The 10 Stupidest Items ever made 

I once had a Pet Rock. He was barely domesticated. One day, he got out, and went through the front window of a truly obnoxious neighbor. The city pound had to put him down.

The main part of the Pet Rock package was actually the joke book that presented as the guide/care book. The rock was just meant to complete the package for the book, but people thought the rock was the attraction and forgot about the actual content.

I feel so sad for Mike darce. His jetpod idea is so good, he just was too determine to make it a success that he unintentionally killed himself just wanting to see it become real. Rest In Peace Mike and I hope his friends and family are doing well

When you said "PetPetter" at 6:21, your accent dropped completely. It took me by surprise.

I could see the pet petter potentially being good for shelter situations to help animals that have been abused or need domestication to get them used to contact. Absolutely pointless for most people unless they’re allergic to their partner’s pet or something.

The pet petter would be good for Cerberus. Hades only has two hands, Cerberus has three heads, four if you count the snake he has for a tail in some depictions

You have got to see when Jay Leno did headlines and showed the toilet golf. He couldn't stop laughing. "This is the single stupidest thing i have ever... how long have we done headlines, 10 years? This...".

We bought my uncle the potty putter when I was a kid as a Christmas gift! I don’t remember him ever using it and never saw it set up in their house. It definitely falls under “gag gifts” for me. We also made our own pet rocks as kids with googly eyes, nobody in my family was gonna spend money on a rock in a box 😂

The Pet Petter is perfect for those of us who are too busy playing Virtual Boy to give our pet rock all the attention it demands.

I don't think the Pet Rock was so much stupid as it was just a funny novelty. The guide book that came with it really secures the whole joke behind it.

Let's be real: There IS someone out there stupid enough to leave their estate to a pet rock.

Honestly to be fair to the virtual boy.. it was a hell of a good companion for some of us whose single parent couldn't afford a Nintendo 64 or PS1 . It was an especially great companion after my brother passed away in 94 in a car accident on his way to school one Wednesday August 25 morning. My virtual boy is actually on display in my collection now though & looks pretty darn great man. I suppose we all have our own opinions and perspectives in life. Thanks for your efforts and uploads . I really enjoy watching them .

Fun fact: Virtual Boy did so bad it was discontinued not even a full year after it was launched.

I agree, more people need to adopt their pet rocks instead of buying from a breeder. Nobody wants the ones from the side of the road, and society just walks all over them.

22:59 *Insert Elmo hates Rocco meme

In the midst of the Tamagotchi craze, I invented a Virtual Pet Rock for fun: 'Tama-golem.' It had at least a partial, satirical care manual with topics and a cover image very similar to a Tamagotchi. I even painted a river stone with acrylic paints to match the screen, buttons and light on those things. It soon was decorating the ground below the drip line at my mom's house, and may still be there. I recall recommending stuff like tossing it into a bowl of water when it needed to drink, and flinging it against walls to discipline it.

I went to a summer camp once where, at game time, they had two big pitchers of water for during breaks. One was labeled "Water" and one was labeled "Diet Water" as a joke, and I swear people had opinions on which was better (I was a rebel and mixed the two together)

The saddest part about the Jetpod is that this is the only invention that feels like it came from a good place. A desire to truly revolutionize something that plagues people every day...

4:35 Masochists, not sadists, enjoy receiving pain. Sadists enjoy inflicting pain on others.

Pet rocks were one of the few fads I actually enjoyed being a part of. They were just fun gag gifts that made you smile. They never caused the crazy frenzies of Beanie Babies, Cabbage Patch Kids or Tickle Me Elmos, but that was what makes me remember them fondly to this day. Would I buy one today, though? Nope. It's only charming if it's a shared pop culture experience - and nobody's getting trampled for it.

The no phone can actually be useful if you live in a bad neighborhood and are worried about getting mugged. If you are worried about your phone and wallet being stolen it could be useful to keep a fake one just in case.

I feel as the Virtual Boy was a really good idea to try and create. Having the ability to play VR at the time it was made, WOULD’VE and SHOULD’VE been revolutionary. With more care, i’m sure the Virtual Boy honestly could’ve been great. It’s such an intriguing console imo.

Actually remember seeing car lashes they’re rare nowadays but I do remember seeing them every once in a while and it is kind of stupid especially if you’re driving around with a male passenger because I’m pretty sure they’re gonna love being in that

In defense of the car lashes, it's an American car culture thing. Some people paint flames on theirs. Others decorate a VW beatle to look like a ladybug with eyelashes. We had that one car in our small town back in the 1980's, before car lashes were mass marketed. The girl who owned it crafted them herself in metal shop. Although I would never do this myself, it did make us all smile.

