@cengland0 But, um, the fabric contents don’t add up to 100%… Which part of the sock has the 5% hole? (Or, more concerningly, what is the 5% ingredient they won’t tell us?)
@mandirose Thank you. That is for both the boys and girls I am presuming? Mentioning sizes is important in descriptions!! : ) Might want to go back into the descriptions and add that.
@cengland0 That almost looks like irk under there with his head up a shoe (kind of like one of my cats who entertains herself by shoving her head into my shoes, wraps her front paws around it and then whacks away at the shoe with her rear paws).
I want to buy two men’s packs and one women’s pack shipped to a new address. I’ve tried both my wife’s card and my card. The cards both work other places (I just checked), but here they say they are declined. What gives?
edit: apparently it was waiting for Jen to type it in.
Am I the only one that feels $17-$19 for five pairs of random (i.e. ugly) socks is a ripoff? I might be tempted for ≤$10 but if I’m gonna spend more I want to know what I’m getting.
@RiotDemon When I first found the site I remember reading that it said the western side would get it three hours earlier. Now that you say it I feel a bit of regret for not thinking it through and posting that. Seeing as how I have family in California, and I know their three hours behind, I should have put two and two together. However, you saying it made me do palm to face as the lightbulb finally came on.
Technical question. What is on the home page that uses Adobe Flash? I have an alert to show me when it’s there and it blocks it. But when I enable it, there’s no difference. Makes me curious what that Flash is doing and it worries me because there’s so many security holes in Flash and that’s why I disable it.
@j8048188 I did some more testing and it seems to only show up occasionally. That means it’s semi random and so are the advertisements. The alert appeared when this ad showed up and it does mention swift in the ID.
Could be a different advertisement but I don’t want to sit here all night hitting refresh to look at all the possibilities.
@cengland0 It’s the ad network. They sell ads. Some are still flash. So the ad network bootstrap code detects and loads flash, just in case the auction they hold for your eyeballs is won by a flash ad.
And yes, there really are micro auctions selling your eyeballs in realtime in the cyber. Its what the criminals and governments use to distribute the malware to steal your accounts and passwords and take over your computer. Its as easy as buying ads for the company whose webservers they’ve hacked.
Cloud-based crowdsourced interdiction (TrendMicro, McAfee, Symantec, Avast, IOBit - they all have it in their “browser protection”) is the best solution we have against that threat now. But it means giving up your surfing privacy to the “protection” service - including when you send passwords to login to sites. We are just damned if we do and damned if we don’t.
I have 14 identical pairs of black socks. Never have to fold them, just chuck em in a corner of my drawer. They’re starting to wear out, and I’d like to run replacements from Meh. However, I’ve never seen a boring, practical, black sock.
@Kidsandliz Does your cat do that all the time or just when high on catnip? Ours has a tendency to paw the crap out of the shoelaces on tennis shoes. When we give him catnip he lays on his side next to the shoe and can barely raise a paw to run it down the laces. Just curious because your description gave me one heck of a mental image and I couldn’t stop laughing.
@Kidsandliz Then I adore your cat! Crazy little creatures they are. Ours is a combo cat-dog. We’ve trained it to obey quite a number of commands but your cat sounds great. You never know what you’re bringing home.
@WTFsunshine She is a sweetie. I bottle fed her from less than a week old when she was abandoned by her mom. I have another one I call goat cat as she hangs out on the top of doors. Buried in some thread somewhere is a photo of her. All of mine were strays. My previous batch of cats knew a number of commands. I haven’t made enough effort with this bunch although they have a basic set of about 15ish. People don’t realize you can train cats the way you have and I did with my other bunch.
@Kidsandliz Ours was also a stray. Six months old and kept coming around the 911 center. Friendly as all get out. Had to convince my SO to keep him. Got back to the center just in time since one of the other employees were crating him up to take him to the shelter. They were nice enough to go get supplies and take him to our house. Since we were both working she gave my son the best present in the world. He even wrote a story about it in 3rd grade about how she drove up in her red truck and delivered the cat to him. And I LOVE your goat cat too! Amazing little bugger she is. Other than the darker tail has same markings as ours.
