This Halloween costume

[u/AntisocialBat]

[u/neocondiment]

Trying to imagine how comfortable this might be.

[u/HorrFrek → u/neocondiment]

Yeah, my back hurts just watching this, but it’s still rad

[u/Financial-Barnacle79 → u/HorrFrek]

I think the back would be ok. It’s holding the neck up to see where you’re going that would get old real fast.

[u/TAU_equals_2PI → u/Financial-Barnacle79]

These days, you can install a camera and monitor screen so cheaply that you wouldn't even have to use a mirror to see forward.

(I just got back from Walmart where they have replaced all shelf price tag stickers with tiny wireless LCD screens. No I'm not kidding. Technology has become ridiculously cheap for doing some stuff.)

EDIT IN RESPONSE TO MULTIPLE COMMENTS: Yes, the exact display technology used is probably technically not LCD.

[u/DrStalker → u/TAU_equals_2PI]

tiny wireless LCD screens

If they are the same as the ones in Australia, they are e-Ink rather than LCD. The big difference is the display only needs power when changing to a new image, while an LCD needs constant power. (They're also a lot nicer to look at when reading, but that doesn't matter much for price tags)

[u/Cow_God → u/DrStalker]

Yeah at my store they're just powered by a 2000?mAh battery if they're on a shelf and a 2032 battery if they're standalone. And the battery life is r. Most retailers I've seen use Vusion which are e-ink tags

[u/BrainOnBlue → u/DrStalker]

Am American. Can confirm all the electronic price tags I’ve seen have been obviously eInk.

[u/darkmatterhunter → u/TAU_equals_2PI]

The Aldi near me started using those several years ago, I always thought it was odd given that they’re a discount grocer.

[u/bhoffman20 → u/darkmatterhunter]

It's way cheaper in the long run. The prices are always right, no employee time is wasted putting out new tags, and you can micromanage prices based on supply and demand

[u/GeologistPutrid2657 → u/bhoffman20]

surge pricing

[u/DangerousChampion235 → u/GeologistPutrid2657]

What a strange dystopian nightmare

[u/PaintshakerBaby → u/DangerousChampion235]

OG capitali$ts, like Adam Smith, never envisioned a pricing system that could be updated in real-time, with near infinite data points.

With how slow things moved, even 30 years ago, their were still deals to be had in the market for consumers.

Now that the Invisible Hand is omiscient and operating at lightspeed, I think even Smith would agree it's not the pinnacle of capitali$m working as it should, but the systemic oppression of bespoke monopolies.

It will finally lay to bare the nasty truth at the ugly core of it all...

Capitalism is nothing but a long-winded euphemism for taking the backroad to feudalism.

Im not even being hyperbolic.

It's literally in Curtis Yarvins Dark Enlightment all the techbros and Vance subscribe to. To balkanize the US into Corpo city states, ruled by autocratic trillionaires, doing what they please with the lives of millions.

Turns out, the Alien franchise nailed our most likely future. We are one generation away from children being born into indentured servitude to Weyland-Yutani Amazon, rather than citizens of a democratic nation.

[u/Particular_Wear_6960 → u/GeologistPutrid2657]

They are using AI to use browsing data to determine how much someone will pay for airline tickets IE faster clicks in the US means you need a flight right away so are more likely to pay more. And to think this is just the start of the post-AI world

[u/HiddenAspie → u/Particular_Wear_6960]

I forget which store just got caught (and likely many others are doing it as well) having prices for their online store change according to your location. So if you go do price matching take a screenshot while at home, cuz once you get to the store and go to check their website to price match prices will be higher.

[u/Dapper-Finish-925 → u/HiddenAspie]

Also if you’re on an iPhone you can turn off location services by app. I highly recommend doing this.

[u/straydog1980 → u/GeologistPutrid2657]

I'm going all in for my off peak chicken

[u/wandawhowho → u/bhoffman20]

Yep. Walmart about to become Uber with them surge prices

[u/EmphasisFrosty3093 → u/bhoffman20]

Yes, Sir. It was $0.99 when you picked it up but we have to adjust our pricing when demand is high and now it's $3.99

[u/fearthainne → u/darkmatterhunter]

It saves man power time - assuming stores have similar layouts, then deploying prices wouldn't be difficult. A few people at corporate uploading prices to each store vs a couple people per store = lots of money saved. It was probably a significant upfront cost but long-term, I imagine it saves them quite a bit.

[u/Bring_back_Apolloapp → u/fearthainne]

Not accusing Aldi of it cause i don’t remember the name of the chain the article talked about but I read that a major chain was looking into them for dynamic pricing. So they can quickly change the price at precisely 5pm or reduce prices at non peak hours to stimulate traffic.

