So there’s this thing called “The Popularity Dialer” that lets you pre-schedule a call to your phone…
Maybe you wanted to look extra important or popular on that hot date. Or maybe you just needed an excuse to escape from an unpleasant meeting.
With “The Popularity Dialer”, you can plan ahead. Via a web interface, you can choose to have your phone called at a particular time (or several times). At the elected time, your phone will be dialed and you will hear a prerecorded message that’s one half of a conversation.
Here’s what the call might sound like:
The idea is that people will think you’re really important or busy. While this might work for avoiding people, I have a feeling it won’t make you look cool on a date. Aren’t there enough asses that take cell phone calls at inappropriate times already!?
Someone needs to combine this with the previously mentioned Samuel L Jackson call. Can you imagine how important you’d look having SLJ call your cell phone? He’d be like, “Whassup, I being attacked by ninjas right now. You got my back?” and you’d be like “Hell yeah, Samuel J!”
I saw this on anandtech, and I’m pretty sure it’ll be everywhere soon. It’s a promotional thing for Snakes on a Plane. You give it some information and Samuel L. Jackson can either call or email a friend with a message saying that they have to watch Snakes on a Plane. It’s pretty entertaining hearing SLJ go insane about a movie starring himself.
Here’s one that I made using a fictional “Samuel” and his copilot “Johnny.”
It actually sounds pretty good for being one of those cut and paste customized messages. Mr. Jackson is very convincing, and I’m kinda scared that he’ll kill me if I don’t see Snakes on a Plane. This is pure genius viral marketing, right here. The only complaint I have is that SLJ doesn’t know how to say a lot of names. Including “Hung.” Oh, I guess it would’ve been cool if he had dropped the F-bomb a few times, or even if he just said “ass” instead of “butt.”
Oh, if you didn’t know, Snakes on a Plane is a movie. About snakes. On a plane. And Samuel L. Jackson’s in it. It’s already gained cult status for having a cheesy plot. I read somewhere that Samuel L. Jackson only agreed to do the movie because of the title. Now that’s what I call quality cinema.
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