Time to buy a pet rock, and a pet petter, so I can sit on the toilet all day from drinking too much diet water, playing golf in my handerpants, and spray some Pizza Hut scent to mask the smell. And after that, I can spend the rest of the day playing the Virtual Boy.

Honestly the pet petter seems like a good idea for when you got your hands full like if you’re cooking or if you are playing video games with your friend. Though you probably shouldn’t use it to give up petting your dog entirely.

4:47 Hey, a Chipflake clip!

25:47 HANDER PANTS. It make me laugh heavily. That was hilariously stupidest item I ever seen in this video.

The "pet petter" and "diet water" made me have a much needed laugh. Thanks for making it possible.

Speaking of pet rocks. I once had one as a Christmas joke gift but I didn’t want to just get a rock off the streets. I decided to be creative with the idea. I bought a bunch of candy, wrapped it in plastic wrap, covered it with paper machete, then painted it gray with some shades and color to make it look like a polished rock. Then, I gave it as an elephant gift present. The first kid who got it traded it with someone else before they realized there was candy in it and realized he missed out on the candy XD. It was a great Christmas Party.

In regards to Jetpod. What you heard as “VQ-stall” was actually “VQSTOL”. This is an acronym for Very Quiet Short Take Off Landing. STOL is a common term in aviation.

“I’m still trying to process that he made $6 million from rocks” Jewelers: 👀

I originally thought the Pet Petter was meant for when you were away from the house and thus couldn't pet your dog, but 1. The way this is advertised completely shoots that theory down 2. I think hearing a demon voice coming out of a metal hand as said metal hand strokes me would be scary if I was a pet

With a cat, everything in your house is already a "pet petter" 🤷‍♂️

I bought the virtual boy and it really helped my child's video game addiction. He would only play for a little bit of time and then give up and do his homework. Tbh, maybe they could implement this concept for the No Phone. A phone that just gives you a headache to reduce the time you spend on your phone.

. 20:02 A death trap for if you encounter... *...her.* 🐔 (Although, it's REALLY unlikely it would ever happen.)

Those car eyelashes were all over the US in the 2000s. They were the grown ups equivalent of those quirky glasses with the little mustache on a chain.

**Diet Water** Me: “Aaaahh yes, for when zero calories is too much for your diet”

"Who would think that bright orange is a trendy color? A moron, that's who!" says Strider while wearing a bright orange t-shirt

My pet rock murdered my mom

About the execution of the NoPhone though, why do we need one just for the essentials? I get that ignoring people because of phones is a problem but people want to use phones for other things that are their hobbies and that's actually fine.

I just had a horrific vision-- someone building up a package deal of a pet rock and a pet petter. One pet rock and a pet petter, $25. Or 3 for $100!

23:14 I respect the grind

24:20 🤣you just roasted yourself😂 lol

Considering how we abuse drones, could you imagine mankind with flying cars

LJN Video Art: That thing had a controller that had a terribly squeezy noise & had the worst joystick known to mankind, & alongside that the paint program itself was terrible, not even including a save function let alone any way to fill up one part of the screen with a single color. That thing was worthless in every way possible. Pop Station LCD games: Those things flood the Chinese market like the plague it is & they just keep getting worse & worse, featuring the same crappy Street Fighter clone, the same boring driving game & whatever the heck "Submarine Invasion" is. Ashens covered A LOT of those stupid things. Atari Jaguar CD: Alongside looking like a toilet, most models of the thing likely didn't work because of faulty wires, stupid connection errors, the CD tray being a butthole, etc. Tiger R-Zone: Imagine the Virtual Boy, but instead of innovative technology, it's just awful Tiger LCD games, but made black & red to capitalize on said Virtual Boy. That's the R-Zone & you & it was actually much worse to the eyes than the V-Boy was as it can give people headaches IMMEDIATELY. Any more you guys can think of?

I appreciate people far outside the Texan accent spectrum unironically using howdy :)

I had a pet rock on a leash. His name was Buford T Justice. He would attack people that hurt me. Needless to say, I had to rehome him.

10. Yeah this was a con. You’re a fool to engage in diet water 9. That is just sad. What kind of sick guy doesn’t want to pet their pets? 8. Honestly the Light Phone looks really interesting. I might actually buy one (he said, typing on his phone) 7. Oh virtual boy… you are the black (red?) mark of gaming history 6. Oh this is just a shame. Hopefully they iron out the kinks soon so less people die. 5. Well ain’t that the tackiest thing ever seen? 4. Like… how bored can you be on the John? 3. The reason we like the smell of fresh pizza is because it means we get to eat fresh pizza. I do not want people to smell like this. 2. Oh this was a joke gift for sure though I wonder how many people bought it unironically… 1. Yeah this has to be a gag gift. No way would someone buy that for actual comfort!

