âLook Backâ videos backfire as users realise how rubbish their friends are
Thousands of Facebook users have been left disappointed after a newly-released feature enabling users to view a 90-second clip of their friendsâ âhighlightsâ since joining the network has left many facing the realisation that their friends are, in fact, ârubbishâ. Tom Parker from Runcorn, who has spent much of the last few days watching âlife montagesâ of people he hasnât spoken to for twenty-years, said: âI watched the âLook Backâ video of a girl I was infatuated with in high school. Like most men, I thought my high school âdream girlâ would be a lonely swimsuit model living in Miami or something, just waiting for an old school friend like me to get in touch. It turns out her life is basically just episodes of Coronation Street and a sepia-toned camera snap of a pizza in Frankie & Bennyâs. And sheâs enormous. Talk about crushing my fantasies and dreams.â One user has reported experiencing âsoberingâ feelings of self-realisation, after his own auto-generated montage revealed that an afternoon watching âHomes Under the Hammerâ in his underpants has been the âhighlightâ of his life since 2006. âIs this what Iâm all about?â he quizzed after watching the video for the seventh time. âSurely a âhighlightâ should be me gazing over a sun-kissed Serengeti from the top of Kilimanjaro or something, not a picture of an unusual flavour of Pringles I found in Tesco. Now I just feel this crushing wave of nothingness every time I open my eyes. Thanks for exposing me to the reality of my mundane existence, Facebookâ. Speaking from Nottingham University, Professor Daniel OâHara, said: âDespite being associated with harrowing or near-death experiences, your life âflashing before your eyesâ has always been considered quite a romantic idea. You envision seeing washy black and white images of loved ones smiling and laughing, or an impossibly accurate memory of your daughter taking her first stepsâ. He added: âSadly, Facebook has forced many people to realise that, in reality, the âhighlightsâ of their existence are usually just something to do with cheap Polish vodka, kittens, or a crap camping weekend in Aberystwyth, all of which must have seemed like great ideas at the time.â