Etsy or Regretsy? Your Guesses and Answers
Earlier today I asked you to tell me which of the following items are real listings on Etsy, and which ones I made up. I have been cackling all morning at your guesses, and the tortured logic you’ve been using to make your decisions.
Let’s start, shall we?
YOUR GUESSES:
“The lipstick stencil is either a fake or a reseller ripoff.”
“I’m going to guess that because it has actual practical use, the lipstick stencil is the fake.”
“I am guessing the Lipstick Stencil Guide is the fake. By the way, I have an average sized penis.”
AND THE ANSWER IS…
YOUR GUESSES:
“The rainwater is the Regretsy because the spelling and punctuation was the closest to proper English.”
“If I was being threatened with a tattooed mustache on an index finger pointed at me, I’d guess the rainwater was the fake.”
“The rainwater is the most obvious choice because it’s just too ridiculous to see on Etsy.”
AND THE ANSWER IS…
YOUR GUESSES:
“Gonna say the Eggshells are real because they show serious misunderstanding about how the internet and the postal service work.”
“The eggshells are too unbelievably stupid to not be real, if that makes sense.”
“FOR FUCK’S SAKE IF YOU CAN’T SPELL ‘AU LAIT’ AT LEAST DO A SEARCH AND LET GOOGLE CORRECT IT FOR YOU, YOU MOUTHBREATHING SIMPLETON.”
AND THE ANSWER IS…
YOUR GUESSES:
“I’m guessing the Regretsy is the matchstick brooch, just because it’s the only one without a misspelling.”
“I’m going to go with the matchstick, because the photography is too good and the description sounds a little too smart to be from Etsy.”
“If it is fake, it won’t be for long. I have a box of matches in the house, and a camera.”
AND THE ANSWER IS…
UPDATE: THE SELLER TOOK IT PRETTY WELL
YOUR GUESSES:
“Clearly the I love dildo T-shirt is fake. If it was a real Etsy listing, there would be dirty hippie vagina somewhere in the picture.”
“If the I <3 Dildo shirt isn't etsy, it really needs to be."
"I think the dildo shirt is Etsy, and I bet it sells surprisingly well."
AND THE ANSWER IS…
YOUR GUESSES:
“The cross stitch pattern is spelled too well to be a real Etsy listing.”
“I don’t think the crucifix cross stitch can be fake. I think she’d have made a better-looking cross.”
“I think the crucifix might be Regretsy, but only because I refuse to believe that someone on the internet is that stupid.”
AND THE ANSWER IS…
Thanks for playing!
January 30, 2012 at 3:14 pm
Oh god. The rain water is real. I have to go kill humanity now.
January 30, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Well good news, because that rain water is for all your spell needs! You can use it to kill humanity!
January 30, 2012 at 3:16 pm
I’ll help you.
January 30, 2012 at 3:16 pm
All of it? That seems kind of an overreaction. I like some bits of it…
January 30, 2012 at 3:22 pm
…. Oh okay, the penises, I mean men can live, but they have to take an IQ test first.
January 30, 2012 at 4:02 pm
I’m glad SOMEONE here sees the value!
Thank you LK!
January 30, 2012 at 10:57 pm
No, please, kill me first.
January 30, 2012 at 3:17 pm
The ONLY one I guess as fake is the rainwater. What the hell does that say about me?
January 30, 2012 at 4:04 pm
I thought the same thing! I don’t know what this says about us.
January 30, 2012 at 4:42 pm
In a week they’ll all be real. *plans to sell her organic eggshell mosaic (subject jesus as Mary Poppins) for 10x supply price*
January 30, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Come on, that’s the only way we’re going to get rainwater around these parts.
January 30, 2012 at 3:25 pm
and then there is this. http://www.etsy.com/transaction/69119037 notice it fucking sold.
January 31, 2012 at 11:46 am
I just want to know what the fuck “grabenard dirt” is.
January 30, 2012 at 3:30 pm
That one was obvious, it is British rain after all and they are the experts.
Canadian snowballs for sale!
January 30, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Storm water or moon water.
Translation: Toilet or tap.
