At last, there’s a credit card for terrible, ironic purchases
From bikini tops designed to look like twin pots of gold to DVDs of made-for-TV movies with titles like One River, Two Butts, there are many worthless items crying out to be purchased. No one really needs or even genuinely wants this stuff, but leaving these tchotchkes on store shelves is not an option. In the past, however, there was no easy way for consumers to let cashiers know that their purchases are meant to be ironic. A cashier or bartender might get the wrong idea. That would be a disaster for image-conscious consumers who deeply care what strangers think of them. Above Average fixes all that with a mock advertisement for a new, specialized credit card called the Irony Card. It’s the only card with a self-aware smirk built right in. Why hasn’t this become a reality yet?
