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[–] [email protected] 43 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

When you start using it only to relax sore muscles, you are officially old.

[–] TotallynotJessica 19 points 20 hours ago

I've joint pains my entire adult life 😫

At least it gives me an excuse to get one... πŸ‘€

[–] [email protected] 10 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Wait there are ACTUALLY messagers? I thought those were exclusively marketing gags

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

They are very powerful vibrators, which is exactly what makes them good for massages. Main downside is that the muscles that most people would want to massage (back, shoulders, neck) are kind of hard to reach when you try to use it on yourself.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 18 hours ago

Oh, yah, it was developed by their medical equipment division. Also patented as a massager and was registered with the FDA as such. Then people realized what else it could do.

The really funny part is that hitachi’s main business is heavy industry stuff; power plants, cranes, electrical infrastructure, jet fighters, trains, semiconductors, all sorts of stuff. But everyone knows them for that one time they made a massager that everyone uses as a sex toy.