Bloxvox

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About

Bloxvox is the name of a device currently being promoted through a Kickstarter campaign that will smother your face in a soundproof muzzle so that one can have telephone conversations without disturbing others in a work environment. After CNET reported on the product, Twitter users reacted with jokes about the product's design, with many comparing it to the mask Bane wears in The Dark Knight Rises.

History

On May 20th, 2018, Greg Umhoefer launched a Kickstarter for the product.^[1] As of May 23rd, 2018, it has raised $3,100 of its $25,000 goal with a July 20th end date.

Online Reactions

On May 22nd, CNET^[2] published an article about the product, and tweeted about it on the 23rd (shown below).^[3]

cnet CNET Ф @CNET Follow Would you wear this muzzle around the office for private calling? cnet.co/2KMwp92

The tweet prompted strong responses from Twitter users making fun of the product. Many of the tweets compared the Bloxvox to the mask Bane wears in The Dark Knight Rises. User @flashboy made such a joke, gaining over 250 retweets and 930 likes (shown below, left). A similar joke by @danhevia gained over 83 retweets and 320 likes (shown below, right).

TP Tom Phillips Ф @flashboy Follow "Hi, you're through to Gotham's Reckoning" CNET@CNET Would you wear this muzzle around the office for private calling? cnet.co/2KMwp92 1:29 PM - 23 May 2018

Dan Hevia @DanHevia Follow "No one knew our office lunch order until l put on the mask." CNET @CNET Would you wear this muzzle around the office for private calling? cnet.co/2KMwp92 2:44 PM- 23 May 2018

Other users joked about the mask being symptomatic of Late Capitalism, though these were less popular than the Bane jokes (examples shown below). Reactions to the Bloxvox were covered by Twitter Moments,^[4] The Daily Dot,^[5] and Syfy.^[6]