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“Lifefaker.com makes faking perfection easy”
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- homero 8y agoGreat parody bringing attention to the fact people only share the best moments of their life
- amelius 8y agoSadly, I already thought of this at some point; it was probably when I was looking at my totally unimpressive Facebook wall.
- hhw3h 8y agoDoes it not only provide you with the content but also schedule the distribution like Buffer? For better or for worse I feel there is definitely a market for some version of this.
- tgb 8y agoIsn't this actually a marketing ploy to get people to read about the negative effects of social media?
- hhw3h 8y agoha they got me. Thanks for sharing.
- montecarl 8y agoThis is not a real service. Try to buy one of their packages and it brings up a page that says: You're not alone. 62% of people feel inadequate comparing their lives to others online. Then links to some mental health article on social media.
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- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoI’m apparently #blessed to have grown up in that middle era remembering before and after the internet where I think it’s less likely to have this type of insecurity. I wish i had a crystal ball to see if were social media is going, for me, away is the only answer. For everyone else... I really can’t tell when it will peak. That black mirror on the topic episode was so good!
- Thriptic 8y agoI would legitimately buy this to subtly troll my friends and wait to see how long it took them to figure out that I was just posting stock photos over and over.
- eecks 8y agoMy life is far from perfect and I don't try paint a perfect version on Instagram.. but my photos could be in these packages.
- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoJust went to Borneo jungles by long boat. If i used fb/insta I might post those pics knowing but also not caring if someone else compared themselves to me. The dopamine hit from likes is real, I think it’s best to avoid even if you do cool things. Really, if you do cool things and are an actually cool person, you don’t need to broadcast it.
- eecks 8y agoWhen I do cool things I often meet new people. I connect with them through Insta and enjoy seeing their photos of the cool thing. I get to see their perspective and things I might not have done/seen. I would enjoy seeing someones experience of the Borneo jungles because I haven't been and from a quick google it looks like something I would enjoy. You do have a point about the hit from likes and I have to admit that I have taken photos with the mindset "this will go on Instagram".. but maybe that is not so bad. Insta and the people who post on it are like a community and once you approach it right you can get a lot from it.
- balls187 8y agoI do cool things, but I'm not a cool person. I sometimes broadcast the cool things I do. I do admit, I try to dominate the hashtag that is tied to my son.
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- timdorr 8y agoNote that this is itself a fake site. It's put up by https://sanctus.io/ https://sanctus.io/ and clicking on any Buy button will redirect you to this Medium post: https://sanctus.io/social-media-mental-health-b1803b6b475f https://sanctus.io/social-media-mental-health-b1803b6b475f
- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoThe best satire is the one where you can’t immediately tell. This nailed that.
- morganvachon 8y agoEven the logo is spot on. This is dark satire indeed, predicting the near future where someone out there actually will offer such a service, and millions will buy into it. This would be a perfect fit in the world of Black Mirror.
- derefr 8y agoAs both a speculative fiction author and an entrepreneur, new ideas sometimes have me on the fence for whether I should make them into businesses, or into dystopian novellas.
- kbenson 8y agoAnywhere we can read your work?
- TheOtherHobbes 8y agoProbably YC Round 2019.
- camillomiller 8y agoHappens rarely, but I laughed out loud at a HN comment :)
- number6 8y agoI wished it was a real service. They should have scheduled uploads and some kind of travel package so it look like you are on a back packing trip or something. You could add this as sabbatical on your resume.
- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoJust got back from a trip around Asia, man, it’s a lot of WORK posting photos with little blips about them. I refuse to use Facebook or Instagram, but Flickr was the same process and still took time away from the trip. I seriously don’t understand how people with selfie compulsion snapping hundreds of photos a day make time to sort through them.
- derefr 8y agoNow there’s a service: you take the photos; we’ll curate them, caption them, and post them on the right social channels at the right times for maximum reach. Like a consumer-level PR agency.
- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoWhoa. That’s actually something! Hand selected at first then machine learning to find photos with good light and focus, repetition of face angles you like, then filtered for a human for final approval.
- maurits 8y agoWhy take this pictures at all? Just get the photographer as an extra to an all inclusive holiday package [1] [1] https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/aug/27/instagram-professional-holiday-photographer-hire-trend https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/aug/27/instagram-pro...
- chipperyman573 8y agohttps://buffer.com https://buffer.com is similar if you want
- rdiddly 8y agoThis is brilliant satire but I feel like a real service like this may already exist, or will exist soon. It's the next logical step.
