00417The Cone That Pointed Elsewhere
A partial traffic cone insisting on relevance long after the road moved on.
Exhibit
Open
Daily
Emotionally
Closed✹
Admission:
Disappointment
is free
Daily
Emotionally
Closed✹
Admission:
Disappointment
is free
Totally
Fucking
Lame
Chronicling disappointment
with the seriousness it deserves.
Welcome to the Museum of Lame, a curated archive of abandoned trends, failed gadgets, obsolete websites, terrible advertisements, regrettable fashions, and cultural mistakes that will echo in eternity for absolutely no good reason.
Come for the lame. Stay because it understands you.
★ Featured Exhibits ★
The permanent collection
Recently Acquired
Sad O’Clock
An alarm clock for people who wake up already disappointed.
27Apple Bandai Pippin
Apple and Bandai combined three product categories into one machine with no obvious customer.
26The SunChips Compostable Bag
A genuinely admirable packaging idea, defeated by the noise made while accessing a handful of chips.
25Motorola ROKR E1
Apple, Motorola, and Cingular launched the first iTunes phone in 2005 for $249.99 with a two-year contract. It…
24Smell-O-Vision
The 1960 mystery Scent of Mystery piped 30 odors through vents beneath theater seats. Reviews complained of hissing,…
23CueCat
In 2000, magazines mailed readers a cat-shaped barcode scanner so they could swipe printed codes instead of typing…
We don’t tell you what to buy.
We tell you what to avoid—or what to buy
precisely because it is magnificently lame.
disappointment
is our
curation.Browse
the Museum →Avoid
Everything →
Advice you can safely ignore after reading
Anti-Recommendations
Emotional Overreach
Apps That Track Your Joy
DeclineGamifies happiness. Sells your data. Steals your peace.
Mostly Pointless
Motivational Wall Art
AvoidVague slogans. Terrible fonts. Zero original thoughts.
Social Obligation
Networking Breakfasts
Skip itForced cheer. Stale pastries. Meaningless connections.
Complaint
Department
Department
The Checkout Asking for a Tip on a Bottle of Water
Open file →minor, totally
valid grievance?Submit your
complaint
Matters of almost no consequence
Open Case Files
Case file 001
The Checkout Asking for a Tip on a Bottle of Water
- Offense
- Emotional extortion
- Status
- Under review
Case file 002
The Paper Straw That Surrendered Immediately
- Offense
- Structural optimism
- Status
- Soggy
Case file 003
The Resealable Bag That Never Resealed
- Offense
- Broken promises
- Status
- Still angry
The annual awards for outstanding underachievement
The Lammys
Improved By Throwing It Away
Our highest honor. Acceptance is not required.
Most Aggressive Restaurant Chair
Sit briefly. Regret immediately. Leave efficiently.
Worst QR-Code Experience
Camera permission denied. Menu still unavailable.
Most Unnecessary App Redesign
For moving every useful button somewhere “more intuitive.”