What if your local Supermarket was Web 2.0 compliant?

August 10, 2007 11:13 AM

Tagging, customer recommendations and user-generated content at the supermarket. "Users who buy cereal, red wine and Snickers also buy condoms..." SFW, btw
posted by salishsea (24 comments total)

This video can be summed up at the 3:54 mark.
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 11:23 AM on August 10, 2007

Oh man, I can't believe nobody's ever made fun of Web 2.0 before now! It's so ripe for parody!
posted by shmegegge at 11:26 AM on August 10, 2007

Is this something I would have to have an internet to understand?
posted by DU at 11:48 AM on August 10, 2007 [1 favorite]

HOW TO MAKE A JOKE

CHAPTER 3: JOKES ABOUT TECHNOLOGY

IF YOU PUT "2.0" AFTER A WORD, IT MAKES THAT WORD SEEM LIKE A SOFTWARE PROGRAM. BUT THAT WORD IS NOT A SOFTWARE PROGRAM. SEE HOW FUNNY THAT IS?
posted by DU at 11:52 AM on August 10, 2007

So in Web 2.0 we outsource old Chappelle show sketches to Europe?
posted by Gary at 11:54 AM on August 10, 2007

So in Web 2.0 we outsource old Chappelle show sketches to Europe?

Israel is Europe 2.0
posted by felix betachat at 11:58 AM on August 10, 2007 [1 favorite]

Oh man, the Chappelle skit was awesome.

(That other skit, meh.)
posted by oddman at 12:01 PM on August 10, 2007

Israel is Europe 2.0

We're all part of the Maghreb these days, mang.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 12:03 PM on August 10, 2007

Man, I thought for sure I'd seen something like this in Projects a while back, but I can't find it.
posted by cortex at 12:07 PM on August 10, 2007

What is that background music?
posted by boo_radley at 12:08 PM on August 10, 2007

Oh, shit, does it just go on like this?
posted by boo_radley at 12:10 PM on August 10, 2007

I guess I haven't seen it all yet. This was a lot of fun.
posted by desjardins at 12:16 PM on August 10, 2007

Israel is Europe 2.0

Oops, sorry. To save time, I only categorize amateur internet comedy sketches into "preppy college kids" and "Europe". It's a GTD efficiency paradigm 2.0 practice.
posted by Gary at 12:24 PM on August 10, 2007

I don’t know what they have planned for tonight, but I don’t want any part of it.
posted by Smedleyman at 12:40 PM on August 10, 2007 [2 favorites]

People snarking in this thread also buy condoms.
posted by davejay at 12:47 PM on August 10, 2007

Oh, whatever guys. I thought it was hilarious. The cans of Quackr oats made my day (...I'm a Flickr addict)
posted by bhayes82 at 1:09 PM on August 10, 2007

People snarking in this thread also buy condoms.

Buy? Yes.

Have occasion to use? ...rimshot!
posted by kosem at 1:36 PM on August 10, 2007

What is that background music?
Theme from A Summer Place
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 1:49 PM on August 10, 2007

It was weak at places, but I laughed. The comments on the milk cartons did it for me.
posted by verb at 4:36 PM on August 10, 2007

Why does this bit fall flat?
(1) Too long and rambling
(2) Here in America, the Frequent Shopper Club cards of the major chains are already doing about 51%+ of the same shit. "You bought X, Y and Z? Here are insta-printed coupons for W and #2brandZ!" And Quakr 2.Oats has been done before.
posted by wendell at 4:54 PM on August 10, 2007

Your favorite web 2.0 supermarket sketch sucks.
posted by JPowers at 5:23 PM on August 10, 2007

Yeah, what Quakr said. This utterly failed to hold my attention, despite the semi-hot female star.
posted by jeffamaphone at 8:42 PM on August 10, 2007

Condom that makes one bigger.
posted by porpoise at 12:21 AM on August 11, 2007

I liked it just as a little travelogue to an Israeli Quicky mart.
posted by Keith Talent at 6:01 PM on August 26, 2007