40 Crazy-Looking Gadgets You Can’t Help But Want, As Shared By The “Odditymall” Facebook Page (New Pics)
Interview With OwnerOh, the beauty of buying things! An ingrained habit of humanity, tracing back hundreds, if not thousands of years into the past. Buy an apple to fuel you, buy gas to fuel the car, and buy a triceratops plushie that doubles as a pillow and a mug stand to fuel your soul (if you’ve not sold it yet, of course!).
Whilst the majority of the time, we buy things because we need them, there are those times when you see something and you question the purpose of its existence. Yet, the more you look, the more it hypnotizes you into thinking you’ll be less of a human being if you don’t buy it. And those are the kinds of things we’ll be exploring in this list today, dear readers!
The questionable, the weird, the outright wholesome. These are the best ways to describe the quirky finds the Facebook page “Odditymall” shares with their 3M followers. The page's founder was kind enough to answer some of our questions, so make sure you stick around for those! This isn’t the first time Bored Panda has showcased their finds, and you can find the other articles here and here as well.
Now upvote your faves as you’re scrolling through, leave some comments, and let’s get kooky!
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This Is Amazing!
Feeling bored? Quite like a Bored Panda (excuse the pun)? I’ve got something for you that will get you all the more excited! Are you ready? Let’s go… shopping! But not just any kind of shopping—online shopping! The world is at your fingertips and with one press of a button and the numbers of a credit card, everything you desire can be yours!
If you’re struggling to come up with things that you don’t have or can actually buy (your crush’s love isn’t one of them, sorry), then don’t worry, as Odditymall has us all covered! Started in April 2013, the Facebook page has been featuring unique and unusual gadgets, gizmos, tech, gift ideas, crafts, design, architecture, DIY projects, and much more. Their 3M followers seem to very much enjoy them all!
Ryan, the page's founder, told Bored Panda that the idea for Odditymall came from "seeing the popularity of a few other similar sites and we thought we could make it better!" Hundreds of videos went viral, garnering over 1B views on Facebook in 2016, and the rest is history.
Brilliant!
Take My Money!
Ryan believes that a lot of our interest for these silly-looking gadgets stems from the fact that we've seen all that normality has to offer. "Everyone has seen the normal and boring gift ideas that everyone seems to get (candles, plants, whatever else...) and none of that is very eye-catching," he said.
"We would often come across some of these very unique and interesting products online that no one has really heard about or seen and thought we could not only bring them to people's attention so they could buy them as a gift, but also make it a form of entertainment browsing through these odd products and gadgets through our website."
The meme “shut up and take my money!” fits incredibly well with each and every one of their weird, yet oddly charming, finds. But that begs the question: why do we buy so much seemingly useless, random, or absolutely weird stuff? Why do we buy so much in general? Do we need 5 more books when the bookshelf is full of unread ones? Yes, we do, George.
Retail therapy isn’t only a fancy lyric in an Ariana Grande song, it’s a real phenomenon. It’s shopping with the primary purpose of improving the buyer's mood with so-called “comfort buys.” According to Abraham Maslow and his hierarchy of needs, human beings need far more than just the bare necessities to help them feel safe, loved, and capable of reaching their full potential.
Love This Idea!
Take My Money!
Amazing!
Clinical psychologist Scott Bea explains that there’s a lot of psychological and therapeutic value in shopping, when done in moderation. “Whether you’re adding items to your shopping cart online or visiting your favorite boutique for a few hours, you do get a psychological and emotional boost,” he says. “Shopping and its sensory stimulation gets us to visualize positive outcomes [that] can create positive anticipation and can reduce anxiety.”
A 2014 study from the Journal of Consumer Psychology found that retail therapy not only makes people happier immediately, but it can also fight lingering sadness. Another 2014 study by the University of Michigan showed that purchasing things you personally enjoy can be up to 40 times more effective at giving you a sense of control than not shopping.
Genius!