January 30, 2012 at 4:02 pm
At the risk of being overly serious here . . .
Rainwater is used in magick in certain nature religions (e.g., Wicca). And yes, you do need actual rainwater, and the time during which you collect it is relevant. Some spells call for it to be collected during a storm or during a certain phase of the moon. In fact, in my Wiccan days, I actually did collect some.
While it’s preferable to collect it oneself, it has to be done a certain way, and local conditions aren’t always ideal, so it’s not shocking that people would want to buy it from a reputable seller who’s taken the time to do it.
Still laughing? Consider this – have you ever laughed at people for using holy water? This is just the pagan version.
January 30, 2012 at 4:09 pm
Well, that makes a little bit of sense then I guess. I admittedly don’t know much about Wicca or other nature religions.
I do, however, maintain that religion is stupid, which is why I follow a moral code instead.
January 30, 2012 at 5:38 pm
You tend to lose your moral code once you reach 1000 years old though.
February 1, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Same here… my moral code was
beaten into melovingly taught to me by my father. It covers all conditions and circumstances my sister and I have been able to think up.Don’t be an asshole.
Much shorter and easier to retain than Leviticus, don’tcha’ think?
January 30, 2012 at 4:09 pm
Exactly. Also, the graveyard dirt is also an ingredient used in some pagan and Santeria spells and rituals.
January 30, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Yes, I have laughed at people for using holy water.
May I laugh at the pagans buying rainwater via Etsy now?
(Mainly I’d laugh because of the level of trust they’re putting in someone listing on Etsy to collect the rainwater the “right” way and not just run the tap.)
January 30, 2012 at 6:47 pm
Still laughing? Consider this – have you ever laughed at people for using holy water?
Yes, actually.
Except in Lost Boys. That was kinda kickass.
January 31, 2012 at 1:19 am
“Still laughing? Consider this – have you ever laughed at people for using holy water?”
Yes, yes I have.
January 31, 2012 at 7:58 pm
The best ever use for Holy Water is burning wuss-vampires. Not only is it especially hilarious, but the blend of sparkles and flames is actually quite pretty. I only make my campfires out of sparkly vampire douche bags.
January 31, 2012 at 2:14 am
Actually, my first thought on seeing the rain water was that it must be real. Only because if someone did need a bit of rainwater for some reason or another (I assumed something relating to Wicca) and that someone lived where I do, you’d probably need to buy it off someone else.
Unless you want to hold out for that one day every few months, then stay up all night to try and catch that little 5 minute shower and hope you got enough.
At least the seller wasn’t charging $50 for it or something.
January 31, 2012 at 3:45 am
So, how much does a Brita filter affect a spell? Because I feel that is relevant to this listing
February 1, 2012 at 6:03 am
At the risk of being even more overly serious (but you opened this can-o-worms):
“Still laughing?”
Yes.
“Consider this – have you ever laughed at people for using holy water?”
Yes.
“This is just the pagan version.”
And paganism, like all religion, is simply the explanation for nature a more primitive people used. We now have better explanations than religion offers and respecting our ancestors’ beliefs doesn’t mean we have to actually believe them too.
January 30, 2012 at 4:07 pm
Is it possible to buy enough rain water from this seller to drown her in? Because srsly, lameness.
My brain hurts at the half-assery that exists on etsy. @ least with some of the other crappy things, there was SOME effort to MAKE something. This seller just stood outside with a bucket on a rainy day.
Although, I wouldn’t put it past this seller that she actually stood outside with this bottle and waited for it to be filled, went back indoors, grabbed a second bottle, and stood outside again until she got the quantity she needed to stock up her shop.
Now THAT would require a bit more effort.
January 30, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Rainy night, actually, since she collected it during a full moon. And since it’s used in Wiccan or Pagan rituals no doubt she had some words or something she had to say.
January 30, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Sadly? I’ve hung around enough Fashion Pagans who would actually purchase this…
You know… because it’s “cool” and “magickal”?
