Does Facebook really work so fast in the USA? :D
Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen
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Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen
#32What surprised me most is not the movie but the realization of how much communication overload has changed over time.
I am old enough to have lived the same situation depicted here on two different communication media: IRC chats and BBS + CB radio before that.
The difference is that i experienced communication overload in a time 1990->2000 when such experience marked you irrevocably as a geek.
Today this is open to the masses.
Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is not about showing them. It is about showing you. The reality is that is what the net is like and yes, getting hit on the street is gruesome. There is blood when that occurs. Welcome to life.
I think you missed something in my first comment. I think it was a great message. I liked it. But I already understand all that. The unfortunate part is that it can't be used to show the same great message to kids... the ones that are less likely to already know that. It would be great if someone could edit the content a tiny bit for a non-explicit version. You know... like they do to songs so they can play them on t…
Any kid who has anything to gain by watching this has almost certainly already seen more than a few erect penises.
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#34Am I the only one that doesn't really like it? I see all these websites talking about how amazing it is, but it's just, eh. Everything pre-chatroulette was alright and realistic but then a third of the movie is wasted time jumping around dick shots until he magically hits upon a girl who has a quick speech talking about how fake Facebook is. The bond between those two parts doesn't really work for me. And it seems li…
Not so well put together. I had higher expectations. Perhaps I miss "You got mail" (Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks).
It's a sign. It means we're getting old.
Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen
#35Brings this to mind:
The More You Multitask, the Worse You Get at It
http://priceonomics.com/the-more-you-multitask-the-worse-you...
Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen
#36Am I the only one that doesn't really like it? I see all these websites talking about how amazing it is, but it's just, eh. Everything pre-chatroulette was alright and realistic but then a third of the movie is wasted time jumping around dick shots until he magically hits upon a girl who has a quick speech talking about how fake Facebook is. The bond between those two parts doesn't really work for me. And it seems li…
I had the opposite reaction to your perceived flaws. I found them extremely true to the rapid and abrupt nature of teenage computer use, as showcased in the first 30 seconds of the movie. That really is how chatroulette works -- you jump around dick shots for a while until you hit a decent human being. The speech didn't seem like filler to me. Perhaps you haven't wasted enough time on ChatRoulette and the like ;)
The dialog is the same vapid conversation that all humans use from teenage to mid-adulthood.
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#37rooofl, you're hell-banned. Looking through your comment history, I don't see why.
Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen
#38Am I the only one that doesn't really like it? I see all these websites talking about how amazing it is, but it's just, eh. Everything pre-chatroulette was alright and realistic but then a third of the movie is wasted time jumping around dick shots until he magically hits upon a girl who has a quick speech talking about how fake Facebook is. The bond between those two parts doesn't really work for me. And it seems li…
Happiness/Likeness = Expectation - Reality.
Those who thought it was great probably did not have high expectations. The movie beat them.
You already saw websites saying how great it was, so your expectations were much harder to beat.
Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is not about showing them. It is about showing you. The reality is that is what the net is like and yes, getting hit on the street is gruesome. There is blood when that occurs. Welcome to life.
I think you missed something in my first comment. I think it was a great message. I liked it. But I already understand all that. The unfortunate part is that it can't be used to show the same great message to kids... the ones that are less likely to already know that. It would be great if someone could edit the content a tiny bit for a non-explicit version. You know... like they do to songs so they can play them on t…
Censorship is a nice, slippery slope.
Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen
#40Am I the only one that doesn't really like it? I see all these websites talking about how amazing it is, but it's just, eh. Everything pre-chatroulette was alright and realistic but then a third of the movie is wasted time jumping around dick shots until he magically hits upon a girl who has a quick speech talking about how fake Facebook is. The bond between those two parts doesn't really work for me. And it seems li…
Happiness/Likeness = Expectation - Reality. Those who thought it was great probably did not have high expectations. The movie beat them. You already saw websites saying how great it was, so your expectations were much harder to beat.
I think, you'll find that the equation works better if you reverse the RHS.
Happiness = Reality - Expectations.
The lesser the expectations and the greater/better the reality, the more the happiness. :)
(NB: I use this equation as a general rule for my life. In fact, I put it in one of my first HN comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5932133)