The Toy You Have to Have This Winter

So this is pretty much the coolest toy ever invented. Wham-O (the awesome toy maker who brought you Hula Hoop, Frisbee, Superball & Slide N Slide) has come out with the newest much have toy this winter, the SnowBall Blaster. Pretty much you put this on your wrist and can shoot snowballs up to 80 feet. You can purchase it at THESE LOCATIONS. Not sure what the deal is with Hammacher Schlemmer taking credit like they made the product (it's definitely Wham-O) and spreading it that shoots 50 feet because it says on the packaging it can shoot 80 feet. It was even featured on Pharrell's (from N.E.R.D.) blog.

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The Man, The Myth, The Legend...Ronald Jenkees

"Hello YouTubes"

It's easy to see why we have a special piece of Jenkees artwork in the office. I'm still undecided if this is just a character or there is a Ronald Jenkees out there who acts like that all day long. Either way he gets nasty on the keyboard.

But over the past 4 months or an undercurrent of controversy surrounding Jenkees has started to creep to the surface. It seems there are quite a few people who have a problem with Jenkees’ persona on YouTube. In fact, some of them think that Ronald Jenkees is a blatantly fake character, that was created with the sole intention of gaming the YouTube crowd.

This has led to lively discussions in forums, Fresh Peel comments, and in the YouTube comments section.

Out of all comments I’ve read in regards to Jenkees, very few criticize his music. The point of confrontation seems to always stem from differing opinions of just how authentic Ronald Jenkees is.

I’ve found there to be three very different opinions on Ronald’s authenticity:

1. Ronald Jenkees is an outright fake.
2. Ronald Jenkees is a talented musician that has created stage personality.
3. Ronald Jenkees is totally authentic. All the hats, funny voice, and stupid sayings are 100% Jenkees.

This again begs the question, what is the true definition of authenticity?

Is there no place in the conversation age for characters, fictional stories and stage names? Must everything be presented with a disclaimer in order to truly be authentic?

If that’s the case, transparency could make things pretty boring.

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What do you think? [FreshPeel]

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