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Awww, now isn’t this precious? You can throw out all those mugs your kids had made with their pictures on the side because these Mugtails take adorable to a whole new level. Available with a variety of different animals on the side with their tales forming the handle, these mugs are so sweet you’ll never need sugar in your coffee again.
Available in a four pack for around around £40, or individually for about £10.50 each, the mugs seem pretty clever until you discover the deer, hedgehog, moose, and other animals whose tails are too small to actually be useful for holding a hot mug. Then you realize the dream is over, and it’s back to your trusty “pobody’s nerfect” mug.
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This is for work.
http://cache1.bigcartel.com/product_images/90592646/UNTMUGCID1.jpg
My mum would love this!
“Mugtails Are an Adorably Anthropomorphic Way To Enjoy Your Coffee”.
Anthropomorphism is the act of attributing human characteristics to non-human things, in what way does making a cup in the shape of an animal lend the cup the quality of being human ?
You’d have to be a mug to buy one.
I was going to say the same thing
Gizmodo needs an editor, their articles are often littered with errors of various kinds, from the grammatical to the technical – for a ‘tech’ website their reporting is often not much better than the tabloids.
I was about to say the same thing.
My guess is the author has only ever heard it used in reference to furries.
Found some colourful cups:
http://cosycraftspot.co.uk/shop/cups/
I don’t think you understand what anthropomorphic means.
I’m taking away your writing license.
If any research was done into this article at all, you’d have found out there by a Japanese brand called Kinto and even though they call them mugtails they aren’t for tea or coffee but for tea light, considering there half the size of a mug and are uncoated ceramic so your cup of coffee is just going to seep through the walls of your tea light holder it’s pretty oblivious to see when you look at them.
Yes it’s a stupid name but a little bit of research would have found out they aren’t cups!
Source – I sell them.
I just did that little bit of research and it turns out Kinto sells them as drinkware. Maybe you should be aware of that if you’re selling them. Why would a tea light holder have to be microwave safe?
“If any research was done into this article at all”
As I say above (and apologies for harping on about this) Gizmodo seem to lack any decent editorial control, articles are often incorrect, poorly researched, misinformed and littered with errors, the one thing they seem to remain consistent in is a kind of ‘laddish’ sneering cynicism, that’s not to say they don’t manage to put out the occasional well written piece, but more often than not the tone of the site gravitates towards: “Oh, XXX has screwed up again” (XXX here could be anyone from Apple to a tea light holder maker).
So even though they were, once again, wrong on this occasion, it’s probably worth a manufacturer’s time to deliberately introduce a flaw into the copy of their product they send to Gizmodo, I doubt they would be able to resist the opportunity to tell everyone how you’ve screwed up and give you free publicity.
; P
It pains me to say so, but Kat Hannaford (sweet and lovely she may be) is a pretty shoddy editor and it’s her job to ensure the quality of the pieces that go out. Obviously the standard here is far (far) less then in other, better established mediums. The word blog seems to be used as an excuse to publish the most inane drivel that neglects even the most basic tenets of journalism. The 5 W’s, research, ability, originality, flair and so on and so forth.
Kat should rein in the shoddy filler like this and put the kibosh on the apple press releases dressed as articles that come from the states.
I feel kind of cheeky telling an editor how to do her job but I do mean it in a positive (albeit kind of mean) way.
You’re wrong! Haha, you sell them? You must just be an idiot then!. Look more closely at the KORIN web page for these. Here, I’ll link you so you don’t lie about that too – http://korin.com/Mugtail-Cat
I quote – “Whimsical MUG features adorable animal detail. Perfect for a MUG OF COCOA OR light a tea light inside to light a dark space.”
You might want to rethink your business.
Oh, and furthermore, it says on the Complete Set page (here – http://korin.com/Winter-Mugtails-Complete-Set )
“Delight your beloveds this upcoming holidays with our new winter Mugtail collection! Fill these adorable porcelain mugs up with a favorite drink…”
I rest my case. Do more research into your business, and don’t criticise others for your stupidity you nonce.
Okay fair enough their site suggests a hot drink, but when speaking to both a representative from the designers and their UK agents they have told me they wouldn’t use them for drinks, as my post said, they are porous ceramic, they are too thin to stop the heat transferring from the drink to your hand and the are designed with no handle, if you held them via their tails it would more than likely (on some of the designs) snap off in your hand.
Maybe I was a bit harsh in my first post, but these products are sold as tea light holders in the UK