A tech company launched this gadget to help solve noisy offices and everyone made the same joke
CNET wanted to address the problem of needing to make phone calls in noisy open-plan offices, so they’ve launched a sound muffler, the BLOXVOX, and it reminded people of something.
Would you wear this muzzle around the office for private calling? https://t.co/o7VtMYHhCR pic.twitter.com/LeO70wposc
— CNET (@CNET) May 23, 2018
People couldn’t help spotting a resemblance to Batman villain, Bane, as portrayed by Tom Hardy in The Dark Knight Rises.
It gets even weirder when you see it in action. Seriously.
And these 11 tweets ran with it.
1.
"Hi, you're through to Gotham's Reckoning" https://t.co/LZEO9giiT3
— Tom Phillips (@flashboy) May 23, 2018
2.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but *blinding*."
…
"Are you still there, Jeff?" https://t.co/25IdivVme2
— ♥H♥E♥X♥A♥ (@hexadecim8) May 23, 2018
3.
Me: Once again, please close my account. I've asked you three times…
Verizon: Do you feel in charge?
Me: …It's not worth what pay you guys…
Verizon: And this gives you power over me?
Me: …
Verizon: I AM NECESSARY EVIL! https://t.co/1JFeVS4NqN
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 23, 2018
4.
Yea bitch if I go full-Bane at work, then my bosses will fear me and I will finally be free https://t.co/nKYPgb15KF
— eve peyser (@evepeyser) May 23, 2018
5.
Bane voice:
"YOU MERELY ADAPTED TO THIS CONFERENCE CALL, I WAS BORN IN IT" https://t.co/gyV9NXomJN
— #1 golden knights fan for life (@Bentzburgh) May 23, 2018
6.
this would be the BANE of my existence nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk https://t.co/jL47Tm9n41
— Tanya Chen (@Tanya_Chen) May 23, 2018
7.
This is Bane. Don't be fooled. https://t.co/T1aGz9WUrS
— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) May 23, 2018
8.
"Hey, yeah, I was just saying I'm Gotham's reckoning. Wait, can you hear me? I — yeah, now? I said can you hear me? OK, like I was saying, I'm Gotham's reckoning. GOTHAM. Yeah, the city. Uh-huh." https://t.co/9k3tHQYbee
— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) May 23, 2018
YOU MERELY ADOPTED THE MUZZLE I WAS BORN IN IT, MOLDED BY IT https://t.co/4gkJegxxOl
— Jason Linkins (@dceiver) May 23, 2018
10.
.@CNET pic.twitter.com/j94mTCeTIS
— ᶰᵒᵗ Jony Ive (@JonyIveParody) May 23, 2018
11.
“HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TWEET WITH THIS THING ON” pic.twitter.com/fMWX6ve9cc
— darth™ (@darth) May 23, 2018
And these 5 had other ideas.
12.
"Are the lambs still screaming, Clari… hold on, I have another call." https://t.co/t2MKbYAukU
— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) May 23, 2018
13.
"Hey mom, just called to tell you they're all staring again." https://t.co/hib2y6bDmQ
— Matt Nedostup (@nedostup) May 23, 2018
14.
If it is filled with honey-roasted peanuts, then yes. https://t.co/begsQ4bIjE
— Kas Thomas (@kasthomas) May 23, 2018
15.
No but I would forcibly apply it to others in the quiet car https://t.co/wBIINKBnd3
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 23, 2018
16.
I just assumed it was a device to cut down on workplace harassment. https://t.co/pN2j2krqqd
— Stephen Lautens (@stephenlautens) May 23, 2018
