Tase Me Bro...err Sis? January 7, 2008 2:36 PM Subscribe
Today at CES, Taser Internationalunveiled a "handy new holster that holds not only your stun gun but a music player too." "The TASER MPH (Music Player Holster) is a combination MP3 player and TASER C2 holster."* The C2 Personal Protector is available to consumers "in four designer colors," including leopard print, red-hot red and fashion pink. It's what they call "Fashion with a Bite."
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I'd expect this sort of thing in Bogota, America is fucked. posted by Space Coyote at 2:38 PM on January 7, 2008
Finally, some real competition for the iPod! posted by shakespeherian at 2:43 PM on January 7, 2008
I hope these will as common to see as bluetooth headsets. And then I hop they will be used on people with bluetooth headsets. posted by Astro Zombie at 2:45 PM on January 7, 2008 [2 favorites]
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Shocking Blue
everything by Michelle Shocked
Shock the Monkey
Future Shock
Electro-shock Blues
etc. posted by Camofrog at 2:56 PM on January 7, 2008 [2 favorites]
The only thing good about this is that it's really going to raise the bar for next year's Darwin Awards. posted by Slack-a-gogo at 2:57 PM on January 7, 2008
I totally failed in my attempted deployment of the faux King Geedorah tag. posted by kosem at 3:05 PM on January 7, 2008
I'm wondering if you could knock out the computer controller of a car with a Taser. I know they're vulnerable to high voltages under some circumstances.
Killing a few random, probably already unhealthy people is apparently acceptable to us, but if they turn out to be dangerous to cars... posted by jamjam at 3:06 PM on January 7, 2008
Never understood this sort of gaity connected with weaponry. You don’t see people doing this to, say, a drill press. Ah, don’t get me started. posted by Smedleyman at 3:24 PM on January 7, 2008
I think the widespread adoption of tasers is sure to lead to a great deal of hilarity on the streets of America. I for one look forward to the entertainment. posted by clevershark at 3:38 PM on January 7, 2008
Metafilter doesn't do tasers well. Nobody does, because they're made of fail. posted by Free word order! at 3:45 PM on January 7, 2008
I know that there is a widespread adoption by law enforcement, but I've never heard anything to indicate that the general public is doing so. I realize that there is a significant difference between a taser and a basic stun gun, but stun guns have been available for quite some time and I don't recall hearing many stories about their use or abuse. posted by ericales at 4:11 PM on January 7, 2008
Boy howdy, if I saw a lady packin' one of those in leopardskin I'd romance that filly AND be sure to stay on my toes! posted by Turtles all the way down at 4:24 PM on January 7, 2008
Oh my God. This is almost a case of life imitating art.
Monkeys is the craziest people, indeed. posted by Effigy2000 at 4:25 PM on January 7, 2008
I know that there is a widespread adoption by law enforcement, but I've never heard anything to indicate that the general public is doing so.
They've only been marketed to individuals for a short time (maybe a year), so it's not quite there yet, but I think it's a bit like MP3 players -- the Apple of the taser world will come along and soon enough it'll be on everyone's Xmas list. posted by clevershark at 4:31 PM on January 7, 2008
Can we just label the taser as a lethal weapon and be done with it already? posted by flatluigi at 4:52 PM on January 7, 2008
That's great and all but I'm looking for something even more hip and trendy. Don't they make something that'll brand Hello Kitty's face into my hide as I get electrocuted? posted by Parannoyed at 5:09 PM on January 7, 2008
If only there was also speaker setup...perhaps with a fish...that you could tase? posted by Smedleyman at 5:10 PM on January 7, 2008
I really love how Tasers now look so good and play such cool music. Pretty soon everyone will have one and life will be pretty damn close to perfect I think.
I'm not forseeing the Taser that doubles as a lipstick case however. posted by Camofrog at 5:26 PM on January 7, 2008
Well, gotta do something to compete with the much older designer Stun Gun market.
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Hey, it's in the right section, isn't it? posted by drstein at 5:45 PM on January 7, 2008
"Pretty soon everyone will have one and life will be pretty damn close to perfect I think." posted by Camofrog at 11:26 AM on January 8
OTOH, I can completely understand why a woman would want to carry a Taser (especially if she has to go places where she might be at extra risk) and since most women prefer pretty things, I can understand why they make them pretty too. Like the pink handguns.
But adding an audio player is simply too weird for me. They should build in a camera instead to capture the perp's expression as they are Tazed; this gets instantly uploaded to the Tazed Sucka! channel on YouTube. posted by Camofrog at 6:57 PM on January 7, 2008 [1 favorite]
They should build in a camera instead to capture the perp's expression as they are Tazed.
Well ... there is the optional TASER CAM (Audio/Video Recording for Enhanced Accountability) available to consumers for just $499.95.
Hm. Well I'll be darned. And for just $500. It's not very pretty though. posted by Camofrog at 9:06 PM on January 7, 2008
I think the idea is that if it contains a music player as well, you're more likely to bring it with you. If you don't have it with you, it doesn't do you any good in a real emergency, but since most of the time it'll just be dead weight, it might as well do something useful besides waiting around for you to need it.
I can see the thought process that went into it, and I don't think it's the worst idea in the world, but they need to find a way of marketing it that doesn't parody itself quite so effectively. posted by Kadin2048 at 9:15 PM on January 7, 2008
I would wonder if they can be used to forcibly cancel car alarms, jamjam.
Wow maxwelton, I stand corrected. Although given the hello kitty vibrator, I should have suspected everything was up for grabs. posted by Smedleyman at 7:46 AM on January 8, 2008
This serves as an awful reminder that here in the UK we may as well still have rationing and the Attlee government: civilian use of tasers is discouraged by law. Tasers and the Segway. This will be as terrible a problem for our sportsmen and sportwomen when Segway Taser Jousting sweeps the sporting universe as our current handgun regulations are for target shooters. posted by tannhauser at 8:49 AM on January 8, 2008 [2 favorites]
Institutional sadism is one of the last signs of a civilization in decline, but this really takes it to a new level. I am wholly disgusted. posted by ikkyu2 at 7:35 PM on January 8, 2008
A recent advertisement for consumer TASERs in PC Magazine showing a businessman in an airport + snapshots of wife and kids and the tagline "There when I can't be" totally freaks me out. posted by flotson at 5:49 AM on January 9, 2008
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