History Viewed Through the Facebook Filter
Won Over By Reality
By Tim Bayer
BRIGHTON New York—(Weekly Hubris)—11/18/2013—A summary is an effective means to quickly communicate a complex series of events. Ever wonder what would happen if an event summary were communicated through the medium of Facebook? Well, someone’s now done just that with the history of the world, and I found it very entertaining. Perhaps you will, too.
In case you missed my post last week, it featured stand-up comedian Jay Larson’s handling of an errant phone call titled “Entertaining the Wrong Number.”
This week, our “history lesson of sorts” was sent to me by Mike Herzog. Be forewarned, just as occurs on the real, unmonitored platform of Facebook, swearing is part of the dialogue.
Here’s a link to the World War II section of the “Facebook News Feed History of the World: World War I to World War II”.
(If you, yourselves, come across an entertaining link or video, I’d be interested in seeing it, and sharing it with my readers at Weekly Hubris. Please contact me at: Email: [email protected].)
Tim Bayer
Tim Bayer, Webmaster, and Assistant Editor of Weekly Hubris, was born and brought up in Webster, New York. He attended St. Bonaventure University, earning a BS in Computer Science, and then worked in the hi-tech world. In 2002 he turned his creative energies to product development and video production with the release of his first independently produced products. When the demand for web site design and freelance writing increased, he once again switched skill sets . . . to writing and web work. An avid or, to be more accurate, rabid, disc golfer, he may often be found chasing plastic while in pursuit of the perfect round on a disc golf course, or designing and developing disc golf products for Demogrid.com. He says he tries to find the humor hidden in everyday experiences, because, “life is too important to be taken seriously.” (Author photo by Tim Bayer. Author Head Shot Augment: René Laanen.)