This depressing ad for Facebook's Portal TV somehow stars Kim Kardashian West and Jennifer Lopez

Because nothing says genuine human connection like two celebrities discussing "top secret" party ideas in a Facebook ad.

It's just a few days before Black Friday, the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, and for Facebook that means sponsored content to push its latest hardware product on our nation's grandparents. Specifically, that would be the poorly selling Portal TV — a videoconferencing device seemingly purpose-built to be shoved in a drawer and forgotten about. 

And what do you know? Facebook somehow convinced Kim Kardashian West and Jennifer Lopez to star in the damn thing — wearing brightly colored facial masks, no less. Read more...