- johnchristopher 8y agoI'd say it already exists in the form of the consulting media gig. It's just not automated yet.
- shurcooL 8y agoI care very little about things like this, but if it were really $1 per month, it’d be very tempting to get this just for fun. I think a real version would have to cost a lot more than that. But the service price can be reduced as it scales to more users.
- jkaptur 8y agohttps://www.selfmade.co/ https://www.selfmade.co/
- BadassFractal 8y agoI would actually love to use the non-satire version of this service.
- Quiark 8y agoI was actually disappointed it's not real. If services like this were widely used, eventually it would devalue the likes and social personas and everyone would just start ignoring it.
- komali2 8y agoI like this satire, it's making a fun statement. I was mildly surprised though by the images they chose for "my unachievable body" for men. The women's examples were definitely absurd, but of the two dudes one was just a guy with unremarkable arms deadlifting, and another was just a dude with low bodyfat. Why didn't they go with like a mr Olympia or something? Maybe it's a statement on how much easier it is for men to be considered to have "a hot bod" than woman?
- jakobegger 8y ago"Unremarkable arms"? "Just a dude with low body fat"? Not sure what circles you're in, but I know exactly one person that looks even remotely as good as those two guys. For about 95% of the world population, these are unachievable bodies.
- chillacy 8y agoI also take issue with the idea that these are "unachievable", as if it's physically impossible for all but 5% of the genetically gifted, and there's no point in the rest of us trying because we weren't born that way. The reality is that most could achieve these physiques if they wanted to, it's just that nobody wants to put in the effort of lifting at least 3x a week for at least 30 mins a day, strictly counting calories, (I would say taking anabolic steroids but those pics definitely look achievable naturally). So I'd say it's not an issue of "can't", it's an issue of "won't". And that's totally fine to not prioritize that, but don't discourage those who might otherwise want to. For anyone reading this who wants to try strength training, I can attest that it's worth it. Regardless of where you start, if you follow the process you will look better and be healthier than you began. Many see noticeable changes within as little as 3 months. Within the circles I know, people look better and get stronger every year, and building strength helps with so many other activities, so it'll give you a leg up when you're trying indoor climbing, or yoga, or paddleboarding, etc.
- pjc50 8y agoConcur that strength training is worth it, but it doesn't automatically give you anything like those appearances even if the amount you can lift goes up substantially. Calorie counting that strictly seems to be psychologically gruelling for most people. (This will start an argument in comments, but I'll just point out that telling someone that something they find extremely difficult is something you find easy has never in the history of education enabled anyone to do anything)
- tylerlastovich 8y agoWow, they used a picture I took of my remote office for the 'Yeah My Job Lets Me Travel' section. I don't know if I feel good or bad about that...
- jstanley 8y agoHah, what a coincidence. That's the same picture I took of my remote office!
- pjc50 8y agoThis is the best joke on HN I've seen all day.
- davidkuhta 8y agoHah, what a coincidence as well. This is the best joke on HN I've seen all day.
- fatjokes 8y agoDid they have your permission? Because they explicitly say that the difference between them and catfishing is that they have permission...
- tylerlastovich 8y agoI posted the picture on Unsplash, so yeah they are free to use it however they wish. I can see that a good amount of the pictures shown are taken from there. In a way sites like Unsplash make the problem they are describing worse. I have seen my travel pictures used on many different IG accounts, sometimes even as the profile pic.
- cabaalis 8y agoI'm glad you get to travel. (no sarcasm!) I wanted to mention though that I am seeing irony in this.
- PeterStuer 8y agoI lol'ed at the: Why has my girlfriend turned into a boyfriend? There was a common issue that has since been fixed where boyfriend photos were accidentally posted instead of girlfriends. We have since corrected the issue and removed all posts made in error.
- kerbalspacepro 8y agoIt's the only thing on the page that gives away it is satire wo/ clicking a link
- Sam_Harris 8y agoLet's?
- mrnobody_67 8y agoThis pretty much summarized 90% of IG accounts. They just need a "Look at all the famous people I know" option :)
- Thriptic 8y agoThe "I'm an influencer" package
- baxtr 8y agoThis is a great marketing idea! Congrats. I haven’t heard of Sanctus before
- Udik 8y agoLet's fix that title, please :)
- throwaway_234 8y agoI use the Face app to enhance my face/dating profile pics especially the goatee which changes your skin tone and adds a furrier goatee. It’s not a huge tweak to how I look so those who I go on dates or hook up with haven’t said anything and our subsequent dates or hook ups continued. Overall the Internet is and slowly becoming less of a trustworthy source for much of anything. Thus dating apps that force u to take a pic of yourself thru the app no outside pics is probably going to become a thing.
