Snarking at Skymall

Photographers who have used these and similar tools tell me that they’re great–essentially, you can turn any object into a tripod, without having to carry one around.

Of course, that’s all part of the plan. We’ll realize only too late how big a mistake it was to give all of our electronic devices legs of their own, once they rise up and attack. The cameras will crawl up into corners and lurk there, acting as the spying eyes for the larger, deadlier electronics. The phone will spring out of its owners pocket and strangle her with those prehensile legs. The PSP will charge its owner, smacking him with its UMD drive.

Then we will curse the inventors of the Gorillapod for the part they played in dooming the human race.