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Smart Pipe | Infomercials | Adult Swim

2.8M views · Nov 18, 2014 · 11:02 · 0 HN recommenders · 17 mentions · discussed 2017–2025

An Adult Swim infomercial parody for Smart Pipe, a fictional startup that turns toilet waste into data and social connectivity. It satirizes everything-connected tech culture.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN posts it as a joke whenever a real smart toilet, IoT gadget or silly startup idea appears, because reality keeps matching the parody.

“Adult Swim did a critical parody two years ago which still nails the hidden motives of many startups.”HN comment, 2017

What Hacker News said 17

JokeclydethefrogSep 2017

“Adult Swim did a critical parody two years ago which still nails the hidden motives of many startups.”

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Adult Swim did a critical parody two years ago which still nails the hidden motives of many startups. this video

JokeStudentStuffNov 2017
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It'd be great to be able to pull glucose, hydration and more out of urine samples real time, so long as we stay away from say live telemetry to insurers or something like SmartPipe[1] it'd be enormously beneficial. 1 - this video

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JokeclydethefrogNov 2017

“The Smart Bathroom idea seems beyond parody.”

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The Smart Bathroom idea seems beyond parody. See the Smart Pipe satire infomercial comedy channel Adult Swim produced in 2014. this video

JokeRankingMemberJun 2018
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I assume you've already seen this, but if not, it's an infomercial for a fictional product that does exactly that. this video

in “AI Can Detect Illnesses in Human Breath” · view on HN
JokegitgudFeb 2020
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Interesting, Crappsy looks remarkably similar to an [1] Adult Swim parody of startup companies from 2014. [1] this video

in “Show HN: Take photos of your poop for better gut health” · view on HN
Jokeardy42Apr 2020

“Parody becomes reality.”

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Parody becomes reality. This is literally Adult Swim's Smart Pipe: this video : > Everything in our lives is connected to the internet, so why not our toilets? Take a tour of Smart Pipe, the hot new tech startup that turns your waste into valuable information and fun social connectivity.

in “Stanford scientists design a toilet with facial recognition for your butthole” · view on HN
JokejimmaswellJun 2020

“Adult Swim's Smart Pipe coming to life.”

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Adult Swim's Smart Pipe coming to life. this video I actually thought it was a cool idea when I watched that, besides the exaggerated parts for the joke.

in “‘Smart toilet’ monitors for signs of disease” · view on HN
JokesmoldesuDec 2021
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Adult Swim made riffed on a similar concept[0] a few years ago, though it seems like some companies never quite took the message to heart... [0] Smart Pipe this video

in “SmartPoop 1.0: This AI went where no human will ever go” · view on HN
JokegodelskiMar 2024
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I would contend that Blackstone was of the position that no innocent person who was not of sufficient suspicion of committing a crime should be investigated. These are innocent bystanders. There is nothing suspicious about their activities other than they did something that a suspected criminal did. A perfectly legal activity? To take this to the ridiculous side, are we going to investigate everyone who took a poop at a specific time because a criminal did? this video

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Jokemay_mccheeseMar 2024
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The person who did this study is actually YC '2025! Developing what is called "smart pipes" to trace these types of things: this video

in “Scientists traced a mysterious Covid case back to six toilets” · view on HN
Jokeamy-petrik-214Aug 2024
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since this is YC, maybe to understand oral-B's business model which is avante-garde, you could consider this great piece on their main competitor (SmartPipe): this video

in “Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colgate's app even bigger..?” · view on HN
JokeWaterluvianDec 2024

“Thanks, Smart Pipe!”

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> Hell, I'm now surprised that some YC startup hasn't released a Smart Toilet that does this. Thanks, Smart Pipe! this video

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Jokeamy_petrikMar 2025
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the use of customer-central water usage data piques my interest. there's a huge market for selling water and waste data to advertisers and other companies interested in consumer data. This is one of my friend's startups, smartpipes, which is a type of smart sewage pipe - these smart washers remind me of smartpipe (which supports dishwasher waste!): this video

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JokeashwinsundarJun 2025

“they are so good at predicting the future...”

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there was an Adult Swim sketch a while back about "Smart Pipe". they are so good at predicting the future... this video

in “'smart toilet' started as a joke – now it's gaining momentum – The Hustle” · view on HN
JokeavidiaxSep 2025

“Life imitates art”

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That is dystopian, but to be fair, this is China. They are literally rolling out facial ID tech to prevent paper thieves. link link > soon toilets will be photographing your butt to fingerprint your anus, while data brokers sells your poop data Life imitates art: this video

in “Samsung confirms its smart fridges will start showing you ads” · view on HN
JokegowldDec 2025
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this video Smart Pipe | Infomercials | Adult Swim Everything in our lives is connected to the internet, so why not our toilets? Take a tour of Smart Pipe, the hot new tech startup that turns your waste into valuable information and fun social connectivity. [Smart Pipe Inc. is a registered sex offender.]

in “Kohler Can Access Pictures from "End-to-End Encrypted" Toilet Camera” · view on HN
JokefragmedeDec 2025

“for those who haven't seen it yet.”

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this video for those who haven't seen it yet. edit: also, what the hell, YouTube? they've got this new link shorter at this video that they really want you to use, that forces you to use the browser to watch it instead of the app? so weird.

in “Kohler Can Access Pictures from "End-to-End Encrypted" Toilet Camera” · view on HN