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Hamlet (Facebook News Feed Edition)

• Darmani 18y ago
  Hey look...someone found that ordered announcements of events can communicate the plot of a story and created a short demonstration on a classic example. Isn't that a totally amazing and newsworthy breakthrough!?
  • unalone 18y ago
    Kind of snarky... but I agree, more or less. This wasn't a particularly witty story. This was a re-enactment of Hamlet that used Facebook terminology. I mean, it's stupid nitpicking (dead people joining groups? Laaaaaaame.), but it was more-or-less drab and really only funny if you're willing to look at it with a wholly uncritical eye. And I also agree with you that HN stories are slowly turning less interesting. It's a shame, but hopefully the tide will ebb soon.
• deleted 18y ago
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• pavelludiq 18y ago
  "Ophelia joined the group Maidens Who Don't Float. " I still have tears on my eyes from laughter :D
• gaika 18y ago
  Hamlet for IRC: http://web.mit.edu/jcb/humor/irc-hamlet http://web.mit.edu/jcb/humor/irc-hamlet
• jedc 18y ago
  That's a great piece of writing... I wish McSweeney's had an RSS feed.
  • jdale27 18y ago
    http://feeds.feedburner.com/mcsweeneys http://feeds.feedburner.com/mcsweeneys ?
    • jedc 18y ago
      Doh! (smacks forehead) And thank you!
• dbreunig 18y ago
  "Polonius is no longer online."