- joe_the_user 8y agoI don't see how an app that showed less attractive people could be more successful. Dating is inherently going to be "buyer beware" from now on, not that it hasn't that way for a long time.
- throwaway_234 8y agoWell with all things on the Internet and as time continues to school not only us techies but all INternet users that most of what you see is fake that's going to be a need for veracity. Those who are already good looking to hot might flock to a dating app that ensures the pics they see for prospects are indeed real. Overall a system needs to be created to ensure veracity on the Internet or it's just going to become a joke.. unbelievable!
- pixl97 8y agoThat system sounds terrifying itself. Who runs such a system? What is their motive or mandate for doing so? Which governments will directly or indirectly control it? How will it deal with things that are unpopular yet true? How will it be gamed by malicious actors?
- throwaway_234 8y agojust a thought otherwise the Internet looks to becomes a joke and maybe that's not a bad thing!
- grenoire 8y agoIs it just me that doesn't have any of the images loading up?
- kaycebasques 8y agoI'm getting this, too. Maybe their image server can't handle the front-page-of-HN load.
- Nebasuke 8y agoFor some reason uBlock Origin blocked all the images for me. I had to temporarily disable it.
- ahtu123 8y agoLooks like a hug of death. Many resources aren't loading at all on that site anymore
- joe_the_user 8y agoHmm, Buying photos probably isn't a sustainable way to maintain a profile. On the other hand, the transformation of ordinary photos into "perfect instagram photos" seems plausibly doable by some form of generative neural nets (akin to the style transfer and fake celebrity apps). Obviously, such photos would need to be also human vetted but this could open up a lot of possibilities. And sure, this site is fake but I don't think instagram insanity is going away just with site pointing to mental health considerations. You'd need to change society, how people relate to fame and so-forth. Letting literally everyone fake perfection actually seems more plausible as a way to escape the insanity of everyone wanting to be celebrity compared to links to psychologists talking about problems. It would be great "raising awareness" could help problems but I think history shows awareness raising does nearly nothing especially compared to giving someone a tool operate differently. For example, there's at least claims that most plastic surgery patients really do feel happier long term - at least for simple changes.
- pjc50 8y ago> Letting literally everyone fake perfection The reverse of Harrison Bergeron? Somehow more humane and workable. http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html
- toomanybeersies 8y agoOne of my favourite short stories. Short, punchy, and it makes a poignant observation.
- swyx 8y agoit sums up the objection to equality very well. is there a "socialists' response" to this?
- fjsolwmv 8y agoSeems to be hugged to death, the photos are sporadically broken URLs.
- Simulacra 8y agoBecause the road to perfection begins with money.
- paulperry-wc 8y agojust great!!!!
- paulperry-wc 8y agojust great!!!
- osrec 8y agoThis is brilliant. What's worrying is that this could quite possibly be a valid, profitable business idea. Maybe even using deep fakes to put your face on a moving jetski or something. It would probably impress a lot of people while the tech is still fairly esoteric.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoDeep fakes to get genuine look positive reviews from previous dates. All you need is a few seconds of video and audio of their face.
- everdev 8y agoAll images broken for me on Chrome/Android mobile.
- 4mer 8y agoSport
- lallysingh 8y agoI'm so unhappy that this isn't real. The amount of competitive trolling I could do with this... Sigh
- tedmiston 8y agoReal services like this do exist though.
- kkaalldd 8y agoاليست
- kkaalldd 8y agoCdgg
- danschumann 8y agoOne of Peterson's rules for life: If you have to choose between being seen doing something, and doing something, choose the ladder.
- topmonk 8y agoSounds like a rule for being a master thief
- thom 8y agoPosted with a straight face by a startup with no actual qualifications for talking about mental health, but with an Instagram full of smiling people and pithy quotes.
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- foobar1962 8y agoA twist on "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick in 1966.