We sold these at the book store I used to work at... everyone hated them...fun fact they also meow
It's Beautiful!
As an adult with an already claustrophobic sink, I'm more excited about the Funfetti countertop.
It's Beautiful!
Although the act of purchasing things is a pleasant one, the journey to the store, the search, the walking around countless people that just can’t get out of the way, and the random music blaring way too loud can get anyone in the mood for red rum. “I don’t like to shop, but I do like to buy,” Frances Taylor wrote in The Atlantic in 1931 and I can’t help but agree.
Stores and manufacturers have come up with very clever means of getting us to forfeit our hard-earned cash for their goods: using a cognitive bias called “anchoring” and overpricing their products to later mark them down to make it seem like a great deal, lowering the temperature, painting the walls blue, and playing pop music, all to make you more inclined to buy without too much thought.
Thankfully, we now have online shopping under our fingers, so that we can lay in bed, have a coffee and buy that wonderful black dress or real-scale pterodactyl model, or both, without all that hypnotic environmental pressure to influence us. However, the easier shopping gets, the more mindless buying becomes; it’s so dangerously easy!
This Would Be Amazing!
I'd Never Leave!
Yes Please!
According to Financial Holdings, online shopping is one of the highest global growth sectors, anticipated to grow further in the coming years, and it’s not difficult to see why! With online shopping, every item is available at all times, it's a quick and painless procedure that’s over in a few clicks, and it’s also more anonymous and discreet. Also, no crowds.
However, one should always keep one thing in mind. Although behaviors that create excitement can bring us happiness, moderation is the difference between happiness and compulsiveness. Yes, you may want 5000 rubber duckies with custom tattoos, but do you really need them, considering you bought the same amount three weeks ago?
Shopping shifts from being therapeutic to a problematic compulsive behavior when it becomes a go-to way of dealing with anxiety, stress or loss and when it’s hard to control, Dr. Bea says. There is also a similarity between compulsive shopping urges and the high that’s sought after in drug or alcohol addiction.
“If you’re concerned about developing a compulsive shopping behavior, try to convert your goal of control to the excitement of a new, positive behavior — like working out or eating healthy,” Dr. Bea suggests. “You’ll be surprised at how happy you can feel working towards those positive results, too.”
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Amazing!
When we asked Ryan, the founder of Odditymall, what he thinks the future of design has to offer, he reassured us that the crazu gadget market is not going anywhere. "I'm not much of a designer myself so I can't speak to what we may see in the future of that industry, but I can only assume people will always continue to be in need of new unique and funny gifts ideas to give their friends and family for Christmas, birthdays, and everything else."
Big thanks to Ryan for answering our questions! Make sure you follow Odditymall on Facebook, Instagram, as well as checking out their website. You're not likely to regret it.
As you continue to scroll through this wonderful list, upvoting your favorites, maybe double check to make sure your shopping basket is full of things you actually want and will cherish rather than buying for buying’s sake. I wish you all the best and a wonderful New Year!
Take My Money!
I Need It!
Yes Please!
I Need It!
This Is So Cool!
Yes Please!
This Is Genius!
Such A Great Idea!
These Look Amazing!
I Need It!
Thank God BP censored that word. There's no way I could figure out what it is
Awesome Idea For Dark Rooms!
Would You Want One?!
Love This!
These Look Incredible!
Be careful...one wrong move while cleaning that and you could be attacked by a shard
This Looks Amazing!
This Is Too Good!
It's Glorious!
Oh No!
I'm Gonna Need This!
Love This!
Looks Like A Lovely Time!
This Looks Pretty Incredible!
Love This!
Amazing!
Please Santa!
This Is Actually Genius!
Awesome!
This Is So Cool!
Want!
This Looks Amazing!
Done
Looks Like I Need A Chicken
Ideal for Roosters or Hens...just don't do a Google search for 'C**k leash'
This Looks Amazing!
These Look Amazing!
