Awethumb is amaathing!

Whittling might have been a hoax and Blackberry massages just a ruse, but the Awethumb is all too real -- and all too freaking amazing. Yeah, we're not at all sure that these $8 plastic thumbguards -- available in your choice of colors! -- will actually protect you from repetitive stress or even make typing easier, but all the dudes and dudettes on the El train will know you mean business when you slip 'em on. As an added bonus, lack of compatibility with the iPhone will allow you to express your disdain for touchscreens in a satisfyingly dramatic way -- if you can't rock it with an Awethumb, you're not rockin'. Ah, to be young and ensheathed in plastic thumb protectors. Frankly astounding video after the break.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 25th 2008 2:28PM]

remamber to always practice safe text

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 25th 2008 2:33PM]

Thufferin' thuckotash'! Oh the inthanity...what will they think of next?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 25th 2008 2:52PM]

Awethome ------- and completely gay.

[c w j Posted Nov 25th 2008 3:14PM]

No, completely "Yay"!!


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I want somebody to come up with a way to relieve the tendonitis in my left them from shifting to the middle gear on my MTB.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 25th 2008 3:10PM]

I have to be totally honest on this one... as soon as I read the headline, I became furious. Something about the headline just instantly annoyed me on some extremely deep psychological level. In truth, I am at the point that I can't come up with the words to define how much I hated it.

Nilay Patel, you're on notice.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 25th 2008 4:16PM]

haha

that just made my day, sorry to revel in your anger, but that was a funny ass post.

but yeah, id probably act out violently toward someone with these on.

[CeluGeek Posted Nov 25th 2008 4:09PM]

I can't believe people took this long to come up with something as crazy as this.

[TheJason Posted Nov 25th 2008 5:30PM]

LOL!!

[carcomptoy Posted Nov 25th 2008 9:54PM]

I've actually seen these a few months before...are they seriously still being sold??

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 21st 2008 4:28AM]

Got a set at the Engadget reader meet up. What's most amusing is how this post made it to the front page of their website. Those ellipsis manage to hide the sarcasm awethumbly!

“Awethumb is amaathing! . . the Awethumb is all too real -- and all too freaking amazing” – Nilay Patel, Engadget.com