{"id":541648,"date":"2010-04-22T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5522220"},"modified":"2010-04-22T21:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T01:40:00","slug":"life-without-gadgets-as-seen-on-tv-infomercials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/541648","title":{"rendered":"Life Without Gadgets, As Seen On TV [Infomercials]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--  div style=\"background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;\"><a title=\"Click here to read Life Without Gadgets, As Seen On TV\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/infomercials\/\" style=\"background-color:#888888; color:#FFFFFF; font-size:12px;text-align:right; display:block; height:14px; padding:1px 2px; text-decoration:none; text-transform:uppercase; width:156px;\"><span style=\"color: white;\" class=\"hash\">#<\/span><span style=\"color: white;\">infomercials<\/span><\/a><\/div -->\n<div><a title=\"Click here to read Life Without Gadgets, As Seen On TV\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5522220\/life-without-gadgets-as-seen-on-tv\" class=\"pp_image\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-color: #B3B3B3; border-width: 0 1px 1px; border-style: none solid solid;\" height=\"120\" width=\"160\" title=\"Click here to read Life Without Gadgets, As Seen On TV\" alt=\"Click here to read Life Without Gadgets, As Seen On TV\" src=\"http:\/\/cache-03.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/04\/160x120_08xqlgwtsag.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"play_icon\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- videoId: 08xQLGWTSag --><!-- \/videoId: 08xQLGWTSag --> What would life be like without all of those helpful infomercial technologies? Without the Awesome Auger, the Doggie Step, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/watch\/124871\/saturday-night-live-closet-organizer\">the Closet Organizer<\/a>, the Egg Genie, or countless others? As this impressively thorough compilation shows: a big, miserable mess. 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Without the Awesome Auger, the Doggie Step, the Closet Organizer, the Egg Genie, or countless others? As this impressively thorough compilation shows: a big, miserable mess. 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