Ever reach for your phone, desperate for a dopamine hit, only to realize it’s just a slab of clear acrylic in your pocket?
Meet the Methaphone: part prank, part personal trainer for your impulse control.
Many of us are obsessively checking our phones, whether there’s a reason to or not. So, the makers of Methaphone created this entirely non-functional facsimile, as a gag, only to realize it truly hit a nerve.
The sold-out device/art piece shows how universal the need to wean ourselves off our devices is, and it’s already become a social media sensation.
Check out the IndieGogo campaign, which explores the concept of a device that does nothing at all.
methaphone looks like a simple acrylic slab — and it is.
But it’s also a stand-in, a totem, and an alibi. It’s the first step on the road to freedom.Take it instead of your phone. Let it ride along in you jacket or your jeans. If you’re anxious, rub the surface with your thumb. When you need to avert your gaze, it’s there for you to pull out and look through.
Cigarette smokers have their patch, you have methaphone.
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6 Comments
Great idea!!!
Yes, great perspective! Pretty hilarious.
Only in America + silly + ridiculous + sadly needed !
oh I like this. this is better than the pet rock.
A worthy successor to the Lava Lamp, Pet Rock, mood ring, pacifiers, Stress Spinners, Altoids…
I don’t think it’s something I would buy or use. I rather like my phone. It entertains me and keeps me notified of the news. I don’t doomscroll.