Yeah yeah yeah for whatever reason I did it. I don’t even remember what my order number is and I’m going to bed I’m not going to go look. So nothing in this irk will be in the change box that was all stuff from the last several
@username A few boxes of eye patches, expired Kind bars, Trackrs, underwear that doesn’t fit me, pet wipes for the pet I don’t have, and a makeup mirror. Damn, did I just curse myself?
Hey, that’s MY IRK you’ve got there. We must have accidentally swapped. (I think it’s a consequence of all the small items that seem to be the standard meh fare recently).
@Aetherwizard@ItalianScallion@username I suppose it’s too much to wish for a winning lottery ticket like a powerball or megamillions one? I don’t buy them as I understand doing so is the same as putting a match to your money but hey… if someone else buys them for me… just sayin’
@Aetherwizard@Kidsandliz@username A wise friend, who happened to be an actuary, once told me he regularly bought lottery tickets. With the astronomically small odds of winning, I was shocked. He explained that he would easily spend a dollar each week, based on the idea of the utility of money. What he meant is that one dollar bought so little that it had almost no utility, so it didn’t matter if you spent one dollar every now and then on silly stuff, just like it didn’t matter if you put a match to a dollar bill every now and then.
@Aetherwizard@Kidsandliz@username That’s another good way to look at it. I was thinking more along the line of the utility of the money at the time you spend it or set it aside. That kind of reminds me of the $19 a month charity ads that then say “it’s only 63 cents a day!” Is there anyone who sets aside 63 cents every day? Of course not. You don’t face the utility of a mere 63 cents thirty times each month; you face the much greater utility of $19 once each month. Yeah, I’m overanalyzing. It’s my life-long engineering mind at work (or play?).
@Aetherwizard@ItalianScallion@username How I look at it is I have a junk budget of $5 a week where I can buy whatever I want using that money with no recriminations (and that money can be saved to be spent in the future but I can’t borrow money from the future, yet to be allocated $5). Lottery tickets would come out of that.
I did that with my kid at the grocery store each week and doing so shut up almost all of the pleading and begging for crap. She could use it to get whatever she wanted and I wouldn’t say a word as long as she had money for it out of that “fund”. She could save it for the future but couldn’t borrow from the future.
My standard comment was, if she wanted something that cost more than she had, “This is not my problem. Save this week’s money and buy it next week. Or not. Your choice.”.
@caffeineguy Buy two, get nada. Buy one, get nada. Buy three but don’t buy an IRK, get nada. Buy three plus an IRK, get $15 back someday. Buy four and an IRK, get $15 eventually. Buy one of each of the items in the 'thon and an IRK, still get just $15 (still eventually).
@caffeineguy@Kidsandliz@werehatrack
/showme a thief opening a box from Meh he stole from a porch and discovering it’s full of soothing under-eye patches
@ItalianScallion Here’s the image you requested for “a thief opening a box from Meh he stole from a porch and discovering it s full of soothing under-…”
@mediocrebot@phendrick I dont event know what I bought or how it works. Can I buy just off side deal or both it and meh to meet the 3 requirements. Do I even want to meet the 3 requirements? I dont know. I just like bags of crap.
@justjeff@mediocrebot Only buying from current deals on Meh live during the Mehrathon typically satisfies the terms for the refund. For me, the IRK has generally turned out to be worth it’s full price and the refunds are icing, but it’s still something of a crapshoot. I have also gotten items that weren’t right for me (style, size, gender, etc.) but other people would have liked. YMMV, of course.
I took two entomology classes for my biological sciences credits in undergrad. The first one we got to visit the insectary. Being young and fearless, I let all the bugs crawl on me. Tarantula, cockroach, scorpion were nothing compared to the strangeness of a millipede. I got it off of me immediately. There was something incredibly unsettling about all the legs moving int he wave motion on your skin.
The second class we had to keep insects, and I owned two Madagascar cockroaches. Gregor (Samsa) and Tom (Petty, I guess? Couldn’t be too geeky). Obviously they are not the pests we encounter; they didn’t carry disease, were slow, and would die without my care. I grew to liking them.
