Nowadays, every time we open up Facebook, we are swamped by a cascade of terrible clickbait headlines such as the one above this article. The vaguest of headlines are thrown into our faces in the vein hope that weâll click on them in our blind intrigue. âYouâll NEVER guess how this person reacted to THIS THINGâ! Youâre right! Iâll NEVER guess! I must click! I must know!
NO!
This is not art. This is not journalism. Journalism is over. It is time for us to leave this once credible profession behind and transcend to the next step in the evolution of media distribution: pictures of Spiderman!
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Yeahhhhhh. Now weâre talking. Forget buzzfeed, forget LAD Bible, this is the new thing. Just look at him; so much to discuss, to discover! Check out those wrists, huh? Do the webs come out of there? I donât know! Letâs take a peek at some more pictures to find out!
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Well, thereâs your answer. The web seems to come out of some sort of mechanism placed on his wrist! Wow! I canât wait to find out more about this character, this vigilante, this saviour of New York City. If only that new Parker kid could hurry up with my coffee so I can stay alert enough to carry on browsing these sweet, sweet pics and redefine journalism forever.
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Oh good, Parker! Youâre here! Whereâs my coffee? You know what, never mind. Get in here! Iâm onto something big!
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See, Parker! Check it out! Whatâs he standing like that for? What a guy! I think we should reshuffle this whole online magazine into nothing but pictures of Spiderman! But first, letâs carry on browsing these Google Images results! Like this photo right here, perhaps⊠*click*
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Wait, my God! Parker! Youâre Spiderman!? This is huge! What a scoop! This is gonna make front page tomorrow lemme tell ya! I guess journalism isnât dead after all! Legitimate, intelligent stories will live to fight another day, all thanks to Spiderman!Â
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Great job, Parker! I mean, Spidey! You really did it this time!