Are you fucking kidding me?

[Hugabear]

Just saw a car ad...don't know which one, wasn't paying that much attention. The selling point? Not gas mileage, safety features, price, nothing like that. Nope, by pushing a button, you can get real time Facebook updates.

Unbelievable.

[ileus]

1. Social networks can take down governments why not sell cars?

[Hugabear]

6. Maybe so...

Nothing against social networks, and they have proven very useful (see Iran, Egypt). But not while driving, ffs.

[NuclearDem]

8. That's why it's hands-free and voice recognition

[Hugabear]

17. You bring up a good point...

Still, it seems odd that should be the selling point of the ad, the primary focus. If they had mentioned this along with some other features, probably wouldn't have struck me so much. Are we really that addicted to social meeting that this can be a main selling point?

[Warren DeMontague]

19. La La La I CAN'T HEAR YOU La La La

funny how the "Facebook and Twitter are the downfall of modern civilization ZOMG ZOMG!1111!!!" crowd has been a little quiet on that particular point.

[napi21]

2. Yea I saw that. I just keptsaying "WHAT" to the TV.nt

[flvegan]

3. Yeah, but can I also clobber fools on the Mafia Wars fightlist with it?

See, that would be the do or don't for me.

:rofl:

[Davis_X_Machina]

4. Stupid is an important demographic.

If you could sell a car to every tenth stupid adult every sixth or seventh year, you'd be bigger than Toyota.

The trend is your friend. Numbers don't lie.

[NuclearDem]

5. So?

It's a good selling point.

[fishwax]

7. seems like a pretty cool feature

:)

[Hugabear]

11. Do we really need more driver distractions?

Besides, is finding out someones status update so important, it just can't wait until you get to your computer or smart phone?

[fishwax]

13. I don't think it needs to be any more distracting then the radio

"Besides, is finding out someones status update so important, it just can't wait until you get to your computer or smart phone?"

Of course it can wait--in almost all cases, I'm sure. But a feature doesn't have to provide an essential service in order to be a pretty cool feature.

[WinkyDink]

21. Do you listen to FB? OR READ IT?

[NuclearDem]

24. The point of the ad was that the computer reads Facebook to you

So, in this case, you actually do listen to it.

[fishwax]

25. I read it. But then again, I don't have that feature in my car.

:shrug:

[Swede]

9. When I was young I tied an onion to my belt,which was the style at the time.

Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, ... You couldn't get white onions, because of the war. ...

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. But if you can't text while driving, does that mean you have to pull over to update?

Talk about stop N Go traffic.

[quinnox]

12. Because staying abreast of people's most trivial doings

is very important in our culture today. I'm surprised this wasn't introduced sooner.

[jillan]

14. I saw that too - unbelievable. But I thought at least the driver won't be reading FB on their ipod

while driving.

[Warren DeMontague]

15. Smash! Smash! Smash The Machines!

Or, you could turn off your t.v.

[WinkyDink]

22. Oh, there will be smashing.

[benld74]

16. Instant Facebook updates right before Instant FACE-PLANT into a TREE!!!!

[toddaa]

18. What a great idea

The more gadgets in cars distracting drivers from what they should be doing, the more fatalities. The human race could stand to lose about 4 billion. Maybe Facebook does serve a purpose after all.

[Lifelong Protester]

20. I kept thinking, "Wow, we have to check what people

write about us on facebook to know if we made a good impression? Really, are we going to devolve until there is no more deeper thinking than what one puts (or reads or in this case, hears) on a social networking site? We are DEVO all right.

And BTW, I have a FB account to keep up with rels. Don't need it in my car. I'm not that socially needy.

[Posteritatis]

23. I hear Darwin's pager. (nt)