Dude… you do know that it’s a concentrated prayer that takes some action on your part to fulfill…
February 1, 2012 at 11:03 pm
If I had any heart and soul left in me tonight I would be able to rouse myself to ask, “Fashion Pagans???!” but alas, my GiveAshit was meticulously beaten out of me by stupid people today.
January 30, 2012 at 3:15 pm
I’m so relieved.
Also, sorry for the web cheat on the matchstick, HK. Feel free to flog me soundly with al dente fettucini.
January 30, 2012 at 3:19 pm
I was so proud of my cross stitch pattern.
January 30, 2012 at 3:21 pm
It’s very pretty. I might steal it and give it to my religious relatives.
January 30, 2012 at 3:24 pm
And well you should be!
January 30, 2012 at 3:26 pm
awesome writing…AWEsome
January 30, 2012 at 6:25 pm
I was fooled. The personal use only, no selling cross-stitch made from this pattern convinced me.
January 30, 2012 at 6:52 pm
I copied that disclaimer from a real cross stitch seller. I thought it gave it some credibility.
By the way, you are an amazing photographer.
January 31, 2012 at 10:22 pm
Ooh, our Queen praised me. I’m all tingly. I’m a happy fat jealous loser. (Visualize Bronc disapproved smile type thing here.)
January 30, 2012 at 6:40 pm
You should be proud: It’s like angle’s wings.
January 30, 2012 at 10:26 pm
acute angle at that!
January 31, 2012 at 2:19 am
The copyright symbol is what had me completely convinced oddly enough. I thought that surely HKpril would have made the cross proportional, that she wouldn’t even think to make it that off, and I figured she wouldn’t have added the do not sell the finished product jumbo jumbo that I see on probably 50% of the patterns on etsy (and to my understanding that is not something that the pattern-maker can legally control anyway).
January 30, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Can we make the “I <3 DILDO" shirt a reality? OMG, next Thanksgiving with the `rents would be so awesome.
January 30, 2012 at 4:50 pm
What about those who have more than three dildoes?
January 30, 2012 at 4:56 pm
There’s no shirts, but there are buttons.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/RoseHipsStudio
January 30, 2012 at 3:20 pm
The Real items are Faker than the Fakes!
January 30, 2012 at 3:21 pm
The lipstick guide is only fake for another half hour or so…my chinese contacts should have 100 gross of them ready to ship to me by then. Etsy here I come!
January 30, 2012 at 4:04 pm
I was truly surprised to learn this was a fake. It seemed so udderly reasonable.
January 30, 2012 at 5:07 pm
In all honesty, I could actually see someone buying this. Like say someone who’s hands shake a lot and therefore they have a hard time keeping their lipstick just on their lips. Just because one has a constant tremor doesn’t mean they want to give up wearing makeup.
I don’t know if any of you remember this – but there was this one Popeye cartoon where Olive Oyl gets her toenails painted and the way they do it is stick her feet in a box with holes above each nail. Run a large brush over and her toenails were painted perfectly with no polish on her flesh. As someone who’s REALLY BAD at painting her own nails, I often wished this was a real product for both toe and finger nails.
January 31, 2012 at 6:26 am
Avon actually makes stick-on nail polish that works fairly well. Seriously, or at least they did. I haven’t ordered any from my Avon-lady Dad in a long time.
January 31, 2012 at 5:56 am
Averge penis sized man got it right
January 30, 2012 at 4:36 pm
Me too – that was the only one I was 100% sure of. And I was wrong. Now I’m questioning everything.
January 30, 2012 at 4:44 pm
Ooh, you could totally do celebrity ones, like Lucille Ball or Clara Bow lips. Or like, the evil queen from Snow White. DO IT!
January 30, 2012 at 6:11 pm
I’m sure I’ve seen something like it on tv-shop..!
January 30, 2012 at 7:44 pm
They are real, just not Etsy. I know someone else figured that out in the thread for the unrevealed ones (although I had already done an image search and knew. Therefore, I am not copying
).
http://perfectionistgal.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/cool-or-stupid-inventions/
January 31, 2012 at 8:05 pm
So I was scrolling down that delightful list until I ran across the butt juicer and WTF’ed so hard I think my brain asploded.