Phantomstrider: I dom't criticize whoever made this as a person Also Phantomstrider: So instead Imma criticize the customer for buying this diet water instead To be fair if someone telling me they made diet water I'd probably say their either have an IQ of 3 or they're a scammer

I love how he started with. "I don't mean to be insulting to anyone". Then says "sorry man, you're not too bright". 😂😂😂

When all the other kids were selling lemonade, I was selling rocks. Not actual pet rocks, but unusual rocks. I would take markers and paint and decorate some colorfully. The tiger striped ones were especially popular. Didn't reach the 6 million dollar mark though.

When I was younger,I actually used to know someone who had car eyelashes. It was the mother of an old friend I had in primary. Being reminded of these bizarre car add ons brings me back. It looks creepy and hilarious at the same time

"Diet water"?! But water already has 0 calories... so how much does "diet water" have? -1?

One of the few joys in my awful life is petting my cat when i see him when i come home.

We gave my sister a pet rock as a joke, and she loved it _because_ of the joke. The joke: She went back to college in her 40s, and there was one semester that she (very stupidly) took a geology course for one of her electives because she "thought it would be interesting." It turned out to be absolute HELL. It had nothing to do with her major and it was far more involved than she ever thought it would be. She had to study like crazy for everything, and she _barely_ passed at the end of the semester. As a "congratulations, you passed!" gift, we gave her a pet rock (which was, unsurprisingly, my dad's idea). She laughed HARD when she made the connection and thought it was absolutely hilarious. It stayed on her bookshelf from then on. And that is one of the only instances that I can think of where a pet rock would actually make sense. Edited to add: the instruction booklet for how to take care of your pet rock is almost worth the price of the whole thing on its own. It's quite funny.

If you research some of these topics, the pet rock was actually about the care guide booklet that came with it not the actual rock. That’s why it was so successful.

I think I'll stick my favourite plushie, thanks- it does everything a pet rock can do, with the added bonus of being cuddly 😊. As for the pet petter, isn't that about as pointless as inventing something that eats your candy or ice cream for you? It literally takes away the biggest benefit of owning a pet 🤣

If you have a pet rock do not name it Elmo, Sesame Street probably made a good example of why thats a annoying idea

When he got to the pet rock, I was sure edible underwear was going to be on the list.

Hey Strider, it was truly a joy to edit the Virtual Boy segment at 9:05! I've always found the Virtual Boy to be a fascinating system so I had a lot of fun editing the segment! Personally, I actually kinda like the Virtual Boy and I do enjoy playing it in short bursts. I think it's one of the few systems that you kinda have to experience in person to really appreciate. It just wasn't very well designed and wasn't advanced enough to be something truly great. Anyway, you made the other stupid items on this list oddly fascinating as well. I think this is one of your best videos yet! Cheers my friend!

the pet petter actually has a use, one of my friends has such bad ocd and germaphobia and cant touch his pets, although he loves them. so in that immensely niche situation, yeah its ok

4:27 That's a masochist, not a sadist. The PetPetter is an even STUPIDER idea than the Diet Water! In fact, for a masochist, those two things would go very well together. Never pet an animal and drink nothing but water.

Seeing not only Ann Readon but also Caddicarus clips in this video made me so happy lol

I will never make fun of the Pet Rock. It's just so gloriously capitalist. And Gary does address why you shouldn't get a "wild" rock in the pamphlet. (I don't have a Pet Rock. I've just read about it elsewhere)

One of the listed uses of Handerpants is when being attacked, put on Handerpants to confuse and distract the enemy. I guess that would work, I think it’d distract me.

Actually, those hander pants saved my friend's hands when she was a hairdresser. Her eczema was bad on her palms and she used those hander pants under the rubber/silicon gloves they were given for hair dyes. Not only that, she bought me a pair, as a gag, and I wore them in a cold office when I had to start at 5am typing medical papers. They were quite warm. So, useless for some, good for others.

Part of having a pet, is to pet, your pet.

Hey strider. I just want to thank you for uploading. I'm in a really crappy state right now mentally and your videos always cheer me up. Keep up the good work. Edit: Thank you guys for the support. It really means a lot. Sending well wishes to all of you back for any future challenges you face.

20:07 wasn't expecting caddicarous!