- bwang29 8y agoWhat if you do have the money and could indeed make time and also want to do a lot of travel, have awesome friends, eat nice dinner, do weekend partying, and own all those things, but you are simply too lazy? A lot of the social media personas are made to impress, a proof that fun was had and life was liven, but nobody can really prove those things unless they're also eye witnesses, and people probably wouldn't question the authenticity of someone's social postings unless they do not match the financial or social status of such person. Say you do want to maintain this "perfect" social image and are just lazy do all the things yourselves, then would it make sense to hire someone to do the things you want to for you and post it on your behalf, or photoshop yourself into every image, and tell you that you totally could have done exactly that? Is faking a unpractical life style different from faking a practical one?
- alorimer 8y ago> What if you do have the money and could indeed and also want to do a lot of travel, have awesome friends, eat nice dinner, do weekend partying, and own all those things, but you simply do not have the time? That makes it ethical... right?
- bwang29 8y agoUpdated my comment to make it a bit more clear. I guess I was wondering about what it all means to cast a "real" image on social media anyway.
- skhoziem 8y agoحياه ذا المكان
- Cub3 8y ago"life is the place" translated from Google Translate?
- skhoziem 8y agoكانك في الديرة
- skhoziem 8y agoHeyday
- siavosh 8y agoHaving been at the tail end of the age group that missed the normalization of 'likes' as a legitimate asset to accumulate, I'm curious what the turning point was when people no longer felt self conscious to openly admitting to collecting these virtual assets? Startups, media campaigns etc, we understood why they were doing it, money. But for most social-media users, that's obviously not the case. I'll admit, when I had a facebook account I felt vulnerable when a post of mine didn't get too many likes but it was considered 'lame' to worry about it. Just a few years ago, it was considered a personality flaw to be preoccupied with likes and follower counts. Now it seems it's a primary and openly admitted pre-occupation of many users if not a whole generation, from average Joe's to celebrities. Were there a set of key events that led to this normalization of what used to be a frowned upon behavior? Or was it merely a grinding away of cultural norms through persistent gamification mechanics?
- retox 8y agoI think someone of the change has come from the realization that you can turn likes/eyeballs into IRL money. Whether its from things like youtube monetization or being paid to promote products and lifestyles, as I've heard people do on instagram.
- jd_routledge 8y agoI agree on this. When you have big businesses commercially incentivised to promote addictive behaviour it's going to be hard to change the collective behaviour and its potentially harmful impact
- keithnz 8y agoit's ok, you have a 5k rank on HN! but... I think it just got normalized. It was like online dating, a lot of people wouldn't admit / kept it quite guarded that they met their partner online. Now it's almost odd if you didn't.
- _jal 8y agoTwo good friends of mine connected on a dating side and eventually got married. The funny part is that they knew each other already; the three of us were friends in college and all lived in the same dorm.
- alienspaces 8y agoFantastic! Great job faking faking!
- asow92 8y agoMaybe someone is testing a hypothesis. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- matte_black 8y agoI would like an enterprise version of this. Say I want to rewrite my entire career, the service could build up an entire resume and educational background that turns me into a perfect candidate for a company I’m applying to, or makes me look like a big shot that everyone wants to network with or invest in my companies. And if people want references there could be live operators waiting to take calls and give a glowing review. Yes!
- Kassem 8y agoCool
- mqueenan 8y agoThis feels like a GTAV radio ad.
- nerflad 8y agoTotally. Wasn't the satirical version of facebook called lifeinvader in that game? very similar :)
- partiallypro 8y agoI know it's a parody, but it's not a horrible business idea, and some agencies do similar with their clients. Many models etc you may follow in Instagram really have an agency that schedules posts that aren't even from that day to keep social engagement up, they have post scheduler and mix in day to day content. The pictures of people with their feet hanging out of a helicopter or tent, etc, are largely compositions. It's a big business. CNBC, I believe, did a special on this. It was fairly mind blowing.
- peacetreefrog 8y agoThe counter/antidote also seems like it could be a good business idea. Seems like there'd be value in helping people navigate social media in a healthier, less depressing ways.
- tempodox 8y agoExactly. Its's not that by now anyone believes any of that s#%t is real. It's more like, you have an audience and they want to be entertained. You posting things is acknowledging that and demonstrating you do the best you can to deliver top notch entertainment. Social media representing actual reality would be abysmally boring. You can get boatloads of reality just by walking out your door. But where would be the fun in that?
- 2sk21 8y agoPhilip K. Dick "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale?" Next step will be to implant memories to go along with the pics ...
- HN13 8y agoItay
- HN13 8y agoItaly
- Lapsa 8y agowhere's the vertical scrollbar? :<
- bduerst 8y agoSome friends and I joked about something similar as a service - We would run secure Android VMs to spoof GPS coordinates & camera inputs, which would allow you to checkin & submit content to social media apps - all to achieve unprecedented levels of humble bragging.
