Nonja, like many 33 year old Austrians, has been taking dozens of photos of herself, her friends, and her surroundings and posting them to facebook. She's got 41,000+ friends. What makes her special? She's an orangutan. Nonja has tried her hand at painting, and now takes photos with a wi-fi enabled camera. Each shot is rewarded with a raisin.
That is awesome. She takes better pictures than my 8 year old. posted by TooFewShoes at 11:57 AM on December 6, 2009
Monkey see, monkey do. posted by spoobnooble at 12:08 PM on December 6, 2009
a few more overexposed self-portraits at a weird angle and she's ready to have a MySpace page. posted by qvantamon at 12:14 PM on December 6, 2009 [9 favorites]
I kind of feel like it's a viral for a camera brand...but maybe I'm just jaded. The photos of her holding the camera seem a little staged, in a "show off the kind of camera you're holding" way. It's pretty cool either way. Monkeys good. posted by monkey!knife!fight! at 12:15 PM on December 6, 2009
friended her! posted by liza at 12:15 PM on December 6, 2009
Next they are gonna give her a keyboard, right?
"She's got 41,000+ friendsfans" ftfy.... there's a difference you facebook noob!!! posted by HuronBob at 12:19 PM on December 6, 2009 [1 favorite]
"friendedfanned her!"
if I have to correct one more of you about this, I'm gonna get mad! posted by HuronBob at 12:20 PM on December 6, 2009
I had the same thought monkey!knife!fight!, as they mention "samsung camera" in every news story on this, and she gathered all these friends in < two weeks. posted by dabitch at 12:20 PM on December 6, 2009
fans! fans! fears the HuronBob wrath posted by dabitch at 12:21 PM on December 6, 2009
dabitch...saved by the time stamp! posted by HuronBob at 12:23 PM on December 6, 2009
Yeah, the camera company is definitely getting some promotion from this, but they donated equipment and worked to develop the special case. Hope this doesn't leave an unpleasant taste for anyone. I found out about this in a genuinely "viral" fashion, friends of friends on facebook. posted by fontophilic at 12:29 PM on December 6, 2009
fan death..meh... search google and find " Results 1 - 10 of about 10,000,000 for murdered by friend" posted by HuronBob at 1:13 PM on December 6, 2009
It'd be much more interesting if she had a big 30" screen facing into her enclosure that she could see her photos in. I think it would help her develop as a photographer. posted by sebastienbailard at 7:01 PM on December 6, 2009
From the article about her art:
"Nonja inherited his paints and carried on the good work, in spite of a boyfriend called Vladimir who eats her artwork if not locked away in his cage."
a bunch of you are going to get your butts kicked by the librarian! posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 9:31 PM on December 6, 2009 [1 favorite]
Her pictures suck. She doesn't even know she's taking pictures, she just presses a button and it rewards her action with a raisin... and it shows. posted by autoclavicle at 2:57 AM on December 7, 2009
...and posting them to facebook. She's got 41,000+ friends.
Now if she could only convince John Mellencamp to quit goddamn smoking, we'd be on to something. posted by Shepherd at 5:39 AM on December 7, 2009
it's pretty depressing when a fucking monkey has a better facebook profile then you do. and more friends or fans or faveds or whatever the right word is. posted by lester's sock puppet at 6:13 AM on December 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
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