Twitter-Equipped Bathroom Scale Tells The World How Much You Weigh

Los Angeles Times:

Today the French company behind the scale, Withings, announced it has added Twitter capability to the scale, enabling the user to automatically tweet the weight/fat info to followers.

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Comments

[HBD]

Can the Twitter condom be far behind?

[Gover]

My new product is called Sh***er and what it does is you mount it on your wall, and then every time you're on the can, it takes a picture of you all red faced and contorted, and then posts it to hotornot.com.

I think this is really going to catch on...

[ezgoingal]

Never understood the appeal of Twitter. Are folks so self-absorbed or is it so desparate that they feel that all their thoughts must be communicated to the world? What has happened to reflection and assessing within without wanting to make it known to all?

[jaschrod]

That is why it is called Twitter, only twits use it, and believe me, this is the only way these people will ever be noticed.

[SusanStoHelit]

Nice one.

That sure would be some motivation not to cheat on your diet!

[bobbobato]

while I don't see the appeal of tweeting your weight, I like the concept of a household item that automatcally sends info to the Internet. Why not introduce a Twitter-gps that posts your location?

[drewziGNY]

Is this the point where Twitter has finally jumped the shark?

[machivellianX]

what's next a twitter toilet? Stupidity truly has no bounds.

[AmandaBC]

How about the toilet that tells your followers every time you go to the bathroom?
How about the bed that tells your followers every time you lie on it and if you sleep or do something else?

Unbelievable, people are welcoming Big Brother as a friend. Reality is wilder than Orwell's imagination...

[machivellianX]

those are my exact sentiments, we no longer need a secret police, people are readily and happily reporting on themselves everything. Something is so oddly perverse about this, that Orwells nightmare has been marketed as the sheik , new, cool thing these days.

[jp5472]

Absolutely dead-on observation.

[rbarry647]

Any husband thinking about getting one for his wife may want to wear protective gear and line up another place to live in advance

[VOTER]

Does anyone else have a taste for Roasted "Bluebird" with Garden Fresh Veggies,
followed by Red Velvet Cake?

[whoknew---]

How about a scoop of ice cream to go along with it?...

LOL

[bmermaid]

What positive purpose does this have?

I can easily see the damage it can do to people with eating disorders; a great incentive to starve ones-self. Bad idea!

[Copeword]

If they starve themselves, hopefully others would notice, and intervene, or at least disapprove.

[bungle]

j/k