Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

... you lick the ice cream for a few minutes every day while your friends watch from a distance, the ice cream company monitors your behaviour and creates a profile of you.

It’s a perfect metaphor.



Also, after a few years, the metaphorical ice cream looks exactly like the real ice cream would.


It would be more accurate to say that after a few years, you have forgotten what real ice cream is like and subsist on the metaphorical one.


Or more accurately, the meth-aphorical one.

As sores and other health issues appear you remind yourself that the ice cream still delivers some good things, and your friends will only spend time with you if you all eat the same ice cream.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: