Hamlet (Facebook News Feed Edition)

Hamlet for IRC: http://web.mit.edu/jcb/humor/irc-hamlet

"Ophelia joined the group Maidens Who Don't Float. "

I still have tears on my eyes from laughter :D

That's a great piece of writing... I wish McSweeney's had an RSS feed.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/mcsweeneys ?

Doh! (smacks forehead)

And thank you!

"Polonius is no longer online."

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!?

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.