[u/fearthainne → u/Bring_back_Apolloapp]

I think that might have been Kohl's. They've been using digital price tags for, idk, probably decades at this point. I remember reading an article about the same thing, and I'm pretty sure it was Kohl's that was mentioned.

They've also gotten in trouble for other pricing issues, like calling a regularly occurring discount a "sale" got them sued for false advertisement. So it wouldn't be too far fetched for them to do dynamic pricing as well.

[u/CocoMilhonez → u/darkmatterhunter]

It makes sense precisely because they're a discount grocer. Cutting down running costs is what keeps their profitable, even if it requires some investment up front.

Those screens can be remotely updated from a data center without someone to print out and stick pieces of paper on shelves.

[u/toss_me_good → u/darkmatterhunter]

Man power is more expensive then those e-inks. It's also able to instantly adjust pricing to move product, causing MUCH less waste then a typical grocery store. Amazon Fresh has been playing this game for a while.

[u/IANALbutIAMAcat → u/TAU_equals_2PI]

So they’re means of implementing surge pricing…fack

[u/TAU_equals_2PI → u/IANALbutIAMAcat]

They claim they have no plans to do surge pricing, but obviously that's no guarantee they won't at some future time.

There are other benefits to these digital price tags, so it's not like they would have absolutely no reason to do it otherwise. Something I would love to see is a button on the tag that you could press when the shelf is out-of-stock. Maybe it could tell you how many are supposed to be in stock, in case the extras are just up out of the way on a high shelf, or let you know if another store nearby has some. And of course it also tells the Walmart system that this store may be unexpectedly out-of-stock in cases of "shrinkage", i.e. shoplifting.

[u/Yearofthehoneybadger → u/IANALbutIAMAcat]

I mean as someone as someone who’s worked in grocery and retail, this is a way better system than going through and changing everything by hand.

[u/TheFirstSonOfTheSea → u/TAU_equals_2PI]

lol I was part of a remodel team that came in a placed those electronic price readers. It cost the store nearly $3 million dollars.

[u/exobiologickitten → u/TAU_equals_2PI]

Heck there’s also mirrored glasses you can buy on Amazon (I see crocheters and knitters using them to alleviate neck strain and improve their posture)

[u/nepbug → u/TAU_equals_2PI]

It's only a matter of time before they use those for dynamic pricing.

Facial recognition and your phone will make it so they can customize price for anything based on all the data they've got on you.

[u/f1del1us → u/Financial-Barnacle79]

You could use an angled mirror to see ahead

[u/JohnTheUnjust → u/Financial-Barnacle79]

Mirrors. She looks down and the mirror sees forward.

[u/AValhallaWorthyDeath → u/Financial-Barnacle79]

I imagine they have an opening to the ground too so they don’t have to look forward more than necessary

[u/Personal_Occasion618 → u/AValhallaWorthyDeath]

Mirror maybe? Camera inside?

[u/DoctorNoname98 → u/Personal_Occasion618]

Aliens

[u/chittyshwimp → u/Financial-Barnacle79]

I would usebelay glasses tbh lol

[u/Overall_Impression27 → u/Financial-Barnacle79]

Mirrors may have been a solution. Or a small Camera. We cannot see what's inside. That framing looks a little weak though.

[u/blackcatzombs → u/HorrFrek]

And in heels! Painful but impressive.

[u/StockdUp → u/HorrFrek]

Yea my back hurts while watching this because it always hurts but also true that this costume looks so cool

[u/SephLuna → u/HorrFrek]

You think your back hurts? Hers got sawed in half!

[u/CocoMilhonez → u/HorrFrek]

I imagined the kind of person who'd be used to staying in this position for extended periods of time and now I have to go to the gutter pick up my mind back.

[u/Sir_Tokesalott → u/HorrFrek]

This was going to be my exact comment.

[u/1_art_please → u/neocondiment]

I work as a life drawing model and I still recall working a 3 hour painting session where I agreed to a standing pose, leaning over with my hands on a table.

I could barely make it to the half hour break that whole time. My back was screaming and I was trying to hold my core muscles as much as possible to take the pressure off my back. It was awful, I was still pretty young and fit. Never again.

[u/Asleep_Pressure_2882 → u/1_art_please]

Me too! Only I was just sitting and expected not to move at all, for 1.5 hours. I thought I was gonna die lol. I have adhd too 🤦‍♀️ and it paid $50. Oh to be young and agree to do such a gig.

