The Fitness-Tracking Device That Shocks You If You Slack Off Is The Perfect Gift For Pledges
Early morning PT runs are critical in the pledge development process. Nothing builds character like chugging a McDonald’s breakfast thrown in a blender followed by a 5K run with that one brother who ran cross-country in high school. But what are you to do about the stragglers who fall behind? Drive closely behind them in a golf cart and tell them you fucked their sisters? That’s one way to do it. But now there’s a new way to keep the early dad bod-adopters from slacking off.
The wearable fitness-tracking device Pavlok is the first of its kind to physically punish people who fail to meet the goals programmed into it through a phone app. If you’re late to the finish line at the top of the hill, the watch-like device will zap your ass with a painful electric burst.
The Pavlok can punish and humiliate people mentally, too. The device can be programmed to post degrading Facebook statuses (hopefully these will be more customizable than just “I missed the gym today”) and even start to give away your money.
The Pavlok is good for more than just PT, however. Strap one of these bad boys to a pledge, and he’ll be fifteen minutes early to every house cleaning session, pledge ride, and cigarette delivery.
The developers say the “habit-forming wristband” will be available sometime this year, so prepare to eat voltage, pledge bitches..
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Back to back posts about “wearable technology?” Between the Kardashians, this, and Steve Holt, I’m convinced you’re trying to piss us off. It’s not hard. Frat Romance novel, the fail Friday from 4th of July weekend you cheated us on, forums, and the removal of that Cretan Helmet Stickers. It’s so damn easy it hurts. I’ve laid out the formula for you geriatrics. Follow it.
10 years ago at 5:37 pmCan you program it to zap me every time I copy-paste from Reddit?
10 years ago at 5:38 pmThis is the kind of technological advancement I like to see.
10 years ago at 6:33 pmOr just have a pledge Ed
10 years ago at 6:54 pmYou can’t just have “Pledge Ed”. It’s not an elective.
10 years ago at 12:11 amTwo consecutive articles about fitness tracking devices? I’m surprised you’re not selling them on Man Outfitters.
10 years ago at 7:00 pmThe companies probably do not want them sold on Man Outfitters.
10 years ago at 8:16 pmAt least there’s an application to Greek Life with this one.
10 years ago at 11:09 pmCALLING ALL HIGH SCHOOL FRAT STARS!!!1!! If you don’t want to be hazed like this, you should join TKE, we aren’t uncivilized bastards like the rest of the greek community. Plus, we know how to turn the F**k up!!!11!!!!!!111!!!!!!! XD
10 years ago at 7:16 pmLeave
10 years ago at 8:02 pmLol bro I bet you have fun dressing “frat” but my LRG and Trukfit aren’t going anywhere bro
10 years ago at 9:45 pmGuess we know who’s getting blackballed next.
10 years ago at 9:53 pmThe TFM staff couldn’t catch me on my skateboard to blackball me bro. I could have gone pro
10 years ago at 10:04 pmI think he might be a parody, might be okay to have.
10 years ago at 11:48 pmThis sounds like an easy to prove lawsuit waiting to happen
10 years ago at 8:12 pmIf the guys that made this weren’t such goobers, I would think this was specifically made for pledges and just advertised as a “fitness watch”
10 years ago at 11:32 pm