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I think the name "punkt" is a play on "punk'd" from the TV show that pranks people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk'd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk'd
by sivers 11y ago
I think the name "punkt" is a play on "punk'd" from the TV show that pranks people:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk'd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk'd
Looking at their other products like the $185 alarm clock:
https://www.punkt.ch/en/products/ac01-alarm-clock/ https://www.punkt.ch/en/products/ac01-alarm-clock/
... and ridiculous cordless phone:
https://www.punkt.ch/en/products/dp01-cordless-phone/ https://www.punkt.ch/en/products/dp01-cordless-phone/
... I think this is a site/company set up as clever commentary about how the $10 items that have been around for decades already satisfy our needs.
(And many people here were "punk'd" by it.)
Even better, it looks like they actually took some of these ideas to market? http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004U5V7V2/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004U5V7V2/
But I still suspect it's all a grand parody.
- dang 11y agoThey have had a lot of press: https://www.punkt.ch/en/press/press-reviews/ https://www.punkt.ch/en/press/press-reviews/. If it's a gag, it's the mother of them all.
- hauget 11y agoThe real funny thing is that there's people out there that will really buy these things (i.e. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelightphone/the-light-phone/description https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelightphone/the-light...)
- derrickdirge 11y agoThe more I look around their site, the more convinced I am that it's legitimate. And I don't feel that it's outside of the realm of plausibility that these products would exist at these prices. Minimalists tend to take minimalism pretty seriously and are, paradoxically, generally wealthier than non-minimalists. If any of these products don't actually exist, they probably should. I'm sure there's a market for them.
- now 11y ago”Punkt” means ”point”, as in ”that’s it”. The prices certainly puts everything into question.