TL;DR Centipedes and milipedes are far freakier than cockroaches.
Well I have an entire apartment full of (mostly) German cockroaches. I am finally at the point I can smash them with my fist and the baby ones with my fingers. Haven’t gotten there yet with full grown American cockroaches though. I’ll only smash those big suckers with something. Too gross otherwise.
And by the way my cats will play with American cockroaches (they only tried to eat them once, puked up the result of that and never tried that again - I am sure that contributes to roach survival) - including one night on my bed while I was sleeping. Each time it would fall to the floor my cat would gently pick it up in her mouth, put it back on the bed, play until it fell off again, rinse and repeat. I grabbed it with my hand, threw it out the window and my cat was pissed at me for disposing of her toy.
@gheldean
Ruh-Roh Raggy,
I did indeed but the irk, the 3 separate items on my one and only account and one address, but I had to switch to a different card, (I’m poor), so I’m wondering now if that’s an issue?
Anyone know?
THIS ALSO INCLUDES PREVIOUS ACTIVE SALES UP TO 6 DAYS OLD!!!
Ummm, unless there’s something stated that I’m not seeing, that’s not correct. Can we get an Officious Clarification After The Fact? (I might have sprung for the IRK if that was the real policy.)
@punkynpye As long as they’re all bought on the same account at Meh, you can use a different card for each item if that’s what inflates your party balloon.
OK… bought two items so far, will I still have the ability to order the IRK tomorrow?? Don’t want to order the IRK prematurely if I don’t make a 3rd Meh-rathon purchase later tonight/tomorrow.
@chienfou I found 2 and tossed in the $5 AirTag holders to meet the requirements. Don’t own an AirTag but maybe I’ll use them to hold a quarter for Aldi’s carts!
Well crap! Just checked my orders and now I don’t see my irk anywhere. I know it was ordered but stupid me didn’t post the confirmation number.
I’ve reached out to customer service… Hopefully they can tell me what happened.
/giphy bummer
@Cerridwyn@lonocat Mine was still in Irving, Texas this afternoon and FedEx was saying it would be here today! They still haven’t yet perfected the FedEx HyperDrive, I’m sorry to report…
@Cerridwyn@lonocat FedEx is still being optimistic today. My IRK managed to trundle over to Hutchins, Texas this morning and those plucky FedEx algorithms are saying it will be delivered in Tulsa, today.
It’s facinating how an IRK can disappoint even before it has arrived!
@Cerridwyn@lonocat@therealjrn
Irving TX just after midnight today
Expected delivery by end of day TODAY…
Yeah, I’m not feelin’ it!
Of course, it’s ok, the package weight and dimensions are not very believable either.
Mine says it’s coming by smartpost. Springer doesn’t have a FedEx hub, so that might be where it hit the USPS system
Ugh, got mine and instantly regretted it mainly not because of the items but because of my mental health after touching those items. Washing my hand for the 4th time and will wash again after writing this and wiping my keyboard. Provided disclaimer on the description said “You might get dirty things.” but didn’t expect it to be…this. Picked up an item from the box and had a suspiciously sticky, dusty, icky feeling upon touching the beaten up box(kids toy gun…no kids here) and I looked at my hand and saw it was covered in black grime. Rest of the items were men’s shirt, condom, prop-up card, and tote bag, only thing I can actually use was the card and tote bag but threw away the whole box anyway due to sanitary concerns.
Family member: (genuinely horrified) “OMG what IS that? What did you order, where is this from?!?”
Me: “…don’t ask” (picks up and throws box away)
Thinking I’d get it for good laugh (I love subscription boxes just for surprises) and if I get at least 1 useful item, that’s an added bonus, but this was just…really too dirty/icky. Genuine regret here, not the good time I expected looking at all the useless random items. Oh well, no more IRK for me.
Just a gentle reminder that there is always a reveal thread for each IRK. That’s the place to put your photos and descriptions of what you got… and to share your regret with all of us.