- philipps 8y agoI’m not a very active contributor here, but the only points I occasionally find myself paying attention to are the ones on HN. It actually means something to get a few replies.
- therealmarv 8y agoadd some deep fake ai to still images and make a business out of this
- koolhead17 8y agoIs it a YC company? Just curious. :)
- tempodox 8y agoI'm sure there will be several applicants this winter, pitching an idea like that. You've got to sell that shovel before the gold rush is over.
- z3t4 8y agoMy coach said something like: Focus on yourself. Don't care what other people think. If someone laughs at you, then great, it means they are not focusing on themselves and you will have an advantage. If someone thinks you're a looser, it doesn't matter, you can still have a happy life, while others are occupied on trying to look good, you can spend that energy on improving yourself to reach your own goals and desires. In my own coaching I try to make sure goals have intrinsic motivation, not based on what other people think. For example a bad motive is "I want to have big muscles so others will respect me", vs a good motive is "I want to have big muscles so I will feel better about myself". So don't have a party just to show off on Facebook how a good life you have, instead, forbid cameras and enjoy yourself.
- jd_routledge 8y agoHope they release a "My Startup is Killing It" package.
- lawnchair_larry 8y agoThis sounds like a perfect LinkedIn premium tier
- jccalhoun 8y ago"Lifefaker.com is a fictitious website" Clearly, it isn't.
- malek9i9i9i 8y agoMy coach said something like: Focus on yourself. Don't care what other people think. If someone laughs at you, then great, it means they are not focusing on themselves and you will have an advantage. If someone thinks you're a looser, it doesn't matter, you can still have a happy life, while others are occupied on trying to look good, you can spend that energy on improving yourself to reach your own goals and desires. In my own coaching I try to make sure goals have intrinsic motivation, not based on what other people think. For example a bad motive is "I want to have big muscles so others will respect me", vs a good motive is "I want to have big muscles so I will feel better about myself". So don't have a party just to show off on Facebook how a good life you have, instead, forbid cameras and enjoy yourself.
- malek9i9i9i 8y agoMy coach said something like: Focus on yourself. Don't care what other people think. If someone laughs at you, then great, it means they are not focusing on themselves and you will have an advantage. If someone thinks you're a looser, it doesn't matter, you can still have a happy life, while others are occupied on trying to look good, you can spend that energy on improving yourself to reach your own goals and desires. In my own coaching I try to make sure goals have intrinsic motivation, not based on what other people think. For example a bad motive is "I want to have big muscles so others will respect me", vs a good motive is "I want to have big muscles so I will feel better about myself". So don't have a party just to show off on Facebook how a good life you have, instead, forbid cameras and enjoy yourself
- ponderatul 8y agoWhat I'd really encourage people is to try acting classes. It's a weird form of therapy whereas the focus is not you, as when you go to a therapist, but inadvertently the things you do there work on yourself. Here's an excerpt from a book on the actor's craft. “You asked me a question,” Bill says, looking at Jon. “You asked me, ‘How can we get better at processing our emotions?’ You should all turn off your cell phones. Shut down your computers. Click off your iPods and your televisions and everything you listen to that isn’t human. Modern society has surrounded us with these things and they’re killing us. We’re beginning to forget what it is simply to breathe and eat and laugh and watch and wonder and listen and experience one another. We’re forgetting how to be human beings with actual opinions and genuine feelings and originality. And if we can’t be human, how can we ever hope to be artists" This guy who taught acting classes for 30 years, is able to see clearly what technology has done for human contact. If you think about it, it really makes sense that there's something really fundamental for us humans in acting. It's an art that has been with us for thousands of years, and has withstood the test of time.
- rkachowski 8y agoand yet ironically, one of the goals of acting + writing is to transform this human contact and emotional experience into a form that can be consumed with computers, ipods, televisions and cellphones.
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- venamresm__ 8y agoThis has never been more relevant: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/column.php?id=143352 https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/column.php?id=143352
- ccccccccccccc 8y agoAs someone in their 20s I'm always amazed (and i'm sure my peers in the same age group are) by how many people become somewhat famous on Instagram. The people doing it usually don't have jobs that could find the kind of lifestyles they portray, so where do they get this money from?
- lerpa 8y agoDebt possibly. I personally knew a few people that would spend money they don't have just to show off IRL before social media was a thing, and I can see doing it to a larger audience being much more efficient.
