status on product research:

product victim no.1 a pilot super shaker series that sucked five rings from my wallet


this is supposedly the grip part and most likely the 2nd selling point. it looks like a two holed condom. except i am gripping it with my finger tips


aha now i know why.. there's a heavy spring that's so coiled up and does not sproing. it just goes up and down


i gave up trying to fix it back. geez what a waste. *throws the condom away*

So I went back to my spire to find out what really makes this pencil tick. i think in japan they call this "shapuru enpitsu" because the the idea of the original mechanical pencil was developed by sharp. however at this time i cannot confirm weather pilot was the sole progenitor of the pencil shaking mechanism. it turns out that there is a counter weight in the shaft of the fuselage that pounds violently on the pressure pneumatic mechanism to cause the lead to flow out. initially i thought that this would be the only plausible way to eject more lead but like a ps3 they are backwards compatible and retain the original push top system

so this sort of bugs me, why retain the push top system if the unique selling point is the griped shaking mechanism? are they afraid and in-confident that people would prefer the traditional way? my assumption is pressing is for the speed demons, when you're really at a rush to get things done, press. so shaking the device is the 'hip and trendy' (i puke every time i say that crap) way of doing it.

so what i am really curios isn't what makes this pen so special from other pens that makes me want to get it but, why is shaking a good thing? why is shaking fun? and why the hell do i feel so dirty after thinking of that? did pilot intended me to think dirty for buying this pen? am i the correct demographic? therefore what does this say about their pre-conception about high school students if these pencils are targeted towards them? fucking sickos. so far here's what i came up with(please be warned that there will be misinterpretations and i don't give a dead donkey sucking vampire goat milk.

• shaking feels good
• shaking feels cool
• i'm an important dude
• human beings don't like to be static
• shaking causes things to fall
• shaking produces and equal and opposite reaction or at least a possible outcome
  
• earthquakes are dangerous
• milkshakes are selling better than ice milo

therefore if shaking is a guilty pleasure (oh my god this is so bad...), we need some sort of protection ..


you know what this isn't getting anywhere i am bombarded with really bad images and things... i'll take a nap for now. Update: one possible direction to go is: good things happen when you shake things up.


so how many times did you cringe your teeth after reading that? i counted about thirteen.