I was just thinking the same thing :). I don't mind jokes and pranks but the ones from today almost always feel forced and just trying way too hard.
Ironically, perhaps, if this is a joke, it's a really good one insofar as it's really hard to tell if this is a joke or not (at least for me).
It just seems like endless fake product announcements which aren't really that funny.
I believe ThinkGeek actually uses it as a test bed for product ideas... The Ton-Ton sleeping bag comes to mind...
Though, I do wish someone had made the arcade cabinet ipad holder thing... as a bluetooth game controller, with some classic arcade games, it could have been awesome.
It's been commercialized in a "Hey we're cool" way.
You've never been to China, you have no idea what you're talking about. Go to China and you'll see it's like America x9000.
Right, China is exactly like America, in fact, appears China may agree to become the first "country" of the US; China refused to be called a state.