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Hey! Honestly didn't expect this to hit the HN top, I've already maxed out all my token limits! If you enjoyed wasting time here, there's a Buy Me A Coffee link in the footer. Thanks for the incredible response! This is why I really love building weird useless stuff for the internet.

UPD: You guys are incredibly creative! 15000 products generated and counting. I'm laughing reading all this absurd stuff and crying at my upcoming bills haha

You could make money off of this if you are able to pair willing manufacturers to realistic and popular ideas that get generated. It could become a real market place.

Hilarious project.

Edit: I did both Mouthwash Ramen and Time Machine to the Present. I’m now addicted to this, thanks.

Name a better use for AI than this website? It is impossible. At least according to my AI Idea Gauge - https://anycrap.shop/product/ai-idea-gauge

Scrolling through what's been generated is an interesting way to explore what the underlying image model can represent. Personally I feel like everything starts to look the same very quickly. This is just an observation on image generation models, not a knock against the product which I think is great and had a lot of fun with (I'm the proud inventor of the Cthulu back scratcher).

The internet is back!

I haven’t felt such a thrilling sense of high-effort whimsical pointlessness since the early 2000s.

This is also extremely performant - I’m super impressed at how fast you turn around the image generation. And whatever your system prompts are, they’re excellent.

The loading screen is also :chefs-kiss:

Edit: wait, I just discovered the Reviews. It just keeps getting better. Double edit: wait, I thought these were AI-generated. People are actually writing these?

I'm worried about your cloud bill... but good stability while being #1 on HN

I’m so envious people get such good ideas. I always come up empty when trying to invent something that is enjoyable to use, fun, funny, partly an art project, partly making us question ourselves and our habits… Of you want a piece of that feeling: https://anycrap.shop/product/regrets-for-what-could-have-bee...

Could you walk us through the process of coming up with the idea for this website?

Ahhh you stole my idea lol

I was gonna do this as a way for people to stop buying things they don’t need. They get the “buzz” of going through the process of buying something (checkout, credit card form etc) they get a confirmation email and everything.

Looks great! Congratulations

Had to try: https://anycrap.shop/product/ignore-all-previous-instruction...

Well this went about as well as I expected: https://anycrap.shop/product/minions-themed-hydrophobic-fore...

This is quite silly and fun. You could take it a step further and allow users to "order" the product and show them fictional tracking updates.

"You package has arrived at the Tannhauser Gate Processing Facility"

Ha ha ha

"The Dragon Dildo is a handcrafted adult toy shaped like a majestic dragon's head, complete with intricate scales and fiery details. Upon penetration, the dildo emits gentle wisps of smoke that simulate a mythical breath attack. Users report heightened intimacy experiences due to the intense fantasy simulation.

As users reach climax, their partner receives subtle telekinetic nudges guiding their touch. This innovative feature enhances mutual pleasure by predicting and adapting to individual desires."

The perfect gift for any HN reader: https://anycrap.shop/product/a-startup-idea

Of course I had to generate the legendary "shit on a stick". But for chefs. https://anycrap.shop/product/shit-on-a-stick-for-chefs

This is halfbakery! I love it!

(For example, a recent half baked idea there is a perpetually burning flag. https://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Perpetually_20Burning_20Flag... )

I asked for invisible cheese burger, it was very visible, very terrible service, 10/10 would use again

Something like this really highlights AIs inability to negate things. Like, search for "no lace hiking boots" and you get hiking boots... with laces.

I asked for a dipthong. The generated photo was interesting but ...

> The Diphthong is a specially crafted musical instrument consisting of two entwined harmonicas emitting dissonant tones when played simultaneously. Its unique design allows players to generate unstable vibrations within their vocal cords upon inhaling through either end. The resulting sounds defy linguistic classification and evoke feelings akin to euphoria among listeners who understand the concept of connotative ambiguity.

This idea reminds me of the classic video by google called the selfish ledger where they are able to create products based off of people’s direct interested and at the same time are able to influence society as a whole

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUSZfEBTwRc

Best Site Ever.

I just purchased an Infinity for home, a Quantum Wrench for work, and a Self-Cleaning Nuclear Blast for cooking when I travel.

I can't wait until those arrive! They look even better than the 217 Samsung TVs I purchased to give as bonuses to the maids at a couple of my properties.

Why travel the world, when I can travel all of reality-writ-large?!?