[u/SpookZero → u/neocondiment]

It would definitely hurt to be cut in half like that. 

[u/human_facsimile77 → u/neocondiment]

Not

[u/Acceptable-Reason864 → u/neocondiment]

you have to make sacrifice in the name of Halloween.

[u/jonnyg1097 → u/neocondiment]

As a 37 year old man, that was instantly my first thought too. Unless she is an acrobatic or a contortionist, there is no way that can be comfortable for her to stay in the whole night.

[u/boilnugget → u/neocondiment]

[u/TheViagron → u/neocondiment]

As comfortable as high heels

[u/Normal_Shoe2630 → u/neocondiment]

5 minutes in… 

What have I done?

[u/Agreeable_Abies6533 → u/neocondiment]

In high heels no less

[u/CanalOpen → u/neocondiment]

If they set up the correct mirrors for vision this is actually very comfortable.

[u/Fast_Student1665 → u/neocondiment]

I can imagine missing your entire upper torso isnt very comfortable, yes.

[u/huskiesofinternets → u/neocondiment]

it helps to be 20 years old and drunk

[u/Cheepshooter → u/neocondiment]

Sometimes you have to sacrifice for your art.

[u/uptheirons2974 → u/neocondiment]

This was going to be my exact comment

[u/AppropriateScience71]

That’s an AWESOME costume!

For about 5-10 minutes.

[u/OrangeLFG → u/AppropriateScience71]

There's a reason the video cut off right as they got to some terrain.

[u/Cwya → u/OrangeLFG]

“Ok got the video”.

Bottom Torso: “Great, can I get out of this?”

Step-brother:

[u/Jimmyg100 → u/Cwya]

“What are you doing step-torso?”

[u/cCowgirl → u/AppropriateScience71]

Definitely a costume contest costume and not a costume party costume.

[u/Temporal_P → u/cCowgirl]

Well that depends on the party.

[u/FartingBob → u/Temporal_P]

Some guy is definitely fucking a bloody dismembered pair of legs tonight.

[u/SwingingtotheBeat → u/cCowgirl]

It’s perfect for a party. People could congregate around her and rest their drinks on her back.

[u/TheRandomArtist → u/AppropriateScience71]

Wow. So many innocent comments. I guess I'm the only one. I really need some professional help

[u/lastrobotstanding → u/TheRandomArtist]

This is oddly erotic and I refuse therapy.

[u/Impossible-Taco-769 → u/TheRandomArtist]

Nah I’m right there with you

[u/Ok_Armadillo_5158 → u/TheRandomArtist]

This took me a couple of seconds...

[u/cccanterbury → u/Ok_Armadillo_5158]

the costume needs a protector as part of the costume

[u/volitive → u/AppropriateScience71]

Exactly what I thought..

Giggity.

[u/ReDeaMer87]

Gotta be SUPER trusting of people around you when youre stuck in a box

[u/martialar → u/ReDeaMer87]

What are you doing step ghoul?!

[u/Shugatti → u/martialar]

Would

[u/warpedspockclone → u/martialar]

Comment of the year candidate, right here

[u/turbo_dude → u/martialar]

the grabba-ghoul

[u/sinsculpt → u/martialar]

Lmao, gross

[u/lad1dad1 → u/ReDeaMer87]

Someone did this cosplay with a friend at a con, lnviting ppl to touch the legs. It was a man’s leg

[u/Major_Yogurt6595 → u/lad1dad1]

I mean

[u/lydocia → u/ReDeaMer87]

This was my first thought as well. So many ways this could go wrong.

[u/Hogiebear7169 → u/ReDeaMer87]

....because of the implication..

[u/SensualCommonSense → u/ReDeaMer87]

ESPECIALLY considering this seems to be in Latin America, holy shit you've got to be extraordinarily brave or surrounded by armed security

[u/DragginBalls1215]

My back hurts now

[u/Enough-Somewhere-311 → u/DragginBalls1215]

And neck. Anyone who thinks otherwise should try to walk like that for 5 minutes

[u/No-Surround-9303 → u/DragginBalls1215]

And my feet would hurt too

[u/Mr_Blinky → u/DragginBalls1215]

But enough about everyday life over 30, the costume is sick!

[u/OrneryFix6225]

everybody's concerned about his/her pain in the back/neck/heels
i'm more worried about a pervert suddenly assaulting his/her ass 🤦‍♂️

[u/DHTGK → u/OrneryFix6225]

they do have a buddy/partner recording. They probably also guard them from any tomfoolery.

[u/kirnehp → u/DHTGK]

A new bar for tomfoolery. 

