You totally would have missed this because you suck at fatherhood

I know the drill. You’re going to go to Best Buy and ask for advice from whatever trendy-looking college douche they hired to stand by the cameras. Cpt. D-Bag is going to try to shove a quasi-futuristic-looking HD Camcorder right down your pie-hole. Ignore him. You’ll never use it. Sure, you’ll drag it out on Christmas and birthdays, but you’ll miss all the fun little stuff that happens when you’re just goofing around

Here’s the dirty little secret about what General Jamrod is pitching you: by the time you go find the damn thing, it’ll be too late. Not only will you fail to capture whatever cute little sound your child just started making, but you’ll miss it in person too because you ran for the camcorder. You’ll be left trying to manufacture the memory on a second take. Trust me; it’s never as cute the second time. Meanwhile, I slipped my Flip out of my pocket, recorded said cute little sound and posted it to facebook in about 3 minutes. Suck on that. You’re a horrible dad, and I rule.

Here’s why the flip rules:

1. It’s cheap. I skipped the high-def version, but even the HD Flip is only about $200.
2. It’s about the size of a cell-phone, so it can be on your person at the very moment your son learns how to play hide-and-seek. For the record, the above video is fairly poor quality because I shrunk it down for facebook.  The original version looks much better, even in standard def.
3. As the name suggests, it’s as simple as flipping out the USB and uploading your new video wherever you like. Think of the dumbest person you know. Now imagine that person after a lobotomy. He’d still be twice as smart as necessary to upload a video.
4. All the software is pre-loaded. You don’t get music/sound effect options, but it does include a solid, albeit standard, editing package. I’m a fan of how easy it is to pause the video and capture a still image.
5. You can take an active role in chronicling your heir’s rise to power without having to help your wife cut out card stock bubble letters for her lame scrapbook.

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