@WTFsunshine Often the rescued strays are such loving cats. All of mine are strays and I have never yet had a mean kitty. Sounds like yours fits that “rule” too.
No hint whatsoever on the men’s socks? nothing? I’m contestably the poorest vmp member, so a subtle clue would be appreciated.
I have a yarn or two to spin about the ‘op’s’ particular cotton/polyester blend, but this perhaps is neither the time nor place to elaborate. I myself had a significant other that gave the greatest foot massages in the world> I don’t know at what point
The time! I either have to order these or go to bed…If I could hook those breathalizers of a few days ago up to my laptop, I’d definately be a few dollars richer.
@mandirose Thanks. yep. I took a chance and ordered them last night. (Actually, my rule is,if I make an assanine post, I have to buy whatever’s up for sale. I guess I view it as ‘ban insurance’. Or would that be ban amnesty? Anyway, I think you get the reasoning.
So meh. Every day and I am happier I canceled my VMP membership. Haven’t bought anything in months, much less twice in a month to get any benefit out of VMP.
men’s socks are knee highs now? modeled on daintily arched thin feet? riiiiight…
(i’m a firm believer that things like socks don’t need to/shouldn’t be gendered - just go by shoe size [and calf circumference in the case of knee or thigh highs] but…)
I Want to know why the sexual discrimination here, it appears that Meh is charging $2 more for the men’s than the women’s… is this a $2 discount for women, or a $2 upcharge for men… I’m tempted to buy the women’s just to spite you… (Although… none will fit my big feet.)
@sammydog01 I never got that argument. Men’s shirts are much easier to make- they’re basically bags with holes in them. Women’s shirts tend to be fitted which complicates things. I used to have long hair, and I can tell you it was much more involved getting it cut. Women can wear men’s shirts or go to the barber if they choose.
@Pantheist I get my hair cut… Takes less than five minutes including the consultation. Regular places want to charge me like I’m getting some super complicated hairstyle when all I’m getting is the ends trimmed. I think all places should charge according to the actual haircut complexity.
This is why a lot of times I’ll trim my own hair or go to a place that charges a flat rate of $10-15 no matter what kind of hair you have.
Whoa! I have the black/purple monster socks! These ones:
My sister gave them to me at least a year ago, maybe two. I like silly socks, but these aren’t my favorite, design-wise… but they’re super comfortable. They’re very stretchy, but for some reason, the way they’re made (from the changes in color, I imagine) make the arch and ankle parts just a little more snug, in a way that feels really great to pull on. They fit like a… well… glove, but for feet, which I guess would just be a sock. So I actually still wear the damn things, even though the colors don’t look so great any more. They’re dirty in my hamper, or else I’d take a picture.
Would I pay $17 for the chance of getting more? No, but it turns out that Amazon has a four-pack for $12. Thanks for making me look that up, Meh!
@mandirose who is to say they arent the same - are you saying “random assortment” isnt the same as “random assortment”? They both be equally ugly to me. And “Minx NY” wasn’t a selling point in the Meh offer, it was the random nature that was the draw.
I didn’t mean to spam, was just noting a source for those still looking for “random socks” after the Meh deal was gone.
You’re free to wait for them to come around again, for the inevitable “Mehja Vu” sale.
My socks came! I looked at the photo and thought I want all the monster socks, so I’ll probably get all the other socks. But I got all the monster socks! They are hideous. I’m so happy.
Got em! I love that they just came as a big bag stuffed full of socks. 2 of my men’s pairs are some sort of neon grid thing that I don’t like, but the rest are great. Seem to be good quality too. Even got a few pairs of monster socks!
Got em! And love 'em! Except that I didn’t get any monster socks! And I bought 3 sets to be sure that I might. Instead, I have 3 of some, 2 of more, and 1 of only one. Some more variety would have been nice. Oh well, I’ll wear these.