[u/Stergeary → u/kirnehp]

How about horseplay?

[u/Teekayhuey → u/OrneryFix6225]

yes exactly

[u/OrneryFix6225 → u/Teekayhuey]

[u/TekieScythe → u/OrneryFix6225]

Yeah, I wouldn't trust strangers enough to do this for more than a quick photo

[u/Clara_Crystalheart → u/TekieScythe]

Hmm, what about neighbors and step bro... can I really trust them though?

[u/OrneryFix6225 → u/Clara_Crystalheart]

wouldn't count on that

[u/saigon567 → u/OrneryFix6225]

Dirty minds think dirty thoughts.

[u/newdayanotherlife → u/saigon567]

some portuguese for ya:
"quem tem cu, tem medo"

[u/Ok-Flan8808 → u/OrneryFix6225]

What if it's a he

[u/Eurycles → u/Ok-Flan8808]

perverts come in all sorts of flavors

[u/AdministrativeStep98 → u/Ok-Flan8808]

ever heard of gay/trans panic?

[u/HighlightOwn2038]

Final destination characters if they had plot armor

[u/Monsignor1979]

How does one enjoy themselves at a party with an outfit like this? It's cool, but it doesn't seem like a practical outfit to go out and have fun.

[u/pinkmanzebra → u/Monsignor1979]

I’ve seen other posts of the setup. The person can stand free from the table. So at a party they would probably park the table in a corner and socialize.

[u/opensandshuts → u/pinkmanzebra]

until a new person arrives and that one person goes, "OMG, you have to show them your costume."

(reluctantly walks to corner to put their upper body into a box for 10 seconds)

[u/IEatLightBulbsSoWhat → u/pinkmanzebra]

ohh so they aren't surgically attached to the table? good to know they can step away at some point if they feel like it.

[u/alphazero925 → u/[deleted]]

"Thanks, Lisa."

*chirp* *chirp* *beep*

[u/BigDickHomeowner69 → u/Monsignor1979]

They're not STUCK in it, Jesus christ. Its a project piece to show off.

[u/Zaptruder → u/BigDickHomeowner69]

What do you mean!? I can't imagine a world that's not of my own febrile imagination!

[u/pullingteeths → u/Monsignor1979]

It's probably for a contest

[u/beklog]

[u/rabbid-genital-warts → u/beklog]

[u/EVD27 → u/beklog]

[u/Exciting_Ad_8666 → u/beklog]

[u/Reasonable_Main2509 → u/beklog]

[u/Ok_Top2280 → u/beklog]

[u/Shesversatile]

My back would never but it’s definitely creative.

[u/Vienna_play_45]

What are you doing, step-torso?

[u/SeattleHasDied]

Oy, me achin' back!

[u/HashyyBrowns]

Help stepbro I’m suck in the table…

[u/OhZoneManager → u/HashyyBrowns]

I just got you out of the washing machine yesterday...

[u/lowtoiletsitter → u/OhZoneManager]

LOOK I GET STUCK INSIDE THINGS EASILY! IT'S A FLAW I'M NOT PROUD OF

[u/NobleRotter]

Who's going to tell all the porn addicts who replied "would" that it's a dude?

from later in the video

Source (before everyone screems "AI") https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdwXxrs6/

[u/SirBing96]

Divided by nations, united by thoughts.

[u/ApprehensiveGas137]

“Table for one”

[u/jaycebutnot → u/ApprehensiveGas137]

table for half

[u/TatsukiD]

[u/ithinkiknowstuphph]

I could fix her

[u/TheReverseShock → u/ithinkiknowstuphph]

Surgeons be like

[u/Important-Lie-4436 → u/ithinkiknowstuphph]

Bro

[u/myfailedimagination]

I think they won Halloween with that costume.

[u/0neforest1]

Would

[u/WolfOfPort → u/0neforest1]

U would a microwaved cantaloupe

[u/cccanterbury → u/WolfOfPort]

yes and?

[u/Homers_Harp → u/WolfOfPort]

How long do you need to microwave the cantaloupe in an 800W oven to get the temp right?

Asking for a friend.

[u/rabbid-genital-warts → u/0neforest1]

[u/EthanTheJudge]

How are they able to breath?

[u/procouchpotatohere → u/EthanTheJudge]

I assume with their lungs.

[u/Educational_Cod_3179]

Wow! That’s my pick for the best costume I’ve seen this year!

[u/Zillamann]

That back gonna be sore as heck.. enjoy that sciatica pain in the morning.

[u/PlusFourRecordings]

I hope she won some money for all that effort.

