Posts Tagged reality has jumped the shark

This is a continuing post in a series titled, “Reality Has Jumped The Shark.” For those of you who aren’t familiar with the phrase, here’s the Wikipedia entry.

Jumping the shark is an idiom used to describe the moment of downturn for a previously successful enterprise. The phrase was originally used to denote the point in a television program‘s history where the plot spins off into absurd story lines or unlikely characterizations. The expression was popularized in 1985 by Jonathan M. Hein, who would later create the web site jumptheshark.com (which now redirects to TVGuide.com). Hein explained the concept as follows: “It’s a moment. A defining moment when you know that your favorite television program has reached its peak. That instant that you know from now on…it’s all downhill.

This post, I present to you pre-wrapped baking potatoes.

It’s not that hard to grow potatoes, but I understand that not everyone has the space or inclination. But seriously, people, if you can’t be bothered to wrap your own damn potato in tin foil, I honestly cannot help you. For bonus lulz, notice the preposterous superlatives slathered all over the thing. It is simultaneously, “US Number 1 Premium,” “Chophouse Prime,” and “Triple Washed.” Wow. All this time, I’ve been eating only double-washed potatoes. I NEVER KNEW WHAT I WAS MISSING!

This is a continuing post in a series titled, “Reality Has Jumped The Shark.” For those of you who aren’t familiar with the phrase, here’s the Wikipedia entry.

Jumping the shark is an idiom used to describe the moment of downturn for a previously successful enterprise. The phrase was originally used to denote the point in a television program‘s history where the plot spins off into absurd story lines or unlikely characterizations. The expression was popularized in 1985 by Jonathan M. Hein, who would later create the web site jumptheshark.com (which now redirects to TVGuide.com). Hein explained the concept as follows: “It’s a moment. A defining moment when you know that your favorite television program has reached its peak. That instant that you know from now on…it’s all downhill.

This post, I present to you pre-printed dots and tic-tac-toe boards.

I just really don’t know what I could say to express my dumbfounded bemusement at this product, which was for sale in Wal-Mart, which means that millions of people across America are plonking down a few dollars a piece on it. “Super Value Pack”? You know what a super value is? Grabbing any fucking piece of paper you have lying around your house and DRAWING A FUCKING TIC-TAC-TOE BOARD ON THE BACK OF IT. It’s like the easiest game in the world to set up. Look at the phone keypad if you forget how to do it.

This is a continuing post in a series titled, “Reality Has Jumped The Shark.” For those of you who aren’t familiar with the phrase, here’s the Wikipedia entry.

Jumping the shark is an idiom used to describe the moment of downturn for a previously successful enterprise. The phrase was originally used to denote the point in a television program‘s history where the plot spins off into absurd story lines or unlikely characterizations. The expression was popularized in 1985 by Jonathan M. Hein, who would later create the web site jumptheshark.com (which now redirects to TVGuide.com). Hein explained the concept as follows: “It’s a moment. A defining moment when you know that your favorite television program has reached its peak. That instant that you know from now on…it’s all downhill.

This post, I present to you the sinus relief system.

The ad reports that the system “uses the same principles as jala neti … i nwhich a neti pot is used to pour a saline solution through nasal passages.”

So, let me get this straight. Instead of buying a neti pot for about $10-15, and pouring saline solution through my sinuses, I should spend $100 to have an electric doodad do it for me.

In some examples of reality jumping the shark, the object of ridicule actually provides a functional difference, for example, in minutely reduced labor at great expense. In this case, all you’re doing is eliminating the act of tipping the neti pot to drain the saline solution into your nostril. Instead, you’ll have a pump shoot it up there. For $100. $100 to have another thing sitting on your bathroom counter. $100 to have another gadget that’s going to break in a year and end up in a landfill.