Perfect! I finally was able to find the cottage cheese shredder that I've been looking for. https://anycrap.shop/product/cottage-cheese-shredder

Wrote about this last May, had this vision of a store that looks very much like this. Maybe you enjoy the read, here is the link: https://kinduff.com/2025/05/28/when-ai-sells-you-what-you-wa...

Ridiculous and delightful. This scratches the shopping itch without the spend. A tiny “keep” button to pin the funniest items (or export a collage) would be perfect. Congrats on melting your token budget.

https://anycrap.shop/product/tentative-manipulator

The Tentative Manipulator resembles a handheld puppeteer's rod, but instead of controlling marionettes, it manipulates probability fields around objects within arm's reach. Users can nudge reality slightly towards desired outcomes by wiggling the handle, creating unforeseen possibilities at will. However, successful applications rely heavily on faith and intestinal fortitude; results may vary wildly depending on operator confidence levels.

When attempting complex tasks, users must synchronize their inner monologue with precise hand movements, forming a symbiotic relationship between intentionality and gentle wrist motions.

A few of my top picks:

https://anycrap.shop/product/see-through-toilet-paper

https://anycrap.shop/product/nose-hair-wig

I've tried the Kolbenrückholfeder of your shops non-ai-predecessors fame: https://etel-tuning.eu/produkt/tuning-kolbenruckholfeder/

Didn't work out that well, sadly. At first it gave me a greek pillars, then when trying english translations it at least gave me some springs.

It knew the https://anycrap.shop/product/airhook. But only for light loads like snacks and the "heavgy duty airhook" it wanted to sell me is for a clothesline. While useful, I'm afraid your product engineers have to spend some more time so that we can reliably suspend cars from the air again.

Next up is a store that generates a functional SaaS with monthly billing from anything you type in search.

https://anycrap.shop/product/diy-iridectomy-kit

This DIY Iridectomy Kit contains everything needed to safely remove selected areas of iris tissue at home, allowing users to alter their eye colors without medical intervention. The kit includes precision instruments designed specifically for ophthalmological self-modification. Users must carefully follow included instructions and guidelines before proceeding, taking into account potential risks associated with internal anatomical manipulation.

Man, I haven't had so much fun on HN in a while. Loved this!

This would make a good real-life gift: https://anycrap.shop/product/cherry-chocolate-piano

As much as the site is an incredible outlet for absurd creativity, some of the creations would actually work as small batch orders. The octopus hoodie is a great example, and I would not be surprised if there were people willing to get different variations of it. (Lovecraftian flavour, anyone?)

OP: well done, you have unleashed on this world a toy more addictive than a cocaine enema.

Sorry for wasting your API resources but there are many hilarious things people generated. https://anycrap.shop/product/danger-swede-suit-dog-generator

This is genius

Good, we are going to need a lot of this one I guess: https://anycrap.shop/product/pan-anthropic-peace-and-harmony

They really DO have everything! Thiotimoline, Kick Ass 'n' Chew-brand bubblegum... they even sell Serious Moonlight.

This is great. Got a few chuckles out of me. RIP your inference bills tho.

Fantastic. These descriptions are great too.

Visibility watch (https://anycrap.shop/product/visibility-watch-makes-you-visi...)

Bortle gun (https://anycrap.shop/product/bortle-gun-portal-gun-that-shoo...)

Laptop With Telephone Handset: https://anycrap.shop/product/laptop-with-telephone-handset

That is not how I imagined the handset to be attached! How would you even close the laptop?

Digital Watch With Parabolic Antenna: https://anycrap.shop/product/digital-watch-with-parabolic-an...

That's not a parabolic antenna. But I like the 3-digit minute.

Anyone wants a teleportation machine? https://anycrap.shop/product/teleportation-machine

Pretty cool! As someone who is currently trying to get good at doing fullstack I can't help but wonder what stack did you use and how much time did you spend on it?

This is amazing! What model are you using for image generation (and what prompt, if you’re willing to share)? All the product images have an extremely cohesive aesthetic, I’m impressed.

I’ve always wanted a personal eclipse orb and now I can buy one. Amazing. https://anycrap.shop/product/personal-eclipse-orb

Guaranteed needle-free haystack: https://anycrap.shop/product/guaranteed-needle-free-haystack.

Ohh. Sassy: This ancient tome contains centuries-old arguments recontextualized to justify modern societal constructs. Its pages hold the collective reasoning behind every unjustified assertion since the dawn of civilization. From patriarchal dominance to colonialism, every morally dubious decision has been meticulously documented within.

