I saw this advertised to me in my Facebook feed:
It’s a Hallmark Keepsake Power Cord.
Yes, I know it is a power cord to plug in Hallmark ornaments. However, this still made me laugh. I love the idea of a Hallmark Keepsake Power Cord. I love that it’s packaged like its own precious keepsake. I love the idea of a power cord being a keepsake.
We all have keepsake power cords. There’s a drawer, or more likely box, of cords somewhere in your house. Unless you’re really disorganized and they’re kind of just everywhere.
I actually have one adapter I keep just for nostalgia. It’s an audio out to cassette converter. Yeah, when iPods came out, a lot of cars still had cassette players. Also, iPods had audio out. So yes, I keep that because it’s funny. I used that. Then I got super fancy and bought an adapter that connected to the audio out and transmitted to an FM radio frequency. Yeah, WIRELESS! I don’t think those lasted long. But what a time to be alive. The 90s were awesome.
Related but also unrelated: last night I watched an explanation of why there are so many USB connectors. USB was supposed to be the one cord to rule them all. So why are there so many? USB A/B (plus their blue counterparts for USB 3.0). Mini USB A/B. On-the-go USB. Micro USB. Now USB C.
Then there are the unknown numbers of proprietary plugs USB was made to prevent. Plus all the various monitor cables we’ve had over the years! Parallel cables for old printers. I kinda want to make a shadowbox with all the different connectors. Maybe labeled like a specimen box. If you think I’m joking, you don’t know me. That cassette adapter deserves to be on display.
Maybe Hallmark needs to make a Keepsake Power Cord ornament. A ball of mixed cables. Or a box of them.
Not Related
Amazon also had this in a Facebook ad later in the day:
Disposable bathtub liners. On the one hand, I have seen enough OCD people to know this has a market. Especially if they do a rented house or hotel room.
But doesn’t it kinda scream crime scene? Just me?