February 1, 2012 at 12:07 pm
GOOD NEWS! There is this: http://www.etsy.com/listing/85025335/hearts-temporary-tattoo-lips-2-great-for?ref=mh_link&mh_hub=seasonal&mh_eid=887229787&mh_section=clusters&mh_cid=gag-gifts
January 30, 2012 at 3:22 pm
You know, I missed the bit on the eggshells where it said “packed in bubble wrap to prevent breakage”. If I’d noticed that bit, I’d have gotten it right. That’s just so totally April’s sense of humor.
January 30, 2012 at 7:23 pm
The only way I knew that one wasn’t Etsy is that I could see the shine on the inside of the shells and drips on the outside. A VERY SERIOUS ETSY SELLER would have them scrubbed clean. And preferably posed upon distressed wood.
January 30, 2012 at 3:23 pm
I am guessing all the fakes will be found on Etsy soon. They are better than some of the stuff that really is on Etsy!
January 30, 2012 at 3:30 pm
I’m making listing right now!
(actually, I’m not. I have to fill out FAFSA forms)
January 30, 2012 at 5:11 pm
I am so sorry.
January 30, 2012 at 5:33 pm
Yeah. Fafsa forms suck. – Though those bastards did give us money to go to a University in Australia – and now we’ll NEVER pay them back Mua hahahhah
January 30, 2012 at 3:23 pm
I want to play again!
January 30, 2012 at 3:24 pm
I don’t know what it says about me that I got them all correct.
January 30, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Yay! I win (for the single correct guess I made).
January 30, 2012 at 3:37 pm
There are no winners on Regretsy.
January 30, 2012 at 3:24 pm
I’m mostly just relieved that *so many* of them were fake. Only two out of six real. I’m glad people aren’t quite THAT crazy.
January 30, 2012 at 4:45 pm
And yet all of them were so fucking plausible. Brava, Ms. Killer.
January 31, 2012 at 1:07 am
And worst, it was the least plausible (to me, at least) that turned out to be real.
Though really, I think HK cheated on the matchstick brooch. If she’d used the other pic, of a brooding teenager being forced to wear it, I’d have known it was real.
January 31, 2012 at 7:08 pm
Not sure if she’s brooding or having an allergic reaction. He lips are very swollen, and her eyes very squinty.
January 30, 2012 at 3:24 pm
This whole post is wonderful and so freaking creative!!
January 30, 2012 at 3:25 pm
At the risk of sounding crazy, I like the matchstick brooch!
Only because, it’s not ACTUALLY a matchstick, at least after reading the listing and looking at the materials used, I think it is made of metal and just looks like a burnt matchstick.
Maybe I haven’t had enough vitamins today…?
January 30, 2012 at 4:19 pm
I actually like quite a few of the items in that shop, but my favorite is the fat little pigeon pendant. If it were less expensive, I would be ordering it.
The matchstick doesn’t do much for me, though. Jewelry that you have to explain to people is just a little too hipster for me.
January 30, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Yeah, and I’m afraid that in person, the matchbrooch would lead to “oh, gross, you have a burnt match on your sweater. What the hell?” as people try to pick it off for you. Having said that, I like the balloon one.
January 30, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Personally I love that model in the matchstick brooch picture. She’s kicking ass, taking names, and wearing grandma’s wig.
January 30, 2012 at 5:23 pm
And possibly setting them the fuck on fire.
January 31, 2012 at 1:08 am
It looks to me like she’s pissed off at having to wear a burnt matchstick.
January 31, 2012 at 12:29 am
Actually I like it too, I suppose just because the real thing would be kind of impossible to wear being fragile and messy. Other worthy-looking stuff there too; I mean the shop looks like the polar opposite of “We shamelessly push dime-a-gross sweatshop trinkets as handmade”.
January 31, 2012 at 2:09 am
I’m totally with you on that one. It’s too pricey for me, otherwise I would totally buy it, and the pigeon pendant.
January 30, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Needs more vagina related items!!
January 31, 2012 at 6:16 am
Or penis related.