What’s Included?
It is a mystery ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Warranty
Throw it in the trash
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Mar 2 - Tuesday, Mar 3
first
@tinkleondabeach don’t ever do that again.
Yeah yeah yeah for whatever reason I did it. I don’t even remember what my order number is and I’m going to bed I’m not going to go look. So nothing in this irk will be in the change box that was all stuff from the last several
Is it worth $30 these days? What’s everyone hopping to get?
@username bunnies. I’m hopping to get bunnies.
@username Verbatim My Finder Bluetooth Coin Trackers
@sleuth
@username A few boxes of eye patches, expired Kind bars, Trackrs, underwear that doesn’t fit me, pet wipes for the pet I don’t have, and a makeup mirror.
Damn, did I just curse myself?
@ItalianScallion @username
Hey, that’s MY IRK you’ve got there. We must have accidentally swapped. (I think it’s a consequence of all the small items that seem to be the standard meh fare recently).
Personally I’m fearing more electrolytes.
@Aetherwizard @ItalianScallion @username I suppose it’s too much to wish for a winning lottery ticket like a powerball or megamillions one? I don’t buy them as I understand doing so is the same as putting a match to your money but hey… if someone else buys them for me… just sayin’
@Aetherwizard @Kidsandliz @username A wise friend, who happened to be an actuary, once told me he regularly bought lottery tickets. With the astronomically small odds of winning, I was shocked. He explained that he would easily spend a dollar each week, based on the idea of the utility of money. What he meant is that one dollar bought so little that it had almost no utility, so it didn’t matter if you spent one dollar every now and then on silly stuff, just like it didn’t matter if you put a match to a dollar bill every now and then.
@Aetherwizard @ItalianScallion @username I look at the utility of $52 if I saved that dollar each week.
@Aetherwizard @Kidsandliz @username That’s another good way to look at it.
I was thinking more along the line of the utility of the money at the time you spend it or set it aside. That kind of reminds me of the $19 a month charity ads that then say “it’s only 63 cents a day!” Is there anyone who sets aside 63 cents every day? Of course not. You don’t face the utility of a mere 63 cents thirty times each month; you face the much greater utility of $19 once each month. Yeah, I’m overanalyzing. It’s my life-long engineering mind at work (or play?).
@Aetherwizard @ItalianScallion @username How I look at it is I have a junk budget of $5 a week where I can buy whatever I want using that money with no recriminations (and that money can be saved to be spent in the future but I can’t borrow money from the future, yet to be allocated $5). Lottery tickets would come out of that.
I did that with my kid at the grocery store each week and doing so shut up almost all of the pleading and begging for crap. She could use it to get whatever she wanted and I wouldn’t say a word as long as she had money for it out of that “fund”. She could save it for the future but couldn’t borrow from the future.
My standard comment was, if she wanted something that cost more than she had, “This is not my problem. Save this week’s money and buy it next week. Or not. Your choice.”.
Still ambiguous: if you only buy 2 offers, do you get $10 back, or only $15 for 3?
@caffeineguy Buy two, get nada. Buy one, get nada. Buy three but don’t buy an IRK, get nada. Buy three plus an IRK, get $15 back someday. Buy four and an IRK, get $15 eventually. Buy one of each of the items in the 'thon and an IRK, still get just $15 (still eventually).
@caffeineguy @werehatrack
and the delivery person will hate you but the package thieves will be in love. Well that is until they open the boxes.
@caffeineguy @Kidsandliz @werehatrack
/showme a thief opening a box from Meh he stole from a porch and discovering it’s full of soothing under-eye patches
@ItalianScallion Here’s the image you requested for “a thief opening a box from Meh he stole from a porch and discovering it s full of soothing under-…”
@mediocrebot WTH is that face mask? It sure does a great job of concealing his identity. ICE, are you paying attention?
Ok. Here’s hopping.
(For practice:)
/buy
@phendrick Oops, sorry. You can’t order that from this site.
