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WTF was that? I tried reading twice and I still don't understand what it's about. The comments here are quite inflamed but they don't explain anything. Anyone c

WTF was that? I tried reading twice and I still don't understand what it's about. The comments here are quite inflamed but they don't explain anything. Anyone care to enlighten me? --EDIT-- Never mind, I red what this is a response to. It's sad, the original was such a parody of what it was trying to be, mocking it is like kicking someone who is already down. And mod me down but why this any of this on HN?

Tichy 17y ago
Could you explain, because I am not understanding any of it (except that Zed Shaw seems to be involved somehow - did he hack a Wordpress Blog???). Not that I read much of the actual site - I did not understand why I should, as it seemed unappealing.
- gaius 17y ago
  Zed is a dick, film at 11.
- asdlfj2sd33 17y ago
  There exists an astroturf MS campaign to convince people that the cool kids now work at MS. The cool kids being self thought and with spiky orange hair. Like almost all MS advertising it is terribly cheesy. The main point seems to be that at MS you DON'T have to ask for permission to go the bathroom. While there are places that do track you that closely, fortunately they are few and MS is not in competition with them. A gas station is mentioned, but MS is not competing to hire gas station attendees. In short it's a TERRIBLE attempt to be cool. Even though this MS campaign is quite successful at being a mockery, Zed felt the need to also mock it. Much like kicking a man who's already down, it's not clear this is as funny or smart as Zed seems to think it is. Never the less Zed created an intentional parody of something which was already an unintentional parody. He also threw the word "whore" in for good measure, but not because one of the people involved is a girl, but because she's in marketing, that's according to Zed.
  - Tichy 17y ago
    Thanks for the information. I have come to the conclusion that Zed thinks too complicated for me to follow his lines of thought.

Tichy 17y ago

Could you explain, because I am not understanding any of it (except that Zed Shaw seems to be involved somehow - did he hack a Wordpress Blog???). Not that I read much of the actual site - I did not understand why I should, as it seemed unappealing.

gaius 17y ago
Zed is a dick, film at 11.
asdlfj2sd33 17y ago
There exists an astroturf MS campaign to convince people that the cool kids now work at MS. The cool kids being self thought and with spiky orange hair. Like almost all MS advertising it is terribly cheesy. The main point seems to be that at MS you DON'T have to ask for permission to go the bathroom. While there are places that do track you that closely, fortunately they are few and MS is not in competition with them. A gas station is mentioned, but MS is not competing to hire gas station attendees. In short it's a TERRIBLE attempt to be cool. Even though this MS campaign is quite successful at being a mockery, Zed felt the need to also mock it. Much like kicking a man who's already down, it's not clear this is as funny or smart as Zed seems to think it is. Never the less Zed created an intentional parody of something which was already an unintentional parody. He also threw the word "whore" in for good measure, but not because one of the people involved is a girl, but because she's in marketing, that's according to Zed.
- Tichy 17y ago
  Thanks for the information. I have come to the conclusion that Zed thinks too complicated for me to follow his lines of thought.