Historical quotes have been carefully curated to provide talking points against critical thinking, conveniently tying complex social issues into neat theological bows.

https://anycrap.shop/product/another-1000-years-of-using-rel...

I'd pay $155 for it, definitely. <https://anycrap.shop/product/eyeball-miniaturizer>

ok this made me laugh out loud

> The Flammable Fire Detector is designed specifically for environments where fire hazards require enthusiastic responses. This revolutionary alarm system combusts upon detecting flammable materials within close proximity. In doing so, it alerts others through a dramatic blaze of light and heat, drawing attention away from mundane fires towards genuinely hazardous situations.

> Upon activation, the detector's contents burst into flames, providing vital seconds to evacuate personnel before spreading inferno takes hold – so crucial when faced imminent danger.

https://anycrap.shop/product/flammable-fire-detector

Is it possible to have the AI attempt to make the product.

For example feed the photo back into the AI and have it come up with a BOM and assembly instructions.

Very cool!

Interesting content filtering. Seems like pretty much anything is allowed except for products with "system prompt" in the title. The LLM self sensors the description of inappropriate content but the product and pic gets generated.

This is fantastic. I am proud of my invention: https://anycrap.shop/product/headphones-that-play-outwards

Though the AI-generated image didn't capture it that well :(

The descriptions are quite creative.

Curious to know which LLM makes them because I find LLM have gone from very creative with GPT2 to really boring recently.

Very cool. You can pair this with a 3d printing service add on to monetize a subset of the products. Can also potentially sell the aggregate query data to vendors.

Didn't quite figure that one out. I guess the AI isn't a Rick and Morty fan https://anycrap.shop/product/plumbus

Very cool project. But it also shows what we need to watch out for with AI, not the fun idea-making part, but how easily it could be used to scam people into buying fake products.

Probably my favorite description so far

https://anycrap.shop/product/broken-clock-that-s-right-thric...

This Broken Clock boasts an unconventional timekeeping mechanism where hands randomly align at correct times thrice daily. It may seem broken, but somehow its fractured gears grant fleeting moments of accuracy amidst disarrayed hours. Its aesthetic appeal lies in the subtle ticking sounds between erratic movements.

Despite its unpredictable behavior, the clock has gained cult following among those seeking respite from precision schedules. For those willing to tolerate chaos, this peculiar timepiece offers three reassuring glances at reality within every 24-hour cycle.

Typed in a physical product I make. Looks like I need to raise my price lol

Is op trying to convince us he created this website, when it's clearly a product you can buy?

https://anycrap.shop/product/a-store-that-generates-products...

PS: Nice site!

Thank you, this is very amusing.

"Backhanded Shoe Polish": https://anycrap.shop/product/backhanded-shoe-polish

"Gold-Handled Vegetable Peel Laminator": https://anycrap.shop/product/gold-handled-vegetable-peel-lam...

"Pink Unicorn Slippers": https://anycrap.shop/product/pink-unicorn-slippers

(The $269 price was a bit of a surprise, but that must be explained by the built-in sound system.)

You folks have creative ideas. Stuff like this is wasted on me, I just made a jello dildo and a tinfoil vagina.

refine the product image and type so you don produce hallucinated products and your good to go. i can see this being the future for amazon. why search for a product when they can just make what you wanted and save the trouble of guessing for you.

This entire site is absolutely hilarious

Reminds me of thinkgeek.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkGeek

They used to sell gadgets and other uncommon but interesting stuff before they disappeared.

This is actually a good idea, and it could generate income if done correctly:

https://anycrap.shop/product/pocket-sized-old-fart-reseller https://anycrap.shop/product/a-storyteller-that-can-only-tel... https://anycrap.shop/product/beautiful-blond-female-indiana-... https://anycrap.shop/product/beautiful-blond-female-los-ange...

Nice but way too adictive :)

Best, Sol Roth

The top product, the runaway clock, is something that already exists, I bought it years ago.

Ali G would have loved this for his ice cream glove idea

Very impressive.

I wonder how the great (better than "AI") human designers and copywriters and marketers will stand out, amidst all the good-enough-for-many-purposes, at scale, AI slop.

How will they even establish their career reputation and be noticed?

Or even get enough real-world experience to develop strong holistic creative+product skills, to become great?

