A different kind of fried gadgets

June 5, 2012 10:08 PM

Deep Fried Gadgets by Henry Hargreaves (previously)
posted by TangerineGurl (20 comments total)

Not to be prude, but NSFW if you scroll further down.
posted by Deathalicious at 10:16 PM on June 5, 2012

Direct dripbook link for posterity.
posted by XMLicious at 10:19 PM on June 5, 2012

These pictures totally gross me out and I'm not entirely sure why. I think it has to do with my reactions to seeing the fatty greasy fat blended with the gluttonously destroyed (but oh so desirable and coveted) toys. It's the opposite of how I feel when I look at a Wayne Thiebaud painting of cakes, yet similar on some sort of saccharine/indulgence/guilty-pleasure scale.

I've got a little feeling of schadenfreude mixed in there too, but I don't quite understand that reaction either.

Anyways, I never connected the idea of tech consumerism and greasy junk food quite in this way before and I like it.
posted by iamkimiam at 10:25 PM on June 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

I suspect Zune would have had better market penetration had it been bacon wrapped and chicken fried.
posted by mazola at 10:31 PM on June 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

The gameboy actually looks weirdly tasty.
posted by One Second Before Awakening at 10:38 PM on June 5, 2012

Yeah. If I were to do it over I would choose
just a melted white sharp Vermont cheddar.
And garlic. Everything is better with fresh minced garlic.
posted by TangerineGurl at 11:01 PM on June 5, 2012

It would be a bit more impressive if they weren't just paper mockups.

Scannerboobies were nice though.
posted by delmoi at 11:10 PM on June 5, 2012 [2 favorites]

I have no idea how these people got their boobies wedged into their scanners, or why.
posted by mazola at 11:15 PM on June 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

Toasted Icons made me laugh.
posted by KokuRyu at 11:16 PM on June 5, 2012

This is good.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:13 AM on June 6, 2012

This is stupid.
posted by New England Cultist at 12:30 AM on June 6, 2012 [1 favorite]

No statue has ever been put up to a critic, either way.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:32 AM on June 6, 2012

Not to be prude, but NSFW if you scroll further down.

Be a prude. I look on them as NSFW tips, not warnings. (Though I hate when it turns out to be a beheading or the like.)
posted by pracowity at 2:30 AM on June 6, 2012

More deep fried objects here.
posted by Yma at 3:16 AM on June 6, 2012 [1 favorite]

One must assume Henry has some Scottish ancestry.

I look forward to an American taking it to the next level and stuffing these gadgets inside a deep fried turkey or pizza crust.
posted by srboisvert at 3:47 AM on June 6, 2012

I once witnessed the battering and deep frying of a Shure SM-58 microphone while it was live and recording.

It survived. As far as I know they just washed all the crud out of it and kept using it.

Unsurprisingly the recording sounded like an extreme audio closeup of something being deep fried.
posted by loquacious at 3:52 AM on June 6, 2012

These actually look more appropriate than I thought. I guess because I already think of most of these things as junk food.
posted by DU at 4:19 AM on June 6, 2012

I want to know how he fit that woman into the scanner!
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 5:50 AM on June 6, 2012

Well, that was a powerful statement, no doubt, about … something ...
posted by kcds at 7:52 AM on June 6, 2012

I remember when Art used to be about creating something.
posted by The otter lady at 9:29 AM on June 6, 2012