The Unfortunate Cookie Promises Bad Fortunes
Robyn Currie — October 21, 2009 — Pop Culture
References: theworldsbestever
Ever spent a day at work and all you wanted was a little bit of good news? Well, maybe this website is not for you. For the rest of us, the Unfortunate Cookie is good for a laugh.
Using historical events and old news clippings as proof that the awful fortune you just got told came true to someone else, the Unfortunate Cookie is a good way to spend an afternoon slacking -- or a good way to scare yourself if you are paranoid.
Using historical events and old news clippings as proof that the awful fortune you just got told came true to someone else, the Unfortunate Cookie is a good way to spend an afternoon slacking -- or a good way to scare yourself if you are paranoid.
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Dark Humor — There is a trend for online platforms that offer humorous content revolving around unfortunate and negative predictions.
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Cynicism — A trend for prediction sites that offer a cynical perspective on the future.
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Humorous Pessimism — A trend for sites that provide humorous predictions with a pessimistic viewpoint
Industry Implications
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Entertainment — The entertainment industry has an opportunity to provide the market with dark humor content that is traditional and humoristic.
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Marketing — Marketers can use prediction sites to create cynical or humorous advertising that plays off of current trends or events.
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Technology — Developers and tech industries have opportunities to create more predictive algorithms that are able to offer more accurate and meaningful predictions to people.
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