Dr. Whippy keeps the soft serve comin' to cheer you up
By Darren Murph 
posted Sep 12th 2007 8:15PM
posted Sep 12th 2007 8:15PM
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sigh... vanilla
soft serve has been abolished in NY
Emo Ice Cream... great just what the world needs lol,
couldnt agree more xD one emo = entire ice cream contents in one machine, let alone the country ^__^
But, if you're really happy and it only gives you a little, then wouldn't that make you unhappy?
Yes, it's a viscous cycle.
Then you ask it for more, it makes you happy either way in the end.
That's exactly what happened to a friend of mine who tested this art-installation on the ars electronica in lin/austria a few days ago...
Mmmmmm, viscosity... softserve isn't very viscous though.
Ah crap. I wish I could say that typo was supposed to be a pun.
Actually I consider soft-serve to be pretty viscous compared to water. Maybe not compared to 'real' ice-cream though.
Ah the great conversations on tech blogs.
Wow ... a product that rewards unhappiness? Sounds like a emo trainer.
gotta cut em all!
If I talk about Bush the machine would run out of ice cream
Keep politics out of this! For Heaven's sake we get enough of this crap as it is! Is nothing sacred anymore!?!
Frozen yogurt for me, thanks.
so what if it detects cut wrists.... sprinkles?!?!
I'm so fat it's making me depressed.
HERE HAVE SOME MORE ICE CREAM.
LMAO XD!!!!!!!!
This is the stupidest waste of time these people should put their efforts into curing cancer or something because people can determine how much ice cream the want with out the help from this machine.
Sorry I'm just in a bad mood.
More ice cream sir?
*Smashes machine*
Now I'm happy
well no ice cream for you sir or madam.
and if you are feeling vulnerable, Dr. Whippy takes advantage of you...
If I hold a crying baby up to it, will it break down?
I am confused, is this susposed to cheer you up, or reward you for being depressed?
I mean if my dog does something bad, and I give her a cookie, that encourages her to do that bad thing again...
but we are not dogs.
OK how about this then...
You have a 3 year old. 3 year old crys. You had 3 year old a cookie. 3 year old learns that you get a cookie when you cry...
ANd before you try to say, "But I am not 3 years old". Think about it this way, if you get a reward for a behavior, are you likely to repeat that behavor? If you answer no...... Then you are lying. ;)
Ah crap! That would have been...
uh...that was a good one..."viscous". haha. errrr...
does this remind anyone else of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy?
was on giz yesterday.
come on engadget! at least spy on them!
What if you're lactose intollerant?
"No, I don't want ice cream, I mean it! I really really mean it!"
I can only imagine this was the idea of some very cruel people.
If you are allergic to bees, would you stand and poke the beehive then? ;)
now thats an invention worth talking about!
wouldn't less ice cream make you unhappy, or more ice cream encourage unhappiness...
I am so 3 scoops of pistachio
yum yums
What if you're frowning cause it's your turn to clean the damn thing?
There's a reason why they don't sell domestic sno freez machines...
Lol! My stomach! I have never laughed at a posting here so hard. Just a little obscure, don't you think? Maybe if you want more ice cream you can repeat what you did for a smaller amount, or even push a button, pull a level, turn a dial...but really, the voice says it all.
BTW, KiraXD, I also didn't realize the emo were into ice cream that much. I know what I'm getting my emo family member next Christmas! iiiiiice cream!!!
He's called Cr Whippy cus' he makes the girls slippy..
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thankyou Margaret Thatcher.
Well done...automated comfort food.
Wow, this thing better be accurate, cause if I'm stressed and this thing doesn't get exactly how much, I'm reacting like my girlfriend. Hope this thing likes sleeping on the sofa.
Aren't emotionally distressed people more likely to become obese? This must be the invention of a "pharmaceutical company". More sick people, more money spent on meds.
How f'd up do you have to be to get caramel sauce?
but will it blend?
Si I don't get it. If I'm happy - I don't get ice cream? Wouldn't that condition me to be sadder and sadder, especially if I like soft serve?
What kind of idiot would make a machine like this?
I think its great that it encourages you to eat to handle depression. Isn't that a wonderful idea? Is it any wonder this country has dietary issues? People self-medicate with food all the time.
I see the cone as half empty.
I'd like to buy one of these for Chris Crocker. If it doesn't make him at least a *little* happier about Britney Spears, then it will inevitably drown him in a sea of melted ice cream quicksand.
On another note, If it offered coffee flavored ice cream laced with cyanide, this would make a great Starbucks Suicide Kiosk.