@mediocrebot says you
/showme
open-breezy-hippopotamus
@phendrick Here’s the image you requested for “open-breezy-hippopotamus”
@mediocrebot I feel better, already, but whose shoes?
@mediocrebot @phendrick I assume the person the hip hippo just had for lunch!
@MrGoodGuy
Fun fact: Hippos kill significantly more people annually than lions…
@mediocrebot @phendrick I dont event know what I bought or how it works. Can I buy just off side deal or both it and meh to meet the 3 requirements. Do I even want to meet the 3 requirements? I dont know. I just like bags of crap.
@justjeff @mediocrebot Only buying from current deals on Meh live during the Mehrathon typically satisfies the terms for the refund. For me, the IRK has generally turned out to be worth it’s full price and the refunds are icing, but it’s still something of a crapshoot. I have also gotten items that weren’t right for me (style, size, gender, etc.) but other people would have liked. YMMV, of course.
YAS! IRK on my Birthday
THANKS MEH!
@pattyrusk1
/giphy happy birthday
@pattyrusk1
Woohoo!
Happy birthday!
/giphy Happy Birthday!
@chienfou THANK YOU
@Lynnerizer THANK YOU
@pattyrusk1 Happy Birthday! Keep them coming.
/youtube beattles birthday
@phendrick THANK YOU
@pattyrusk1
/showme happy irkday on your birthday
@Kidsandliz Here’s the image you requested for “happy irkday on your birthday”
@Kidsandliz @mediocrebot THANK YOU
My last two have been trash, which means this one has to be good. Right? Riiiight?
(rolls the dice)
@KNmeh7
@KNmeh7
Reply hazy try again
/8ball Will this IRK be fantastic?
@KNmeh7
Better not tell you now
/8ball will this irk be a good one?
@KNmeh7 Yeah “better not tell you now” is so you spend and then lose.
/showme lush-credible-centipede
@ItalianScallion Here’s the image you requested for “lush-credible-centipede”
@mediocrebot Lush? Hmmm… Haunting my dreams tonight? Absolutely.
@ItalianScallion @mediocrebot
Oh yucka!
Nothing creeps me out like a centipede, well… except for a cockroach! 
🫣
@ItalianScallion @Lynnerizer It is a centipede and fuck that thing!
I took two entomology classes for my biological sciences credits in undergrad. The first one we got to visit the insectary. Being young and fearless, I let all the bugs crawl on me. Tarantula, cockroach, scorpion were nothing compared to the strangeness of a millipede. I got it off of me immediately. There was something incredibly unsettling about all the legs moving int he wave motion on your skin.
The second class we had to keep insects, and I owned two Madagascar cockroaches. Gregor (Samsa) and Tom (Petty, I guess? Couldn’t be too geeky). Obviously they are not the pests we encounter; they didn’t carry disease, were slow, and would die without my care. I grew to liking them.
TL;DR Centipedes and milipedes are far freakier than cockroaches.
@ItalianScallion @KNmeh7
I don’t think I would have passed that class, no thank you to having bugs and creepy crawlers using my body as their race track!
@ItalianScallion @KNmeh7 @Lynnerizer
Well I have an entire apartment full of (mostly) German cockroaches. I am finally at the point I can smash them with my fist and the baby ones with my fingers. Haven’t gotten there yet with full grown American cockroaches though. I’ll only smash those big suckers with something. Too gross otherwise.
And by the way my cats will play with American cockroaches (they only tried to eat them once, puked up the result of that and never tried that again - I am sure that contributes to roach survival) - including one night on my bed while I was sleeping. Each time it would fall to the floor my cat would gently pick it up in her mouth, put it back on the bed, play until it fell off again, rinse and repeat. I grabbed it with my hand, threw it out the window and my cat was pissed at me for disposing of her toy.
@ItalianScallion @mediocrebot That’s certainly the most credible centipede I’ve ever seen!
/showme bronze-cantankerous-dragonfly
@Aetherwizard Here’s the image you requested for “bronze-cantankerous-dragonfly”
/showme moaning-unruly-bug
@therealjrn Here’s the image you requested for “moaning-unruly-bug”
You’ve captured the essence of the I.R.K. experience, @mediocrebot. Bravo.
