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Great President Dad
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Fortune Not Cookie by Great President Dad

June 11th, 2011 3:48 AM

INSTRUCTIONS: Install fortunes of your devising in permanent or non-permanent media in openable structures, such that passersby will come across them.

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 the trace on June 11th, 2011 7:25 AM

nice!

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posted by Great President Dad on June 12th, 2011 8:22 PM

Thanks very much!

Never gonna get it out of my head...
posted by Bex. on June 11th, 2011 2:03 PM

Goddamnit.

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posted by Great President Dad on June 12th, 2011 8:22 PM

lol sorry dude :p

oh my gawd
posted by Samantha on June 12th, 2011 5:23 PM

this is incredible

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posted by Great President Dad on June 12th, 2011 8:23 PM

Wow, thanks! That means a lot to me :)

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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.

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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.