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Oculus, Clearly: Stop Freaking Out
About Facebook



By **w, we k**w that the reaction to a major
Facebook acquisition among the chattering tech**rati follows a pretty simple script. It happened with
Instagram in 2012, it happened again last month with
WhatsApp, and it happened yet again Tuesday with the
$2 billion deal for the virtual reality gurus at Oculus VR
First comes the stage where we all have a good laugh.
Facebook bought what **w? For how much? **. Seriously? What are they
smoking in Menlo Park? The memes and jokes fly thick and fast. We comb our cultural history for anything that matches the pattern of an accurate prediction
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