Just to be pedantically clear…
@gheldean
It’s practically a perpetual money-saving machine!!
@gheldean
FIFY because some folks won’t have read the TL;DR version.
@gheldean For the sake of further clarity— if I buy the IRK, and then 3 still-available-but-not-the-currently-active-items, that counts also?
(I ask because of the IRK’s strong emphasis on “Unique-offer”)
@gheldean @WaltC
Yes, correct! Any 3 unique items!
THIS ALSO INCLUDES PREVIOUS ACTIVE SALES UP TO 6 DAYS OLD!!!
@gheldean
Ruh-Roh Raggy,
I did indeed but the irk, the 3 separate items on my one and only account and one address, but I had to switch to a different card, (I’m poor), so I’m wondering now if that’s an issue?
Anyone know?
@therealjrn @dave @troy
Ummm, unless there’s something stated that I’m not seeing, that’s not correct. Can we get an Officious Clarification After The Fact? (I might have sprung for the IRK if that was the real policy.)
@punkynpye As long as they’re all bought on the same account at Meh, you can use a different card for each item if that’s what inflates your party balloon.
@dave @therealjrn @werehatrack Yes, any offer currently live on meh.com counts.
@dave @troy @werehatrack
BOOM
@dave @therealjrn @troy Well, rats.
@dave @therealjrn @werehatrack Everything still needs to be purchased during the 48 hours of the mehrathon, however!
@dave @werehatrack
Oh yeah, that makes sense.
/giphy romantic-glamorous-vegetable
@fjp999 Not exactly what I was expecting from the order # but OK…
@fjp999 I hate that.
@fjp999
I have questions.
What makes it, uhm, “romantic”?
@punkynpye I dont think it is romantic. I am sure a pineapple is not a vegetable. Glamorous?
@fjp999 @punkynpye the pineapple’s expression looks like it went in the wrong hole
@llangley @punkynpye lol, youre right!
/youtube carrot juice is murder
I bought one, should I be scared?
Yes. No. Uh…maybe?
@Tater2point0 Don’t be scared, be proactively disappointed.
OK… bought two items so far, will I still have the ability to order the IRK tomorrow?? Don’t want to order the IRK prematurely if I don’t make a 3rd Meh-rathon purchase later tonight/tomorrow.
@DemonMF777 Probably, but they have been known to sell out.
@DemonMF777 apparently not! Wish I had known, I would have bought the IRK, but now it’s too late
@DemonMF777 @FrozenTrout No, you can still get it. There was a glitch but it’s available now.
@DemonMF777 @FrozenTrout click on the link at the top. It still allows you to purchase
@DemonMF777 @pattyrusk1 thank you for letting me know!
@DemonMF777 @FrozenTrout @pattyrusk1 You’re welcome. 🫤
I’m just hoping I don’t get a bunch of chic shit again… I’m not a chic.
@spectra242 DUDE! Maybe some wipes or a bidet is in your future.
@KNmeh7 @spectra242 Those dog wipes are great! Woof
/showme marketable-gorgeous-cloth
@MrGoodGuy Here’s the image you requested for “marketable-gorgeous-cloth”
@mediocrebot Skip the IRK; I’ll take the hot babe instead!!
First time in forever that I actually found 3 things I wanted in the mehrathon
@chienfou I found 2 and tossed in the $5 AirTag holders to meet the requirements. Don’t own an AirTag but maybe I’ll use them to hold a quarter for Aldi’s carts!
/giphy chivalrous-ambivalent-muscle
/giphy chatty-weird-mallard
I think i got 3 items to get the discount, not sure what unique means - all 3 were ICYMI deals so yay?
Yep!
Affirmative. 
️ A-OK 
It’s been almost a year since I bought something from the Meh sites but that ended a minute ago with the IRK.
