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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Apparently lots of those infomercial gadgets were developed for people with severe motor function impairments, or whatever the pc way of saying it is.
The infomercials are just trying to maximize revenue by selling it as something useful to people at large, and not just people with disabilities.
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Yeah, I was thinking about that. They would definitely make sense for those scenarios like people suffering from ALS or Parkinsons. I found the marketing to be misdirected.
Is there a story or something where these as-seen-on-tv inventions origins are talked about? That would be interesting.
Anyway, my two useless items that I actually use pretty frequently are the Nordic egg poacher, though you have to be careful not to blow up the eggs. Also a butter divider. It is basically a wire grid that cuts through a block or butter and divides it into even 25 or 45 mg slices. It turns out to be the right size for a piece of toast or coating a frying pan.