January 30, 2012 at 3:26 pm
If nothing else, I am happy to be wrong about the matchstick brooch, simply because I wanted to know how it was made. Plus the seller’s crazy vertigo model is pretty priceless.
January 30, 2012 at 3:27 pm
All the pictures are like that, so I’m thinking she did it in her artistic ability.
January 30, 2012 at 5:07 pm
I love that the scarf images have no bodies… kinda creepy, buy cool.
January 30, 2012 at 4:16 pm
Reminds me of an art prof I had, David Furman, who made perfect ceramic replicas of everyday items, then made assemblages of them. People would be like, “what the fuck is so artistic about gluing erasers and pencils and shit to a chalkboard?” And he’d be like, “Dude, touch it. It’s not what it looks like.” I actually remember this piece:
Looks like he’s still making stuff. Gonna go spend some time seeing what he’s been up to since I graduated >mumble< years ago.
January 30, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Be sure to check out the rest of the matchstick brooch’s maker’s items and pity the model.
January 30, 2012 at 3:27 pm
I need an I <3 Dildo tee shirt. It would make a great addition to the Regretsy store.
Maybe add a c=3 as a graphic for the dildo?
January 30, 2012 at 3:31 pm
C=====3?
January 30, 2012 at 3:35 pm
I’m sorry, but c=3 will always look like a badly drawn drumstick to me. If you’re going to make ASCII dildos, at least do it with the 8=D. Although, I guess that that’s subjective, especially since there are some kind of weird-looking dildos out there, so…
Internet etiquette is complicated.
Of course, I might still actually buy an I <3 c=3 shirt. I like drumsticks.
January 30, 2012 at 4:34 pm
Seeing 8=D, I cannot help but think of this terrifying item.
You have my sincerest thanks.
January 30, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Hah, I never made that connection, but now I always will! Yay!
January 30, 2012 at 3:42 pm
And I thought that “moon water” was filthy hippie/wiccan jargon for menstrual blood. Those who order that are in for a nasty shock.
January 30, 2012 at 3:42 pm
Thank goodness that matchstick brooch is unisex… Christmas 2012 DONE.
January 30, 2012 at 3:44 pm
The burnt matchstick girl looks SO ANGRY.
January 30, 2012 at 4:13 pm
It’s how she got the burnt match stick to begin with. She likes to light fires. She is, though, eco-conscious by reusing her used matches into etsy broaches. Which, btw, looks like it was photoshopped into a pic of herself rather than her actually wearing it – or is it just me?
January 30, 2012 at 3:45 pm
The egg shells are real….
http://www.etsy.com/listing/84792850/hollow-blown-eggshells-for-crafting?ref=sr_gallery_5&sref=&ga_search_submit=&ga_search_query=eggshell&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=1&ga_search_type=supplies&ga_facet=supplies
Moon water….priceless.
I’m actually really surprised more of those aren’t real.
January 30, 2012 at 4:20 pm
At least those are blown, although it’s not that hard to blow your own. Actually, my mom gave me some eggs from her geese that I saved the shells from in order to create some front-page bait. Gotta spend less time in front of the computer if any of these goofy ideas are going to become reality, though.
January 30, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Geese eggs have rather sturdy shells, don’t they? What do you create with them?
I remember in high school a friend showing me how to take a chicken egg, poke a hole in it to empty it, and then, using manicure scissors, cut an oval “window” in it. After it’s dried, put in some cotton balls and a little reindeer or Santa figure. Miniature diorama. I felt limited by their size. I’d love to try that ornament idea with a goose egg. .
January 30, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Not all that sturdy, really. The yolks, on the other hand, are sturdy as fuck. It took a hell of a lot of effort to blow the contents out of those shells without breaking them. I haven’t made anything yet. I’m planning to put one in a bird’s nest I found. Little nest, big egg, no artistic effort whatsoever except in the photography and whatever horseshit I write for the listing. Front page gold, yes?
