Go Go Gadget Creep

There is a fine line between cool and creepy.  Like the last great date you went on, but then it turns out he liked to wear his dead grandmothers wedding dress and be called Geraldine in bed. Vintage clothing? Awesome. The other stuff? Creepy.

Creepy: A definition; producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one’s skin.*Thank you wiktionary.

We now have creep as part of the web vernacular that, as an action, describes the scanning someone’s profile or looking up people on the internet. I am talking more like creepy: your neighbours awkward teenager is hiding in your attic, above your shower creepy. Just to make things clear.

New technology has a way of making things we never thought possible (outside of a James Bond movie) possible but there’s got to be a line drawn at some point. While some stuff out there is revolutionizing the way we live life, there are some things that I would like to deem inappropriate.

Disclaimer: At least for the masses at large, James Bond and all the world’s renegade spies still need to be cool.

I’m not going to deny that technology has always had some level of creep factor. And over time some things that are at first creepy can become popular, actually, somethings that are popular are because they were originally creepy. Put aside, for a minute, your instant reaction to jump to thoughts of popular Japanese and North American sexbots that are invading the world and lets look more at some of the technology that has you on the fine line between cool and creepy.

First off – the internet crazes. On a personal privacy level, Chatroulette is creepy enough to keep me off the internet. A fancier version of when-Skype-met-crank-calling, this site takes me back to the first day I was on Skype and was flashed by a well endowed faceless stranger. My feelings are if the creeps of the world have access to a forum where they can be creepy from the safety of their own home, they will. I won’t invite strangers into my home in person, and I see no reason in allowing them access from a far. Next.

FourSquare OR, 4 easy steps to robbing your friends. And then laughing at them. Publicly.
1. Join FourSquare
2. Check to see when your friends check in places (ie: checking in every morning for coffee)
3. Rob them.
4. Laugh.

Makes you wonder who’s behind that whole 4square craze anyways…. Put the iPhone down people. Please.

Speaking of iPhones…

Ever wonder what your friends look like naked? Now you have your chance, and you can take pictures AND post them on the internet. Perfect for the voyeur in every family, you too can be the local perv by purchasing your own creeper cam add-ons like this.

I know, creepy right? Anyone with a camera is now a potential for a creep. And how does this work? With a higher end camera the infrared will penetrate the fabric making a thumbnail sized filter the means to turning an average joe into your average pervert. And word on the street is dark bikinis are the easiest target of them all.

I think the creepiest thing I’ve seen to date is a clock that runs off the blood from its victims. Think Vampires meet spiders meets Cogsworth. Bio fuel has taken a new turn and while I get that people are looking for innovative ways to source renewable energy, I’m not sure this should be an answer to our finite energy supply and over population combined. But I have been wrong before.

Since writing this post I have become an internet creep-seeker. I really don’t think there’s anything that would shock me at this point – BUT if you think there is, please please post here and let me know.

Oh, and for the record – I have ALWAYS wanted to be a Fembot. For the record.