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Neck Air Cushion

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Working in an office would be a slightly less soul-crushing experience if we could avoid the physical annoyances that come with it, like neck and back pain. That way, the torment would merely be psychological. Unfortunately, not every workplace can afford to hire dozens of interns just to massage everyone's neck all the time, so here's a much cheaper and simpler solution that we assume feels like you're being hugged by a balloon animal.

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CubeGuard Notification System

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Sometimes you're just too busy to deal with the social aspect of working in an office, but there are only so many ways you can say "I don't care about your children, Gary." Or maybe you just hate everyone you work with and really, really wish the feeling were mutual. The CubeGuard Notification System is the easiest way to make this happen.

This "simple, elegant signaling tool" is a banner that comes with helpful messages like "Please Do Not Disturb," "Currently Busy" and "Nobody Will Attend My Funeral" (this one's implied in all the others). The thing is, like most items in this list, this is actually a good idea, but there has to be a less dickishly passive-aggressive way to let people know that you're busy (like for example saying, "Hey, I'm busy").

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You can even personalize your insult with Dilbert or a shower of kittens.

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Clip-On LED Lights

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It's 2011. So when, oh when, is it finally going to become socially acceptable to augment our bodies with technology? Hold a gun and you're a badass. Replace your arm with a gun, and suddenly you can't get a job.

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"Your qualifications are excellent, but we just don't want to hear about your Warhammer army every lunch break."

Likewise, if you hold a flashlight in your hand while you fix a computer, you're cool -- even though you now only have half as many hands to do the work. But wear these awesome head-mounted LED lights, and you're a dork who's probably trying to slowly turn himself into a Borg.

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Circulation Improving Leg Wraps

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Migraine Magic Plus

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One of the main symptoms of a bad migraine is the strong desire to lock yourself in a dark room and press a pillow against your head. This solution isn't very practical if you are among the employed or have any kind of responsibilities at all. That's why these state-of-the-art migraine-healing glasses exist.

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On the plus side, you won't look out of place on the paintball field or skiing.

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Personal Cooling Collar

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As hot as the weather can get sometimes, you can't just walk down the street pointing a battery-operated fan at yourself all day -- that would be silly. Also, your arm would get super tired. Believe it or not, someone has come up with a classy, sleek-looking solution for both of these problems.

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It's the perfect gift for someone you like, but also view as a sexual rival.

No, seriously, this thing actually works. The collar is filled with water, and an internal fan helps it evaporate around your neck, thus keeping you cool and refreshed even in the hottest of summer days. On the downside, if you leave the prison boundaries it makes your head explode.

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Balance Ball Chair

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You just know this woman uses the word "glutes" on an hourly basis.

Sitting on an exercise ball may not be the most comfortable thing in the world, but it's good for you -- it works your abs and it's really good for your lower back. It forces your core muscles to keep working as you type (to keep you from tumbling onto the floor while your "chair" bounces into the hall where the boss trips over it and breaks his neck).

Thus we have the Balance Ball Chair, created with the help of chiropractors and designed to help you maintain a better posture and such. We've talked about the importance of sitting properly and how "active sitting" could save your life -- but let's face it, chances are this will never catch on simply because it makes you look like at any moment you're going to grab onto a pair of handles and go bouncing across the parking lot.

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Which actually might be pretty awesome.

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Gold-N-Hot Ionic Soft Bonnet Dryer

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Women's P-EZ Travel Urinal

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"... and the Least Dignified Packaging award goes to ..."

This simple contraption allows women to pretend they have a penis, if only for "peeing standing up" purposes. And you know what, it's actually pretty useful. Think about it: If you're a woman and you really need to pee, wouldn't you kill for something like this when confronted with, say, a gas station toilet seat or something? No more squatting in the bushes for you!

Roughly 16 percent of you are turned on right now.

And the next time the line to the ladies' room is too long, you can simply march into the men's room and make yourself compatible with a standing urinal. And when else are you going to get the pleasure of seeing your own piss? Hell, we don't even know why this is on the list. What self-respecting woman would feel at all weird about pissing out of a purple robot dick?

For more ridiculous products, check out The 25 Most Disturbing Sex Toys and 15 Unintentionally Perverted Toys for Children.