January 30, 2012 at 5:16 pm
There’s a lady who makes the rounds of Ren Faires who sells some of the most amazing sculptures made from eggs (goose, pigeon, emu). The goose eggs basically look like Faberge eggs; she cuts them so the hinge and everything. She’s not on the internet, otherwise I’d link. I’ll try to take a decent pic of the pigeon egg I bought from her. It’s totally gorgeous.
January 30, 2012 at 5:34 pm
Here it is:
January 30, 2012 at 5:36 pm
The lacquer that she uses makes the eggs sturdy as all get out. She knocked one on the counter a few times to demonstrate, and my egg has been surviving beautifully in my purse for months now.
January 30, 2012 at 6:24 pm
That is a beautiful watch. Shame she’s not on the Internet, ’cause I’d take care of birthdays and Christmas for 2012 in one order. And then find some other gift-giving occasions, too.
January 30, 2012 at 7:06 pm
That’s really nice. I second the regret that she’s not on the internet; I’d love to get one of those for my mother for her birthday.
Well, maybe not, as it might be a bit too small for her… do you think she could make one with an ostrich egg?
January 30, 2012 at 7:27 pm
@Mugsy & Gipig,
She does do custom orders by email, and I have her business email address.
My name link goes to my list of treasuries on Etsy. Convo me over there, and I’ll be happy to share her email with you. (This is the only way I can think of to share info privately. If I can do this on the Regretsy forums somehow, let me know.)
Her work is immensely stunning. I was going to share it with HKpril to feature here, but without her having a website to link to, it didn’t seem possible. I wish there were a way, because you really should see the goose and emu egg sculptures. And the goblets!
January 31, 2012 at 7:14 pm
I am extremely impressed by your egg. That is beautiful.
January 30, 2012 at 7:00 pm
I’m glad I’m not the only one who sees certain things and thinks “front page bait”…and then buys it to list it. I really do need to get myself a square of barnwood for pics.
I consider it a fine tribute to my mediocrity that I have never merited the attention of etsy OR regretsy. Someday.
January 30, 2012 at 4:50 pm
WHAT.
January 30, 2012 at 3:52 pm
REBUTTLE I HAVE SEEN THESE THINGS ON ETSY
Eggshells: http://www.etsy.com/listing/84792850/hollow-blown-eggshells-for-crafting
Pointless cross stitch pattern: http://www.etsy.com/listing/26183396/colorful-droplets-2-cross-stitch-pdf
January 30, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Guys, you’re missing the best part:
Not only is it real, it made the FRONT PAGE.
January 30, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Not all that surprised… a LOT of crap makes the Etsy front page… Especially the “vintage” farm trash.
Care to buy my cow bell???
January 30, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Is that a Euphemism?
January 30, 2012 at 6:28 pm
No. “Care to RING my cow bell?” is a euphemism.
January 30, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Moo. Moo moo mmmmmmmmmmoooooooo!
January 31, 2012 at 6:20 am
Perhaps…
Was it the nekkid *ahem* KITTY that made you ask?
January 30, 2012 at 4:53 pm
This explains the other part, which I thought the collective subconscious had carefully and painfully repressed since nobody mentions it.
163 admirers.
January 30, 2012 at 4:00 pm
…moon water?
January 30, 2012 at 4:07 pm
Isn’t moon water harvested from sitz baths?
January 30, 2012 at 4:10 pm
the answer for the cross stitch crucifix almost made me throw my laptop across the room.
January 30, 2012 at 4:10 pm
By the way, on a slightly off topic post, I love the Etsy/Regretsy game.
lol… Considering all the wtf-ery, it really was a challenge to figure out what was actually made up.
January 30, 2012 at 4:16 pm
The last FAKE picture is terrifying!
January 30, 2012 at 5:49 pm
If you read enough antiduckface.com you get used to it…
January 30, 2012 at 4:24 pm
Ahh,. the cross stitch pattern got me! Still, five out of six… I’m inexplicably pleased with myself.
I hope this becomes a recurring feature!
January 30, 2012 at 4:39 pm
On the fake vs. real pictures, the fake boobage pics led me to believe we’d get to see some real racks for the real etsy listings.
