"'Ladies Edition' Attractive Socket Labels" Should (Probably) Not be a Thing.

"WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon." (wtfmpl) 12/02/2015 at 20:25 • Filed to: MORE APPROPRIATE FOR JEZEBEL, WAIT WHAT, Wrenching, Online Commerce

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In today’s edition of “thing that should not be a thing” that found its way onto my ads on Amazon, I present !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

So yeah. Um. I have a few notes:

Your product is named a run-on sentence. Innovative as You may think it is, please consider using other sections of your ad to describe the product. Then again, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , appears to be quite successful with that approach, so maybe keep it.

Regarding the photo, it appears as though you haven’t actually taken a photo of a lady with “Ladies Edition” Attractive Chrome Socket Labels (...) at all. Not only does your pink 7/8” label appear to be photoshopped onto a socket that looks much larger than 7/8,” it would also appear that the hand holding is not actually attached to the lady. This is evidenced by “her” hand’s triumphant transcendence from the confines of her white walls into a world of very light gray and free-floating sockets. I would suggest hiring a professional to engage in further photoshopping, when the budget allows.

I’m confused by the use of “Her” in the title. It is both in quotes and capitalized and I am unsure why you chose to do so. Are they not truly her sockets? Is she not allowed to actually own sockets because she’s a woman? This certainly helps to explain the photo. (SIDE NOTE: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , like seriously weird.)

I don’t mean to sound offended by the presence of gender roles in chrome socket labeling, nor did I feel the crushing, patronizing weight of the patriarchy when I saw them, but I don’t seem to understand how or why they exist. It just seems unnecessary. As a result, I’ve concluded that they should not exist.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 12/02/2015 at 20:36

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I know of one very good reason to why they should exist.

Imagine putting these on a friend/co-worker’s sockets so the sizes are 1-2 sizes off and then watching as they cry in frustastion and agony because none of their sockets fit the way they should.

And then you get knocked the fuck out because you messed with their tools. But #worthit

TheHondaBro > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 12/02/2015 at 20:39

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Wobbles the Mind > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 12/02/2015 at 20:48

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Wow, once again pink saves the day. Women, they’re just like people, who knew?!

Urambo Tauro > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 12/02/2015 at 20:50

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I’m not going to comment on the alleged female nature of these stickers, as I sometimes have a hard time telling my own tools’ sizes apart without close inspection.

As for the actual advantage these stickers offer: Ok, so maybe the stickers are easier to read than the engraved markings. However, the color coding only serves to distinguish MM from SAE tools. That’s minimally helpful, considering many manufacturers already have a band on the sockets to identify their sizing system.

I recently took the time to paint my sockets to better tell them apart, and will write up a post about it soon. It’s astonishingly effective, regardless of what side of the socket is facing me at-a-glance.

jariten1781 > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 12/02/2015 at 20:52

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Not a ‘Laugh In’ fan?

StoneCold > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 12/02/2015 at 20:53

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“Why is everything on my car 11/32nds?!”

StoneCold > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 12/02/2015 at 20:55

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Sexism in automotive sales is, in general, kinda weird.

Birddog > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 12/02/2015 at 20:56

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Brilliant!

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 12/02/2015 at 20:56

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This could be one of the best Aprils fools jokes. Find someone with tools, stickers, and then let the phone call occur

Birddog > jariten1781 12/02/2015 at 20:59

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Nixon can be divisive.

Urambo Tauro > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 12/02/2015 at 21:00

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Not my tools.

WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. > StoneCold 12/02/2015 at 21:03

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At least they knew a woman they could take a photo of...

Birddog > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 12/02/2015 at 21:04

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It’s a sticker. they’ve been selling this stuff for ages. There’s nothing “innovative” here.

Most of the women I know and have known would kick me right in the bells if I bought them this.

WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 12/02/2015 at 21:04

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Would.

jariten1781 > Birddog 12/02/2015 at 21:05

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That was the most hillariously horrible deliveries in history.

Which made it just about perfect.

Birddog > jariten1781 12/02/2015 at 21:09

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First President to attempt to be “Hip”? Maybe..

samssun > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 12/02/2015 at 21:11

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Maybe the quotes around “her” are to account for all the non-traditional definitions of “her”.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Urambo Tauro 12/02/2015 at 21:11

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*poke*

Urambo Tauro > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 12/02/2015 at 21:19

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Zip-McBump > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 12/02/2015 at 21:45

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So is the thinking that women’s eyes are somehow too weak to read the embossed socket sizes?

Aiwaz418 > WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. 12/03/2015 at 01:49

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Oh, FFS. That’s ridiculous.

Pixel > StoneCold 12/03/2015 at 08:58

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Those ads baffle me, the ones for used cars on craigslist/ebay are the weirdest though.

“Well I wasn’t going to buy your rusty ‘85 Buick. But now that there is a averagely attractive woman in a bikini top laying on the hood looking slightly annoyed at the cameraman I’m total in!”