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Things That Look Like Stuff

Submitted by: thecougar
Created: Apr 20, 2007, 9:59 pm

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Picture this. You're just minding your bidness, frying up some cheese-filled sandwiches, and BAM! The Virgin Mary's like all up in your grill! You've got to tell someone, but neither the Pope nor the National Inquirer are returning your calls. No worries, now you've got a place to share this miraculous event with the world.

The site is ThingsThatLookLikeStuff.com, a collection of everyday objects that just happen to look like something else. Users can upload photos and other people can vote on their favorites. Maybe it's a cloud that looks like a Luck Dragon, a birthmark that only Steve Jobs could love, or a tator tot that bears a slight resemblence to Kip.

I thought of this idea when I was...

I thought of this when the Virgin Mary was like all up in my grilled cheese.

Comments Posted

migueljds Posted: April 21, 2007, 3:13 am

Good one :) People are naturally pattern seeking, so people will find a lot of familiar patterns in unusual places. And it's viral, so it'll spread. Nice.

fish99 Posted: April 21, 2007, 11:43 am

sounds sticky!

ByondByond Posted: April 23, 2007, 11:46 am

cool - maybe a better name? how about "cloud sourcing" :)

annemarie Posted: April 24, 2007, 2:11 pm

I like it too. Start it up and then get Conan O'Brien or Jay Leno to purchase it. Also agree on a catchier name. Cloud sourcing - you're a dork byond.. he he he How about "look at this shit" .com?

Rizal Posted: April 30, 2007, 5:41 am

hehe nice... bootleg copies hhe

Brenden Posted: June 6, 2007, 3:33 pm

that would be fun

vanhees Posted: June 7, 2007, 5:06 am

Couger I like the idea.
Tommy

TheGuru Posted: June 8, 2007, 10:21 am

how to make money with it?? or even cover bandwidth for that matter!

Patrick_Jones Posted: June 8, 2007, 11:34 am

great idea

thecougar Posted: June 8, 2007, 7:55 pm

TheGuru: Picture this. The VM Grilled Cheese Miracle (brought to you by the good folks at Velveeta). So to answer in form of a cliche: this site would be ad-supported. As for bandwidth costs, I guarantee that every non-video/audio site in the world wished they got so much traffic that bandwidth costs became an issue. Traffic = cash in this wacky Web 2.0 world we're in.

fossiloflife Posted: June 12, 2007, 6:19 am

fun fun !!!

jill Posted: June 13, 2007, 9:40 am

Oh, I love this idea.

I had this picture of a carrot...

Rich2809 Posted: November 6, 2007, 6:12 am

So do it. I would love this site.

Hello!

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