EDIT: Looks like the monster socks were in the women’s pack. I am assuredly not a woman. I’m a very manly man, so manly in fact that I’ll wear these socks. All of them. Maybe I’ll save one of the pairs that I have 3 of to wear 3 days in a row, even. See if anyone notices.
Specs
Materials
What’s in the Box?
5x Pairs of Socks
or
12x Pairs of Kids socks
Warranty
90 Day Mediocre
Estimated Delivery
Thursday, Nov 2 - Monday, Nov 6
Dear Women, you cannot complain because some options are for you this time.
@cengland0 Also ladies get more cotton in their socks, presumably for the comfort of their dainty lady feet.
@cengland0 Even the Men’s socks appear to be quite… unmanly
@lichme Even if they weren’t random, I couldn’t pick any pair from the sets shown that I would ever wear in public.
@cengland0 There isn’t a pair in there I wouldn’t wear in public. Funky socks are great. Mismatched funky socks even better!
@lichme They don’t even look like mens’ legs inside the unmanly socks !
@cengland0 But, um, the fabric contents don’t add up to 100%… Which part of the sock has the 5% hole? (Or, more concerningly, what is the 5% ingredient they won’t tell us?)
@AbdiViklas
Socklent green is people.
IT’S PEOPLE!!!
/giphy Soylent Green
@AbdiViklas The women’s socks were made with 5% love.
This deal really socks!
@jsimsace This deal seally rocks!
I don’t buy socks without model numbers. Pass.
@warpedrotors The model numbers are Men5pk, Women5pk, Boy12pk, and Girl12pk
Do they come with Bluetooth or speakers?
Hmm, I’m not sure if I want these socks, but we finally have some cotton content! And weird faces! So I guess I do want them!
/image dumb-quilted-air
@mossygreen That was a disappointing image.
/giphy dumb-quilted-air
That’s better
I’ve already gotten too many socks on Meh.
My son, however…
/giphy wholesome-gilded-cooler
Today trouser socks, tomorrow trouser snakes!
@Hanky Do those come in women’s sizes?
@skemmehs What size are the kids’ socks? They sized for the pre-school set or the grade school set?
@Kidsandliz one size fits most
@jml326 No one size does not fit most. The range is huge.
@Kidsandliz I’m wondering, too. Great nephews & great nieces have all kindsa feet!
@gertiestn Then these should fit at least one of them.
@Kidsandliz 11-4!
@mandirose Thank you. That is for both the boys and girls I am presuming? Mentioning sizes is important in descriptions!! : ) Might want to go back into the descriptions and add that.
Boy socks not toddler socks with grip bottoms? My kid would slip and die when running in circles
@jml326 Kids must learn about gravity and momentum at some point.
Some of those men’s socks reminds me of the OZ witch that got crushed by the house.
@cengland0 That almost looks like irk under there with his head up a shoe (kind of like one of my cats who entertains herself by shoving her head into my shoes, wraps her front paws around it and then whacks away at the shoe with her rear paws).
@Kidsandliz You mean Glen – not Irk, right?
@cengland0 It’s late I am tired. But yes… He needs photoshopped under the house.
Sock it to meh
@gyozilla Ok, here:
If the men’s socks were at a lower price point I’d be in, hard to justify spending $3 per pair on something I might not even like
Well I am a su[o]cker for socks!
/giphy fretful-painstaking-window
@thekenya ha window(s)
Will they work with a Mac?
@DaveInSoCal You can buy them using your mac.
@cengland0 @DaveInSoCal on with a person named Mac. If you have dog named Mac I am sure the dog would like to destroy them…
@DaveInSoCal
Just don’t tell @narfcake that they’re not Windows Phone compatible.
@DaveInSoCal @PlacidPenguin
/giphy Mac compatible socks.
As much as I love and collect socks, will have to pass on these. The women’s sock designs are just not appealing.
I want to buy two men’s packs and one women’s pack shipped to a new address. I’ve tried both my wife’s card and my card. The cards both work other places (I just checked), but here they say they are declined. What gives?
edit: apparently it was waiting for Jen to type it in.