January 30, 2012 at 4:40 pm
Wow, there were a lot more Regretsy originals than I expected… but just goes to show what quality I’ve come to expect from other Etsy-ians. Hah!
January 30, 2012 at 4:49 pm
After lurking for ages, I finally registered solely because my Custom Ad Experience on Regretsy is amazing. Nothing but sex toys, even during the Great PayPal Asshattery of 2011 when other people were complaining about suddenly getting PayPal ads. Apparently the Regretsy website is now itself sentient enough to <3 dildos, too, and cannot resist sharing its enthusiasm.
The model for the matchstick brooch needs an agent and a contract, stat. I want EVERYTHING sold to me by a cheerless, colourless, mouth-breathing Lithuanian who is nothing but a disembodied head in almost every other listing for that seller.
January 30, 2012 at 5:45 pm
I get sex toy ads AND Amish coming-of-age novel advertising – at the same time! It’s hilarious.
January 30, 2012 at 8:28 pm
ME TOO!!!
January 30, 2012 at 10:22 pm
I’m getting the same combination of ads as well. Since I’m not an Amish teen age girl with an interest in sex toys, I can only assume that I’ve had my identity stolen again.
Or would that be “stollen”?
January 31, 2012 at 12:09 am
I have been getting a lot of that combo too.
January 30, 2012 at 6:20 pm
Either that, or the Regretsy site thinks I’m not getting enough sex.
January 30, 2012 at 6:27 pm
I keep getting a sex toy advertisement–the vibrator that looks like a gardening trowel.
And now an ad for big men, up to 12X. I have no idea where that came from—I’m not a man, but I have searched for plus-size clothing site for women—but I have a good friend who’s a big man, so I sent him the link.
January 30, 2012 at 6:52 pm
I disabled my AdBlock Plus on Regretsy (gotta give some little thing back for the cause) and have been getting ads for a company that makes clothing up to size 26. What I want to know is:
HOW DO THEY KNOW I’M F–
Oh. OK.
January 30, 2012 at 5:25 pm
I just love this site so fucking much…and that’s NOT fake!
January 30, 2012 at 7:10 pm
Pretty genius, the only one I got right was the rainwater!
January 30, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Bronc, I gotta know if that was you in an elevater in Ft Worth. was it?
January 30, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Just when I think that my level of respect for the rest of humanity cannot go any lower, Regretsy shows me that yes, yes it can go lower. Much much lower.
I want to know who’s buying this rainwater because I’ve also got some purified (Brita Filtered) water that comes straight from mother earth (by way of my kitchen faucet) that is great for magic spells (like helping get rid of hangovers…magically) that I think they may be interested in as well.
January 30, 2012 at 11:17 pm
I knew the rainwater was real before checking. I feel strangely proud and sickened of myself.
On that note, I have got genuine water, obtained any time you would like it to be obtained, which I guarantee can help to cure a deficiency hydration. For this miracle cure, I am asking the low, low price of $5/ounce.
February 1, 2012 at 11:12 pm
I sent a care package to my sister once that included a vial of rainwater I collected with a funnel and a coffee mug. She was long away from home and missing EVERYTHING about the Pacific Northwest. I sent her other stuff, Mtn bars for example, the rain was just 1 object.
Coolest thing? Several years later when I (stupidly) lived elsewhere and was dying from homesickness she sent me the same vial.
I am back home and on the hutch on the desk I am at right now sits that same vial. Though I could go outside this very moment and get more… But it wouldn’t be PNW rain circa 1990 that has traveled to Alaska & Michigan, would it! 
January 31, 2012 at 12:14 am
I knew the rain water would be real because only an etsy seller would think to ‘decant on the full moon’
Hey maybe I should market my paintings as painted on the full moon! Might make them sell better…
January 31, 2012 at 7:49 am
i was ready to bet money that rainwater was real. yay!
but the matchstick? front page? omfg.
January 31, 2012 at 11:11 am
Aw, I only got 1/3 right.
Anyone get all of them right?
January 31, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Fun game! Do it again!
February 1, 2012 at 7:57 am
Why is the albino modeling the matchstick brooch so very, very angry??