Comments on: Smile or Suffer the Consequences While Wearing the Happiness Hat

By: Noelegy

Noelegy — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:31:35 +0000

Colt Seaver, anyone who’s ever worked in customer service already knows the feeling of “smile or you’ll get a spike to the back of the head.”

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:18:13 +0000

Brought to you by A Clockwork Orange Incorporated.

By: Colt Seaver

Colt Seaver — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:30:21 +0000

This could damned well fix customer service. Everywhere.

By: Trabb's Boy

Trabb's Boy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:59:51 +0000

That was hilarious! That little noise would haunt your dreams long after you took the hat off.

By: lookas

lookas — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:43:06 +0000

it doesn’t work anymore

By: Mila

Mila — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:40:15 +0000

I can’t view the video! It says that it’s private.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:45:08 +0000

Wow! Don’t let Disney get a hold of that thing!

By: Zecc

Zecc — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:55:04 +0000

I ROFLed at the related videos.

By: bradbury

bradbury — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:20:59 +0000

Ren & Stimpy did it! see happy happy joy joy song.

By: Øyvind

Øyvind — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:29:41 +0000

As an unforeseen side effect, it also works without the hat: I’m now smiling just from seeing the device in action on someone else.

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:32:39 +0000

It’s a bit Stepford Wivesish, isn’t it?

By: Alan Lamb

Alan Lamb — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:45:43 +0000

I hope I’m not the only one who finds this whole idea to be pretty creepy, especially considering that the model is female. A jolt of pain if you stop wearing a stretched, uncomfortable smile even momentarily? Okay…

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:41:31 +0000

I like how the spike went into her head.

Seriously, this is

By: Edie Howe

Edie Howe — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:35:30 +0000

You know, it doesn’t surprise me that it’s a woman who’s wearing the hat; Women are routinely told to “smile!”, and we’re told we’re bitches when we don’t.

Now if we don’t smile, we get a metal spike in the back of the head.

I’m really hoping Lauren McCarthy is making a statement about how society expects women to be welcoming, congenial, and friendly.

Bugger that for tuppence.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:27:36 +0000

This might be popular in the telemarketing industry in China.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:24:19 +0000

“Through repeated use of this conditioning device you can train your brain to smile all the time.”

If grimace=smile.

By: mikerbaker

mikerbaker — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:16:39 +0000

Lauren McCarthy is an artist/designer. This is a funny and fun design, not meant to be scientific or marketable. Happiness Hat is just a piece of OW! a great invention and you should put one on now.

By: Flux

Flux — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:54:29 +0000

BE HAPPY! >:D
Reminds me of the ab control device that was making its rounds a few years back. It had a sensor that could tell when you wern’t sucking your stomach in and would sound an alarm.
I wouldn’t be suprised if nobody here has heard of it… it probably wasn’t a big seller after people got fed up and tossed the thing off.

By: Manticore

Manticore — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:46:05 +0000

ooooook that’s not at all creepy…

By: MightyCow

MightyCow — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:43:54 +0000

Somebody doesn’t understand how conditioning works very well. Using pain to try to encourage smiles is pretty counter productive.