Having trouble sticking to your juice cleanse because of the leftover wedding cake in your fridge and the Pringles in your pantry? LG’s new THINQ Smart refrigerator wants to help you lose weight. No, it doesn’t have a roll out treadmill or 50 pound doors. This appliance tracks your BMI and diet plan for you. Sounds cool right? But what happens when you want just one pudding cup? Your refrigerator is programmed to alert you of your unhealthy choice.
[via The Gloss]
The THINQ fridge scans every item that goes into the fridge and rates its health level. When you reach for an “unhealthy” option, your refrigerator will suggest a better choice or a recipe that fits into your diet. [via Daily Telegraph]
For $3,100, you can give up your self-reliance and hand it over to a fat-shaming appliance. As if television, magazines and your peers weren’t enough, now your refrigerator is judging you for your “bad” choices.
What do you think about LG’s new refrigerator? If it weren’t for the cost, would you use it?
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No. Count calories. Take vitamins. Skip eating for a day. Smoke cigarettes. Comment on how wrong I am.
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I totally cracked up!!!
Idk maybe it will work and maybe it wont. Depends on how dedicated you are to the frig hahahaah
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“For $3,100, you can give up your self-reliance and hand it over to a fat-shaming appliance.” I don’t know why I laughed so hard at that. But no, I probably wouldn’t use it.
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if it were less expensive, i’d like to try it
orchid / 194 posts
YES. I NEED THAT FRIDGE.
Just kidding. No. I would get angry at it the first day, probably, and proceed to eat a cupcake in front of the fridge just to spite it.
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oh that’s pretty cool..i would like that but i wouldn’t pay for that fridge though.
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lol I think it’s awesome for me cos sometimes I just go to the fridge out of boredom so it would make me more aware I guess lolbut then again I can probably do that myself for $0
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That’s kind of neat but I would never want one.
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is this another japanese product?
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Next they’ll make a kitchen that locks the fridge and cupboards once you’ve had enough calories
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lolol… does it actually force you to track your bmi, and keep inventory? or can you sneak the cake by merely not telling it?
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Instead of having your fridge scan food, read it before you buy it and don’t bring home junk. Make healthy choices, take vitamins and exercise. Its really that simple. I know eating right sounds way easier then it is, but I don’t think anyone should have a fridge tell them what to eat.
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@HaleyHailstorm - honestly, that’s probably exactly what i would do as well.. haha
rose / 980 posts
lol I think I’d store a baseball bat next to it.
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@islandgypsygirl@xanga - LG is a Korean company
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I seriously thought when I read the title the fridge would lock you out at night or something.
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@Thin_Wishes13@xanga -
I was thinking something similar lol
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Technology can’t shame me into shit…Norton anti-virus already tried that when I didn’t renew my subscription. These creepy guilt messages kept popping up. Don’t care.
I’d be ashamed if I needed a machine to control my willpower. It’s practically and oxymoron.