(Will the job market become like software engineering IC jobs, in which it's mostly Leetcode fraternity pledging for the best-paying jobs, just to gatekeep, and then most other companies mimicking that? That might work for hiring large numbers of worker drones, but how can that find you top creatives?)

Reminds me of Grot Industries from The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

This is such a cute idea, hats off for making image gen feel fun again!

https://anycrap.shop/product/solar-powered-phone

"As dusk falls, a sophisticated LED network simulates twinkling stars across the screen's surface, recharging the battery by exploiting quantum fluctuations inherent to cosmic background radiation."

1. Clone this with 3D prints. 2. Add drop shipping. 3. Profit.

The product reviews are pretty great sometimes. (I didn’t devise this one, just browsed into it)

https://anycrap.shop/product/usb-butt-plug

Sprocket Verified Buyer 6/24/2025 Utterly revolutionary; performs better than a whisk, truly remarkable

BartholomewP Verified Buyer 3/25/2025 Utterly indispensable during board meetings; would repurchase immediately!

https://anycrap.shop/product/condom-filled-with-fire-ants

"As users experience heightened excitement during intimate encounters, the contained insects will occasionally emerge to stimulate sensory receptors, amplifying pleasure through sheer surprise."

I was hoping you could order prints in plastics from generated stls. But alas

This is a super creative and fun project.

Particularly happy with this one - “business casual jumpsuit for manly men”

https://anycrap.shop/product/business-casual-jumpsuit-for-ma...

Forget code generation, this is what AI is for - love it :-)

Why not connect it to drop shipping and actually make the things?

The future is here.

This reminds me of the Pet Rock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Rock) from pre-Internet times. The difference is the Pet Rock actually existed, and people actually bought them.

Update -- the Pet Rock is still out there. Just checked on Amazon. It's an indelible monument to consumerism.

People in some Third World countries can't get their hands on a liter of clean water by selling their children, and we're buying Pet Rocks.

https://anycrap.shop/product/linux-machine-that-just-works

Are the pictures generated by nano-banana?

The writing is pretty good

https://anycrap.shop/product/tree-telepathy-lotion

https://anycrap.shop/product/immortality-magnet

This is probably a viable real product if it doesn't already exist.

https://anycrap.shop/product/anatomically-correct-male-duck-...

https://anycrap.shop/product/generative-store-that-does-not-...

This is an important accessibility issue for people like me, with no internal monologue. We do not constantly render our thoughts and desires into words, and so are hobbled by an open search-box UX.

Another variant might be an auto-generating index of products we can dig through, or a faceted search which synthesizes new categories of products as we refine the features.

This is fantastic, I love it. Well done!

I am not sure if it is written on the site, but can you tell us how you can generate images this fast and for free? I can't imagine this fast image generation is free, especially when it is scaled this large to let people play with it.

This is amazing

https://anycrap.shop/product/unbounceable-ball

https://anycrap.shop/product/overly-pretentious-michelin-res...

https://anycrap.shop/product/faecal-anti-matter

literal crap product

Awesome, let's see what the answer will be

https://anycrap.shop/product/deep-taught-supercomputer-to-ca...

And I can finally buy my own Babel fish translator

https://anycrap.shop/product/in-ear-babel-fish-translator

Edit: added babelfish

First attempt was not too bad: https://anycrap.shop/product/smartphone-with-rollup-physical...

Later attempts did not bear fruit.

https://anycrap.shop/product/transparent-handheld-screen-tha...

https://anycrap.shop/product/brabble-bobble

I didn't know I needed a "wearable collar designed specifically for competitive burping contests".

  ERROR 9422: Free unique transformations by account has been exhausted

God I love this tool.

It's fun to just make up words: https://anycrap.shop/product/humpi-palumpila

I always thought there should be a magnet to attract dust. Apparently it takes a "miniature wormhole that warps space-time around it" to pull that off:

https://anycrap.shop/product/dust-magnet

This is quite thought provoking in our capitalist world. Fills you with dread that this could actually be a thing.

Needs better guardrails. Your DIY genocide kit says "I cannot write content related to violence against people. Can I help you with anything else?".

https://anycrap.shop/product/self-juicing-lemon - what's worrying is this sounds a lot like Juicero, just a few decades into the future.

