Adult Swim: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Live Forever As You Are Now With Alan Resnick | Infomercials | Adult Swim", hN commenters point to it as satire that illuminates strange transhumanist and digital immortality culture.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2016–2024comedy videoHN commenters point to it as satire that illuminates strange transhumanist and digital immortality culture.
- cited 17× 0 months 2017–2025comedy videoHN posts it as a joke whenever a real smart toilet, IoT gadget or silly startup idea appears, because reality keeps matching the parody.
- cited 3× 0 months 2020–2024comedy videoHN mentions it mostly as a joke or pop-culture reference, and as a famous YouTube oddity with its own CSS selector.
- cited 6× 0 months 2020–2026comedy videoPosted as a joke whenever someone changes the terms of an agreement after the fact.
- cited 3× 0 months 2017–2026comedy videoMentioned as a joke when threads touch on credentials, degrees or scams.
- cited 4× 0 months 2016–2024comedy videoUsed as a joke reference whenever a thread involves absurd procedures or manufacturing explanations.
Questions
Which Adult Swim video does Hacker News recommend most?
Live Forever As You Are Now With Alan Resnick | Infomercials | Adult Swim: recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users between 2016 and 2024.
Is this every Adult Swim video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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