Also, this was posted to David Mack's twitter account:
anyway, here's zuckerberg's arrival set to the radiohead cover from "the social network" trailer pic.twitter.com/wsuA8GaVFY— David Mack (@davidmackau) April 10, 2018
Radiohead's "Creep" was used in "Social Network" trailer.
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I take it this is supposed to mean he was born without an ass.
The song Creep interests me.
So I looked to see if the kids translated in ASL.
There sure are a lot of them. Women sang this song. Other men sang this song. I kept seeing the same name over and over, Brian Crum, and I lost patience because the song is so slow. It's a terrible song to interpret because it's so strained and aching. (terrible beat and impossible to dance to.)
Finally, what the hell. I watched him singing it on American Idol and he blew away all the judges and the whole audience. The soft quiet beginning is contrast for extreme vocal virtuoso. Pure voice. It sends chills and crushes your jaws like a vice. Simply put, a terrible beautiful voice.
So I can see now why so many picked it.
This guy is actually very good. "special" is the hand picking up the other hand's index finger. Other signers appear to have received this sign from a book because there is no lifting out, it's static like the sign for "berry."
I like the way this guy edited his video to include Brian Crum singing in the background.
And I like the way he says "run" It's sustained, and there's only so much you can do before running out of running space. He changes to physically running. His sign for "do" is just to finger taps, like one of the signs for "money." Like an Italian guy saying "money." And that goes perfectly with the next word, "here." He makes several sign choices that blend one to another with barely a distinction between them.
And whereas I had no patience with his introductory titles, now I find them charming. He says most of his friends use SEE so he blends them. Like I do. That makes us weird-os and bit creepy similarly.
If you choose to click over, be patient. Brian Crum's version really works up.
I'm fascinated with the vocalization.
The cushion made him look taller? I guess.
Chip, your link takes us to Crum singing the song. Will you please post the ASL version you reference?
The whole thing's a big silly depressing waste of time. Kind of like Facebook itself. It's a private company so he should be able to be as biased as he wants, and, having told everyone what his business model is can go ahead and harvest the suckers' data. Everyone on the conservative side, while grumbling about that and pointing out the internal hypocrisies, still went along with it. Once it mightpossiblytangentially have hurt the Dems then all hell breaks loose. Now he's up there ostensibly, earnestly going along with ridiculous pseudo-regulatory suggestions (hire more black people, turn over your data, promise to be neutral, etc. etc.) and jerking them all off with his false promises and claims that the issues are being "studied" by his "team." Plus, most of the pols doing the questioning are just so unprepared. The whole thing is staged so that Democrat Party operative Marky Mark can do his penance, put on his big boy clothes and plant a celebrity tree right there in the wells of Congress. Whilst perched on an enheightening royal buttcushion. And then go back to doing exactly the same thing he was doing before, only now without any help to republicans and other haters.
Amartel - lol
You got this
The whole thing is staged so that Democrat Party operative Marky Mark can do his penance, put on his big boy clothes and plant a celebrity tree right there in the wells of Congress. Whilst perched on an enheightening royal buttcushion. And then go back to doing exactly the same thing he was doing before, only now without any help to republicans and other haters.
I don't think it's coming off that way.
Zuck is using data he isn't even supposed to have and weaponizing. This is the issue with Mueller. He's also misleading people as to what happens when they sign obn.
Between his Communist suit, the "see how high my forehead is? It shows how big my brain is" haircut, the "How dast thou?" puss he wears as goes into the conference room, and his too cute by 500% answers, I think he comes off worse than Gates did.
This is another of those issues where what Joe Six-pack thinks of somebody really does matter.
What's interesting will be how far the DumpFB thing will go.
"It's a private company so he should be able to be as biased as he wants....."I
If I believe in freedom, including the freedom of a private company to censor my bias, that's where I have to come down.
Someone remarked that he's failing the "Turing Test" which is the test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human. Notice how he starts all his responses with (yesterday) "Senator" or (today) "Congressman/woman." That algorithm was dropped in recently, for showtime purposes (humans respond well to respectful gestures), and he doesn't deviate from it.
Yes, the FB marketing is misleading/distracting. The tool keeps repeating his mantra about "creating a community" and other BS but at a certain point there's enough information out there so that people should start to be more wary. It's like with ciggies; if you're still smoking you have assumed the risk. It's just the truth.
I have never understood the attraction of Facebook. I was on it for a while, longer than I ought to have been, really. I originally signed up because family and friends were posting photos online and I wanted access. Then I found a lot of old high school friends and that was cool for a while. But starting in about 2008 it just became an unbearable sanctimonious dumbshit political parrot rant zone, and I started avoiding it because I didn't want to know who among my friends and family had been coopted into being a Barry parrot. There is no intellectual effort that goes into "liking" something on FB, none, but the emotional payoff is amplified many times over as everyone else relikes and responds. I quit it a few years ago. Actually, I thought I had quit but I hadn't done it quite right. Very misleading instructions (what a surprise). I had to go back and do it again. Once everyone's found their friends and family, why not move on? Why didn't FB become the next AOL years ago? Don't get it!
Amartel said...
Yes, the FB marketing is misleading/distracting
If he's in trouble with the government or the law, this is it. Kennedy and Cruz both hit it yesterday. The transparency thing could really do him in.
And then there's the public reaction. People rarely take kindly to being had.
I have never understood the attraction of Facebook.
I kind of get it, but what kind of dweeb do you have to be to go around asking total strangers to "like" your stuff and "friend" you. Zuck caters to that insecurity among some people that you see in the need to be constantly on their mobile phones with somebody.