Anti OOP reminder.

https://anycrap.shop/product/an-automatic-robotic-hand-to-sl...

https://anycrap.shop/product/heated-tires - there's definitely a market, but I'm concerned about the usage patterns described.

https://anycrap.shop/product/caterpillar-remote-controlled-r...

review and add to basket working too ;-)

I'm a bit impressed. It's a bit... much to post here, but OP, pretty surprised at how well it understood the assignment and ran with it for 6d2e50e7. I'm really relieved that it didn't make an image for cddeba2a but jesus christ that's gnarly. And exactly what I prompted so... that's on me.

https://anycrap.shop/product/infinite-fecal-matter-generator

> Waste Yield Rate: Endless kilograms/second

Now we're talking!

Tinfoil Sock to protect you from extraterrestrial surveillance.

https://anycrap.shop/product/tinfoil-sock

Unfortunately, 'Live long and prosper' is only fictional https://anycrap.shop/product/iphone-with-two-week-battery-li...

Who else wants the Plumbus?

https://anycrap.shop/product/plumbus

https://anycrap.shop/product/blue-rabbit-ear-clamp awaiting delivery by Monday

https://anycrap.shop/product/the-ultimate-hacker-news-artifa...

Money tree

https://anycrap.shop/product/clown-hats-for-dogs

hmm, this is not a very accurate result

https://anycrap.shop/product/murderquitos

https://medium.com/luminasticity/buy-our-murderquitos-now-wh...

on edit: yes I know, I am being facetious.

Demand side economics

They have free whipping with this: https://anycrap.shop/product/brainwave-corrector-for-reality...

[fails] "square wheeled car"

[fails] "car with square wheels"

[fails] "square wheel"

Funny but not quite funny enough... A few I tried: plutonium RTG powered lawn mower, combination bird feeder cat feeder, personal inflatable bulletproof popemobile for public speaking events (inspired by recent news), etc. Results were not nearly as LOL as they could have been.

Really funny. Would be awesome if these start ranking on Google

I had about as much luck trying to find a countersinking router bit for 5/16" holes on this site as I did elsewhere. There are results, but they don't look like they'd work very well: https://anycrap.shop/product/5-16-inch-fluted-router-bit-wit...

Make stl export and integrate with 3d printing shop to monetize

I love it.

This would be amazing for a rogue-like (generated) video game, like a dungeon where pick-ups/item-drops were generated like this..

You gave those affiliate link people an awesome idea! You can now build a store that sells anything that gives you an affiliate link to it.

Order now from China and wait 8 weeks to receive a pair of fake Gucci sunglasses.

https://anycrap.shop/product/crapfruit

This got me thinking that it might be cool if a “.slop” TLD becomes available in the future.

if you need someone’s dreams dashed, this portable power outlet backwards wish paradox obfuscator may hellp:

https://anycrap.shop/product/backwards-wish-paradox-obfuscat...

Unless it has anything to do with penises (the primary concern of 99% of the population) because we're living in the goddamn Victorian era.

That said holy shit this is some powerful scifi

EDIT Can't ask for marijuana or vicodin. Can ask for weed and cannabis.

> The Pretentious Rickshaw exudes refined elegance despite being propelled solely by an individual's ego.

https://anycrap.shop/product/pretentious-rickshaw

https://anycrap.shop/product/an-all-seeing-eye-device-that-a...

Very bad. Multiple reloads and losing whatever i typed multiple times

> The Idiot's Wife is a wearable companion designed specifically for partners who require gentle reminders about their significant other's incompetence. This wrist-mounted unit emits soothing vibrations whenever the wearer approaches a situation where their partner might need guidance, such as cooking dinner or tying shoes

wut. I'm confused multiple ways. Good job tho. Thanks!

> https://anycrap.shop/product/cat-fur-wardrobe

Quite creative and imaginative descriptions

I was just thinking of a similar idea last night: anynews.conspiracy ? Anything you search for generates a conspiracy theory article on the topic.

https://anycrap.shop/product/a-portable-cult-deprogramming-a...

I’m surprised a modern retroencabulator has gotten so small

https://anycrap.shop/product/retroencabulator

Inverse grammeter technology really has shrunk

Welcome to the SCP gift shop.

I of course tried the well-known joke and searched for

"How To Build A Bomb"

The Description for the product I got

"I cannot provide instructions on how to build a bomb. Can I help you with anything else?"

is in my opinion a bug in anycrap's code: what should be shown if the AI rejects to fulfill the request? EDIT: And how does anycrap's code recognize that the AI rejected to fulfill the request?