Awesome Idea For Emergencies!
That’s not what I was expecting when I read emergency bladder. Either they don’t know what bladder means or I don’t…. Edit: Yup I was correct! One of us didn’t know what bladder meant and that would be me! Still, I’m not sure I would name a product I was trying to sell using a word people associate with an organ that hold urine. But the concept seems great for emergency situations!
Why Do I Want One?!
When you're dead inside, but Steve still insists on having that meeting
Awesome!
For the savvy traveler who brings 40 bath towels on every trip.
This Looks Amazing!
This Is Actually Genius!
Then your feet suddenly slip on the wet leaves and your crotch swings with force in to the tree.
Awesome!
This Is Amazing!
Love This!
Looks Like Fun!
Awesome For Smaller Bedrooms!
If you want a cabinet that can't have stuff kept on top of it and can only be used to hold a 3-piece mattress, then this is for you!
Genius Design!
I Need One!
Love This!
Take My Money!
Wow!
Awesome Idea!
What a great solution to a nonexistent problem! As if anybody has drawers to spare for this...
Awesome!
I Need To Try One!
Yes Please!
This Is Brilliant!
In reply to @Kevin Cranston: just because YOU are cold right now doesn't mean everyone everywhere else is and will remain that way. In a somewhat similar way that a change in economy can produce a handful of billionaires and millions of poor people at the same time, changes in climate and wheather patterns can raise the median temperature, making millions sweat for several summers in a row and still cause thousands to spend a week cursing blizzards.
Want!
No Thanks!
Listen... Fk you and the horse you rode in on, okay? Just get out of here with this thing 🤣
Lets Go!
This Is Brilliant!
You never have to leave work desk again. Some CEO's wet dream..
Amazing!
I Need This In My Life!
Oh My
Great Idea!
It's Glorious!
Would You Use One?!
The Perfect Boyfriend Doesn't Exi—
This Is Too Cool!
Genius!
I Totally Need A Pair!
Amazing!
Finally able to silence all of those people that constantly deny the existence of a perfect yoga mat.
This Ends Now!
Incredibly Creative Christmas Trees!
You In On This?!
I Need The Reminder Every Morning!
Brilliant!
Incredible Design!
And easy cleaning, should anything get into the grooves on the footrest
This Would Be Amazing!
Ahhh. There's a joke to be made but I reallyyyyyy shouldn't........
I'm Gonna Need One!
Wow!
Yes Please!
This Is Too Cool!
Amazing Idea!
This Is Glorious!
A Must For The Man Cave!
Wow!
Take My Money!
Love This!
Finally!
Starting Next Month
What A Time To Be Alive!
I'm Speechless
Just Needs An Attached Fridge
Brilliant!
Ok, This Is A Great Idea!
what. NO. XD I shower to REMOVE s**t from my skin, not put it on!
Wow!
I thought the lever light switch was cool. I went down an eBay rabbit hole for the last hour. They've got some really neat light switches.
I have two that are turned sideways so they are flat to the wall and it's just fun to have them. Mine are made out of a lightweight wood and they fit right over an existing wall switch plate, that you need to leave in place to be fireproof. And little kids need to be careful, they are lightweight.
Load More Replies...Lots of those are renders of products that don't (and probably shouldn't) exist, plus a few truly awful Photoshop efforts.
Yup, and most of it is either useless clutter or made for the 1%.
Load More Replies...I thought the lever light switch was cool. I went down an eBay rabbit hole for the last hour. They've got some really neat light switches.
I have two that are turned sideways so they are flat to the wall and it's just fun to have them. Mine are made out of a lightweight wood and they fit right over an existing wall switch plate, that you need to leave in place to be fireproof. And little kids need to be careful, they are lightweight.
Load More Replies...Lots of those are renders of products that don't (and probably shouldn't) exist, plus a few truly awful Photoshop efforts.
Yup, and most of it is either useless clutter or made for the 1%.
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