WTF Meh: You call this a Birthday IRK?
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Well… I see some kids clawz, teeth whitener, a couple of phone mounts for the car, and an IRK bag.
This is the way you celebrate your Birthday, Meh? Anyway thanks for the thought. Um, next time will you move me from the naughty to nice list?
(I may have to re-think one of my upcoming life choices.)
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That is a terrible birthday Irk.
@sammydog01 Hahaha, it really is isn’t it? Am I going to get the prize for worst IRK?
@Barney @sammydog01
Unfortunately, lots of ppl will prob get that prize.
How would you classify your regret?
@dave Immediate, Without delay
@dave I’d give it about a 10 on the regret scale.
@Barney @dave
Isn’t there at least some pleasure in seeing how meager and worthless the package contents are?
I count ridiculously horrible, repulsive, and insultingly cheap IRK/Fuko contents as a kind of plus!
Since that’s exactly what they promised, I suppose it’s exactly what I deserve to get.
@f00l
No?
@Barney
Uh … then … why get one?
@Barney @dave Weird. My regret from missing out has disappeared. Maybe you found it?
@speediedelivery I’m glad I could help you out.
@f00l So, you buy them FOR the disappointment? Uh, someone needs to sit down and have a talk with you.
@Barney
They are kind of marketed amusing objects of disappointment. And they’re hard to get.
And I guess that’s why I always want one.
The entire experience lives up to the amusement and the disappointment
This.
So @Barney, I know it’s not much, but try to find at least a sliver of satisfaction in the knowledge that @speediedelivery and I feel better now.
/image dodged a bullet
@ruouttaurmind I feel better that you feel better.
C’mon @Barney, join our bowling team! This IRK clearly performed as advertised.
@djslack Ha! I’m gonna join team meh!
@Barney My dear, you joined the team, drank the kool-aid and learned the secret handshake long before this.
My June irk escaped and is arriving Friday and my July irk arrives Saturday.
I’m already disappointed and they aren’t here yet, lol
I received my birthday irk today and I received ONE phone mount, a magnet flashlight, a gift bag, and of course the irk bag. While the magnet flashlight and gift bag are useful, and the irk bag is of course a treat in itself, the phone mount is broken. My son also procured a birthday irk and received his today also (with twice as many goodies as mine). He also got a phone mount and it is broken in the same place as mine (inside the base). Is Meh sending out returned items as birthday irks?
@mc2d2000 a lot of the items have been returns for quite a while. Sometimes they were never used, sometimes we aren’t as lucky. There’s a reason there’s regret in the name.
@mc2d2000 Meh put a great deal of effort in not putting in any effort. You and I just got lucky with our IRK draws.
I haven’t been able to get one for quite a while.
@kdemo I know right? My last one was October 31st, 2019. So I can honestly and literally say I’ve had no regrets.
@Mehrocco_Mole - Existential regret.
@kdemo Just checked and my last one was in January. I think it was in April that they switched to selling 50 at a time, and I was like well, I’m never getting an IRK again. And so far it has been the case!
@mossygreen @Mehrocco_Mole @dave -
Jan. 20 here too!
All of those chances to win one also means that many chances to fail. I was so frustrated after missing the first IRK, that, for the first time ever, I shut off and ignored this last mehrathon. It was a strange, liberated feeling; welcome in this time of little control of our lives.
I do not b l a m e meh, they are generous almost to a fault, they could not be expected to offer more.
And I congratulate those that are lucky enough to get these gifts (that’s how I see IRKs). I have gotten some great stuff in the past.
No regrets
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@OnionSoup wears socks with sandals.
@mediocrebot - DAMMIT! I spaced out that word to foil you on purpose.
Touché, @shawn.
@kdemo maybe pig Latin is in order? Lame-bay the oat-gay.
@djslack - Great call! And it worked!
How about
¿ǝɯɐʃq
@OnionSoup wears socks with sandals.
@djslack - Hmmm.
?emalB
That’s @OnionSoup’s fault.
@djslack -
iglatinpay itay isay.
/giphy embrace the Meh
I am getting a very small package looks like, could be good or very bad
@erhanuyar That’s just the placeholder, guaranteed to be larger
Mine arrived…the obligatory IRK bag, the coffee mug many are getting - NOT broken, a Palm Cooler tie down kit - could come in handy securing something somewhere I suppose, the toothbrush club T-Shirt (guess I need to figure out what that is all about, not like my kids know what toothbrushes are without a struggle), and a motion activated rocket - which my son is assembling right now. Meh! If the rocket keeps my son happy and busy for even 10 minutes, it was worth it.
@cbilyak Your toothbrush comment - my (then) newly adopted almost 10 year old told me that she brushed her teeth on occasion. On what occasion I don’t know considering how much plaque the dentist said had been scraped off.
Pleasantly surprised by my IRK.
@acer do tell.
@RiotDemon Sorry, realized I can’t upload photos from mobile and had swapped to desktop client. A pourover coffee filter, some drone battery charging station, an LED flashlight, and a Deebot 601. Been doing a pretty decent job so far, honestly. It’s quieter than my Dyson Eye and fits under stuff better. It’s also a lot dumber, so I have to prep the area a bit more, but it’s easier than hauling the other robot from upstairs.
@acer when I posted there was no photo, lol.
Great haul!
@acer nice haul! Turn your phone sideways and you can upload photos.
At least you got one. My May irk has never shipped
Stonn, she is yours. After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.