I need treatment again and two years ago vindication with “I told you so, it’s not hypochondria” when pancreatitis showed up on it and my oncologist then ordered the blood work to back up what was seen. Gotta love how women aren’t believed (research backs that up).
Well it has shipped it says it will be here on friday. And no being FedEx will be Friday at 9:00 at night
You’re fortunate. Mine hasn’t shipped yet.
@pattyrusk1 Mine is on truck for delivery today
@pattyrusk1 @raccoon81 Mine is suppose to be here tomorrow, Thursday.
@fjp999 @pattyrusk1 Mine is sitting on the porch. Gotta get off work before someone tries taking the big box. Sadly looked pretty light.
@pattyrusk1 @raccoon81
/giphy anticipation
@fjp999 @pattyrusk1 had to wait for wife to get home to open.
Contents were better than total disappointment.
Wife happy about
Blow dryer
2 tea pot diffusers
4 10k mah battery oacks. Seem to have fast charging.
Box of nitrile gloves, fit her hands not mine
3 bracelets
One shirt she didn’t like
One obligatory trackr to give to someone with android.
One blue bag
Overall didn’t get in too much trouble this time.
@fjp999 @raccoon81 Nice!
@raccoon81
@pattyrusk1 mine shipped today
@thismyusername are you suggesting cutting off someone’s hand and framing it?
@pattyrusk1 @raccoon81
/giphy there is hope
@fjp999 @pattyrusk1 @raccoon81 Those Nickleback gloves are fantastic as gloves. Rockstars - not so much… im sure she can make good use of them. Seriously nice nitrile gloves.
@thismyusername @YETB Oh… I didn’t catch that the brand was nickelback. Strange combination
Mine just shipped… 1lb, 6"x4"x1"… what is it, a pack of postcards?
@bmilne81 Those are default numbers; FedEx will probably update the dimensions and weight when it hits the first automated check after unloading the truck.
@werehatrack Oh good to know, thank you!
/giphy guilty-noiseless-food
32 TrackR Tags. I will be tracking random stuff until the batteries die. (Meh must have had a truckload of these)
6 Plastic wine goblets. Kindy rubbery plastic - will see some porch use…
IRK bag.
2 dark blue sports bras. Small. Already claimed by a family member.
@YETB I think they had a truckload of truckloads of TrackR tags. fortunate I only got 1.
Those wine goblets would have worked well in travel trailer.
@YETB mine was similar. 32 trackers, 3 size small sport bras, knife set, and some other stuff.
Was expecting mine much later in the day but heard the truck pull up early… it looked kinda heavy and it was!
Case (6 pack) Syndicate stacked planters, ceramic tabletop garden! Very nice. Seems all sold old but was $20+ per at Walmart. Will use a couple to see if I can grow some herbs and pass on the others to friends.
Navy blue IRK bag.
And the usual trackers x4.
Thanks meh!
/giphy Thanks Meh!
Mine arrived faster than the random tshirts from the mehathon (still waiting on those.) Received a cold mist humidifier, 3 size small sports bras, knife set, iPhone cable, fake security cameras, tan Meg bag, and 32 pixel trackers.
With all the other IRK I now have about one hundred of these things. With the servers down, anyone have an actual use for them? Paint them like googlie eyes? Trick-or-treat fillers for unsuspecting kids? (Wait, that could be weird to think you could track all the kids. But it would be an interesting social experiment to see what neighborhood the trick-or-treaters travel from, to get the good candy.)
@braveit1 If you have an iPhone, the TrackRs are pretty much useless. If you have an Android, then the Swiftfinder app will recognize them, and they become somewhat more useful. But nobody has that many fiddly items that they need to track.
On the other hand, with a whole bunch of them, you could pair a bunch to one Android phone, conceal them in places all over a cluttered room (in places where they can still be heard), and then sit nearby and prank someone by pinging different ones.
I must not do this. I will not do this. Okay, I will not do this to anyone who lives here. Well, maybe one certain cat, but he’d probably just ignore the tweedles.
got this today… literally qty= 212 trackR’s, 3 small sports bras that the tag says 34$ each (my daughters may use them) and the tan IRK bag. NO idea what I’m gonna do with 212 trackR’s - I wonder if people use them for their pets… How many things can I add to be tracked on my phone LOL? I am not sure I’ll use 10 but I’ll donate or give them away b/c I doubt I can sell them. I did see the note about swiftfinder app and will try that out
@00null00 switfinder only works on android phones
@Kidsandliz I pretty much run all androids
Oh, dear. The quantity of TrackRs keeps ratcheting up, and my IRK is still “processing”. I am now wondering whether I need to preemptively regret a suggestion I made about them recently.
Speculation is pointless, though. The reality will present itself in due time. Until then, there are cats whose heads need a scritch, and a thing that needs assembling, and another thirty or forty things that need fixing.
Got mine today:
-5 pack of Trackr pixels (looks like I lucked out compared to others)
-pair of kitchen shears
-bag of vanilla flavored melt able
-portable iron & garment steamer
All in all a decent haul otherwise
I’m so sad. I love getting IRKs but mine was just stolen off my front step. And I had been having such a good day too. Now I’m just bummed. Also I HATE not knowing what might have been in there. That part might haunt me lol.
