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This video would be pretty uninteresting had they used artificial jelly beans. I think everyone is aware that it’s trivial to convert a simple animation to a je

by ugh 15y ago

This video would be pretty uninteresting had they used artificial jelly beans. I think everyone is aware that it’s trivial to convert a simple animation to a jelly bean animation. That’s not the point. Art works by different rules. (Hey, and if you like to be a cynic about it you can also say that viral videos work by different rules. OK Go owes their fame to never taking shortcuts when creating their music videos†.) (I think that placing the singer directly on the jelly beans allowed them to do certain tricks that would be harder to accomplish otherwise: pay attention to the lighting or the costume changes. It’s not clear to me whether using a green screen would really have saved time.) — † One example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

hessenwolf 15y ago
'Art works by different rules' is such a cop out for hippies to excuse time-wasting. What added wealth to the world is created by doing it the hard way?
- Aylw 15y ago
  With modern day technology, shooting a ball in a hoop consistently or building a pyramid is easy. So why are Pro Sports and the Pyramids so amazing? Because they did it the hard way. I guess they could achieve the same thing if they lied, but if someone finds out, you are sol. See: Milli Vanilli
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  - hessenwolf 15y ago
    1. I am pretty bloody sure the pyramid builders used the most efficient technology of their time. 2. I don't connect it to basketball (or whichever game). I just don't see why that analogy works. Basketball players kill themselves for greater productivity...
- JonnieCache 15y ago
  The day which we are all yoked to the silicon valley drive towards ultimate productivity and the whole of society is locked in one wild-eyed, redbull swigging death march towards launching their amazing consumer products unto each other is the day I slit my throat live on TV. As I slump, bubbling and frothing to the floor of the reality tv startup contest studio, the terrified panic on the faces of the VC judges shall serve as an incoherent and meaningless howl into the void of endless efficiency and unlimited, exponential, never-ending, self-justifying wealth-creation. My own futile demise shall be my ultimate MVP. What is wrong with these people who think that the world would be a better place if everyone was exactly like them? There seems to be an increasing concentration of them here. There is more than one kind of wealth in the world.

by ugh 15y ago

hessenwolf 15y ago

'Art works by different rules' is such a cop out for hippies to excuse time-wasting. What added wealth to the world is created by doing it the hard way?

Aylw 15y ago
With modern day technology, shooting a ball in a hoop consistently or building a pyramid is easy. So why are Pro Sports and the Pyramids so amazing? Because they did it the hard way. I guess they could achieve the same thing if they lied, but if someone finds out, you are sol. See: Milli Vanilli
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- hessenwolf 15y ago
  1. I am pretty bloody sure the pyramid builders used the most efficient technology of their time. 2. I don't connect it to basketball (or whichever game). I just don't see why that analogy works. Basketball players kill themselves for greater productivity...
JonnieCache 15y ago
The day which we are all yoked to the silicon valley drive towards ultimate productivity and the whole of society is locked in one wild-eyed, redbull swigging death march towards launching their amazing consumer products unto each other is the day I slit my throat live on TV. As I slump, bubbling and frothing to the floor of the reality tv startup contest studio, the terrified panic on the faces of the VC judges shall serve as an incoherent and meaningless howl into the void of endless efficiency and unlimited, exponential, never-ending, self-justifying wealth-creation. My own futile demise shall be my ultimate MVP. What is wrong with these people who think that the world would be a better place if everyone was exactly like them? There seems to be an increasing concentration of them here. There is more than one kind of wealth in the world.