If I want to see somebody or converse with them, then I can email, telephone, or, God forbid, visit or even invite them over.
I was on it for a short time because The Blonde needed some help from an old supervisor and thought she could contact her that way. When that fell through, I got out.
My God, what drivel came through my Inbox during that period. And did you know FB is like the Mafia?
Or the Hotel California?
You can discontinue your account, but your profile is Zuck's for pretty much ever (if the Honorables want to go after something, they can start with that).
Never was interested in FB. I'm too much of an introvert to be bothered.
YouTube [creep asl, brian crum]
You’ll learn:
* why this song is popular among disaffected youth.
* why Brian Crum’s version is so outstanding head and shoulders above other covers
* excellent creativity in adapting ASL and SEE to meet specific demands while adhering closely to fundamentals.
Look for:
* "world" he uses “orb” not cycling “Ws”
* “I wish I was special” he uses “same-o same-o like you”
* “creep” spelled across the face.
* “weird-o” spooky “Ws” ending in “O”
* “doing” is like how an Italian says “money” it blends directly to “here”
* “belong here” is “join” or “link”
* “don’t care” is your nose pulled off and tossed down
* “hurts” is two index fingers jabbing each other
* “control” is holding the reins of a horses.
* “perfect” is Chef Boyardee, not two “Ps” touching each other.
Our friends would say “perfect” the textbook way except they made the “Ps” snap closed then back like two staplers acting perfectly. It was always funny.
* “soul” is a ghost rising from a cup.
* He does “notice” very broadly, it’s actually done straight to the point and not roundabout.
* “I’m not around” is somewhat reversed, his fingers imply other people around himself, not one finger circling around another finger as implied by the lyrics. Still, very good.
* “whatever” is signed as “anyway.”
"strange" is "C" hand configuration moved right to left across the mouth then tipped down.
"weird" is a "W" moved across the mouth, usually a bit weirdly. All of my friends spelled "weird" spookily across the mouth, blending the letters to appear as smoke, moving across like a ghost. It was funny.
"creep" is like ivy crawling up a wall, but that is not used in any interpretation because it is not that kind of creep. The hand moving across the back of the opposite hand and up the forearm like a spider means "cancer" so that kind of creep cannot be used either. This guy spells "creep" very clearly and slowly in the manner of "weird" that is in the manner of "strange." It's a good and appropriate translation.
All of his choices are very good. The whole thing is clear.
I especially like his interpretation of "run," in the song a crescendo at fully sustained long and hard as the voice can go. He begins with textbook "run" then changes to "escape" then changes to physically running, then changes to hand shielding eyes, "look way out there." It's very good, all for the single word "run."
Very nice, thank you for the insights, Chip.
Zuckerdouche is a fucking dweeb of the highest order. His face is so punchable as to be default. His face is inviting people to punch it. It's saying "Punch me in the fucking face. I deserve it because of the way it looks. Do it!" He is a fucking creep and he knows it too.
deborah said...
Never was interested in FB. I'm too much of an introvert to be bothered.
You're so vivacious around here, I would never have guessed.
Yes, Deborah - I feel the same.
I was on FB briefly, out of pressure, "like how can you NOT be on face book. You HAVE to be on facebook." I hate how it feels like a) you must or you're some kind of loser b) Look at my hundreds or thousands of friends. One female I met ONCE reached out to try & friend me on FB. She had more than 3000 FB friends. Who has time for 3000 friends? It was like a game for her and it really turned me off. Then the weirdness began. People use it to spy. Good gravy - Leave me alone.
I don't have tons of friends and I'm fine with that.
The other part of FB that stinks is how it leads to so many platforms and entry points to comments sections and you cannot get in without it.
grrrr.
That cushion is actually donut shaped. Zuckerberg has hemmerhoids from constant stimulation.
Thanks, Ed, but I also take rather long breaks...but not 'cause the company...it's me, not you :)
April, I hear you. Thing is, I understand that people get depressed because everyone else seems so happy. That's clearly a case of not thinking things through.
Chick, I don't think Bill swings that way.
"Seems" is the powerful word. I'm too old to get depressed over peer pressure.
I have to say, in this confrontation, I'm on Mr. Zuckerberg's side. Not because I think he's a nice guy, or because I think he shares my beliefs, but because he is offering a product, and no one is forced to use it. I was going to say "buy," but none of the "users" of Facebook pay him anything.
But more than that, even if you want to criticize him, I'm saying in this showdown with the Congress? I'm on his side. They wanted him up there, and they can't be bothered to know anything about the subject before them? Their comments and questions reveal they don't know much about the subject; and of course, they are grandstanding. From what I saw of the hearings, Mr. Z handled himself well. Personally, I'd have been fine if he'd reacted to them the way Tony Stark reacted to Congress in Iron Man 2. "You want my technology? You can't have it, sorry."
Makes you wonder whether all the outrage about privacy concerns is real or is it a screen/facade behind which to begin regulating. Most of the people I know who use FB are not overly bothered by FB using their data. They didn't read the terms & conditions but they knew. Of course, most of them are progs so they assume it's going to be used for The Greater Good (and maybe some advertising to pay for Marky Mark's brilliant marketing ploy). When their assumptions were interrupted by an unwelcome reality, that some RETHUGLICAN GOLLUM STOLE THEIR DATA for NEFARIOUS PURPOSES and used to select NOT ELECT that FASCIST TRUMP, that's when the privacy concern outrage arose.
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