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Live Knives is a sick, twisted, beautiful Twitter bot for knife commercials

Why is there a 24/7 knife infomercial channel, anyway?

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Jaya Saxena

Internet Culture

Posted on May 30, 2016   Updated on May 26, 2021, 4:57 pm CDT

When you signed up for Twitter, you probably didn’t think “a bot that posts snippets of deranged knife infomercials” was what you were hoping to see. But allow us to make the case for LIVE KNIVES.

The account, from the makers of @QVCbot, grabs images and video snippets from Cutlery Corner’s 24-hour network, which is dedicated to selling you ridiculous knives all day long.

And there are just…so many knives, guys. Dragon necklace knife? You got it. Some sort of fantasy axe? Of course. A Donald Trump pocket knife with matching pickup truck display case? As if you even had to ask.




It’s not like Cutlery Corner needed the bot’s help, though. Its actual social media presence already feels like a fever dream.

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For your information, though, that zombie claw hand thing is 100-percent real, and someone should buy it for me.

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*First Published: May 30, 2016, 9:57 am CDT

Jaya Saxena

Jaya Saxena is a lifestyle writer and editor whose work focuses primarily on women's issues and web culture. Her writing has appeared in GQ, ELLE, the Toast, the New Yorker, Tthe Hairpin, BuzzFeed, Racked, Eater, Catapult, and others. She is the co-author of 'Dad Magazine,' the author of 'The Book Of Lost Recipes,' and the co-author of 'Basic Witches.'

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