Well, I was reassured I'm just a cynical old bastard, so that's worth something, I guess. To me all the videos I saw, around a dozen, were all (by accident?) emotional cheap-shots, the low-hanging fruit of manipulation. For example: When I see a clip of Brooks Hatlen, the elderly librarian from The Shawshank Redemption, make his final voyage after being released, I get shown an old man take his own life (spoiler! but the movie is 30 years old now, so c'mon). That itself is somewhat sad, yes, but the feelings come from the context of the movie and what the viewer is shown before. So the clip falls flat, even with knowledge of the movie/book. Simply getting shown sad things does not make me cry, especially in short clips out of context.
Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry
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#122Re: Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry
#123Well the site definitely works. Currently going through a extremely difficult time at the moment with my amazing cat that is dying of CKD/CHF. First video this site showed me is "A scene from the movie A Dog's Purpose (2017). A family's dog reaches the end of his life." Now I cant stop crying.
My cat passed from CKD last year, it sucks. I feel you man. Stay strong
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#124I want this in literally every other emotion, except for anger, because there's already a site for that called reddit.com
IT here. I don't need a website; I have users.
It is with the confidence of decades of experience that I can say that the problem is that you have a bad attitude about your job.
(I have elaborated on this in the past: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17164086>)
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#125Hi everyone! Thank you so much for your appreciation for the site (except that one guy who hated it). Pretty awesome to see this little side project make it to the front page on here. I'm working on a new project called Feel ( https://www.feelapp.io ) which is an app that helps you feel all emotions on demand. It goes beyond just crying and helps you navigate and shift your mood in real time. It can make you cry too…
Not gonna lie, this whole "Feel - Emotions on Demand" thing sounds like a slightly dystopian scifi concept. Maybe like a Black Mirror -style parody of how even emotions can be manufactured nowadays.
I get that reaction and see how it could sound a bit Black Mirror ish. It's literally just art and curated audiovisual experiences designed to help you feel and process your emotions though.
We’re already living in a scifi dystopia where our emotions are constantly being manipulated by social media, algorithms, ads, etc. Feel is an attempt to offer an intentional alternative. It's not about manufacturing emotions. It's about moving through them more consciously with greater awareness and emotional intelligence.
I appreciate the comparison and feedback though. I welcome it all.
Re: Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry
#126Seems that website is hosted on cloudflare and doesn't open in Russia, which blocks all cloudflare traffic. This makes me cry, thanks! App works 100%
Very thoughtful of you to have written a comment that makes me laugh as a response to a website that made me cry.
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#127Seems that website is hosted on cloudflare and doesn't open in Russia, which blocks all cloudflare traffic. This makes me cry, thanks! App works 100%
the fact that it doesn't open in russia makes me happy, to be honest
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#128Re: Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry
#129We doomscroll all week, maybe it is time we schedule a cathartic cry like it's a dental appointment
Re: Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry
#130Seems that website is hosted on cloudflare and doesn't open in Russia, which blocks all cloudflare traffic. This makes me cry, thanks! App works 100%
Very thoughtful of you to have written a comment that makes me laugh as a response to a website that made me cry.
I appreciate this level of emotionality on HN once in a while.