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Fortune Not Cookie by Great President Dad
June 11th, 2011 3:48 AM
I decided that for my fortune I wanted to require some action on the part of the discoverer beyond merely finding the notcookie and opening it. My fortune is the video ID in a youtube URL. I chose a DVD box because of convenience. I only realized afterwards the possible pun of putting a youtube URL in a DVD box. I placed the fortune inside an envelope to try and make the moment more special for a potential discoverer. I didn't want it to feel like finding an unwanted box with some numbers and letters scribbled inside it. I wanted them to know they were finding something meant to be found. I placed it next to a utilities box near a caribou coffee. I imagined that since caribou attract a younger crowd than the nearby Home Depot, a discoverer might be more likely to interpret the fortune properly.
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posted by Great President Dad on June 12th, 2011 8:23 PM
Wow, thanks! That means a lot to me :)
posted by Kate Saturday on July 10th, 2011 10:13 PM
this is like 3 nesting layers of ironic. i was expecting something more profound, from you, which is exactly what you want the viewer to expect. it's pretty hilarious.
posted by Great President Dad on September 26th, 2011 9:34 AM
Haha, yeah. When I was weighing my options, I was thinking of using some of my favorite videos about Buddhist philosophy. But I wanted to give the fortune cookie a more universal impact. I'm glad that it turned out.
nice!