/image angelic-aromatic-disease
/giphy angelic-aromatic-disease
@Pantheist Do these socks defeat the guinea worm upon exit?
@djslack The monster ones definitely do. Hoping the women’s set is those.
Am I the only one that feels $17-$19 for five pairs of random (i.e. ugly) socks is a ripoff? I might be tempted for ≤$10 but if I’m gonna spend more I want to know what I’m getting.
@FightingMongoos Considering in the first 43 minutes of the sale, they sold 392 sets, there are people that think its a good deal.
@cengland0 I always wondered if that was just us or included the people who get the sale 3 hours prior to us. Just curious.
@WTFsunshine the sale rolls over for everyone at the same time whether that’s midnight or 9pm.
@RiotDemon When I first found the site I remember reading that it said the western side would get it three hours earlier. Now that you say it I feel a bit of regret for not thinking it through and posting that. Seeing as how I have family in California, and I know their three hours behind, I should have put two and two together. However, you saying it made me do palm to face as the lightbulb finally came on.
Why do the women get all the cool monster socks and not the men? <Pout>
@jbsegal because for the longest time only the men got socks - and that would include the mediocre socks!!! HA!
I love all of these, but I can’t justify the expense. Also, I have too many novelty socks already.
(Touché on that lecture against sock sentimentality, by the way. I am completely guilty of treating veteran socks with undue reverence.)
Technical question. What is on the home page that uses Adobe Flash? I have an alert to show me when it’s there and it blocks it. But when I enable it, there’s no difference. Makes me curious what that Flash is doing and it worries me because there’s so many security holes in Flash and that’s why I disable it.
@cengland0 the Meh theme song.
@j8048188 I did some more testing and it seems to only show up occasionally. That means it’s semi random and so are the advertisements. The alert appeared when this ad showed up and it does mention swift in the ID.
Could be a different advertisement but I don’t want to sit here all night hitting refresh to look at all the possibilities.
@cengland0 It’s the ad network. They sell ads. Some are still flash. So the ad network bootstrap code detects and loads flash, just in case the auction they hold for your eyeballs is won by a flash ad.
And yes, there really are micro auctions selling your eyeballs in realtime in the cyber. Its what the criminals and governments use to distribute the malware to steal your accounts and passwords and take over your computer. Its as easy as buying ads for the company whose webservers they’ve hacked.
Cloud-based crowdsourced interdiction (TrendMicro, McAfee, Symantec, Avast, IOBit - they all have it in their “browser protection”) is the best solution we have against that threat now. But it means giving up your surfing privacy to the “protection” service - including when you send passwords to login to sites. We are just damned if we do and damned if we don’t.
I have 14 identical pairs of black socks. Never have to fold them, just chuck em in a corner of my drawer. They’re starting to wear out, and I’d like to run replacements from Meh. However, I’ve never seen a boring, practical, black sock.
@j8048188 I do the same thing. 20 pairs of two shades of gray (gray goes with more clothes than black). Just stuff them all in my sock drawer…easy.
Giphy “graceful wasted dumpling”
@un4gvn1 Well isn’t that efficient!
@djslack Why waste all that time folding 'em up? They’re gonna end up in the same place eventually… LOL
/giphy unpleasant-useful-daisy
@Dierk I think that daisy is pretty pleasant.
Those women’s sock are downright Fugly! Men’s socks are not too bad. Boys socks are decent and the girls socks are iffy.
/giphy melted-alluring-snow
/giphy charismatic-foolish-battle
@Jcast617 Best giphy cartoon ever!
@Kidsandliz Does your cat do that all the time or just when high on catnip? Ours has a tendency to paw the crap out of the shoelaces on tennis shoes. When we give him catnip he lays on his side next to the shoe and can barely raise a paw to run it down the laces. Just curious because your description gave me one heck of a mental image and I couldn’t stop laughing.
@WTFsunshine All the time. And apparently the odor of feet isn’t the least bit off putting either. She’s the shoe headed wonder cat. LOL.
