17. The Handerpants
Underwear for your hands? That’s right. Handerpants are fingerless gloves designed to look exactly like tighty-whities. Marketed with deadpan seriousness, they were weird enough to make it onto TV and go viral online. They actually became a top novelty item on several gift sites.
The creators leaned hard into the ridiculous premise. People bought them as stocking stuffers, gag gifts, or just to wear ironically. Their success proves that if you go weird enough—and commit to the joke—people will embrace the absurd. Handerpants weren’t solving any problem, but they did make everyone laugh.
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