Comments on: Those were the days… http://crookedtimber.org/2008/08/18/those-were-the-days/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:25:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: spencer http://crookedtimber.org/2008/08/18/those-were-the-days/comment-page-1/#comment-249973 spencer Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:58:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7443#comment-249973 So the hook is: "Ever wonder what you'd look like in the past? Upload your photo and see yourself with classic hairdos and outfits through the decades." Well, no, I don't really wonder, because I know what I'd look like in the past (up to a point, anyway). Yes, I am sure it's because I am older than the demographic this is likely aimed at, but I can't help it. Lazily-written copy sets my blood a-boil. That said, I will probably try it anyway. So the hook is:

“Ever wonder what you’d look like in the past? Upload your photo and see yourself with classic hairdos and outfits through the decades.”

Well, no, I don’t really wonder, because I know what I’d look like in the past (up to a point, anyway). Yes, I am sure it’s because I am older than the demographic this is likely aimed at, but I can’t help it. Lazily-written copy sets my blood a-boil.

That said, I will probably try it anyway.

]]> By: Eszter Hargittai http://crookedtimber.org/2008/08/18/those-were-the-days/comment-page-1/#comment-249806 Eszter Hargittai Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:28:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7443#comment-249806 Sorry to hear that!:( Perhaps the site became too popular and it couldn't handle the demand. Hopefully it'll come back up as it's very amusing. Sorry to hear that!:( Perhaps the site became too popular and it couldn’t handle the demand. Hopefully it’ll come back up as it’s very amusing.

]]> By: John Quiggin http://crookedtimber.org/2008/08/18/those-were-the-days/comment-page-1/#comment-249793 John Quiggin Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:08:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7443#comment-249793 It looks like it should be fun, but all I get is Fatal error: out of dynamic memory in yy_create_buffer() in Unknown on line 0 :-( It looks like it should be fun, but all I get is

Fatal error: out of dynamic memory in yy_create_buffer() in Unknown on line 0

:-(

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