Terrible news for anyone who has ever been bored on an airplane: the company behind SkyMall, that in-flight catalog you disdainfully flip through after you’ve suffered through all the available episodes of The Big Bang Theory, has announced its inevitable bankruptcy filing.
Why do we say “inevitable”? Because SkyMall is packed full of actually useless garbage that no human being would conceivably buy, even in a late-capitalist boom cycle. Thankfully, a legion of loyal Internet fans has done the noble work of archiving these inexplicable items:
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#DeflateGate RT @ClaraJeffery: Can I save SkyMall by ordering enough of these? pic.twitter.com/Jnm3U9ExcI
— Cooper Fleishman (@_Cooper) January 23, 2015
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Rock ID by @SkyMall was always my favorite. #geology pic.twitter.com/x7hiNdwTMa
— Jessica Morrison (@ihearttheroad) January 23, 2015
@jesseberney @KStreetHipster Head Spa Massager Relieves Tension Caused by
— John Ferguson (@Fearguth) January 23, 2015
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SkyMall files for bankruptcy. Better order this before it's too late. pic.twitter.com/Ve6EEjn5QD
— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 23, 2015
Goodbye #Skymall we will miss your silliness. #HumanSlingshot pic.twitter.com/YPmwcQSXK0
— Dave Voight (@davevoight) January 23, 2015
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SkyMall has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It may have been the effectiveness of this product: pic.twitter.com/xijBXE9h5c
— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) January 23, 2015
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Without @SkyMall, where will we find all of life's little necessities? pic.twitter.com/ItjxRc8w8c
— Thomas L. Strickland ☕️ (@ThomasLS) January 23, 2015
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SkyMall files for bankruptcy. RIP, purveyor of gadgets you don't need but inexplicably desire. http://t.co/ZPPOfz2cIi pic.twitter.com/4vORGRS1lY
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) January 23, 2015
Skymall has filed for bankruptcy http://t.co/QDjATwnU4p pic.twitter.com/mTYCQ9ru0w
— Popular Mechanics (@PopMech) January 23, 2015
SkyMall files for bankruptcy. http://t.co/ukbC5Zf482 pic.twitter.com/XJt81Ao9XM
— Nick Turner (@NewsyNick) January 23, 2015
Where will I get wineglass holder necklaces?? MT @KatyStech: BREAKING: SkyMall has filed for bankruptcy pic.twitter.com/lFUo0iixTl
— Mark Gongloff (@markgongloff) January 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/CollinStraka/status/558640995395710976
Nooooo SkyMall has filed for bankruptcy, per @KatyStech. It had the best sports stuff: http://t.co/cfPUAWGubz pic.twitter.com/BtPBL72Y2S
— SB Nation (@SBNation) January 23, 2015
It is unthinkable that SkyMall went out of business, not with products like these pic.twitter.com/h6FPCT5hg1
— Sam Brodey (@sambrodey) January 23, 2015
Get me this garden Yeti from @SkyMall and I swear I'll never ask you for another thing. pic.twitter.com/IurfUYYaNW
— Big Gay Ice Cream (@biggayicecream) January 18, 2015
Alec and I laughed at this in SkyMall and then wE SAW A GUY CRUISING THROUGH THE AIRPORT ON ONE AND WE DIED pic.twitter.com/lvwk5T4Rkm
— bourgeoisie bitchcore (@babydook_) January 13, 2015
Oh, and who can forget how @SkyMall pooping cat looked at us… pic.twitter.com/6j6R2ZcGl7
— Jessica Morrison (@ihearttheroad) January 23, 2015
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Well, what are you waiting for? Get on the SkyMall website and order all this stuff before it’s too late. Oh, and one more thing: the next time you’re flying somewhere, don’t forget to bring a book.
Photo by SuperJet International/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)