[DG: Open Forum] Fun interaction with the guy who called my invention a hoax

[csev]

:) /Chuck

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> From: Matt Hardigree <matt at jalopnik.com>
> Date: May 24, 2010 8:16:33 AM EDT
> To: csev <csev at umich.edu>
> Subject: Re: http://jalopnik.com/5544590/ipad-steering-wheel-mount-a-hoax
> 
> Chuck,
> 
> Nice work, yourself!
> 
> Cheers,
> Matt
> 
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:34 AM, csev <csev at umich.edu> wrote:
> Matt,
> 
> Nice work on the research on my video.  When I saw your post I laughed until I cried.
> 
> It is not really a "hoax" - it is simply an attempt atOnion-style or Saturday-night-live style humor.   Hence the fake serious tone, guy with beard, schlocky video production, and all of the embedded clues and completely illogical narration with the thing sitting right on top of my air bag :)
> 
> Anyone who takes a few minutes will see it is humor.  But of course the real fun is that most people watch for 45 seconds and then *completely make up their mind* and react.
> 
> You even caught the "Milgram" reference - that was a layer of irony on top of irony for the sharp-eyed :)
> 
> Nice work.  :)
> 
> /Chuck
> 
> 
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