The internet gets blamed for everything.
Shortened attention spans. Bad decisions. Three hours lost to a rabbit hole that started with “how do planes stay up” and ended with competitive dog grooming videos from Lithuania.
Impulse purchases at 2am that seemed completely reasonable at the time.
We’re not here to defend it.
We’re here to curate the best of what it produces — the weird, the wonderful, the “I didn’t know I needed this until thirty seconds ago.” The stuff that makes you text a friend a link with no context, knowing they’ll immediately understand.
Researchers blame the internet for increased narcissism, anxiety, shorter attention spans, and the complete collapse of your ability to sit through a two-hour movie without checking your phone. Artists have made it the subject of gallery installations. Musicians have written songs about it.
And yet here we are. Online. Shopping.
We figured if you’re going to blame the internet for something — it should at least be worth it.
What We Actually Do
We find things. Unusual things. Things that exist at the exact intersection of “how did someone think of this” and “I need this immediately.”
Every product on this site was found, judged, and approved based on one question: Would I text this to someone at midnight?
If yes — it’s here. If no — the internet can keep it.
We earn a small commission if you buy something through our links, at no extra cost to you. That’s how we keep the lights on and the WiFi running. (Someone has to blame it.)
Not responsible for your impulse purchases. That’s the internet’s fault.
— I Blame The Internet