@Kidsandliz Then I adore your cat! Crazy little creatures they are. Ours is a combo cat-dog. We’ve trained it to obey quite a number of commands but your cat sounds great. You never know what you’re bringing home.
@WTFsunshine She is a sweetie. I bottle fed her from less than a week old when she was abandoned by her mom. I have another one I call goat cat as she hangs out on the top of doors. Buried in some thread somewhere is a photo of her. All of mine were strays. My previous batch of cats knew a number of commands. I haven’t made enough effort with this bunch although they have a basic set of about 15ish. People don’t realize you can train cats the way you have and I did with my other bunch.
Oh wait - google and I found my goat cat LOL
@Kidsandliz Ours was also a stray. Six months old and kept coming around the 911 center. Friendly as all get out. Had to convince my SO to keep him. Got back to the center just in time since one of the other employees were crating him up to take him to the shelter. They were nice enough to go get supplies and take him to our house. Since we were both working she gave my son the best present in the world. He even wrote a story about it in 3rd grade about how she drove up in her red truck and delivered the cat to him. And I LOVE your goat cat too! Amazing little bugger she is. Other than the darker tail has same markings as ours.
@WTFsunshine Often the rescued strays are such loving cats. All of mine are strays and I have never yet had a mean kitty. Sounds like yours fits that “rule” too.
No hint whatsoever on the men’s socks? nothing? I’m contestably the poorest vmp member, so a subtle clue would be appreciated.
I have a yarn or two to spin about the ‘op’s’ particular cotton/polyester blend, but this perhaps is neither the time nor place to elaborate. I myself had a significant other that gave the greatest foot massages in the world> I don’t know at what point
The time! I either have to order these or go to bed…If I could hook those breathalizers of a few days ago up to my laptop, I’d definately be a few dollars richer.
@wew a hint about what?
@wew it will be some combination of the socks to the right in the first picture
@mandirose Thanks. yep. I took a chance and ordered them last night. (Actually, my rule is,if I make an assanine post, I have to buy whatever’s up for sale. I guess I view it as ‘ban insurance’. Or would that be ban amnesty? Anyway, I think you get the reasoning.
The “girls” socks are the same style as the women’s socks sold here before. Are they a different size?
@RiotDemon yes they are. The kids size are 11-4 but they’re stretchy so you might get a little higher or a little lower on those sizes
So I’m not really a sock sentimentalist, but I do like to reuse. Anyone have good uses for cast off socks?
I only buy socks from meh.
/giphy torn-gruntled-yak
I c socks meh socks–
I was hoping for shoes as I did not buy yesterday’s deal but I still want to be able to open wine bottles.
Meh
Will the boys socks stretch to fit a man’s size 12 foot?
Asking for a friend…
@Pufferfishy another friend here wants to know the same, as he wants those socks with the days of the week on it
@Froggy @pufferfishy Sorry guys, I think it would be a tough fit. Although, if you do decide to try, please take pics
What size are the boys socks? Would they fit 4T-6T
@SaintO 11-4 give or take.
So meh. Every day and I am happier I canceled my VMP membership. Haven’t bought anything in months, much less twice in a month to get any benefit out of VMP.
Trying to work out how that one sock says “Donut”… Also not sure I want my daughter wearing socks that say “lick and suck”
@themutilator I wear those socks. You can make some pretty interesting combinations.
@Pantheist I’m sure most people would walk around with either the “suck” or “lick” sock and the “me” sock.
men’s socks are knee highs now? modeled on daintily arched thin feet? riiiiight…
(i’m a firm believer that things like socks don’t need to/shouldn’t be gendered - just go by shoe size [and calf circumference in the case of knee or thigh highs] but…)
Ooh yes. Today is my day!
Is a man bun required to wear these socks?
I Want to know why the sexual discrimination here, it appears that Meh is charging $2 more for the men’s than the women’s… is this a $2 discount for women, or a $2 upcharge for men… I’m tempted to buy the women’s just to spite you… (Although… none will fit my big feet.)
