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Comment by gavanwoolery | Hacker News Reader

I agree. Its become almost formulaic: cue hipster/light-hearted/playful music, show several emotionally engaging images with over-the-top DOF blur, narrate about how some mundane product that sucks us away from "real life" activities is tied to making the world a better, more engaging place.

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I think your "sucks us away from real life" complaint has become formulaic. https://twitter.com/HistoryInPics/status/428802773313134592/...

What's not anti-social about that picture?

The point is that human nature rarely changes. But people always want something to blame.

I knew what your photo would be before I clicked on it, and thus your defense is also 'formulaic'. One photo meme doesn't adequately counter the massive psychosocial influence of technology, good AND bad.

Hey, that photo was from today. Gimme some cred

That photo was on reddit months ago.

True :)

I know I'm not adding anything of value with this remark of mine, other than give my acclaim to what you said.

However, I've long wanted to describe what you just said but haven't sat down to pull the right language from the recesses of my brain to describe how annoying these formulaic montages have become.

So, thanks for doing it on my behalf.

If this were an Apple ad your response would be how beautiful, eloquent, heartfelt and touching the ad is.

Since it is Facebook and they are of course evil, it is obviously terrible.

I'd actually be more inclined to like Facebook than Apple, for whatever that is worth. I have nothing against Facebook, just this style of commercial. :)

Fair enough. ;)

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