The diet water reminded me of a time someone in an MLM tried to sell me expensive "keto coffee." They went on and on about how it could help with a keto diet, etc. I then looked at them and said, "You do realize that regular coffee is already ketogenic, right? Why should I pay 5 times more for your coffee?"

I'm going to buy a pair of Handerpants and then dye them black so that nobody can tell they're actually Handerpants without bringing their face within a couple inches of them.

The Car Lashes are so tacky but sooooo cute 🥰 Guess there really is a market for everything😅

I once saw a product at the store labeled "Organic Salt". Salt is a mineral compound that is, by definition, inorganic.

Here’s a fun fact. The Virtual Boy was released in 1995. That means that the people who are unsharp enough to buy the V-Boy could have just waited a year for Quake or the N64, real 3D games, to release instead of using a trippy version of 2D games.

The pet petter is useful for your pet rock, it loves pats but is afraid of people, so it's nice to have that to pet it until it is comfortable enough for you to pet it.

The creator of the Jetpod has my respect for trying out the invention himself, he risked his own life to make it work, it's sad he had to die but has my respect for trying to make it work

This inventions feel as if all the CEOS were smoking some form of crack whilst playing scrabble and just sent whatever was spelt to their workers that were laboring away for 23 hours a day

Imagine seeing a car with eyelashes while you're hammered. "Bugger me! Herbie's queered up...!"

Props to you for citing Anne Reardon, she's a legend and she's doing god's work debunking dangerous trends and silly myths about food and food production.

The Virtual Boy may have been a huge mistake, but it had some potential (later realised by the 3DS and Switch LABO VR). It even had some pretty good games, like VB Wario Land and Telero Boxer

1:07 When regular water has too many calories

I can see the toilet golf product being amusing exactly once, and then it's an eyesore.

You know what’s a stupid invention? The Smell-O-Vision. It was a gimmick used for audiences to smell what’s going on in the movie. Rugrats Go Wild and Sky Kids: All the Time in the World use this trend too, but what’s the point in giving those films this option for mainstream theaters?

I’d be amazed if I seen anyone using any of these stupid inventions, and those car eyelashes scared me for life

On the topic of the Virtual Boy: There's an emulator available for it you can play on a regular VR headset and it also lets you set it to a more gameboy-familiar greyscale color palette rather than a painful red. When you experience the games in this much more comfortable way they become a lot more engaging!

The Pet Petter sounds like the saddest thing ever

I agree with the judge on the pet petter one because he looks so displeased,annoyed,disinterested and just done with life and it especially showed when he said that when he made his product would be better spent with his dog, even tho he still told him the product failed, he didn’t have to say that cuz it’s pretty obvious that he hated it

A teacher of mine had an original Pet Rock at school. It was pretty cool, a good moral booster to have in class.

To be fair, the Virtual Boy was trying something new and it painted the road for better devices, asides, the R zone (a different console made by a different developer for competing with Nintendo) did it kinda worse

I do like the lashes on a VW Bug - making it a Lady Bug. I've seen VW Bugs decorated as a lady bug - perfect car to have them.

I watch Virtual Boy commercials and play Virtual Boy games online. So thanks for putting it on Number 7, Strider!

The whole gluten free diet water made me scream "WHAT!" and laughed

Strides, just wanted to say I absolutely adore the way you make sure no one’s offended or left out in your little talks before the vids, I just appreciate you as a person, mate. Hope you’re well! (Also I have the moment you said my name on a mall walk livestream (as the Dogtor then I think) is one of my top moments, this is odd to add but I wanted to..)

"People want a cologne that smells like the combination of a yeast infection and smegma." -- Pizza Hut.

Now I want the Pizza Hut scent! Haha

The best thing I can say about the Virtual Boy is that the commercial is pretty cool. Sure it makes it look like a sci-fi horror movie trailer, but the commercial is pretty well made.

I remember my first time seeing car lashes. ‘Twas not but a year ago when I was walking with my friends, having a wonderful time at my city’s monthly art festival. This event is well known for its ability to call upon the eccentric like moths to a flame. Which, I believed was a great thing. Until I saw… it. A yellow Volkswagen bug with large black eyelashes, staring into my soul with its lifeless headlight eyes. I immediately hurled an obscenity in shock, which alerted my comrades to the vehicle’s presence. They were equally unnerved by the lovecraftian nightmare car we stumbled across. Obviously, pictures were taken to document our findings, but we all knew we wouldn’t really need them. After all, who could forget a face like that?

As a child growing up in the 70's, I remember thinking about how stupid Pet Rocks were. Even as a child, I couldn't believe anyone would spend money on a decorated rock.

It's a true honor to see someone reference something so nostalgic in a strange situation!