@sohmageek Sounds like $2 more for the extra material.
@DrunkCat nonsense
who am I blaming this month for this???
@sohmageek I was just about to comment on the same thing. I think it’s to make up for things like paying twice the amount for haircuts and shirts.
@sammydog01 I never got that argument. Men’s shirts are much easier to make- they’re basically bags with holes in them. Women’s shirts tend to be fitted which complicates things. I used to have long hair, and I can tell you it was much more involved getting it cut. Women can wear men’s shirts or go to the barber if they choose.
@Pantheist I get my hair cut… Takes less than five minutes including the consultation. Regular places want to charge me like I’m getting some super complicated hairstyle when all I’m getting is the ends trimmed. I think all places should charge according to the actual haircut complexity.
This is why a lot of times I’ll trim my own hair or go to a place that charges a flat rate of $10-15 no matter what kind of hair you have.
@RiotDemon Weird. Different where I’ve been, but that would irritate me. I just have Jen buzz mine off when it gets matted now.
/giphy raging-calculating-jasmine
I bought a men’s order and a women’s order. I’ll decide which is which upon delivery.
Whoa! I have the black/purple monster socks! These ones:
My sister gave them to me at least a year ago, maybe two. I like silly socks, but these aren’t my favorite, design-wise… but they’re super comfortable. They’re very stretchy, but for some reason, the way they’re made (from the changes in color, I imagine) make the arch and ankle parts just a little more snug, in a way that feels really great to pull on. They fit like a… well… glove, but for feet, which I guess would just be a sock. So I actually still wear the damn things, even though the colors don’t look so great any more. They’re dirty in my hamper, or else I’d take a picture.
Would I pay $17 for the chance of getting more? No, but it turns out that Amazon has a four-pack for $12. Thanks for making me look that up, Meh!
@currawong They have cat socks too @narfcake
Good news: I like ‘em.
Bad news: They’re friggin’ knee sox!
If you missed out, Groupon has the Men’s socks for $1 a pair, or 2/3 cheaper than even Meh. This place is a ripoff, I tell ya.
Groupon Men’s Premium Collections Dress Socks (30-Pairs)
Was $100, now $32
https://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-mens-premium-collections-dress-socks-30-pairs
@mike808 the socks we featured were from Minx NY. This deal is not the same brand
@mike808
/giphy SPAM!
@mandirose who is to say they arent the same - are you saying “random assortment” isnt the same as “random assortment”? They both be equally ugly to me. And “Minx NY” wasn’t a selling point in the Meh offer, it was the random nature that was the draw.
I didn’t mean to spam, was just noting a source for those still looking for “random socks” after the Meh deal was gone.
You’re free to wait for them to come around again, for the inevitable “Mehja Vu” sale.
@mike808 or go here:
https://morningsave.com/deals/random-socks-5-pack-men-s-or-women-s-12-pack-boy-s-or-girl-s-
@mike808 We always welcome your feedback on the forum
that’s why they’re here!
My socks came! I looked at the photo and thought I want all the monster socks, so I’ll probably get all the other socks. But I got all the monster socks! They are hideous. I’m so happy.
@mossygreen Yay!
Got em! I love that they just came as a big bag stuffed full of socks. 2 of my men’s pairs are some sort of neon grid thing that I don’t like, but the rest are great. Seem to be good quality too. Even got a few pairs of monster socks!
Got em! And love 'em! Except that I didn’t get any monster socks! And I bought 3 sets to be sure that I might. Instead, I have 3 of some, 2 of more, and 1 of only one. Some more variety would have been nice. Oh well, I’ll wear these.
EDIT: Looks like the monster socks were in the women’s pack. I am assuredly not a woman. I’m a very manly man, so manly in fact that I’ll wear these socks. All of them. Maybe I’ll save one of the pairs that I have 3 of to wear 3 days in a row, even. See if anyone notices.
Phenomenal socks. Anyone who says otherwise is a worthless piece if shit.
Meh please bring this sale back, my socks are wearing out I need more!