- heedlessly3 8y agohaving wealthy parents is a good start
- executesorder66 8y agoFor those who don't want to download the 15.0 MB presskit zip file at the end, but still want to know what it contains: . ├── ~$fefaker.docx ├── lifefaker-pressrelease.docx ├── lifefaker-pressrelease.pdf └── Screenshots : Banners ├── lifefaker site 1.jpg ├── lifefaker site 2.jpg ├── lifefaker site 3.jpg ├── lifefaker site 4.jpg ├── lifefaker site 5.jpg ├── lifefaker site 6.jpg ├── lifefaker site 7.jpg ├── lifefaker site 8.jpg ├── lifefaker site 9.jpg ├── longbanner-lifefaker-1.jpg ├── longbanner-lifefaker-2.jpg ├── longbanner-lifefaker-3.jpg ├── squarebanner-lifefaker-1.jpg └── squarebanner-lifefaker-2.jpg The pdf gives a basic overview of what the site pretends to do, then says: > "However, anyone who tries to use Lifefaker.com will learn the real purpose of the project. They’ll receive a message from Sanctus, a mental health start-up. The site reminds us that we’ve all felt the pressures of social media – with 62% of people feeling inadequate comparing their lives to those online. The site users can click through to Sanctus.io for a film exploring the unhealthy behaviours on social media that impact our mental health, and what we can do to change them. > Download Stills | Download Film "
- toblender 8y agoDarn, I was hoping to buy some of these and create a fake account to see how many followers I could accumulate, kind of like "Ultra superficial".
- speby 8y agoGreat satire site. I also remember this video which I thought was really well-done about social media versus real life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxVZYiJKl1Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxVZYiJKl1Y
- effingwewt 8y agoWow that video was great, funny yet poignant. One of the comments was eye opening as well. Cassandra Smith says '"The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel" - Steven Furtick' I think that correlates well with what lifefaker was trying to point out. Our amateur 'lives' aren't necessarily comparable to post-edited big studio 'lives'.
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- circa 8y agoI really want to do a Whois search and have it say George Costanza as the owner of this site.
- danesparza 8y agoReally it needs to say "Art Vandelay"
- sas14211 8y agoVvvv
- Aardwolf 8y agoIn the video, the first girl interviewed is shaking her head "no" while talking. I see that often in people being interviewed like this. It's just extra obvious here. Another typical example is someone being interviewed like "we're investing a lot in this project in our school which is great for the students [shakes head no while saying so]" or e.g. a kickstarter video like "this product is going to revolutionize the ..... [shakes head no while mellow guitar music plays in the background]" What does the no shake mean? Does it mean what they're telling is not true? Or is there some other reason why people instinctively shake no while talking in interviews?
- rthomas6 8y agoI take it as adding emphasis to their statements. As a way to convey intensity. I probably would have never noticed it if you hadn't pointed it out. Maybe it's a new mannerism, like vocal fry.
- clay_to_n 8y agoI doubt it's the same cultural effect, but in India head-shaking while talking (usually to indicate agreement or understanding) is super common, and often throws visitors off when they see someone saying "Of course" while vigorously shaking their head!
- SamBam 8y agoI think it's a pretty common gesture, maybe meaning roughly "you won't believe this," or "I'm slightly breathless with amazement." My four-year-old actually does this gesture when describing something amazing, and I don't see myself or my wife doing it. But gestures are so hard to translate. I grew up in Italy, famous of course for its gestures. One of the most common is making an "OK" symbol with your fingers and drawing little short straight lines downwards with it. What does it mean? I doubt many of the people using it could put it into word, precisely. But we learn it the way we learn language, the same way we use intonation to turn a statement into a question, without it ever being taught.
- latexr 8y agoAlso relevant (tangential), the Center for Humane Technology[1]. Their “This Panda is Dancing”[1] video explains the problem and their mission. [1]: http://humanetech.com/ http://humanetech.com/ [2]: https://youtu.be/tf9ZhU7zF8s https://youtu.be/tf9ZhU7zF8s (3m49s)
- notadoc 8y agoGiven that a huge percentage of social media behavior is manufactured, staged, and almost always aimed at social signaling, it's only a matter of time before this moves beyond parody and into reality.
- 2048_bytes 8y agoThe real version of this can be found here: http://www.theinstadream.com/ http://www.theinstadream.com/
- telesilla 8y agoUnfortunately the real version doesn't have the videos to convince me why I need this.
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