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3.74% of people buy The History of the World According to Facebook and How to Tell If Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You ~ Paperback ~ Matthew Inman.
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"Good up to a point."
The starting was brillaint. But the further in the more narow it got. It became a North American history more than that of world history.
"History streamlined"
This book is such a great little idea. I mean it does skip some large portions of history, but still what do you expect, its not gonna cover everything. The author is extremely clever in his summary and comments, and sometimes a bit risky so not for people that cant take a joke. I loved this, fun little read and definitely worth the price. Such a good laugh!!
"Let there be....humour-"
Wasn't expecting much from this but was pleasantly surprised. From God to Galileo and beyond, history is written from the perspective of the the key players…all in Facebook speak. Great read!
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In August 2010, Wylie Overstreet published a satirical article called “If Historical Events Had Facebook Statuses” on the website CoolMaterial.com. Within a month, it had received 3 million views and had been “liked” by 120,000 Facebook users.
In A WORLD HISTORY ACCORDING TO FACEBOOK, Overstreet expands this concept into a full-length history of the world, from its creation up through present day, as if Facebook had existed all along and Abraham Lincoln had written a status update about “taking the missus to the theater” on April 15, 1865 and Ben Franklin had done the same alerting his network that he’d signed the Declaration of Independence (”Bring it,” replied John Adams). Filled with hundreds of real-life historical figures and thousands of not-at-all-real Facebook statuses, comments, and actions, and parodying Facebook users’ proclivity to over-share and use lazy jargon (”lol,” “rofl,” “fml,” etc.), this is the definitive humor book for our generation.
Author Biography
Wylie Overstreet, 26, has worked for Architectural Digest and GOOD Magazine, and has written satire for the website CoolMaterial.com. He lives in Los Angeles.
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This is one hell of a funny read, absolute brilliance.