Saturday, May 19, 2012

"The Being and Nothingness Network: Social Media for Existentialists"

From McSweeney's:
How Do You Begin Your Being and Nothingness Experience?
You already have. You were born, and your inheritance is pain. Make sure you are connected to the Internet.

Your Being and Nothingness Network Friends List
It is empty. It will always be empty. BNN is a social network designed to connect you with people who have not joined—and never will join—the Being and Nothingness Network. Your loneliness is transcendent and almost holy, so do you want to allow pop-up ads from this website? Your browser must support Flash.

Your Being and Nothingness Profile
Enter your relationship status and the BNN will list you as “radically free.” Your body is a prison and you are surrounded by nothingness. You only have your conscious choices. Your birthday also doesn’t matter....MORE