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    Someone Made A 90s-Style TV Advert For Facebook

    "I've just got the Facebook!" From Brent Weinbach.

    Remember those TV adverts from internet service providers? Here's a spoof advert of what a Facebook TV ad would have looked like circa 1995.

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    The video is from comedian Brent Weinbach and it's a perfect spoof of how internet companies used infomercial-style ads to explain how the internet works – in fact a specific AOL ad from 1995.

    It's easy to forget that "communicating with your friends on your computer?" actually WAS a weird concept 20 years ago.

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    The video is also a subtly effective satire of Facebook: "Just clicking on your mom's profile and saying happy birthday – it's the same as sending a package!"

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    This is a 90s reimagining of what Facebook would have looked like back then.

    And a profile page.

    The vid invents a feature that would probably do quite well in real life: Ordering physical copies of photos, or printing them on mugs.

    "Call now for the Facebook!"

    And if you want to compare and contrast, here's the original 1995 AOL ad that Weinbach is parodying.

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