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Smart Pipe | Infomercials | Adult Swim

Smart Pipe | Infomercials | Adult Swim

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0 HN recommenders · discussed 2017–2025
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An Adult Swim infomercial parody for Smart Pipe, a fictional startup that turns toilet waste into data and social connectivity. It satirizes everything-connected tech culture.

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HN posts it as a joke whenever a real smart toilet, IoT gadget or silly startup idea appears, because reality keeps matching the parody.

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clydethefrog · 2017-09 · joke

Adult Swim did a critical parody two years ago which still nails the hidden motives of many startups. [VIDEO]

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StudentStuff · 2017-11 · joke

It'd be great to be able to pull glucose, hydration and more out of urine samples real time, so long as we stay away from say live telemetry to insurers or something like SmartPipe[1] it'd be enormously beneficial. 1 - [VIDEO]

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clydethefrog · 2017-11 · joke

The Smart Bathroom idea seems beyond parody. See the Smart Pipe satire infomercial comedy channel Adult Swim produced in 2014. [VIDEO]

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RankingMember · 2018-06 · joke

I assume you've already seen this, but if not, it's an infomercial for a fictional product that does exactly that. [VIDEO]

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gitgud · 2020-02 · joke

Interesting, Crappsy looks remarkably similar to an [1] Adult Swim parody of startup companies from 2014. [1] [VIDEO]

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ardy42 · 2020-04 · joke

Parody becomes reality. This is literally Adult Swim's Smart Pipe: [VIDEO] : > Everything in our lives is connected to the internet, so why not our toilets? Take a tour of Smart Pipe, the hot new tech startup that turns your waste into valuable information and fun social connectivity.

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jimmaswell · 2020-06 · joke

Adult Swim's Smart Pipe coming to life. [VIDEO] I actually thought it was a cool idea when I watched that, besides the exaggerated parts for the joke.

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smoldesu · 2021-12 · joke

Adult Swim made riffed on a similar concept[0] a few years ago, though it seems like some companies never quite took the message to heart... [0] Smart Pipe [VIDEO]

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