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Re: [OM] The Polaroid Socialmatic (was: Sociomatic)

Subject: Re: [OM] The Polaroid Socialmatic (was: Sociomatic)
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 19:43:57 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>
>>
>>     No, I'm not making this up.  There was a short blurb on a local social 
>> commentary programme 
>>just now that made mention of a new camera from Polaroid, the "Sociomatic" 
>>(Socialmatic?).  It's a 
>>thin camera that includes a small printer and a wireless adapter.  The 
>>printer produces printed 
>>copies of photos around the size of a business card, and the wireless adapter 
>>lets you upload and 
>>download photos from social media.
>>
>>     I won't have a wifi connection until tomorrow morning, so I cannot 
>> examine the details.  The 
>>blurb mentioned that it is already available from Amazon.  Perhaps someone 
>>here can find out more 
>>about this.  If it's for real, it may be just the thing to exhume Polaroid 
>>from the grave.
>>
>>     But, it's unfortunate that the name sounds very similar to sociopathic.  
>> The comedians are 
>>going to have fun with this.
>>
>
>     And "Polaroid" sounds a lot like "paranoid", so this camera could become 
> known as the Paranoid Sociopathic.
>
>     I've known a number of people who would readily identify with that.
>

     And the Polaroid Socialmatic is for real:

http://www.amazon.com/Polaroid-Socialmatic-Digital-Instant-Camera/dp/B00QFVKXIC

     But it still sounds like Paranoid Sociopathic.


Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
     - Hunter S. Thompson
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