/giphy fluttering-unadorned-beetle
/giphy countless-embarrassed-sodium
@lonocat that’s just how I felt about the last BOC I received from the other site! LOL
Well crap! Just checked my orders and now I don’t see my irk anywhere. I know it was ordered but stupid me didn’t post the confirmation number.
I’ve reached out to customer service… Hopefully they can tell me what happened.
/giphy bummer
@chienfou Have you not had your coffee yet, and forgot you need to check sidedeal orders?
Assuming that isn’t the case, I hope CS can help you out.
@chienfou Your IRK should be on your SideDeal orders page – make sure you’re checking there and not meh!
@KNmeh7 @troy
D’oh… I iz a idjit!
Thanks
@chienfou @KNmeh7 @troy the check is in the mail
/showme tacit-temporary-flavor
@robmonks Here’s the image you requested for “tacit-temporary-flavor”
Yep. I’d eat that.
Oh NOoooooo!!
My Regret is on the way!!! 
Just rec’d this email stating my impending doom is forthcoming: Hey @MrGoodGuy, your order has been shipped!
Imma gonna go hide now since FedEx also informed me it should be here Thursday! Whoa is me!!
@MrGoodGuy
/giphy same
Mine’s on its way too!
@lonocat ditto
@Cerridwyn @lonocat Mine was still in Irving, Texas this afternoon and FedEx was saying it would be here today! They still haven’t yet perfected the FedEx HyperDrive, I’m sorry to report…
@Cerridwyn @lonocat FedEx is still being optimistic today. My IRK managed to trundle over to Hutchins, Texas this morning and those plucky FedEx algorithms are saying it will be delivered in Tulsa, today.
It’s facinating how an IRK can disappoint even before it has arrived!
@Cerridwyn @lonocat @therealjrn Whoever heard of Springer, Oklahoma? That’s where mine is vacationing today. I’ve never had a package stop there.
@lonocat @therealjrn ain’t that the truth
@Barney @Cerridwyn @lonocat I’ve lived here all my life and I don’t recall ever hearing of it. At least your package got out of Texas, just barely.
@Cerridwyn @lonocat @therealjrn
Irving TX just after midnight today
Expected delivery by end of day TODAY…
Yeah, I’m not feelin’ it!
Of course, it’s ok, the package weight and dimensions are not very believable either.
Mine says it’s coming by smartpost. Springer doesn’t have a FedEx hub, so that might be where it hit the USPS system
Mine should be here this afternoon
Apparently, my order is out for delivery!
FedEx says “Your driver Andrew is on the way.”
Have any of you had Andrew before? Does he do good with deliveries? I hope he’s a good driver!
@therealjrn No, but José was excellent with deliveries… then I moved and got someone else that’s just meh.
/showme patience is a gargoyle
@Cerridwyn Here’s the image you requested for “patience is a gargoyle”
Woo Hoo! Mine arrived in Durham, Ca at 6 this morning. I should receive today
Ugh, got mine and instantly regretted it mainly not because of the items but because of my mental health after touching those items. Washing my hand for the 4th time and will wash again after writing this and wiping my keyboard. Provided disclaimer on the description said “You might get dirty things.” but didn’t expect it to be…this. Picked up an item from the box and had a suspiciously sticky, dusty, icky feeling upon touching the beaten up box(kids toy gun…no kids here) and I looked at my hand and saw it was covered in black grime. Rest of the items were men’s shirt, condom, prop-up card, and tote bag, only thing I can actually use was the card and tote bag but threw away the whole box anyway due to sanitary concerns.
Family member: (genuinely horrified) “OMG what IS that? What did you order, where is this from?!?”
Me: “…don’t ask” (picks up and throws box away)
Thinking I’d get it for good laugh (I love subscription boxes just for surprises) and if I get at least 1 useful item, that’s an added bonus, but this was just…really too dirty/icky. Genuine regret here, not the good time I expected looking at all the useless random items. Oh well, no more IRK for me.
Just a gentle reminder that there is always a reveal thread for each IRK. That’s the place to put your photos and descriptions of what you got… and to share your regret with all of us.
For this IRK it’s here
VD 2026 IRK Reveal