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Are you on the popular social networking website Facebook? I am. I added Burger King’s new Whopper Sacrifice application yesterday too and deleted 10 of my friends in exchange for a free Whooper. Each time you delete a friend, their Facebook photo burns up in a series of faux flames and they are notified via email that you deleted them because you’d rather have a Whopper.

It really wasn’t tough finding ten people on Facebook that I wanted to delete. I just needed a reason and a juicy burger was sufficient enough. This is one of the most twisted, yet delicious, marketing ploys I’ve ever encountered.

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These adorable little devices called Poken are used to exchange social networking info among new found friends who have their own Poken. No one cares to jot down email addresses, user IDs and screen names when they’re in a rush. So, the Poken have been created as a quick way to exchange such information in a matter of seconds. All it takes is a ‘high five’ from your Poken to your new found friend’s Poken. RF technology then sends the info between the devices. The next time you log on to your favorite site, your profiles are linked.

Poken are just $20 dollars and are capable of storing up to 64 contacts before each upload. Each time you add a new contact, your Poken’s hand will light up green. When you approach your limit for contacts, an orange warning light will show from the Poken’s hand, warning you that you’re being too much of a social slut. When all is said and done, you can use your online Poken account to choose which of your profiles you want to share. A precaution in case you want to prevent a shady new friend from accessing personal information. Goodbye business cards, hello Poken!

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Martin Nicolausson must’ve been bored out of his mind when he came up with the idea of a seesaw bench for a bus stop. Or perhaps he was just tired of standing there all by himself with no one to talk to. His goal: to get strangers to converse in public spaces. It encourages cooperation, requiring two people to work together in order to sit comfortably, unlike the solo act of swinging at the bus stop. What better way to have two strangers strike up a conversation while waiting for a bus. I can imagine it now:

“Whoa, what is that thing?”
“I have no idea, it was there when I got here.”
“Looks like a seesaw. Want to get on it?”
“I don’t know…looks kind of dangerous, you do it.”
“I’m not putting my ass on that, you do it.”
“No, you do it.”
“I’ll do it if you do it.”
“Alright.”

Ah, the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Mission accomplished!

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Need to pump some life into your next party event but you’re afraid the mustache handkerchief will have everyone thinking they’re Salvador Dali?  Not a problem. With these animal nose cups, you’ll have all of your drunk friends stumbling around your apartment making animal noises.

You might have to worry about Dali coming back from the dead and showing up to your party. After all, he was a huge fan of animals. Cleverly named Pick Your Nose Party Animals, each pack includes 24 9-ounce cups in 6 assorted animal styles for $7.49. They’re perfect for Jello shots.

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The main reason you bought a Playstation 3 was probably due to Killzone 2 or Playstation Home, Sony’s new online service that’s supposed to be something like Xbox Live meets Second Life. You and your friends can meet up with your avatars, talk, chat, shoot the shit and so on. Oh, and more importantly, you can play games together too.

As of today, Sony is accepting applications for the closed beta test of the Home service. Right now it only looks like Japan is lucking out but the US market could soon follow:

Applications are initially being accepted from Thursday until Aug. 11 from users in Japan only. Sony expects to offer access to about 10,000 gamers during the beta, which will begin in late August.

During the beta stage users will be able to play the games that make up Bandai Namco’s “Namco Museum” package, which include PacMan, in the service’s “Game Space.”

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