Jul 22 2010Syrinx Needles Make Heroin Fun Again
If there's one thing I can't stand it's waiting in a grocery line behind a lady with two carts full of canned cat food. YOU SMELL LIKE SHIT, LADY. If there's another it's needles. I don't like them. You know how many times I've had to be smelling-salted off an examination room floor? Every single one. But now needles are fun, thanks to Syrinx!
'Syrinx' is a modern day syringe, designed by Jesper Nilsson, that will surely reduce the trauma of poking needles, if not eradicate it completely.
The fear reducing formula of the Syrinx lies in its Sphynx-shaped needle: cutely designed things that should distract the attention of your kid as the doctor takes a sample of his/her blood.The needles come with an informative and colorful book that will gently educate the child about what's going to happen. While the child reads the book, the doctor prepares for the blood to be collected. After reading the book (3-4 pages), the child can choose the creature they would like to be injected with. When the needle is being inserted, the child should be more relaxed looking at the toy creature.
Yeah, no. I'm still gonna white out and take the whole roll of bed-paper down with me. No joke, I won't even do needles anymore. Last time I had to have blood drawn I convinced the doctor to beat me in the head with a foot stirrup and let me drip the blood into a bedpan. I tested positive for feces.
Hit the jump for two more pics, one of a kid playing with needles (who needs toys?!), and one of a Syrinx in action.
Syrinx: A Cute Blood Sample Syringe [walyou]
Reader Comments
1. nachoo - July 22, 2010 11:32 AM
nicee. lol
2. Pander Smirk - July 22, 2010 11:32 AM
this is upsetting
3. UNO! - July 22, 2010 11:32 AM
UNO! BIATCH!
4. McFeely Smackup - July 22, 2010 11:39 AM
Two problems:
A) the guy does not know what a sphinx is.
B) people are not afraid of needles because the syringe is scary. People are afraid of needles becuase of the fucking NEEDLE! You know ,the one that it sticking out the front of the cute little cat thing here like some kind of giant fang.
FAIL
5. Anikia - July 22, 2010 11:40 AM
^ Ha ^
6. blago - July 22, 2010 11:52 AM
"...tested positive for feces" that's fn golden
7. Ric - July 22, 2010 12:03 PM
Instead of curing children's fear of needles, using this will create a fear of cute animals. The first time they see one of the needles. "Oh, a cute little animal, I'll let my guard down." *SHANK* "Ahhhh mommy, the furry thing's drinking my blood." There will be a generation of children who rip apart teddy bears and eviscerate cats, dogs, and hamsters.
8. FreeDummy - July 22, 2010 12:05 PM
Needle are needles, kids aren't THAT stupid.
Or maybe they are. In which case they'll just have nightmares about their Pokemon sucking their blood while they sleep.
9. Robot Owl - July 22, 2010 12:26 PM
@4 my thoughts exactly
anyway... the first "creature" looks like a car with sunglasses... or something
10. Self Deprication Guy...As far As You Know - July 22, 2010 12:26 PM
I also believe this will create more fears.
First the fear of needles
Then the fear of pets
Then the fear of penises
Then the fear of anything phallic
Then the fear of cracker jacks and tap water
Think about it.........
11. Dur - July 22, 2010 12:40 PM
How very stupid. The kid sees a sphinx, goes, "Ooh!" and pokes at it. Blood everywhere.
12. (◕_◕)┌∩┐Closet Nerd - July 22, 2010 12:40 PM
So instead of just a fear of needles... now kids will be scared of mice with needles protruding from their mouth... yeah, that makes sense... or somethin
13. drowningtoasters - July 22, 2010 1:06 PM
i like how that 3 yr old is getting ready to stab himself in the finger.
i lol'd at 'bed-paper'.
14. kelvin - July 22, 2010 1:09 PM
LITTLE ALFRED. hahahaha
15. drowningtoasters - July 22, 2010 1:14 PM
also. it's funny to see how people still can't read.
it's called Syrinx. kind of like the word "syringe", but -inx-y.
not, Sphinx. like, man-cat. haha.
16. TallNerdGuy - July 22, 2010 1:21 PM
"We are the priests...of the Temple...of Syrinx!!!"
I felt the need to channel some Rush.
17. Alexandra♪ - July 22, 2010 2:07 PM
This will only traumatized them even more. The nightmares they're gonna have...
18. I never back down - July 22, 2010 2:15 PM
In pic 2 why the fuck would they have a kid holding one...? That just seems safe.
@4 Yeah that was my thought too I figured the needle would shoot out so it was quick not a needle with a weird case to hold on to.
If my doctor every went at me with one of these I would punch him nothing shows your more serious about your job than what ever the f these things are suppose to be.
19. Max Boivin - July 22, 2010 2:59 PM
I think they are scary. I never been scare by syringe but this... give me the chill.
20. JEREMY THE GREEK - July 22, 2010 3:11 PM
When did it become okay for kids to be such pussies?
21. r k - July 22, 2010 3:11 PM
nice try, but more likely to give a kid nightmares about cute animals turning into bloodsucking vampire-monsters hell bent on killing him.
22. Jays - July 22, 2010 3:50 PM
No, just....No.
As a kid who was scared shitless of needles (and still am), let me say it was never the tube I had a problem with, it was the 2 INCHES OF FUCKING STAINLESS STEEL IMPALING MY ARM!
Those things aren't cute! THEY'RE AFTER MY BLOOD!
23. Sadalsuud - July 22, 2010 4:31 PM
The person in the last picture has no idea how to draw blood properly (must be a nurse). You aren't supposed to put the whole frickin' needle into the arm, it is a blood draw, not an IV.
24. zoomzoom - July 22, 2010 4:48 PM
What a daft idea! when I was a kid I thought bees were cute... until I found out they sting! This is about as smart as covering vegetables is chocolate sauce to make kids eat their vegies.
25. Namigin - July 22, 2010 7:58 PM
The grey one looks evil >:]
Also, I've had to have bloods taken since I was 7. I was never scared of the needle, I would watch the whole time. I didn't need a 'cute' little micro-pet with a biography to make me feel better. If you just reassure the kid(for the most part) and make sure they KNOW what is going to happen and tell them to look away if they're going to be squeemish then I don't see an issue with a regular needle/syringe combo.
26. Calyster the add hater - July 22, 2010 8:37 PM
@4,7 I totally agreed and i laughed so hard XD
@15 dude you failed next time read the WHOLE article not just the tittle (The fear reducing formula of the Syrinx lies in its Sphynx-shaped needle: cutely designed things that should distract the attention of your kid as the doctor takes a sample of his/her blood.)
and fucking hell i never liked needle and i'll never like them
o and btw ....
@26 GTFO BITCH!
27. hollywood_hillbilly - July 23, 2010 6:16 AM
As configured, these could not be used for injection.
28. Codone - July 24, 2010 5:55 PM
*laugh* cry*
Okay this is just twisted so instead of getting the standard exp we've all had; now we give children a degenerative spinal disorder yaaay!! Talk about bad intelligence a 'Syrinx' is also the name of a cerebral spinal fluid backup, cyst within the spine known as syringomyelia.
"okay lil timmy its time to get your syrinx!!"
I would laugh more but to my dismay, I actually do have syringomyelia, and its not funny =,(