I detest thieves.
Thanks for listening.
@qwerty82 Aaargh!!! Let’s hope it was a ton of trackers, glitter, essential oils, and broken crockery. Leaking glitter and oil.
I received my birthday Irk. 7 trackers (crap) and one set of 6 “Syndicate home garden” stackable herb garden ceramic planters. No Irk bag.
@boc contact support for you irk bag
What a Box of Crap. The best thing I got was the IRK bag. All the rest will be donated. Nothing worth mentioning (other than the bag), not even any trackers. I may have PTSD with this one, though I can’t say Meh didn’t warn me.
I only got one set of 6 “Syndicate home garden” stackable herb garden ceramic planters and a blue IRK bag.
I suppose I can swing around Lowes or Home Despot and see if they have any shade-friendly houseplants in 4" planters. Any suggestions on what to keep my eye out for?
@sjk3 I got those too. Find a friend who has some pothos or spiders who’ll give you some clippings or babies for free. Super easy to propagate in some water and they’re hard to kill
@jennafer74 @sjk3 Buy spider plants and eventually they will takeover the world as they send off shoots.
@jennafer74 @Kidsandliz @sjk3
My suggestion, like jennafer74, was the pothos, they’re so easy to propagate and they’ll live through just about anything!
@jennafer74 @Lynnerizer @sjk3 I had to look up what pothos were. Mom had a ton of those too and they were another one that seemed to live forever. Me, I managed to kill a cactus. No green thumb here but mom had about a billion plants around the house, a huge garden such that playing in the yard as a kid resulted in being yelled at on occasion due to endangering plants, and my middle sister seems to have inherited that
flawskill too.FedEx tracking has it being delivered today, but also showing it to be still a state away. I’m a little concerned though that the details of the package describe it at
6" x 4" x 1" and weighing 1 pound! I’m not sure they could even get a folded IRK bag into that size package!
@benj Those dimensions are the default ones, not the actual values. Under the circumstances, I’d say there’s a really good chance your box size will update over the weekend, and either arrive tomorrow or Tuesday, but that’s just an experience-based guess.
@werehatrack Thanks! Really haven’t paid much attention before to package details so this just caught me by surprise! I’ll check again over the weekend.
The package description is a default setting not what you’ll get.
@kcface Thanks! I haven’t run into this before. I had visions of getting 1 pair of women’s socks or 1 wash cloth etc…
@benj @kcface
Or just a handful of Trackrs!
I finally lucked out with my IRK! Got a 12 pack of the TrackR pixels (which I now realize are useless), some acrylic paint, some roll on essential oil, and… drum roll… a Shark HyperAir hair dryer that’s worth $230! Says it’s refurbished on the box but looks brand new inside. It’s all useless to me but the hair dryer will be a nice gift for someone. Feels good to finally luck out on one of these.
@BilledSolid Trackers can be used with android phones and the swiftfinder app.
@Kidsandliz unfortunately I have an iPhone, but I’ll see if I can offer it to a friend with Android!
Warranty
Throw it in the trash
Not too bad for $17.76. 3 of the tracker things, 3 2 packs of car lighter charger bases, 3 pack of silver acrylic paint, and… wait for it… a 600w portable power station! Idk WTF I’m going to do with that but not too shabby for the price. Oh and the meh bag.
@Gamblam I have serious envy about the 600watt power station!!! Power goes out here fairly frequently (along with the water blah blah blah).
Mine arrived today!
18-TrackR’s (donation pile)
6-Essential oils (yay!)
6-Universal Car Chargers (won’t run out anytime soon)
1-Cuisinart Smart Stick Hand Blender(my adult daughter “borrowed “ mine
1-LED Corner Floor Light(my husband will freak cuz we are remodeling our office since our adult children recently moved out)
1Meh brown bag
Definitely one of our BEST IRK!
Thanks Meh
@pattyrusk1
Is that the tall skinny thing that changes colors? If so I’m envious - those are cool!
@pattyrusk1 HAHAHA you got the better end of the deal with your new hand blender. Watch your daughter sneak the borrowed one back home and swipe this one.
@Kyeh yes, the tall, skinny one that changes colors. I’m SO happy
@Kidsandliz I’m considering saving it and giving it to her for Christmas
I was shocked I actually got one, woke up nearly 8am on the dot.
I received a case of 6 ceramic planters with water reserviors on the bottom. It’s perfect timing as I have a bunch of pothos and spiders I’ve been propagating that need to get planted soon!
Also, a meh bag in a pretty blue color. Overall, I’m pleased with this one.
Glad I didn’t get any more TrakRs. I couldn’t give away the bunch I had from prior IRKs.
0 trackers
1 blue meh bag
1 machine washable, ultra soft, hypoallergenic, evenly filled, superior warmth, super plush, all season, (king or California king) down (alternative) comforter
Put those Trakrs to work!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/owner-sought-after-200-pound-tortoise-on-the-run-found-by-dallas-animal-services/ar-AA1h1b5i
It probably takes quite a few to cover a 200 pound tortoise.
Happy ending:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/other/lost-dallas-tortoise-who-once-lived-at-tiger-king-s-zoo-reunited-with-owner/ar-AA1h4KLW#image=1