MetaFilter posts tagged with tacky

'Twas the knit before Christmas.

gman — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:04:12 -0800

Create your own festive Christmas sweater. Or you can just buy one.

Baby's First Internet

oxford blue — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:26:13 -0800

Baby's first internet comes amidst other, less illustrated, concerns about the all-consuming 'blogosphere' and increasingly online life. The problems, it seems, are somewhat novel and (one assumes) almost endless.

Tacky Christmas Yards. REALLY Tacky.

dersins — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:28:24 -0800

tacky christmas yards dot com is exactly what it sounds like. [via]

Thank God I'm Stupid!

MaxVonCretin — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:17:01 -0800

"Thank God I Was Raped!" Thank God for creepily masochistic self-help concepts! Thank God for network marketing publishing stunts that prey on the deranged! Thank God I was scammed out of real money by an advocate of rape therapy! But most of all, thank God there's an affiliate program!

unregiftable

nickyskye — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:30:33 -0800

Awful Christmas gifts come in many varieties. For starters, there's Yule Doos or Jingle Smells.

Woo ya vroom

thirteenkiller — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:10:24 -0800

Rosa Parks wants you to buy a Chevy!

David Pogue is the rudest man alive!

JPowers — Wed, 31 May 2006 20:26:44 -0800

David Pogue is the rudest man alive! "My wife and I were excited to receive, as [a] very generous Christmas present from a relative, a Magellan RoadMate 300." He then goes on to absolutely obliterate the gift, *on the New York Times website*, for 20 paragraphs, after which he demands, "For the gift-giver: Do your research. Read the customer reviews. Beware outdated products on store shelves." It's a gift! Learn some tact dude.

Sexy Furniture

OpinioNate — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:21:56 -0800

Sexy Furniture. "The shape of a woman, her organic architecture, combined with my passion for wood inspired me to sculpt these sexy designs." Passion for wood, indeed. NSFW.

White noise

madamjujujive — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:18:28 -0800

White plastic chairs - Jens Thiel blogs his research of the ubiquitous chair we all love to hate for an upcoming monobloc monograph and museum exhibition. The first chair emerged midcentury, devil spawn of a noble heritage. Today, some fear the monobloc population rivals or exceeds that of humans. Some view the chair as art, others see their place in history, but I agree with the wag who dubs them tupperware containers for lard butts.

exquisite gifts for: motor home owners

Arch Stanton — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 21:41:57 -0800

Are singing plastic fish too subtle for you? Own a Motor Home or Drive a Semi? Try Road Kill Rugs. They're Made in the USA from synthetic fur and come in such animal varieties as Bunny, Skunk, and Other. Warning: Queen MIDI and yellow text on white background.

Fauxville, USA

serafinapekkala — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 10:12:10 -0800

"Although the Holtans had never visited Italy, they wanted a house that looked authentically Tuscan." Lake Las Vegas, NV may be even tackier, and more aesthetically insidious, than its famous namesake 17 miles to the west -- it's a planned village of million-dollar fake villas, indoor waterfalls, and elevator buttons for dogs. (NYT/RR)

Big Head George and the Presidents

arco — Thu, 22 May 2003 16:53:54 -0800

"Virginia Attraction to Put its Heads Together." Like a bizarre hybrid of Easter Island and Mt. Rushmore, the future Presidents Park in Williamsburg, VA, will feature 43 house-sized busts of the presidents of the United States, allowing you to get very, uh, close to history [scroll down a bit]. Hopefully this will be as glorious as that other monument to the presidents in South Dakota; you know, this one.

mediareport — Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:15:54 -0800

The faboo world of New York high society revealed! Bizbash.com reviews the "cheapie centerpieces" at the Lord of the Rings DVD party, the hot-pink truffles at Ivana's disco bash and the stilletto-shaped Manolo Blahnik cookies at the 'Sex and the City' premiere. NFL ice sculptures, Scrabble serving trays and bone-shaped doggie breath mints in silver bowls are among the delights. Those hand-tied veggie crepe bundles at the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards sure do look de-lish. Be sure to check the cocktail menu at the venture capitalists' "Back to Reality" bash - held at McDonalds - and the "funky registration area" at last January's World Economic Forum. [more tackiness inside]

illusionaire — Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:05:46 -0800

For the Ground Zero memorabilia collector who has everything... 9/11 wine charms! What's the tackiest piece of 9/11 memorabilia you've seen?