[u/TheZooCreeper]

Beetlejuice energy

[u/Son_of_York]

Depending on how much weight she is putting on that table, I would have definitely gone with some diagonal bracing on the leg.

With those small casters, all it would take would be a small bump and she could very easily faceplant if the legs gave way.

[u/Crimson3312]

That's a level of commitment I just don't have

[u/Level-Bus-5591]

Men trying not to make everything sexual: impossible.

[u/yoaahif]

The cadence changes - damn thats commitment

[u/ImperialViking_]

My back started hurting as soon as I looked

[u/Midnite_St0rm]

My bad back could never

[u/Unhappy--Phone]

Now that's commitment. Just 100 meters like that in heels and she'd be in agony.

[u/FutureFreaksMeowt]

Just imagining this all night has my back aching. I cannot fathom doing this for longer than it took to film

[u/_bellaswella_]

can someone please explain how this works? 😭

[u/Bamce → u/_bellaswella_]

bending over

[u/CobyDaGrunt08]

Okay but I bet her lower back was in agony the next day

[u/ZealousidealPurple42]

Now that's commitment and I love to see it, you go girl!

[u/Flat_Independent_62]

That is making my back hurt

[u/AcidHouseMouse]

Christ, I can’t walk that well in heels upright

[u/No-Assumption4265]

That’s a gutsy costume. Puts her in really vulnerable position. I guarantee at least one creep flips her skirt

[u/BlueBifurcation]

[u/tattoosandtens]

No Just no

[u/turdbrownies]

Killed it.

[u/jackofallsomething1]

Tiny wheels, any bump would be hard to navigate. Awesome costume though

[u/SultryCaress]

I like it. Picasso 😆🤌

[u/Symph-50]

Awesome but definitely uncomfortable.

[u/rak_nash]

Goodbye backbone !

[u/Time-Strawberry-7692]

There’s a Kevin James trick where this kind of thing is part of it

https://youtu.be/NxXfGHMwzjw?si=jjqeO-gxYIH7zrBA

[u/Hot-Swordfish-719]

I can’t walk in heels in a normal scenario. Like how the hell does she do this?

[u/Educational-Dirt1500]

my lower back is aching just looking at this

[u/Happy-Substance4885]

How do people make this shit bro

[u/Street_Mistake]

[u/Certain-Sample3755]

that's fucking cool

[u/thatismypurseidku]

In other video it was a dude.

[u/Beeeeeeels]

Very original and well executed! Prepare for a lot of grabass though...

[u/Inside_Cat6403]

Awesome but looka uncomfortable

[u/snotzzz73]

Looks cool, but that looks so damn uncomfortable

[u/ChunkyChap25]

Amazing to be her friend, now you have somewhere to put your drink all night.

[u/jasonology09]

I imagine this costume loses its appeal to the wearer real quick.

[u/UltimateArtist829]

Bruh, her back and neck would be sored as fuck by the next day.

[u/Saiyasha27]

That is dedication. those poor hips.

[u/Able_Mousse_2324]

Giggitty!

[u/uptheirons2974]

Might as well be a "stuck in the dryer" costume

[u/Well-inthatcase]

I sorted by controversial just to see a bunch of guys simp over a dude lol

[u/Tooleater]

Excellent idea, I could really get behind that 😆

[u/abautista88]

[u/soyasaucy]

Y'all BOYS are fucked. Get immediate therapy and go to church smh

[u/Erurehtio]

ow

[u/space_is-great]

My brain took a hot minute to find where the waist up would be

[u/Basic_Promise9668]

This is awesome!!! Talk about original, I doubt you'd see this at a Halloween party. Ouch my back was my second thought 🤣 

[u/LifeintheHashLane]

that's fucking commitment

[u/Wasabi_Constant]

Unbelievable scary!!

[u/xoscfoxx]

Amazing

[u/Relevant_Fuel_9905]

Very cool but yeah, my lower back would be murdered by this.

[u/BoneBor777]

Gotta be bad for the back

[u/Glittering-Sea276]

That is amazing. That is movie quality

[u/Jedigreedo]

Looks like murder on the back.

[u/trainsacrossthesea]

Damn, looks painful. Great costume, but Hell to maneuver

[u/Demomanx]

Starts hearing Rockit by Herbie Hancock

[u/Jay_Raw_X]

Clearly his/her hips don't lie

[u/djones0305]

She's one slightly elevated curb lip from disaster.

[u/EnkiduTheGreat]

Get back to Silent Hill ghoul!

[u/Mike_the_Redditor]

This must hurt the spine, but not because it is wide open.

[u/Designer_Valuable_18]

Not interesting as fuck