Comments on: Crappy parking app design fiction

By: anticonnor

anticonnor — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:05:00 +0000

I prefer to use some of the more insane bumper stickers from this site… and they’re free! http://www.christianbumpersticker.org/

By: Ladyfingers

Ladyfingers — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:17:00 +0000

Considering that a douche is an unnecessary and harmful thing, it’s apt for use as an insult.

By: thunderhammer

thunderhammer — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:44:00 +0000

Used to be you just slapped one of these stickers on their car:
http://www.threadless.com/product/187/I_Park_Like_an_Idiot

BTW, the original version of that sticker said “asshole” instead of “idiot”

By: Sandy Ogilvy

Sandy Ogilvy — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:18:00 +0000

I just love that the word douche is now just a run of the mill insult. Its really a disgusting sophomoric thing to call someone. You know like “Hey, your a plastic bottle filled with vinegar and water that a woman sticks up her hoo ha.” I think when I first started hearing it I was in Jr. High and it came from some of the biggest douches on record. Their excuse was that they were all of fourteen.

By: Ladyfingers

Ladyfingers — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:03:00 +0000

“Design fiction” seems to be the new “curated” and “artisanal”.

By: CH

CH — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:07:00 +0000

I’m more into funny jokes.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:03:00 +0000

I know this seems like more dickishness, but there’s a solution.

See, people who put ads up that block what we’re trying to look at until we share something on Facebook?

Why, we find them, abduct them, attach electrodes to their genitals and give them a 10 second jolt for each person who saw the ads.

We still haven’t figured out what we do with the dickish people who’ll abduct people and subject them to torture for flimsy reasons. Probably put them in charge of countries.

By: Yaniv Steiner

Yaniv Steiner — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:07:00 +0000

annoy users when surfing to stop annoying people parking in annoying places… Recursion is a wonderful (yet annoying) thing.

By: sean

sean — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:05:00 +0000

similar story I shot yesterday….. you park stupid….. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/nj-man-posts-pictures-of-illegally-parked-cars

By: s2redux

s2redux — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:11:00 +0000

Just for scale, here's an example of poor parking treated with uncomplicated dickish-ness (or awesomeness; take your pick).

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:58:00 +0000

And the answer is yes, an incredibly large number of sites are perfectly fine with that. Almost every newspaper site, for example, allows adds to cover the material until you do something (though usually its just closing the ad)

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

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By: corydodt

corydodt — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:45:00 +0000

Even if any of this was possible or a good idea, I hate knowing that half the “crappy parking jobs” out there are actually a side effect of an original crappy parking job. In other words: if you park next to a dick, you end up parked like a dick. Everyone after you follows suit. I just shrug most of the time when I see crappy parking these days.

By: someguyyouvenevermet

someguyyouvenevermet — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:29:00 +0000

Hard to understand how someone can possibly think it’s a good idea to force people to share something on Facebook.

By: ethanwc

ethanwc — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:26:00 +0000

I think this is all concept, zero execution.

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:08:00 +0000

I hear a brick through the window is easier and more effective.

By: John Maple

John Maple — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:03:00 +0000

Russians are some of the naughtiest people. I salute them.

By: Avram Grumer

Avram Grumer — Tue, 22 May 2012 06:19:00 +0000

I missed a step. How do they get the banners to block websites? Can they do that reliably with ad buys? Are ad-driven sites that eager to drive their customers away that they’ll render their content unreadable for advertisers? Is this something I miss out on by using an ad blocker?

By: voiceinthedistance

voiceinthedistance — Tue, 22 May 2012 06:15:00 +0000

Fighting douchebaggery with more douchebaggery is sure to start another arms race. Please . . . NO.

By: Jake0748

Jake0748 — Tue, 22 May 2012 06:05:00 +0000

LOLWHUT?? I don’t even… wtf? What’s the point? Sounds too complicated (and, rather dickish in itself).

By: morcheeba

morcheeba — Tue, 22 May 2012 06:04:00 +0000

As much as I detest bad parkers, I would refuse to visit any website that requires me to post information from their advertisers on my facebook feed.