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Just (Un)Boxing Around...

Filed in archive Tech News Around The World by Eric Hanson on December 26, 2006

Just (Un)Boxing Around...
Congratulations: you've made it through another Christmas. If you were lucky, you got the gadget loot you've been dropping hints about for the past two months; if not, you're probably going to be hitting the post-Christmas sales to snag a nice deal. In either case, you might get involved in the newest phenomenon in user-created video: unboxing. The concept, according to this article in STLToday.com is both very simple and very popular: people film themselves opening hot gadgets (PS3s, Wiis, XBOX 360s, iPods, Zunes, digital cameraslinks, cell phones, etc.) and other people watch them, getting a vicarious rush in the process.

Personally, I don't get the thrill - either there are a lot of voyeurs out there, or people are able to get past the idea of watching someone else open the stuff they want very quickly. Then again, if you think about it, porn works the same way - you're watching someone else fulfill one of your fantasies. Unboxing: it's like gadget porn without the exploitation.






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