Editing The Pen Addict 480/transcript (section)

== Scribble Pen Discussion ==


'''''Brad:'''   There's a lithium-ion battery in there, Myke.

''''Myke:'''  I don't believe it. Genuinely, like, I think you wouldn't do that, right? You would just start over. I think that there are things, because the voiceover is very clearly done after the video is made. Yeah. So I think there are two things that happened here. I think, one, it probably doesn't charge. But, two, the company that is making this had nothing to do with this video. This is, like, the prototype being made in China. This is someone at the Chinese factory just showing how it works. Like, this is just the video that they were sent of the product in use. And then they've just turned it into a, quote, unquote, unboxing video.

'''''Brad:'''   Yeah. So the guy in the gloves, they actually ship this product with tweezers, because you have to pull out these unconscionably small little plugs to inject the ink into the barrel of the pen, right? So watching the guy fiddle with these was amazing. So he gets...

''''Myke:'''  So, like, even if you haven't watched it, which I understand, like, maybe you can't, maybe you're driving right now, but should we try to explain it? Please watch it afterwards. Like, really, just put 20 minutes aside and watch Brad's reaction to this. Yeah. We cannot do justice for the absolute, like, bewilderment. Yeah. I mean, I'm watching the video and I'm, like, waiting for the prestige of it, right? Right, right, right. When they actually try, I'm like, I'm watching, like, every time, like, oh, something's going out of frame. They're going to switch. But, like, no, they just show what is just a crap product. Like, it's just really bad in a way that, like, I kind of can't believe that they think that what they have made here is something that anybody wants to own.

'''''Brad:'''   Yeah. Yeah. My favorite part, my single favorite part was when they filled it up with ink and got all the little plugs back in. And the guy's ready to start writing with it for the first time with the blue ink. And he's, like, it's not writing. And, like, he's messing around and, like, no ink's coming out. And then they actually cut for some reason with editing. They, like, did editing to, like, overlay this video. But at this point, they had the cameraman audio on. And he's like, bruh. And there's, like, a tip on the, there's, like, a tip cover on there. So the guy finally takes the tip cover off and starts writing with it. It was amazing. It was amazing. So you got to, there's, you catch the, they catch the cameraman saying some things throughout the video. And it's just, the whole thing's astonishing. The biggest takeaway was not that it's a terrible product. I mean, it is. But that the ink syringes cost $25 a pop to, for, like, the four ink syringes. And this thing just pours ink onto the page. Like, you could go through, like, $100 worth of ink in a week if this product actually worked and was functional. Like, there's no way it's, like, a viable product. So it was, it was astonishing from, from beginning to end. Like, it never stopped entertaining from the moment they opened it to the very end of the video when it's just really a bunch of black ink gushes. And, like, the line's not even consistent. Like, the person did not know how to write with a pen. It was just, like, a flood of ink and then a scrape. There was no, like, standard lines ever. There was, like, no attempt. It was just, they were just trying to shove through the, through the ink mixing process to get the change to happen. And all along the way, it was just, like, you know, nails on a chalkboard.

''''Myke:'''  The sound is so, like, I'm going to get a clip of the sound and I'll put it in the episode now. So you can just hear what it sounds like. Like, it's just, what it is, I mean, I can kind of hear what it is. It's just a really bad plastic tip.

'''''Brad:'''   Mm-hmm.

''''Myke:'''  You know? Like, that's what I think. Like, one of those fibrous.

'''''Brad:'''   It's like a dried, it's a dried out marker. Yeah. Is what it is. So you're, like, trying to squeeze out the last bit of ink in your, your marker and you're just, like, scraping it on the page. That's what it's like the whole time.

'''''Brad:'''   It's fascinating. This was, this was a hit. Like, this is a highlight of my week. Maybe a highlight of my life. Um, it's, I'm waiting for the next letter.

''''Myke:'''  Brad, I can't believe they're back again. I can't, I just can't believe they're back again. Yeah. It's like, it's not Halloween yet. Why are we doing this, right?

'''''Brad:'''   So here, if you go to the Scribble main page on YouTube, there's, like, four videos and you can see all the iterations. It's, like, four videos, each with, like, a completely different idea of the product. So, yeah, this is, like, the fourth or fifth one. It's great. It's, it's the best, worst product ever is what I put in the show notes. It's just. I just can't believe that they're still around. I hope they're, I hope their lawyers reach out to me again.

''''Myke:'''  Oh, I don't want that. Please don't encourage that.

''''Myke:'''  It's probably the guy with the gloves.

'''''Brad:'''   Their lawyer is the guy with the gloves.

''''Myke:'''  Look, the thing is, here's the thing. We've called them liars. We've called them fraudsters, like, things to those in the past. They're not doing any of that anymore. Like, this is a real product, right? Like, you know, it doesn't work. I mean, technically it works. It works. It works in its way. It does not work in the way that you want it to work. Correct. And I guarantee as well, I'm very sure, the limit on the colors it can produce is narrow.

'''''Brad:'''   It's like the Uniball BLX. It's black plus whatever color you want, whatever other color you want. Maybe brown.

''''Myke:'''  There is a product that could be made that could do what they want to do, but it would need to be attached to a large box or something. Yeah.

'''''Brad:'''   I mean, it's a printer. It's basically a printer cartridge.

''''Myke:'''  There's obviously a way that printers make it work, right? And I'm sure that you could find some way to combine, like, a printer and a pen. But again, who wants this? Yeah. You know, like, that's the thing I don't understand. Like, I don't know what you would want for, like, why? Just buy a bunch of pens. Like, you know? Yeah. I don't get it. Because it's going to be so expensive, too.

'''''Brad:'''   Yeah, I think it's $149 and then refills $25. Which is basically a printer.

''''Myke:'''  And nobody likes the cost of printer stuff. Nope. And also, it's going to be all proprietary. So when the company eventually goes under, like... I don't know.

'''''Brad:'''   The tweezers might not be proprietary.

''''Myke:'''  I can't believe they, like, just pack a regular pack of tweezers in there. It's just like, here's some tweezers we found on Amazon.

'''''Brad:'''   It's in the tweezer packaging.

''''Myke:'''  Which I just, like... You can get this stuff custom branded so easily, you know?

'''''Brad:'''   Oh, boy. Everything about this is great. I'm so glad we got to discuss it this week.

''''Myke:'''  All right. You can go check out our show notes. They'll be in your podcast app of choice. But you can also go to relay.fm slash penaddict slash 480. Please treat yourself to this video. Like, very good. Very... It's, like, soothing and it's... You really should. It's, like, it's this, like, kind of, like... I say, like, soothing. It will make you feel better because it's so bad. Like, you will feel better at how bad it is. So...

'''''Brad:'''   Like, someone was saying, like, it's, like, a Saturday Night Live sketch.

''''Myke:'''  It really does feel like a parody.

'''''Brad:'''   Mm-hmm.

''''Myke:'''  You know? Of itself. Which is very intriguing as a product demonstration video. Yeah. If you want to find Brad online, you can go to penaddict.com, twitch.tv slash penaddict. That was where Brad was streaming live when he watched this. So you should check him out because you never know what you might come across. Brad is dowdyism on Twitter. Brad on micro.blog. And penaddict on Instagram. I am imike, I-M-Y-K-E. You can find my paper goods at cortexmerch.com as well. And we'll be back next time. Don't forget, stjude.org slash relay. Thanks so much for listening to this week's episode of The Pen Addict. Say goodbye, Brad.

'''''Brad:'''   Goodbye, Brad.

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