CO2 Dress Update: Diffus Uncovered

Monday, December 28, 2009

Being an Unashamed, Unabashed American, I've decided to use the All-American game of Baseball, as a sarcastic analogy to bring you the latest in a very humorous exchange.

It's the Wind-up...

A few days ago I poked fun at a CO2 pollution dress that warns of the presence of the deadly, toxic substance, carbon dioxide. Within hours of publishing, I received a response from Michel Guglielmi of Diffus. This paranoid, media mongering, self-proclaimed Tree Hugger searched the interwebs for anyone whom might not approve of his latest project. He found one.

Here's where it gets funny. While I'm well enough know -in a niche market- as a writer for the number one ranked conservative political humor site, in the entire world, this little start-up, global warming humor and satire blog is just an unranked nobody. Yet, he chose to attack it. Michel had to search way down the page to find my post. Grow-up. Haven't you ever heard that any press is good press?

The exchange can be found in the comments section of CO2 Dress for Climate Change Success. It's great reading.

And the Pitch

I went to Dufus, as I told Michel I would.

Here's a blurb from his web site:

Michel Guglielmi:

He is an architect working with tangible media, interaction design and architecture. He is teaching at the Danish School of Design in Copenhagen and previously assistant professor in performance and installations in medialogy at Ålborg University, Institute for Media Technology and Engineering. He is co-founder of Diffus.

You'll notice that even though it appears to be in English, there are several issues with the syntax and grammar. Hey Dufus, if you're going to set up a site that has English text, spend a little cash and have it checked out before hitting publish.

Next, the graphics are horrible. I'm not a professional, but I can do better Photoshop work then these designers of "tangible media". Personally, I've always been a fan of intangible media.

Broken links, sloppy layouts, incoherent hippie-babble, and no visible means of support, plague this site. Where's the money coming from? I suspect Taxpayers. Yep, I got a feeling that without the Denmark Nanny State lining their pockets with Socialist Tax Euros, these guys would be selling hand made, hemp man purses on street corners to drugged-out tourist.

Worse yet, where do the materials they use come from? No mention of Fair Trade, eco-friendly, environmentally conscience, re-cycled sourcing. By Michel's own admission, they are enviro-mentals after all.

Once again, WTF Dufus? Did you get the LEDs for your stupid dress from a Chinese sweatshop, where young children are forced to work for next to nothing, just so some degenerate Western Business Executive could create an ugly garment?

Strike Three, Your Out

A few more questions for you Dufus:

What is the Carbon Footprint of your web site? Where did the materials come from for the dress and other of your silly projects, and how did they get into your hands? What was the impact on the earth you love so much, in mining, fuel, agriculture, production and transportation for your unnecessary work? Do any of you own dogs? How much CO2 do each of your team members breath out each and every day? How can you live with yourselves? Huh, Dufus? Your lifestyles and very existence are an affront to nature.

Hypocrites like you make me laugh. Remember, I don't claim to be a Green Wack Job, or a professional, or an artist, or a designer, or worried about man's impact on the world, or even being very good at editing my own posts.

Please Michel, continue to keep this alive. You're helping this site's rankings in the humor blogging world.